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Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
Three Daughters (1968) Tri dcéry

A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually Read More »
The Sky Riders (1968) Jindrich Polák

The story of Czech pilots in RAF service during the Battle of Britain, and the ongoing aerial battle in Northern Europe. Read More »
The Limping Devil (1968) Kulhavý dábel

A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness Read More »
The Bridge at Remagen (1969) John Guillermin

In the last days of World War II, the Allied Army desperatly searched for a bridgehead across the impenetrable Rhein River Read More »
Christmas with Elisabeth (1968) Karel Kachyna, Vlado Müller, Pavla Kárníková, Zdena Hadrbolcová

Surly solitary truck driver is given an assistant for his daily rounds Read More »
Ballad of the Seven Hanged (1968) Martin Hollý, Emília Vásáryová, Jozef Cút, Ivan Mistrík

Seven people waiting for their death. A group of assasins – three men and two women – and Gypsy thief spend their time in prison to be tucked up. Read More »
The Shop on Main Street AKA Obchod na korze (1965) Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos, Ida Kaminska, Jozef Kroner, Hana Slivková

Slovakia during WW2. Tono lives a poor life, but the authorities offer him to take over the Jewish widow Read More »
Císaruv pekar a pekaruv císar / The Emperor and the Golem (1952) Martin Fric, Jan Werich, Marie Vásová, Natasa Gollová

Rudolph II, the Holy Roman Emperor, does not have a simple life. And yet he manages to complicate it even more with his frequent outbursts of anger. Read More »
Hotel for Strangers AKA Hotel pro cizince (1967) Antonín Mása, Petr Cepek, Tána Fischerová, Marta Krásová

Once, a young poet (Petr Cepek) has been killed in the Art Nouveau setting of the castle The World. Read More »
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989) Juraj Jakubisko, Bolek Polívka, Ivan Drozdy, Judita Durdiaková

Pepe and Prengel, returning from war, meet Ester and both fall in love with the girl Read More »
The Deserter and the Nomads (1968) Juraj Jakubisko, Mikulás Ladizinský, Jana Stehnová, Augustín Kubán

Three war stories ranging from World War I to a post-apocalyptic nuclear holocaust treat death Read More »
Day for My Love / Den pro mou lásku (1977) Juraj Herz, Marta Vancurová, Vlastimil Harapes, Sylva Kamenická

The young married couple – photographer Marie (Marta Vancurová) and civil engineering student Read More »
The Night Overtake Me / Zastihla me noc (1986) Juraj Herz, Jana Riháková, Jana Brejchová, Rudolf Hrusínský

A Holocaust drama made by a director who was himself, as a Jew Read More »
Sign of the Cancer / Znamení raka (1967) Juraj Herz, Zora Bozinová, Zdenek Stepánek, Ilja Prachar

In a rather bizarre environment of a hospital, a criminal plot takes place – a murder occurs there. Read More »