František Husák

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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

Behold Homolka (1970)

This light comedy finds a Czech taxi driver taking his family on a weekend outing in the country. His wife, daughter-in-law, son and two grandchildren are the passengers who disturb the solitude of two young lovers. While the women attend the horse races, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaroslav Papoušek
CAST:  Josef Šebánek  •  Marie Motlová  •  Helena Růžičková  •  Petr Forman

This light comedy finds a Czech taxi driver taking his family on a weekend outing in the country. His wife, daughter-in-law, son and two grandchildren are the passengers who disturb the solitude of two young lovers. While the women attend the horse races, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaroslav Papoušek
CAST:  Josef Šebánek  •  Marie Motlová  •  Helena Růžičková  •  Petr Forman

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

The Garden (1968)

Frank visits his friend Josef, who introduces him to his pedigree rabbits and his wife Mary. Frank is more interested in the slightly unsettling fact that Josef and Mary's garden fence is entirely made up of living people holding hands. Finally, Frank asks Josef ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Švankmajer
CAST:  Jiří Hálek  •  Luděk Kopřiva  •  Míla Myslíková  •  Václav Borovička

Frank visits his friend Josef, who introduces him to his pedigree rabbits and his wife Mary. Frank is more interested in the slightly unsettling fact that Josef and Mary's garden fence is entirely made up of living people holding hands. Finally, Frank asks Josef ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Švankmajer
CAST:  Jiří Hálek  •  Luděk Kopřiva  •  Míla Myslíková  •  Václav Borovička

Jen o rodinných záležitostech (1991)

Life in communist Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s and the punishments for going against the state.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Svoboda
CAST:  Jiří Bartoška  •  Karel Roden  •  Miroslav Macháček  •  Milan Kňažko

Life in communist Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s and the punishments for going against the state.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Svoboda
CAST:  Jiří Bartoška  •  Karel Roden  •  Miroslav Macháček  •  Milan Kňažko

The Valley of the Bees (1968)

Cast out by his father, young Ondrej joins the Order of the Teutonic Knights, where he is raised by strict monk Armin. After years of hardship, Ondrej escapes from the Order when he is wrongly punished, and sets out for his former home. Arriving to discover his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  František Vláčil
CAST:  Jan Kačer  •  Věra Galatíková  •  Zdeněk Kryzánek  •  Petr Čepek

Cast out by his father, young Ondrej joins the Order of the Teutonic Knights, where he is raised by strict monk Armin. After years of hardship, Ondrej escapes from the Order when he is wrongly punished, and sets out for his former home. Arriving to discover his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  František Vláčil
CAST:  Jan Kačer  •  Věra Galatíková  •  Zdeněk Kryzánek  •  Petr Čepek

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DIRECTION:  Erwin Stranka
CAST:  Manfred Krug  •  Herwart Grosse  •  Marie Málková  •  Jaroslav Satoranský

Wedding Under Supervision (1967)

A comedy about two bumbling policemen investigating an alleged rape in a small Czech town. One of the alleged rapists is supposed to get married the day he's locked up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Krejčík
CAST:  Iva Janžurová  •  Vladimír Pucholt  •  Pavel Landovský  •  Jiří Hrzán

A comedy about two bumbling policemen investigating an alleged rape in a small Czech town. One of the alleged rapists is supposed to get married the day he's locked up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Krejčík
CAST:  Iva Janžurová  •  Vladimír Pucholt  •  Pavel Landovský  •  Jiří Hrzán

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

Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)

Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a watch from its waistcoat breast pocket. The half-ruined house that he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pavel Juráček
CAST:  Lubomír Kostelka  •  Pavel Landovský  •  Klára Jerneková  •  Radovan Lukavský

Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a watch from its waistcoat breast pocket. The half-ruined house that he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pavel Juráček
CAST:  Lubomír Kostelka  •  Pavel Landovský  •  Klára Jerneková  •  Radovan Lukavský

The Divine Emma (1979)

The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Krejčík
CAST:  Božidara Turzonovová  •  Juraj Kukura  •  Jiří Adamíra  •  Miloš Kopecký

The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Krejčík
CAST:  Božidara Turzonovová  •  Juraj Kukura  •  Jiří Adamíra  •  Miloš Kopecký

Who Looks for Gold? (1974)

