Factory manager gets army reserves to boost female workers’ morale. Local beauty spurns them for jazz pianist who seduces her. Read More »
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 (1977)
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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