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Vladislav Vancura – Na slunecní strane aka On the Sunny Side (1933)
Na slunecní strane (1933) Bursting with the ideas of a who’s-who of the Central European avant-garde, this eye-opening rediscovery is the missing link between Buñuel and Vertov, the Surrealists and...
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Vojtech Jasný & Karel Kachyna – Není stále zamraceno AKA It is Not Always...
Není stále zamraceno (1950) The graduate film of Jasny and Kachyna shows both the incredible abilities of its creators and the time of their creation. An untraditionally conceived feature documentary...
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Frantisek Vlácil – Udoli vcel AKA Valley of the Bees (1968)
Udoli vcel (1968) The partnership between director František Vláčil and screenwriter Vladimír Körner yielded films including Adelheid (Adelheid, 1969), Pověst o stříbrné jedli (The Legend of the...
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Frantisek Vlácil – Adelheid (1969)
Adelheid (1969) PLOT: In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. He falls in love with the daughter, who is now a maid, and is...
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Jana Sevciková – Jakub (1992)
Jakub (1992) Quote:After second world war the people from Ruthenia’s Carpathian villages were promised a better life in Bohemia. Once settled down they felt like strangers at the new places, so...
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Pavel Šimák – Do You Know Kafka? (2024)
Do You Know Kafka? (2024) Kafka 101, courtesy of Arte. Kafka scholars investigate Kafka’s life and work with the aid of readings, dramatisations and clips from archive footage and film adaptations. Do...
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Karel Steklý – Mstitel AKA The Avenger (1960)
Mstitel (1960) Kaspar Len returns home after three years in the army. He vainly searches for the mason Kryštof’s family where he had lived before he left. All he finds out is that Kryštof’s daughter...
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Jan Svankmajer – Prezít svuj zivot (teorie a praxe) AKA Surviving Life...
Prezít svuj zivot (teorie a praxe) (2010) Synopsis:The film uses a mix of cut-out animation from photographs and live-action segments, and tells the story of a married man who lives a double life in...
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Daria Kashcheeva – Electra (2023)
Electra (2023) Electra reflects on her 10th birthday, mixing memories, dreams and hidden fantasies. She idealised her father and rebelled against her mother. As she grew up, she shut herself away in...
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Klára Tasovská – Jeste nejsem, kým chci být (2024)
SynopsisCzechoslovakian photographer seeks freedom after 1968 Prague Spring suppression. Undertakes long journey to break from repressive regime’s constraints. I'm not everything I want to...
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Radúz Cincera & Ján Rohác & Vladimír Svitácek – Clovek a jeho dum aka...
This 1966 production is the world’s first interactive film. Created by Czech filmmaker Radúz Cincera, “Kinoautomat” caused a sensation at the 1967 World’s Fair in Montreal. It’s a black comedy in...
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Frantisek Vlácil – Adelheid (1969)
Adelheid (1969) PLOT: In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. He falls in love with the daughter, who is now a maid, and is...
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Daria Kashcheeva – Dcera AKA Daughter (2019)
The bond between a father and a daughter is imperiled by matters that go unspoken and hurts that are slow to heal. Daughter.2019.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.x264-ZTR.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 14...
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Ivan Passer – Intimní osvetlení AKA Intimate Lighting (1965)
Quote:One of the most important images of the Czech New Wave 60s, which was ranked among the top ten domestic films of all time. Feature debut screenwriter and director Ivan Passer is currently his...
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Natálie Císarovská – Její telo AKA Her Body (2023) (HD)
Quote:A successful athlete, member of the Olympic team, after a vertebra injury and the forced end of her sports career, becomes a successful and well-known porn actress. Based on the real-life story...
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Vít Klusák & Filip Remunda – Ceský sen AKA Czech Dream (2004)
Quote: Czech Dream is less of a film and more of a documentary about a grand scale practical joke played on the Czech people by two student film makers. They pretend to be home-grown entrepreneurs...
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F.A. Brabec – Král Ubu AKA Ubu Roi (1996)
Quote: F. A. Brabec’s Král Ubu is a film for wide audiences made for the centennial of the first performance of French playwright Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi (1896). It is a cruel picture of the ways in...
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Frantisek Vlácil –Údolí vcel AKA The Valley of the Bees (1968)
Quote: Cast out by his father, young Ondrej joins the Order of the Teutonic Knights, where he is raised by strict monk Armin. After years of hardship, Ondrej escapes from the Order when he is wrongly...
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Frantisek Vlácil – Mesto v bílém AKA The Town in White (1972)
Vlacils tribute to winter Prague. Mesto.v.bilem.1972.576p.BluRay.DD2.0.x264-KG.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 15 min 35 sSize: 412 MiBVideoCodec: x264Resolution: 790x576 Aspect ratio:...
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Karel Zeman – Bláznova kronika AKA The Jester’s Tale (1964)
Synopsis: The Thirty Years’ War is seen from the point of view in this satirical slapstick comedy that combines engravings, old cartoons, montages, special effects, and film. The positions of both...
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