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Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)

After his sister is turned into a werewolf and subsequently killed, Ben White decides to help the enigmatic Stefan Crosscoe fight the growing population of lupine monsters, along with the lovely Jenny Templeton. Traveling to Transylvania, Ben, Jenny and Crosscoe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Mora
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Annie McEnroe  •  Reb Brown  •  Marsha Hunt

After his sister is turned into a werewolf and subsequently killed, Ben White decides to help the enigmatic Stefan Crosscoe fight the growing population of lupine monsters, along with the lovely Jenny Templeton. Traveling to Transylvania, Ben, Jenny and Crosscoe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Mora
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Annie McEnroe  •  Reb Brown  •  Marsha Hunt

And Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)

This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaromil Jireš
CAST:  Magda Vášáryová  •  Július Vašek  •  Viera Strnisková  •  Václav Helšus

This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaromil Jireš
CAST:  Magda Vášáryová  •  Július Vašek  •  Viera Strnisková  •  Václav Helšus

Pražákům, těm je hej (1991)

The story begins in 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, few years before the end of Communist era. The band Pražský výběr (Prague's selection) has just received the news thier 5-year ban has expired and they are alowed to perform once again. This half fantasy half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Smyczek  •  Michael Kocáb
CAST:  Michael Kocáb  •  Michal Pavlíček  •  Vilém Čok  •  Roman Skamene

The story begins in 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, few years before the end of Communist era. The band Pražský výběr (Prague's selection) has just received the news thier 5-year ban has expired and they are alowed to perform once again. This half fantasy half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Smyczek  •  Michael Kocáb
CAST:  Michael Kocáb  •  Michal Pavlíček  •  Vilém Čok  •  Roman Skamene

Helimadoe (1993)

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DIRECTION:  Jaromil Jireš
CAST:  Jakub Marek  •  Josef Somr  •  Jana Dolanská  •  Zuzana Bydžovská

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DIRECTION:  Jaromil Jireš
CAST:  Jakub Marek  •  Josef Somr  •  Jana Dolanská  •  Zuzana Bydžovská

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DIRECTION:  Jan Prokop
CAST:  Martin Zounar  •  Lucie Benešová  •  Marián Labuda  •  Stanislav Tříska

The Nun's Night (1967)

A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the mass closure of monasteries and convents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Jana Brejchová  •  Mnislav Hofmann  •  Gustáv Valach  •  Josef Kemr

A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the mass closure of monasteries and convents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Jana Brejchová  •  Mnislav Hofmann  •  Gustáv Valach  •  Josef Kemr

Almost King (1977)

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DIRECTION:  Bořivoj Zeman
CAST:  Jiří Korn  •  Naďa Konvalinková  •  Marie Glázrová  •  Jorga Kotrbová

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DIRECTION:  Bořivoj Zeman
CAST:  Jiří Korn  •  Naďa Konvalinková  •  Marie Glázrová  •  Jorga Kotrbová

Sun, Hay and a Couple of Slaps (1989)

For a second time this film leads us to the village in South Bohemia. We meet again Konopnik family and Skopek family. Venca Konopnik is marrying Blazena Skopek but there is another woman Milada who is very jealous and she is spreading gossips about Venca Konopnik. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Troška
CAST:  Helena Růžičková  •  Stanislav Tříska  •  Veronika Kánská  •  Martin Šotola

For a second time this film leads us to the village in South Bohemia. We meet again Konopnik family and Skopek family. Venca Konopnik is marrying Blazena Skopek but there is another woman Milada who is very jealous and she is spreading gossips about Venca Konopnik. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Troška
CAST:  Helena Růžičková  •  Stanislav Tříska  •  Veronika Kánská  •  Martin Šotola

Jara Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)

Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ladislav Smoljak
CAST:  Zdeněk Svěrák  •  Valerie Kaplanová  •  Petr Čepek  •  Josef Abrhám

Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ladislav Smoljak
CAST:  Zdeněk Svěrák  •  Valerie Kaplanová  •  Petr Čepek  •  Josef Abrhám

The Feather Fairy (1985)

A fairy-tale about an old lady who takes care of snow and Jakub who does not fear death. It reflects the idea of people's longing for happiness, love and understanding, their effort to overcome troubles and win over death. It criticizes greed and evil desires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juraj Jakubisko
CAST:  Giulietta Masina  •  Tobias Hoesl  •  Petra Vančíková  •  Soňa Valentová

