Vladimír Valenta

Closely Watched Trains (1966)

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Menzel
CAST:  Václav Neckář  •  Josef Somr  •  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Vladimír Valenta

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Menzel
CAST:  Václav Neckář  •  Josef Somr  •  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Vladimír Valenta

Sunday in the Country (1974)

Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. Unable to let them simply wait for the law, he decides to take them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Ernest Borgnine  •  Michael J. Pollard  •  Hollis McLaren  •  Louis Zorich

Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. Unable to let them simply wait for the law, he decides to take them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Ernest Borgnine  •  Michael J. Pollard  •  Hollis McLaren  •  Louis Zorich

Crime in the Night Club (1968)

A black comedy set in a Prague cabaret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Menzel
CAST:  Jiří Suchý  •  Jiří Šlitr  •  Eva Pilarová  •  Vlastimil Brodský

A black comedy set in a Prague cabaret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Menzel
CAST:  Jiří Suchý  •  Jiří Šlitr  •  Eva Pilarová  •  Vlastimil Brodský

The End of a Priest (1969)

A verger, who likes to dress as a priest, is invited, by one of the villagers, to be the pastor at a vacant church. The atheist teacher resents the pastor, and tries to embarrass him in various ways, including being caught with the local girl, Majka.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Evald Schorm
CAST:  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Jan Libíček  •  Jana Brejchová  •  Zdena Škvorecká

A verger, who likes to dress as a priest, is invited, by one of the villagers, to be the pastor at a vacant church. The atheist teacher resents the pastor, and tries to embarrass him in various ways, including being caught with the local girl, Majka.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Evald Schorm
CAST:  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Jan Libíček  •  Jana Brejchová  •  Zdena Škvorecká

Draw! (1984)

In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Hilliard Stern
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  James Coburn  •  Alexandra Bastedo  •  Graham Jarvis

In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Hilliard Stern
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  James Coburn  •  Alexandra Bastedo  •  Graham Jarvis

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

Slow movingRomanticComplexReal

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Kaufman
CAST:  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Juliette Binoche  •  Lena Olin  •  Derek de Lint

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Kaufman
CAST:  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Juliette Binoche  •  Lena Olin  •  Derek de Lint

Wolfpen Principle (1974)

A middle-aged theatre manager imagines his life situation to be reflected in the wolves at the local zoo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Darcus
CAST:  Alicia Ammon  •  Lawrence Brown  •  Doris Chillcott  •  Ivor Harries

A middle-aged theatre manager imagines his life situation to be reflected in the wolves at the local zoo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Darcus
CAST:  Alicia Ammon  •  Lawrence Brown  •  Doris Chillcott  •  Ivor Harries