1419: The atmosphere in Prague after Hus’ death is very tense. Several rebels are prisoned and radical priest Jan Zelivský leads large masses of people to the Old Town’s council house occupied by corrupt councillors, where the prisoners are kept. Read More »
Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
Sirius (1975) Frantisek Vlácil, Michal Vavrusa, Jana Hlavácková, Karel Chromík, Drama, War
A young Czechoslovakian boy and the German shepherd that loves him – set during the Nazi occupation. Read More »
Lásky mezi kapkami deste / Love Between the Raindrops (1980) Karel Kachyna, Eduard Cupák, Vladimír Mensík, Lukás Vaculík, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Karel Bursík (Lukás Vaculík), as a child called Kajda, recalls his childhood spent in Prague – Zizkov. His father (Vladimír Mensík), a shoe-maker Read More »
Holubice / The White Dove (1960) Frantisek Vlácil, Katerina Irmanovová, Anna Pitasová, Karel Smyczek, Drama
A boy accidentally kills a carrier pigeon in this story told through symbolism and imagery. Read More »
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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