Jakub, a dreamer and budding magician, juggles between parcels and services rendered to the villagers. Read More »
Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
The Wonder-Maid AKA Panna zázracnica (1967) Stefan Uher, Jolanta Umecka, Ladislav Mrkvicka, Otakar Janda
Anabella, a beautiful young woman meets a group of artists. They will awaken your erotic desires but also pure feeling of love Read More »
Distant Journey AKA Daleká cesta (1950) Alfréd Radok, Blanka Waleská, Otomar Krejca, Viktor Ocásek
Distant Journey follows Hana, a Jewish eye doctor who falls in love and marries a Gentile named Toník. Read More »
Cutting it Short AKA Postriziny (1981) Jirí Menzel, Magda Vásáryová, Jirí Schmitzer, Jaromír Hanzlík
Short Cut is a comedy revealed more in the acting and witty dialogue than in the simple premise of the story itself Read More »
The End of August at the Hotel Ozone AKA Konec Srpna v Hotelu Ozon (1967) Jan Schmidt, Vladimír Hlavatý, Jitka Horejsi, Ondrej Jariabek
A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress Read More »
The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians AKA Profetul, aurul si Ardelenii (1978) Dan Pita, Mircea Veroiu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iulian Moldovan, Mircea Diaconu
Two peasants from Transylvania go to America in order to meet their brother who had left Romania ten years earlier. Read More »
Secluded, Near Woods AKA Na samote u lesa (1976) Jirí Menzel, Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová
The Lavicka’s, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. Read More »
The Little Mermaid AKA Malá morská víla (1976) Karel Kachyna, Miroslava Safránková, Radovan Lukavský, Petr Svojtka
The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. Read More »
Fantastic Planet AKA La planète sauvage (1973) René Laloux, Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin
Slaves and masters dominate the narrative of the faraway world of Ygam. Read More »
Black Peter AKA Cerný Petr (1964) Milos Forman, Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martinkova, Jan Vostrcil
Petr is 17 years old and starts work. Incredibly (for Czechoslovakia in 1963) this is as a security worker against shoplifting in a busy self-service shop. Read More »
Wolf’s Hole AKA Vlci bouda (1987) Vera Chytilová, Miroslav Machácek, Tomás Palatý, Stepánka Cervenková
A group of teenagers are mysteriously invited to a skiing workshop in the mountains. Read More »
The Strike AKA Siréna (1947) Karel Steklý, Josef Bek, L. Bohác, Josef Dekoj
The first Czechoslovak film to receive the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, The Strike is a cornerstone example of political agitprop. Read More »
Birds, Orphans and Fools AKA Vtáckovia, siroty a blázni (1969) Juraj Jakubisko, Philippe Avron, Jirí Sýkora, Magda Vásáryová
Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko is often described as the Fellini of Eastern Europe. After the 1968 film The Deserter and the Nomads Read More »
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions AKA Jak básníci pricházejí o iluze (1985) Dusan Klein, Pavel Kríz, David Matásek, Míla Myslíková
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions is a 1985 Czech comedy, the second in a series of films about a young, ideological poet Read More »
Keby som mal pusku / If I Had a Gun (1971) Stefan Uher, Marián Bernát, Jozef Gráf, Emília Doseková
Vlado, an intelligent boy living in a small village, has fantasies that take him away from his humdrum life. Read More »