A fairy-tale about an old lady who takes care of snow and Jakub who does not fear death. It reflects the idea of people's longing for happiness, love and understanding, their effort to overcome troubles and win over death. It criticizes greed and evil desires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juraj Jakubisko
CAST:  Giulietta Masina  •  Tobias Hoesl  •  Petra Vančíková  •  Soňa Valentová

Love Between the Raindrops (1980)

Set in Prague during the years leading up to World War II, this family saga tells the story of a cobbler named Vincenc Bursik (Vladimir Mensik), who uproots his clan from the country to the city, only to suffer the loss of his wife and the failure of his shoe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Lukáš Vaculík  •  Eduard Cupák  •  Tereza Pokorná-Herzová  •  Jan Hrušínský

Set in Prague during the years leading up to World War II, this family saga tells the story of a cobbler named Vincenc Bursik (Vladimir Mensik), who uproots his clan from the country to the city, only to suffer the loss of his wife and the failure of his shoe ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Lukáš Vaculík  •  Eduard Cupák  •  Tereza Pokorná-Herzová  •  Jan Hrušínský

The Raggedy Rawney (1988)

During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally distraught, dresses in women's clothes and eventually joins a passing gypsy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Hoskins
CAST:  Dexter Fletcher  •  Bob Hoskins  •  Zoë Wanamaker  •  Zoë Nathenson

During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally distraught, dresses in women's clothes and eventually joins a passing gypsy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Hoskins
CAST:  Dexter Fletcher  •  Bob Hoskins  •  Zoë Wanamaker  •  Zoë Nathenson

Sun, Hay, Erotica (1991)

A third and last part of an adventures of a villagers from the "Sun, Hay..." series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Troška
CAST:  Helena Růžičková  •  Stanislav Tříska  •  Veronika Kánská  •  Valerie Kaplanová

A third and last part of an adventures of a villagers from the "Sun, Hay..." series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Troška
CAST:  Helena Růžičková  •  Stanislav Tříska  •  Veronika Kánská  •  Valerie Kaplanová

Tchán (1980)

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DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Troška
CAST:  Blanka Bohdanová  •  Eduard Cupák  •  Pavel Pípal  •  Petr Svoboda

Oldrich and Bozena (1985)

At the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries Boleslav's kingdom fell apart in the fratricidal war between the Přemyslovci and the other clans the main profiteer of this being the German emperor. At that time it seemed as if the Czech state and the lineage of its ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otakar Vávra
CAST:  Jiří Bartoška  •  Vladimír Kratina  •  Ilona Svobodová  •  Jana Šulcová

At the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries Boleslav's kingdom fell apart in the fratricidal war between the Přemyslovci and the other clans the main profiteer of this being the German emperor. At that time it seemed as if the Czech state and the lineage of its ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otakar Vávra
CAST:  Jiří Bartoška  •  Vladimír Kratina  •  Ilona Svobodová  •  Jana Šulcová

Piloti (1988)

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DIRECTION:  Otakar Fuka  •  Igor Bityukov
CAST:  Petr Štěpánek  •  Karel Greif  •  Michal Gučík  •  Ilona Svobodová

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DIRECTION:  Otakar Fuka  •  Igor Bityukov
CAST:  Petr Štěpánek  •  Karel Greif  •  Michal Gučík  •  Ilona Svobodová

The Damned House of Hajn (1989)

Sonya is the heiress to the riches of a Czech noble family—the Hajns. Petr, a social climber marries her, ignoring some shady goings-on—in particular, an insane uncle who prowls the mansion believing himself invisible, a peccadillo the family indulges. The uncle’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Svoboda
CAST:  Emil Horváth  •  Martin Stropnický  •  Petra Vančíková  •  Radoslav Brzobohatý

Sonya is the heiress to the riches of a Czech noble family—the Hajns. Petr, a social climber marries her, ignoring some shady goings-on—in particular, an insane uncle who prowls the mansion believing himself invisible, a peccadillo the family indulges. The uncle’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Svoboda
CAST:  Emil Horváth  •  Martin Stropnický  •  Petra Vančíková  •  Radoslav Brzobohatý

The Gentle Barbarian (1990)

A commemorative and essayistic meditative piece on the Prague quarter Libeň during the 1950s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petr Koliha
CAST:  Bolek Polívka  •  Jiří Menzel  •  Arnošt Goldflam  •  Ivana Chýlková

A commemorative and essayistic meditative piece on the Prague quarter Libeň during the 1950s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petr Koliha
CAST:  Bolek Polívka  •  Jiří Menzel  •  Arnošt Goldflam  •  Ivana Chýlková
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