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Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
Closely Watched Trains / Ostre sledované vlaky (1966) Jirí Menzel, Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský
An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter Read More »
Capricious Summer / Rozmarné léto (1968) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Frantisek Rehák
The friends enjoy the charms of nature – and of their guests. Read More »
Killing the Devil / Vrazda ing. Certa (1970) Ester Krumbachová, Jirina Bohdalová, Vladimír Mensík, Ljuba Hermanová
She (Jirina Bohdalová) is approximately forty-years old, intelligent Read More »
From Saturday to Sunday / Ze soboty na nedeli (1931) Gustav Machatý, Ladislav H. Struna, Magda Maderova, Jirina Sejbalová
Mána is a young secretary. One evening she and her roommate Read More »
Ski Fever (1966) Curt Siodmak, Claudia Martin, Martin Milner, Toni Sailer
An American student at an Austrian resort disapproves of the games Read More »
Jan Hus (1954) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Karel Höger, Vlasta Matulová
1412 – 1415: Master Jan Hus in his sermons in the Bethlehem Chapel denounces plague the church organization. Read More »
The Emperor’s Nightingale / Cisaruv slavík (1949) Jirí Trnka, Milos Makovec, Helena Patockova, Jaromir Sobotoa
A Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. Read More »
Prague Nights / Prazske noci (1969) Jirí Brdecka, Milos Makovec, Milena Dvorská, Milos Kopecký, Jirí Hrzán
Rumor has it that the house of Prague hide secret obtain the philosopher’s stone Read More »
Such Is Life / Takový je zivot (1930) Carl Junghans, Vera Baranovskaya, Theodor Pistek, Mána Zenísková
Realistic portrait of a poor working family in late 20s Prague: the washerwoman mother whose burial Read More »