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Tag Archives: Karel Kachyna
The Cow / Kráva (1994) Karel Kachyna, Radek Holub

Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother’s life as a prostitute Read More »
The Nun’s Night (1967) Karel Kachyna

One day of autumn 1950, during the forced collectivization, the farmers lead their Read More »
The Last Butterfly / Poslední motýl (1991) Karel Kachyna, Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Ingrid Held

Stage mime Antoine Moreau (Tom Courtenay) is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance Read More »
The Stress of Youth / Trápení (1961) Karel Kachyna, Jorga Kotrbová, Rudolf Prucha, Milan Jedlicka

Lenka (Jorga Kotrbová) is a strong-willed girl on the brink of puberty who builds a bond with a tameless blackhorse Prim Read More »
Nurses / Sestricky (1984) Karel Kachyna, Alena Mihulová, Jirina Jirásková, Ondrej Vetchý

The young nurse Mari, the “last virgin of the group”, decides to become a real woman. Read More »
King of Sumava / Král Sumavy (1959) Karel Kachyna, Radovan Lukavský, Jirí Vala, Jirina Svorcová

Rough and raw landscape of the Bohemian Forest and a thrilling story of border guards repressing the intrusion of national borders. Read More »
Waiting for the Rain / Cekání na dést (1978) Karel Kachyna, Jirí Bartoska, Michal Hofbauer, Monika Hálová

Twelve-year-old Alena (Dita Kaplanová) has had to leave the countryside on a blazing hot summer Read More »
Long Live the Republic / At’ zije Republika (1965) Karel Kachyna, Frank Argus, Josef Barta, Eduard Bredun

It’s the spring 1945 along with the front is becoming closer to the tiny Moravian village of Nesovice. 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 »