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Tag Archives: Vladimír Mensík
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 »
A Nice Plate of Spinach / Coz takhle dát si spenát (1977) Václav Vorlícek, Vladimír Mensík, Jirí Sovák, Iva Janzurová

Two swindlers get to prison for alcohol theft. After an exit from prison they are employed 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 »
The Straw Hat (1972) Oldrich Lipský, Milos Kopecký, Iva Janzurová, Vladimír Mensík

Fadinard is on the way to his wedding when his horse picks up and eats a straw hat. Read More »
All My Good Countrymen (1969) Vojtech Jasný, Vlastimil Brodský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Vladimír Mensík

Stories about seven friends in a small Moravian village following the socialization of Czechoslovakia in 1948 Read More »
Lásky mezi kapkami deste / Love Between the Raindrops (1980) Karel Kachyna, Eduard Cupák, Vladimír Mensík, Lukás Vaculík, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Karel Bursík (Lukás Vaculík), as a child called Kajda, recalls his childhood spent in Prague – Zizkov. His father (Vladimír Mensík), a shoe-maker Read More »
Zítra vstanu a oparím se cajem / Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) Jindrich Polák, Petr Kostka, Jirí Sovák, Vladimír Mensík, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, War

Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-aging pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Read More »
Happy End (1967) Oldrich Lipský, Vladimír Mensík, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Josef Abrhám, Comedy, Crime

A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an “execution” of the main protagonist and goes back to explore his previous actions and motivations.
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