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Actors: Josef Abrhám, Jiri Bartoska, Libuse Safrankova, Ondrej Vetchý
Synopsis: The horrors of the Jewish Holocaust are revisited in this drama by Czech director Matej Minac. The film opens with the upwardly mobile Silberstein clan led by Jakub (Josef Abrham), as he buys a villa in the countryside just before Hitler overruns the country. His blind faith in family unity Read More
Actors: Vladimir Pucholt, Ingrid Timkova, Adam Davidson, Jakub Laurych, Emilia Vasaryova
Synopsis: Jan Poutnik (Vladimir Pucholt) was born in Czechoslovakia but has emigrated to the United States, where he teaches film courses at a New York college. Pampeliska (Ingrid Timkova), a young widow from Jan's home town of Bystre, has come to America to visit, and has brought with her a pocket watch Read More
Synopsis: Capturing the dark humor of Czech author Michal Viewegh's chronicle of life after the Velvet Revolution, this black comedy chronicles three decades in the life of a small Czech family. While the original novel centered on the protagonist Kvido from his conception through his adulthood, first time Read More
Actors: Zdenek Sverak, Andrei Khalimon, Libuse Safrankova, Ondrej Vetchý, Stella Zázvorková
Synopsis: 55-year-old Louka (Zdenek Sverak) is a gifted musician in Czechoslovakia who once made a good living playing in the State Symphony Orchestra. However, he has little use for the government, and after putting a playfully insulting statement on a government form, he's been banished from official Read More
Actors: Jan Triska, Zdenek Sverak, Libuse Safrankova, Daniela Kolarova
Synopsis: Ten-year-old Eda lives in Czechoslovakia. It is 1945, and he goes to school with some boys who are so mischievous that they have caused their previous teacher a nervous breakdown. She is replaced by a tough disciplinarian who administers frequent beatings. He also brags that he played an important Read More
Actors: Janos Ban, Marian Labuda
Synopsis: Jiri Menzel of Closely Watched Trains fame directed the sweet little Czechoslovakian comedy/drama My Sweet Little Village. The life's blood of the titular community is a collective farm. Marian Labuda is the farm's truck driver, and also the partner-protector of Janos Ban, who is the village Read More
Actors: Rudolf Hrusínsky, Jaromir Hanzlik, Jiri Schmitzer, Petr Cepek, Zdenka Hadrobolcova
Synopsis: Acclaimed Czech director Jiri Menzel has pulled off another successful collaboration with writer Bohumil Hrabal in this light, sometimes saucy farce about two warring hunting factions in a small village and how they end up in a rousing, comic showdown. The village community is made up of a broad Read More
Actors: Josef Kroner, Juraj Kukura, Viera Strniskova, Libuse Safrankova
Actors: Petr Svojtka
Synopsis: Released in time to commemorate the 100th year after the death of Hans Christian Anderson (1805-1875), this movie is based on his story The Little Mermaid, which recounts the very great sacrifice a magical mermaid makes in order to save a shipwrecked young prince, who remains unaware of her love. Read More
Actors: Christopher Plummer, Florinda Bolkan, Maximilian Schell, Irfan Mensur, Rados Bajic
Synopsis: When the only surviving heir to the Emperor of Austro-Hungary, Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand (Christopher Plummer) was killed by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, on June 28th, 1914, his death set in motion a chain of events which resulted in the First World War. This movie chronicles Read More
Actors: Libuse Safrankova, Jan Hrusínský, Slavka Budinova
Synopsis: When a 13-year-old boy blithely decides to organize his brother's life after the older brother has a quarrel with his girlfriend, situations don't turn out exactly as planned. For one thing, there's the pregnancy of his brother's girlfriend to deal with. Fortunately for the lad, he has the Read More
Actors: Libuse Safrankova, Pavel Travnicek
Synopsis: Released as Three Wishes for Cinderella in the US, Tri Orisky Pro Popelku has been a Christmas tradition in the Czech Republic since its original release in 1973, and also enjoys a large fan base in Germany. Based on the story by Bozena Nemcová, director Vaclav Vorlicek retells the classic Read More
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