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Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
Closely Watched Trains / Ostre sledované vlaky (1966) Jirí Menzel, Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský

An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter Read More »
Capricious Summer / Rozmarné léto (1968) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Frantisek Rehák

The friends enjoy the charms of nature – and of their guests. Read More »
Killing the Devil / Vrazda ing. Certa (1970) Ester Krumbachová, Jirina Bohdalová, Vladimír Mensík, Ljuba Hermanová

She (Jirina Bohdalová) is approximately forty-years old, intelligent Read More »
From Saturday to Sunday / Ze soboty na nedeli (1931) Gustav Machatý, Ladislav H. Struna, Magda Maderova, Jirina Sejbalová

Mána is a young secretary. One evening she and her roommate Read More »
Ski Fever (1966) Curt Siodmak, Claudia Martin, Martin Milner, Toni Sailer

An American student at an Austrian resort disapproves of the games Read More »
Jan Hus (1954) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Karel Höger, Vlasta Matulová

1412 – 1415: Master Jan Hus in his sermons in the Bethlehem Chapel denounces plague the church organization. Read More »
The Emperor’s Nightingale / Cisaruv slavík (1949) Jirí Trnka, Milos Makovec, Helena Patockova, Jaromir Sobotoa

A Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. Read More »
Prague Nights / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 »
Concert at the End of Summer / 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 / 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 / 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 »