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Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
The Devil’s Trap (1962) Frantisek Vlácil

A priest travels to investigate a miller suspected to be working with the devil. Read More »
Every Young Man (1966) Pavel Jurácek, Pavel Landovský

Jurácek’s feature debut is shot in two parts. In the first, a corporal accompanies Read More »
Build a House, Plant a Tree (1980) Juraj Jakubisko

Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko resurfaces after a hiatus with this potent drama about Pavel Read More »
A Game Without Rules (1967) Jindrich Polák, Jirí Adamíra

A robbery in a Prague jeweler’s shop results in the shop manager Kubát and his deputy Litera being shot and wounded. Read More »
Men Without Wings (1946) Frantisek Cáp, Gustav Nezval

The action takes place in occupied Czechoslovak Republic after assassination of Schutzstaffel (SS)-Obergruppenführer Read More »
The Nun’s Night (1967) Karel Kachyna

One day of autumn 1950, during the forced collectivization, the farmers lead their Read More »
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1975)

There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann Read More »
And I’ll Run to the Ends of the Earth (1979) Peter Solan, Anetka Lakatosová, Ivan Mistrík, Hana Pastejríková

Majka “Chatterbox” is a girl entering adolescence. She was born with a minor disability. Read More »
Stín kapradiny / The Shadow of the Ferns (1984) Frantisek Vlácil, Marek Probosz, Zbigniew Suszynski, Miroslav Machácek

Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most Read More »