Ladislav Gzela
1907 - 1984Higher Principle
Jiří Krejčík
František Smolík, Jana Brejchová
During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.
Higher Principle
Byl jednou jeden král...
Bořivoj Zeman
Jan Werich, Vlasta Burian
A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three daughters to name the measure of their love for him. When one of them says, "more than salt", he banishes her from the kingdom. Not understanding what she meant the King assumes love can only be measured by precious metals or one's own talent, the 'correct' answers from his other two daughters. The arrogance of the King leads him to gather all the salt in the kingdom and destroy it. Of course, this backfires as he slowly learns the universal value of the substance, and of course, the essence of his daughter's reply. With the help of the wise and magical old 'herb woman', the King also learns what it means to be a true and wise ruler.
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Happy end
Oldřich Lipský
Vladimír Menšík, Josef Abrhám
A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an "execution" of the main protagonist and goes back to explore his previous actions and motivations.
Happy End
Údolí včel
František Vláčil
Jan Kačer, Věra Galatíková
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 father to be dead, Ondrej now not only assumes control of his father's properties, but seeks to marry his former stepmother.
The Valley of the Bees
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Karel Zeman
Miloš Kopecký, Rudolf Jelínek
The 20th century's first man lands on the moon and discovers - that Baron Munchausen has already beaten him to it, along with Cyrano and characters from Jules Verne's lunar-landing novel. The Baron spirits the young cosmonaut by horse-drawn ship back to an ancient "Earth", where they insult a sultan, rescue a princess, fall in love with the princess, and then as a trio have further experiences in a world of pastel colors, ornate dreamlike settings, and the inevitable angry disrupters of peacefulness and love.
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
Jiří Weiss
Ivan Mistrík, Daniela Smutná
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 Pavel's mother, who forces the residents of the apartment building to decide whether Hana can remain.
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
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Jaroslav Balík
Ivo Palec, Miriam Hynková
Еще в молодости актер Франтишек Лукавец и его преподаватель Владимир Тума стали врагами. Франтишек настоял на том, чтобы Туму как реакционера и враждебно относящегося к новой власти уволили из училища. Прошло много лет, и вот они вновь встретились на сцене одного театра. Франтишеку поручена роль Юлиуса Фучика, Тума в этом же спектакле играет роль гестаповца. По ходу действия гестаповец бьет Фучика. Воспользовавшись случаем, Тума на генеральной репетиции по настоящему избивает своего давнего врага. По лицу Франтишека течет кровь, но он все равно будет играть. Репетиция продолжается...
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The Jester's Tale
Karel Zeman
Petr Kostka, Miloslav Holub
An anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years' War. It follows ploughman Petr, recruiter Matěj and country girl Lenka who get caught up in both sides of the war and experience many adventures before they find happiness. The film combines live action with animation to suggest the artistic style of the engraver Matthäus Merian.
The Jester's Tale
Den sedmý – osmá noc
Evald Schorm
Jan Libíček, Josef Bek
An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells of what happens when a sequence of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the stationmaster. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes hold and everyone’s worst instincts are released. Interrogations, the abolition of rights and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder
The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night
