One of the gems of the czechoslovak new wave. Impressionism on a film screen inspired by Maupassant’s Mouchette. Read More »
Tag Archives: Juraj Herz
Morgiana (1972) Juraj Herz, Iva Janzurová, Josef Abrhám, Nina Divísková
Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. Read More »
Darkness AKA T.M.A. (2009) Juraj Herz, Ivan Franek, Lenka Krobotová, Malgorzata Kozuchowska
A man leaves his busy city life for the peace of the country home 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 »
Sign of the Cancer AKA Znamení raka (1967) Juraj Herz, Zora Bozinová, Zdenek Stepánek, Ilja Prachar
Ferat Vampire AKA Upír z Feratu (1982) Juraj Herz, Jirí Menzel, Dagmar Havlová, Jana Brezková
A doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse Mima signs a contract with foreign Read More »
The Night Overtake Me AKA Zastihla me noc (1986) Juraj Herz, Jana Riháková, Jana Brejchová, Rudolf Hrusínský
A Holocaust drama made by a director who was himself, as a Jew Read More »
Day for My Love AKA Den pro mou lásku (1977) Juraj Herz, Marta Vancurová, Vlastimil Harapes, Sylva Kamenická
The young married couple – photographer Marie (Marta Vancurová) and civil engineering student Read More »
Passage AKA Pasáz (1997) Juraj Herz, Jacek Borkowski, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Zora Jandová
Michal Forman, a successful business manager, gets stuck in a traffic jam. Read More »
The Ninth Heart (1979) Juraj Herz, Ondrej Pavelka, Anna Malová, Julie Juristová
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana Read More »
Habermann (2010) Juraj Herz, Mark Waschke, Karel Roden, Ben Becker
A mill owner in the Sudetenland and his family’s lives are changed as Europe heats up in 1938. Read More »
Panna a netvor / Beauty and the Beast (1978) Juraj Herz, Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
A more horrific and gloomy version of The Beauty and the Beast. Read More »
Petrolejové lampy / Oil Lamps (1971) Juraj Herz, Iva Janzurová, Petr Cepek, Marie Rosulková, Drama
In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work or to consummate the marriage, and then his health steadily declines.
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