When he returns to Prague from a stint in the Army, Lada does not seem to fit in anywhere, and he cannot get the hang of the system of deliberately underperforming on the job. His girlfriend tries to keep him in the city with a variety of stratagems, but he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Menzel
CAST:  Jan Hrušínský  •  Jana Giergielová  •  Július Pántik  •  Alois Liškutín

When he returns to Prague from a stint in the Army, Lada does not seem to fit in anywhere, and he cannot get the hang of the system of deliberately underperforming on the job. His girlfriend tries to keep him in the city with a variety of stratagems, but he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Menzel
CAST:  Jan Hrušínský  •  Jana Giergielová  •  Július Pántik  •  Alois Liškutín

Hotel for Strangers (1967)

A gifted poet checks into a Gothic hotel in hopes of meeting the woman with whom he has long been enamored. He is surrounded by a variety of offbeat characters like the hefty homosexual cook, shadowy clerks, snooty waiters, and valets prone to violence. He finally ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonín Máša
CAST:  Petr Čepek  •  Táňa Fischerová  •  Marta Krásová  •  Vladimír Šmeral

A gifted poet checks into a Gothic hotel in hopes of meeting the woman with whom he has long been enamored. He is surrounded by a variety of offbeat characters like the hefty homosexual cook, shadowy clerks, snooty waiters, and valets prone to violence. He finally ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonín Máša
CAST:  Petr Čepek  •  Táňa Fischerová  •  Marta Krásová  •  Vladimír Šmeral

The Last Butterfly (1991)

Stage mime Antoine Moreau is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a "model" concentration camp, to convince the Red Cross observers that the camp is truly what it seems. Reluctant at first, Moreau slowly learns the true ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Tom Courtenay  •  Freddie Jones  •  Brigitte Fossey  •  Ingrid Held

Stage mime Antoine Moreau is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a "model" concentration camp, to convince the Red Cross observers that the camp is truly what it seems. Reluctant at first, Moreau slowly learns the true ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Tom Courtenay  •  Freddie Jones  •  Brigitte Fossey  •  Ingrid Held

The End of Agent W4C (1967)

The invincible agent Cyril Juan Borguette alias W4C has been assigned a mission to go to a hotel in Prague, get hold of a saltcellar with a plan for the military exploitation of Venus hidden in it, and hand it over to the beautiful agent Alice. He will have to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Vorlíček
CAST:  Jiří Sovák  •  Jan Kačer  •  Květa Fialová  •  Jan Libíček

The invincible agent Cyril Juan Borguette alias W4C has been assigned a mission to go to a hotel in Prague, get hold of a saltcellar with a plan for the military exploitation of Venus hidden in it, and hand it over to the beautiful agent Alice. He will have to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Vorlíček
CAST:  Jiří Sovák  •  Jan Kačer  •  Květa Fialová  •  Jan Libíček

A Hungarian Fairy Tale (1987)

Shot in B&W, Gyula Gazdag's film follows the surreal and often comic quests of young Andris, an orphan searching for a father who doesn't exist, and Orban, a government clerk who's had enough of oppressive bureaucracy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gyula Gazdag
CAST:  Dávid Vermes  •  Pál Hetényi  •  František Husák  •  Varga Mária

Shot in B&W, Gyula Gazdag's film follows the surreal and often comic quests of young Andris, an orphan searching for a father who doesn't exist, and Orban, a government clerk who's had enough of oppressive bureaucracy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gyula Gazdag
CAST:  Dávid Vermes  •  Pál Hetényi  •  František Husák  •  Varga Mária

You Are a Widow, Sir (1971)

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti and with brain of psychotic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Vorlíček
CAST:  Olga Schoberová  •  Eduard Cupák  •  Jiří Hrzán  •  František Filipovský

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti and with brain of psychotic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Vorlíček
CAST:  Olga Schoberová  •  Eduard Cupák  •  Jiří Hrzán  •  František Filipovský

Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)

A sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he buys a computer made horoscope with biorhythms charts, marked according to his date of birth, there are trappy, precarious, unsuccessful and even critical days and few ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oldřich Lipský
CAST:  Luděk Sobota  •  Marta Vančurová  •  Josef Dvořák  •  Věra Ferbasová

A sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he buys a computer made horoscope with biorhythms charts, marked according to his date of birth, there are trappy, precarious, unsuccessful and even critical days and few ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oldřich Lipský
CAST:  Luděk Sobota  •  Marta Vančurová  •  Josef Dvořák  •  Věra Ferbasová
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