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Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley / Pasácek z doliny (1985) Frantisek Vlácil, Vlastimir Drbal, Zdenek Dusek, Radka Fiedlerová
The film is set in 1947 Beskydy. It follows a 10 year old boy who regularly shepherds cows next to a destroyed German tank. Read More »
Mág (1988) Frantisek Vlácil, Jirí Schwarz, Veronika Zilková, Marta Vancurová
A narration of episodes from the life of the famous Czech poet, Karel Hynek Mácha. Read More »
Marketa Lazarová (1967) Frantisek Vlácil, Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna
Mikolás and his brother Adam rob travelers for their tyrannical father Kozlík. Read More »
The Snowdrop Festival / Slavnosti snezenek (1984) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Jaromír Hanzlík, Josef Somr
This movie is based on texts of Bohumil Hrabal, world-known Czech prosaic. Read More »
The Return of the Prodigal Son / Návrat ztraceného syna (1967) Evald Schorm, Jana Brejchová, Nina Divísková, Jan Kacer
Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after Read More »
Ferat Vampire (1982) Upír z Feratu
A doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse Mima signs a contract with foreign Read More »
Hotel Pacific / Zaklete rewiry (1975) Janusz Majewski, Marek Kondrat, Roman Wilhelmi, Roman Skamene
Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Read More »
Pearls of the Deep / Perlicky na dne (1965) Vera Chytilová, Jaromil Jires, Jirí Menzel, Pavla Marsálková, Ferdinand Kruta, Alois Vachek
Set against the backdrop of a repressed Czechoslovakia, five non-related vignettes are presented Read More »
A Report on the Party and Guests / O slavnosti a hostech (1966) Jan Nemec, Ivan Vyskocil, Jan Klusák, Jiri Nemec
A small group of adult bourgeois friends are on a day outing in the country, that outing which includes having a picnic. Read More »