In a rather bizarre environment of a hospital, a criminal plot takes place – a murder occurs there. Read More »
Tag Archives: Zdenek Stepánek
The White Plague / Bílá nemoc (1937) Hugo Haas
The “White Plague”, a deadly leprosy-like disease that mainly infects people older than 50 years, is ravaging the world. Read More »
Transport From Paradise / Transport z ráje (1963) Zbynek Brynych, Zdenek Stepánek, Ilja Prachar, Jirí Vrstála
Transport from Paradise is set in an unusual World War II concentration camp. Read More »
Jan Hus (1954) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Karel Höger, Vlasta Matulová
1412 – 1415: Master Jan Hus in his sermons in the Bethlehem Chapel denounces plague the church organization. Read More »
Against All AKA Proti všem (1958) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Gustav Hilmar, Vlasta Matulová
After the battle of Sudom?? the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Read More »
The Merry Wives (1939) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Kreuzmann, Adina Mandlová
Czech filmmaker Otakar Vavra truly came into his own with his third feature Read More »
Jan Zizka (1957) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Horák, Karel Höger, Drama, War
1419: The atmosphere in Prague after Hus’ death is very tense. Several rebels are prisoned and radical priest Jan Zelivský leads large masses of people to the Old Town’s council house occupied by corrupt councillors, where the prisoners are kept. Read More »
