Petr Weigl – Raduz a Mahulena AKA Raduz and Mahulena (1970)
Filmic interpetration from Zeyer’s dramatic poem. Classical fairy-tale motifs wed with mythological references joined together with bravado through a metaphorical language. Radúz and Mahulena, from...
View ArticleJaromil Jireš – Strejda AKA Uncle (1959)
An early work by Jaromil Jires. In this six-minute short, a man’s attempt to burgle a home is interrupted by a child. Uncle.1959.576p.BluRay.x264-PTBar.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 6mn...
View ArticleJuraj Herz – Deváté srdce AKA The Ninth Heart (1979)
A poor student must rescue an ailing princess from the castle of an evil magician, who’s preparing a rejuvenating elixir from the stolen hearts of nine children....
View ArticleMartin Fric – Kristian (1939)
This tragicomedy from 1939, directed by Martin Frič, is among the most popular Czech films of all time. The reason behind this is the intriguing protagonist – Alois Novák, the seemingly banal married...
View ArticleVáclav Vorlícek – Jak se budí princezny AKA How to Wake a Princess (1978)
The king Dalimil and the queen Eliska waited to see a longed-for offspring – a daughter Ruzenka. But Eliska’s envious and bad sister Melánie curses her. When Ruzenka becomes 17 years old she will...
View ArticlePetr Zelenka – Knoflíkári AKA Buttoners (1997)
Twist of fate and the twists of mind of the characters (mostly couples) combine in just the right twinkled absurd way in the interweaving episodes of this comedy. Each of the characters gets a good...
View ArticleOtakar Vávra – Krakatit (1948) (HD)
After an accidental explosion in the lab, its inventor slips in and out of dream-like hallucinations, realizing that he had given the formula to one of his colleagues, who he tries to stop before it...
View ArticleHynek Bocan – Soukromá vichrice AKA Private Storm AKA Private Torment (1967)
Hynek Bočan was a member of the Czech New Wave who drew his inspiration from literary works and displayed an exceptional sense of social irony and sarcasm in the films Nobody Will Laugh (Nikdo se...
View ArticleOldrich Lipský – Srdecný pozdrav ze zemekoule AKA Hearty Greetings from the...
Two curious extraterrestrials land with their dustbin at a panel-house estate one day. Their task is to study the human race by studying Dr. Jánský, an average worker of the Institute for Relations...
View ArticleBorivoj Zeman – Silene smutna princezna AKA The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Synopsis wrote: Like a fairy tale, King Henry and King Good-thought decided long ago that their only children should marry and so prevent war arising between their kingdoms ever again. But the young...
View ArticleOldrich Lipský – Tri veteráni AKA Three Veterans (1984)
Three veterans are given magic artifacts by elves that can magically create gold, servants and any other object. They encounter greedy characters and one of them falls in love with a princess. Tri...
View ArticleVáclav Vorlícek – Pane, vy jste vdova! AKA You Are a Widow, Sir (1971)
Quote: After a soldier cuts off the arm of king’s cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don’t like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial...
View ArticleZbynek Brynych – Souhvezdí panny AKA Constellation of the Virgo (1965)
Private Standa Urban is one of a group of disappointed soldiers who had been planning to go on leave from a military airfield. He is supposed to be having an important meeting with his great love...
View ArticleOldrich Lipský – Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera AKA Lemonade Joe (1964)
Quote: Lemonade Joe also known as Lemonade Joe or the Horse Opera is a film directed by Oldrich Lipský, based on a series of short stories by Czech writer/animator Jirí Brdecka. It was the...
View ArticleAnna Procházková – Hrabe Drakula (1971)
Jonathan Haker travels to Transylvania to seal a business deal with the mysterious Count Dracula. Hrabe.Drakula.TVRip.1970.aviGeneralContainer: AVIRuntime: 1h 16mnSize: 569 MiBVideoCodec:...
View ArticleJaroslav Papousek – Ecce Homo Homolka AKA Behold Homolka (1970)
Director Jaroslav Papoušek’s earlier tragicomedy Nejkrásnější věk (The Most Beautiful Age, 1968), set in a sculpture studio, was very much in the mould of a free-thinking, free-speaking Czechoslovak...
View ArticleEvald Schorm – Fararuv konec AKA The Parson’s End (1969)
Besides Zločin v šantánu (Crime in the Nightclub), in 1968 the writer Josef Škvorecký also contributed to the bitter comedy Farářův konec (The End of a Priest) as the author of the original idea and...
View ArticleOldrich Lipský – At zijí duchové! AKA Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
Trespassing gang of boys encounter a ghost in the ruins of a castle. When they rescue the ghost who is caught in a trapset, they become allies in a fight to prevent ruins from being turned into...
View ArticleJuraj Herz – Znameni raka AKA Sign of the Cancer (1967)
In his first feature film, Juraj Herz established himself as an original auteur with a flair for refined style. In accord with Hana Bělohradská’s novel Poslední večeře (The Last Supper), he created a...
View ArticleVáclav Bedrich – Velká sýrová loupez aka The Great Cheese Conspiracy (1986)
Three mice live in a cinema. One day, inspired by the gangster movies, they decide to conduct a grand robbery in a cheese shop…. Velká sýrová loupež - režie - Václav...
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