Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia

The gamekeeper Straka lives by himself in the Bohemian forest hill. He has quarreled with his only son. He cannot come to terms with the fact that his son has abandoned his beloved forests and settled in a town. Read More »

Charles IV, Czech king and Holy Roman Emperor, has built Karlstejn castle to house the crown jewels. Read More »

Black comedy about a genius inventor and two young, smart and beautiful women. Read More »

A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops Read More »

Factory manager gets army reserves to boost female workers’ morale. Local beauty spurns them for jazz pianist who seduces her. Read More »

A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually Read More »

The story of Czech pilots in RAF service during the Battle of Britain, and the ongoing aerial battle in Northern Europe. Read More »

A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness Read More »

In the last days of World War II, the Allied Army desperatly searched for a bridgehead across the impenetrable Rhein River Read More »

Surly solitary truck driver is given an assistant for his daily rounds Read More »