Václav Sloup

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Marketa Lazarová (1967)

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  František Vláčil
CAST:  Josef Kemr  •  Magda Vášáryová  •  Naďa Hejná  •  František Velecký

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  František Vláčil
CAST:  Josef Kemr  •  Magda Vášáryová  •  Naďa Hejná  •  František Velecký

Behind the Sloe-Bush (1981)

Third part of the trilogy. Vaska again is visiting his grandfather living in Bohemian Forest and understands the importance of guarding nature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Gajer
CAST:  Tomáš Holý  •  Gustáv Valach  •  Jana Brejchová  •  Josef Kemr

Third part of the trilogy. Vaska again is visiting his grandfather living in Bohemian Forest and understands the importance of guarding nature.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Gajer
CAST:  Tomáš Holý  •  Gustáv Valach  •  Jana Brejchová  •  Josef Kemr

On the Poachers Trail (1979)

Second part of the trilogy. Vasek is expected to go to Bulgaria for a holiday with his parents during the summer vacation, but the boy finds the prospect of spending the summer with his gamekeeper grandfather far more tempting than the seaside. On the last day of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Gajer
CAST:  Tomáš Holý  •  Gustáv Valach  •  Jana Brejchová  •  Josef Kemr

Second part of the trilogy. Vasek is expected to go to Bulgaria for a holiday with his parents during the summer vacation, but the boy finds the prospect of spending the summer with his gamekeeper grandfather far more tempting than the seaside. On the last day of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Gajer
CAST:  Tomáš Holý  •  Gustáv Valach  •  Jana Brejchová  •  Josef Kemr

Maratón (1968)

It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivo Novák
CAST:  Jaromír Hanzlík  •  Jana Brejchová  •  Vladimír Menšík  •  Karel Höger

It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivo Novák
CAST:  Jaromír Hanzlík  •  Jana Brejchová  •  Vladimír Menšík  •  Karel Höger

A Nice Plate of Spinach (1977)

The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Vorlíček
CAST:  Vladimír Menšík  •  Jiří Sovák  •  Iva Janžurová  •  Michal Kocourek

The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Vorlíček
CAST:  Vladimír Menšík  •  Jiří Sovák  •  Iva Janžurová  •  Michal Kocourek

Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)

Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army, love blossoms between the two. He is her only link to the outside world. Then the two are discovered by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Weiss
CAST:  Ivan Mistrík  •  Dana Smutná  •  Jiřina Šejbalová  •  František Smolík

Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army, love blossoms between the two. He is her only link to the outside world. Then the two are discovered by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Weiss
CAST:  Ivan Mistrík  •  Dana Smutná  •  Jiřina Šejbalová  •  František Smolík

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DIRECTION:  Martin Frič
CAST:  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Slávka Budínová  •  Josef Hlinomaz  •  Jozef Kroner

King of the Sumava (1959)

A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Sumava".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Jiří Vala  •  Jiřina Švorcová  •  Stanislav Remunda  •  Jaroslav Marvan

A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Sumava".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Jiří Vala  •  Jiřina Švorcová  •  Stanislav Remunda  •  Jaroslav Marvan

The Cry (1964)

While a woman is in the hospital preparing to deliver her child, her husband has all day to reflect upon his wife and their relationship. As he tends to his job as a television repairman, Slavek fondly remembers how he first met Ivana and the days they spent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaromil Jireš
CAST:  Eva Límanová  •  Josef Abrhám  •  Eva Kopecká  •  Jiří Kvapil

While a woman is in the hospital preparing to deliver her child, her husband has all day to reflect upon his wife and their relationship. As he tends to his job as a television repairman, Slavek fondly remembers how he first met Ivana and the days they spent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaromil Jireš
CAST:  Eva Límanová  •  Josef Abrhám  •  Eva Kopecká  •  Jiří Kvapil

Squandered Sunday (1990)

A day in the life of Arnošt, a soldier staying in Josefov. A sense of desperation permeates the environment as well as the mind of the protagonist. It is sunday, and saturday left just a hangover. Days go by, nothing changes. A metaphor for the political situation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Drahomíra Vihanová
CAST:  Ivan Palúch  •  Míla Myslíková  •  Irena Boleslavská  •  Ota Žebrák

A day in the life of Arnošt, a soldier staying in Josefov. A sense of desperation permeates the environment as well as the mind of the protagonist. It is sunday, and saturday left just a hangover. Days go by, nothing changes. A metaphor for the political situation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Drahomíra Vihanová
CAST:  Ivan Palúch  •  Míla Myslíková  •  Irena Boleslavská  •  Ota Žebrák

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DIRECTION:  Dušan Klein
CAST:  Bolek Polívka  •  Zlata Adamovská  •  Josef Somr  •  Miroslav Šimůnek

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DIRECTION:  Jaroslav Balík
CAST:  Václav Sloup  •  Jan Pivec  •  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Slávka Budínová

Kohout plaší smrt (1962)

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DIRECTION:  Vladimír Čech
CAST:  Otakar Brousek  •  Karel Höger  •  Josef Bek  •  Július Pántik

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DIRECTION:  Vladimír Čech
CAST:  Otakar Brousek  •  Karel Höger  •  Josef Bek  •  Július Pántik

Black and White Sylva (1962)

A character from a musical film falls into the real world in this short, predating similar films by Woody Allen (The Purple Rose of Cairo) and Wojciech Marczewski (Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Schmidt
CAST:  Zuzana Stivínová  •  Václav Sloup  •  Felix le Breux  •  Lubomír Lipský

A character from a musical film falls into the real world in this short, predating similar films by Woody Allen (The Purple Rose of Cairo) and Wojciech Marczewski (Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Schmidt
CAST:  Zuzana Stivínová  •  Václav Sloup  •  Felix le Breux  •  Lubomír Lipský

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DIRECTION:  Libuše Koutná
CAST:  Vladimír Menšík  •  Petr Čepek  •  Milan Stehlík  •  Jan Faltýnek

Smrť šitá na mieru (1980)

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DIRECTION:  Martin Hollý
CAST:  Vlado Müller  •  Milan Kiš  •  Květa Fialová  •  Juraj Ďurdiak

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DIRECTION:  Martin Hollý
CAST:  Vlado Müller  •  Milan Kiš  •  Květa Fialová  •  Juraj Ďurdiak

Tchán (1980)

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