A priest travels to investigate a miller suspected to be working with the devil. Read More »
Tag Archives: Frantisek Vlácil
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 »
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 »
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 »
The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley / Pasácek z doliny (1985) Frantisek Vlácil, Vlastimir Drbal, Zdenek Dusek, Radka Fiedlerová
The film is set in 1947 Beskydy. It follows a 10 year old boy who regularly shepherds cows next to a destroyed German tank. Read More »
Mág (1988) Frantisek Vlácil, Jirí Schwarz, Veronika Zilková, Marta Vancurová
A narration of episodes from the life of the famous Czech poet, Karel Hynek Mácha. Read More »
Marketa Lazarová (1967) Frantisek Vlácil, Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna
Mikolás and his brother Adam rob travelers for their tyrannical father Kozlík. 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 »
Adelheid (1970) Frantisek Vlácil, Petr Cepek, Emma Cerná, Jan Vostrcil
In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. Read More »
The Valley of the Bees (1968) Frantisek Vlácil, Petr Cepek, Jan Kacer, Vera Galatíková
Ondrej, a young boy who loves bees and bats, is introduced to his new mother, a woman much younger than his father. Read More »