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Actors: Maximilian Schell, Christopher Chaplin, Vlastimil Brodský
Synopsis: In order to properly convey the mood and qualities of the life of Franz Kafka in a movie he is making, Maximillian Schell (as himself) has taken an apartment in Prague overlooking a cemetery and has begun an intensive research program into Jewish history in Eastern Europe. This is especially Read More
Actors: Jan Potmesil, Veronika Jenikova, Roman Skamene, Milos Kopecky, Tomas Hanak
Synopsis: Actor/director Vit Olmer was at the controls of Bony a Klid. Look carefully at the title of this Czechoslovakian drama, and the subject matter should become clear in a matter of moments. Yes, this is a retelling of the Bonnie-and-Clyde legend, East European style. The production values aren't Read More
Actors: Michal Docolomansky, Rudolf Hrusínsky, Milos Kopecky, Ladislav Pesek, Nada Konvalinkova
Synopsis: This oddball satire, a favorite of cult film festivals, is set in Prague during 1900. There, pulp fiction hero Nick Carter looks into a series of murders. Eventually he finds the killer, a large carnivorous plant named Adele. The film was created in the style of a silent melodrama. ~ Sandra Read More
Synopsis: This dark Czech comedy/fantasy (originally titled Pane vy Jste Vdova) stars Iva Janzurova in three roles, playing an actress, a murderer and a middle-aged lady. The actress and murderer, together with a European king, are on the waiting list for artificial limbs. The doctors in charge fix them up Read More
Synopsis: All three of the tales in this anthology are set in Prague. The first two tales, "The Bread Shoes" and "The Poisoned Poisoner," come from medieval times. The third, "The Golem," is a Yiddish legend that tells the story of a Polish rabbi who creates a live clay man for Rudolph II. When the renowned Read More
Actors: Olga Schoberova, Kveta Fialova, Rudolf Deyl
Synopsis: Lemonade Joe is a sweet-natured Czechoslovakian spoof of Hollywood westerns. Hero Lemonade Joe (Carl Fiala) is so named because he refuses to drink the "hard stuff" when he saunters into the local saloon. The plot exaggerates all the supposedly standard cowboy cliches, including dance hall girls Read More
Actors: Vit Olmer, Radovan Lukavsky
Synopsis: In this routine, allegorical sci-fi drama by Czech director Oldrich Lipsky, a disgruntled worker accidentally finds himself aboard a spaceship (long story), and five hundred years later he comes back with a super-advanced being to a whole new world. He discovers that in his long absence, the world Read More
Actors: Milos Kopecky, Jana Brejchova, Rudolf Jelinek, Rudolf Hrusínsky
Synopsis: The Fabulous Baron Munchausen was Czechoslovakian special-effect master Karel Zeman's follow-up to The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (60). Using Gustav Dore paintings as backdrops, Zeman (by way of 18th century satirist Rudolf Raspe) recounts the many mendacious adventures of the boastful Baron (Milos Kopecky Read More
Synopsis: This Czechoslovakian comedy-fantasy stars Milos Kopecky in the title role. He isn't really from the first century but the 20th, which makes him quite a curiosity when he rockets himself nearly 500 years into the future. Kopecky and his newly-found extraterrestrial pal Radovan Lukavsky stumble upon Read More
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