1412 – 1415: Master Jan Hus in his sermons in the Bethlehem Chapel denounces plague the church organization. Read More »
Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
The Emperor’s Nightingale AKA Cisaruv slavík (1949) Jirí Trnka, Milos Makovec, Helena Patockova, Jaromir Sobotoa, Detsky pevecky sbor Jana Kuhna
A Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. Read More »
Prague Nights AKA Prazske noci (1969) Jirí Brdecka, Milos Makovec, Milena Dvorská, Milos Kopecký, Jirí Hrzán
Rumor has it that the house of Prague hide secret obtain the philosopher’s stone Read More »
Such Is Life AKA Takový je zivot (1930) Carl Junghans, Vera Baranovskaya, Theodor Pistek, Mána Zenísková
Realistic portrait of a poor working family in late 20s Prague: the washerwoman mother whose burial Read More »
Witches’ Hammer AKA Kladivo na carodejnice (1970) Otakar Vávra, Vladimír Smeral, Elo Romancik, Josef Kemr
The time is the seventeenth century. The beggar Maryna Schuchová hides the Host in her scarf at the Communion. Read More »
Time of the Servants AKA Cas sluhu (1989) Irena Pavlásková, Ivana Chýlková, Karel Roden, Jitka Asterová
Dana is young medical student with no self esteem, she can’t deal with life Read More »
Those Wonderful Men with a Crank AKA Bájecní muzi s klikou (1979) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Fabiánová, Blazena Holisová
Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte (Rudolf Hrusínský), an owner of a circus caravan Read More »
Concert at the End of Summer AKA Koncert na konci léta (1980) Frantisek Vlácil, Josef Vinklár, Zlata Adamovská, Ladislav Bambas
Composer Antonín Dvorák (Josef Vinklár) conducts a rehearsal in the Royal Albert Hall in London Read More »
Vertigo AKA Závrat (1963) Karel Kachyna, Eva Solcová, Petr Skála, Oldrich Velen
Geologists looking for tin stay at a country hotel. The manager’s daughter experiences her first love. Read More »
Snake Poison AKA Hadí jed (1981) Frantisek Vlácil, Josef Vinklár, Karel Brozek, Renáta Dolezelová
Her mother dead, 18-year-old Vladka travels to a remote village in the dead of winter Read More »
The Junk Shop AKA Sberné surovosti (1965) Juraj Herz, Václav Halama, Frantisek Ketzek, M. Cirmonová
Juraj Herz adapts Bohumil Hrabal’s story about a man who works in a junk shop. Read More »
A Midsummer Night’s Dream AKA Sen noci svatojánské (1959) Jirí Trnka, Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton
The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Read More »
Freckled Max and the Spooks AKA Pehavý Max a strasidlá (1987) Juraj Jakubisko, Martin Hreben, Gerhard Karzel, Eddie Constantine
Young orphan Max leaves the circus to escape his abusive fosters. Read More »
The Assault AKA Atentát (1965) Jirí Sequens, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Ludek Munzar, Ladislav Mrkvicka
It is autumn 1941. Acting Reichsprotector Reinhard Heydrich has taken up his position in the occupied Czech lands and Moravia. Read More »
Eagle Feather AKA Orlie pierko (1972) Martin Hollý, Ivan Mistrík, Ivan Rajniak, Andrea Cunderlíková
A sequel to the Copper Tower, Eagle Feather continued the success of its predecessor in many ways. Read More »