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Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
Something Different / O necem jiném (1963) Vera Chytilová, Eva Bosáková, Vera Uzelacová, Josef Langmiler
Two stories are simultaneously told. One dutiful mother progressively becomes a frustrated Read More »
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders / Valerie a týden divu (1970) Jaromil Jires, Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva
A thief awakens Valerie, just 13, taking earrings left to her by her mother. Read More »
Tank Brigade / Tanková brigáda (1955) Ivo Toman, Otomar Krejca, Bedrich Prokos
The film is depicting Czechoslovak tank brigade fighting along with the Red Army in the WWII. Read More »
I Enjoy the World with You / S tebou me baví svet (1983) Marie Polednáková, Július Satinský, Jana Sulcová, Václav Postránecký
Three middle-aged men go for a vacation with their children and learn to cope with their needs without their wives. Read More »
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? / Kdo chce zabít Jessii? (1966) Václav Vorlícek, Dana Medrická, Jirí Sovák, Olga Schoberová
In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects Read More »
Fruit of Paradise / Ovoce stromu rajských jíme (1970) Vera Chytilová, Jitka Novákova, Karel Novak, Jan Schmid
An experimental retelling of the story of Adam and Eve which then progresses into an allegorical depiction of loss of innocence. Read More »
Man of the First Century / Muz z prvního století (1962) Oldrich Lipský, Milos Kopecký, Radovan Lukavský, Anita Kajlichova
In the near future in Czechoslovakia (the movie was made in 1961, after all), a space flight is in the final stages of preparation. Read More »
Courage for Every Day AKA Kazdy den odvahu (1964) Evald Schorm, Jana Brejchová, Jan Kacer, Jirina Jirásková
Jarda Lukás (Jan Kacer), a worker from a big machine-tool plant Read More »
Virginity AKA Panenství (1937) Otakar Vávra, Lída Baarová, Jaroslava Skorkovská, Frantisek Kreuzmann
Young and stunningly beautiful Hana is thrown into the street after her mother catches her stepfather sexually harassing Hana. Read More »
Albert (1985) Frantisek Vlácil, Jaroslav Filip, Jan Kacer, Peter Debnar
Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Read More »
The Stolen Border AKA Uloupená hranice (1947) Jirí Weiss, Ladislav H. Struna, Rudolf Deyl, Rudolf Siroký
The Stolen Border (Uloupená hranice) is a 1947 Czechoslovak war film depicting events before signing fateful Munich Agreement Read More »
Golden Eels AKA Zlatí úhori (1979) Karel Kachyna, Vladimír Mensík, Miroslava Hozová, Rudolf Hrusínský
A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. Read More »
Against All AKA Proti všem (1958) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Gustav Hilmar, Vlasta Matulová
After the battle of Sudom?? the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Read More »
The Elementary School AKA Obecná skola (1991) Jan Sverák, Jan Tríska, Zdenek Sverák, Libuse Safránková
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. Read More »