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Karel Kachyna – Láska (1973)
Quote: Své milostné okouzlení prožívají nejen mladičtí hrdinové filmu šestnáctiletý Petr a stejně stará dívka Andrea, ale i jejich rodiče, kteří se po letech znovu setkali. Rádoby poetické ladění je...
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Miroslav Krobot – Díra u Hanusovic (2014)
When she’s not serving regulars in a pub in a sleepy northern Moravian village, thirtysomething Maruna spends time with indecisive mayor Jura, soft-hearted outsider Olin and philandering roofer Kódl....
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Jan Svankmajer – The Male Game (1988)
A man sits down to watch a football match, which seems to consist of the players being violently mutilated in various inventive ways. The players then leave the football pitch and invade the...
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Frantisek Vlácil – Dým bramborové nate AKA Smoke on the Potato Fields...
Synopsis: In this 1976 character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart (Rudolf Hrusinsky) establishes a practice in a small town....
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Jan Svankmajer – Kyvadlo, jáma a nadeje AKA the pendulum, the pit and hope...
Based on Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum http://www.nitroflare.com/view/3498303D12081DD/05_-_The_pendulum%2C_the_Pit_and_Hope_1983.mkv...
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Karel Zeman – Baron Prasil (1962) (HD)
The outrageous Baron Munchausen tells of his many adventures, from meeting the Man in the Moon to defeating a Turkish army all by himself....
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Zdenek Viktora – Raluca (2014)
Former cop Filip Marold (Jan Dolanský) doesn’t want to be reminded of some things from his past. But others remind him… He works as a private detective, sleeps with his secretary and spies on people...
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Vera Chytilová – Sedmikrásky AKA Daisies (1966) (HD)
Description: Two teenage girls, both named Marie, decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume...
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Jan Sverák – Kolja AKA Kolya (1996)
Synopsis: Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady’s man. Having lost his place in the state orchestra, he must make ends meet by playing at...
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Eduard Grecner – Drak sa vracia AKA The Return of Dragon [+ Extra] (1968)
Synopsis: A ballad of love, hatred, and desire to escape from loneliness. The story of a reclusive potter, who returns, years after being shunned by his village. The story is a simple one, set in...
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Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos – Obchod na korze AKA The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Synopsis: In 1942, in a small town in Czechoslovakia, the poor carpenter Tony Brtko is assigned “Aryanizator” of a small shop on the main street by his fascist brother-in-law Mark Kolkotsky. His...
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Slávek Horák – Domácí péce AKA Home Care (2015)
Dedicated home care nurse Vlasta lives for her husband Lada, her daughter, and her patients. But then one day things change and Vlasta comes to realize that she might need some care too....
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Vera Chytilová – Strop AKA Ceiling (1962)
Quote: Vera Chytilova’s fascinating 1962 film-school thesis is a protofeminist meditation on the fashion industry that draws on Chytilova’s experience as a model. The storytelling is a bit clumsy,...
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Tomas Hodan – Filmovy dobrodruh Karel Zeman AKA Film Adventurer Karel Zeman...
A biographical film looking back at the life, work and significance of the genius of world cinema. It reveals the inspiration sources of his work and looks into the kitchen of the film tricks pioneer....
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Irena Pavlásková – Fotograf (2015)
Quote: This acerbic biographical comedy subtitled “I Think You Should Calm Down, Ladies…!” is loosely inspired by the life of renowned photographer and celebrity Jan Saudek, outstandingly portrayed by...
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Jirí Krejcík – Vyssi princip AKA Higher Principle (1960)
SYNOPSIS from kviff.com: Jiří Krejčík’s A Higher Principle, together with Weiss’s film Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959), was one of those Czechoslovak films at the forefront of what is characterised...
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Vera Chytilová – Pasti, pasti, pasticky AKA Traps (1998)
From starburstmagazine For anyone feeling a little squeamish, of vegetarian inclination or just full from a hearty meal, the graphic opening scenes of Traps (or Pasti, Pasti, Pasticky to give its...
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Petr Kazda & Tomás Weinreb – Já, Olga Hepnarová AKA I, Olga Hepnarova (2016)
Olga Hepnarova was a young, lonely lesbian outsider from a coldhearted family who couldn’t play the part society had chosen for her. Her paranoid self-examination and inability to connect with other...
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Oldrich Lipský – Happy End (1967)
Quote: Delightfully witty and with a Kafkaesque spin, Oldřich Lipský‘s brilliant film Happy End (1967) is a quirky little gem from the archives of cinematic history. Crafted with unrelenting precision...
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Otakar Vávra – Kladivo na carodejnice AKA Witches’ Hammer AKA Witchhammer (1970)
Synopsis: The time is the seventeenth century. The beggar Maryna Schuchová hides the Host in her scarf at the Communion. She admits to the parish priest Schmidt that she intended to give it to the...
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