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Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
Panna a netvor / Beauty and the Beast (1978) Juraj Herz, Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
A more horrific and gloomy version of The Beauty and the Beast. Read More »
Ikarie XB 1 (1963) Jindrich Polák, Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Smolík, Dana Medrická, Sci-Fi
Lelícek ve sluzbách Sherlocka Holmese / Lelicek in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932) Carl Lamac, Vlasta Burian, Martin Fric, Lída Baarová, Comedy
Ferdinand XXIII., the king of Portorico, is exaggeratedly scared of anarchists. Thus he hires a famous detective Sherlock Holmes to find him a double. Read More »
The Silent Village (1943) Humphrey Jennings, Villagers of Cwmgiedd, Documentary, Drama, Short
The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales. Read More »
Atentat u Sarajevu / The Day That Shook the World (1975) Veljko Bulajic, Christopher Plummer, Florinda Bolkan, Maximilian Schell, Drama, History
Historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914. Read More »
Teticka / Auntie’s Fantasies (1941) Martin Fric, Rùzena Nasková, Ferenc Futurista, Frantisek Smolík, Comedy
Rich spinster Berta celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Her faithful admirer Dr. Jelinek proposes. But Berta can not forget Edward, the great love of her life, and refuses the offer…
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Zítra vstanu a oparím se cajem / Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) Jindrich Polák, Petr Kostka, Jirí Sovák, Vladimír Mensík, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-aging pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Read More »
Slunce, seno, jahody / Sun, Hay, Strawberries (1984) Zdenek Troska, Pavel Kikincuk, Bronek Cerny, Veronika Kánská, Comedy
A Czech agricultural student, Šimon Pláni?ka, arrives at the small South Bohemian town of Hoštice, and joins the local JZD (agricultural co-op) with the intention of trying out his experiment regarding the “Milk yield of cows in regards to a cultured environment”. Read More »
Varúj…! / Beware! (1947) Palo Bielik, Jirina Stepnicková, Július Pántik, Drama
A drama about Slovaks who emigrated before WW I. It is focused on the life of Ondrej Muranica. Read More »
Perinbaba / The Feather Fairy (1985) Juraj Jakubisko, Giulietta Masina, Petra Vancíková, Tobias Hoesl, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A fairy-tale about an old lady who takes care of snow and Jakub who does not fear death. Read More »
Le golem / The Golem (1936) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Roger Karl, Charles Dorat, Fantasy, Horror
The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
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Tajna starog tavana / The Secret of an Old Attic (1984) Vladimir Tadej, Mario Mirkovic, Jirí Guryca, Nina Petrovic, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
During a summer holiday, two boys discover an anti-gravity cannon in an old attic.
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Podobizna (1948) Jirí Slavícek, Otomar Krejca, Ljuba Skorepová, Vladimír Smeral, Drama, Horror
People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon Jordán and asks him to paint his portrait. Simon agrees but as he progresses with the work his mind conjures up terrible thoughts and in the end he commits suicide.
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Happy End (1967) Oldrich Lipský, Vladimír Mensík, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Josef Abrhám, Comedy, Crime
A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an “execution” of the main protagonist and goes back to explore his previous actions and motivations.
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