
Zdeněk Braunschläger
1932 - 2018Kde řeky mají slunce
Václav Krška
Bedřich Vrbský, Karel Hlušička
Based on a novel by Maria Majerova, this well-photographed but routine romantic drama is directed and co-scripted by Vaclav Krska. Set in a more old-fashioned time, the story centers around Lenka (Suzana Fisarskova), a young woman with a domineering, psychologically abusive father. When Lenka falls in love she suffers the ultimate injustice when her father and her family forbid her to marry the man. They see no advantage in such a union and want her to marry a wealthy local landowner instead, for obvious reasons. But Lenka is not as submissive as they think and she runs away to the city to look for the man she loves -- only to find a serious problem, though a surmountable one, is waiting for her.
The Day the Tree Blooms
The Stolen Airship
Karel Zeman
Michal Pospíšil, Hanuš Bor
The Stolen Airship (Czech: Ukradená vzducholod) is a 1967 live-action/animated film by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman. The story is based loosely on Jules Verne's novels Two Years' Vacation and The Mysterious Island. The film in Art Nouveau style consists of live-action scenes, generally shot in black and white, as well as hand-drawn, stop motion, and cutout animation. Various live-action and animated elements are often composited into the same scene.
The Stolen Airship
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
Kdyby tisíc klarinetů
Ján Roháč, Vladimír Svitáček
Jana Brejchová, Waldemar Matuška
A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music instruments. Great mystery is immediately found by TV station. And soon the military base becomes a stage for huge TV show.
If a Thousand Clarinets
Transport z ráje
Zbyněk Brynych
Zdeněk Štěpánek, Ilja Prachař
Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their hopes and dreams unfold against the perpetual threat of deportation (or worse) by the Nazis. Based on the novel "Night and Hope" by Arnost Lustig.
Transport from Paradise
The Golden Fern
Jiří Weiss
Vít Olmer, Karla Chadimová
Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they fall in love. After getting drunk in a village feast, he gets to sign up to the army. The fairy gives him a shirt to wear and asks him to swear he will never abandon it. At the war front, he falls in love with the the colonel's daughter and will have to perform various feats to get her attention.
The Golden Fern
Maratón
Ivo Novák
Jaromír Hanzlík, Jana Brejchová
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 Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.
Maratón
Na kolejích čeká vrah
Josef Mach
Jiří Sovák, Radoslav Brzobohatý
An escort composed of three people transports a huge amount of new one-hundred crown banknotes in a special railway car. At the 196th kilometer, a village girl is waiting at the railway crossing and spots two men removing some packages from the track. The scene is immediately followed by the report of a gun and the unwanted witness is shot dead. Soon afterwards, on the 201st kilometer, the train explodes. Only one of the escorts Lenk (Radoslav Brzobohatý) survives the explosion, taken to hospital with serious injuries. Criminologist Major Kalas (Jirí Sovák) and the very young Second Lieutenant Karlícek (Jaromír Hanzlík) patiently gather facts, leads and testimonies.
A Killer on the Tracks
Větrná hora
Jiří Sequens
Josef Vinklář, Stanislav Fišer
В одном из пограничных районов Чехословакии, на Ветряной горе, работала геолого-изыскательская партия. Начальник этой партии обратился в управление с просьбой прислать на помощь людей. Прошло несколько дней, и на шахту из города прибыла группа рабочих. Среди них были замаскировавшиеся враги, которые имели задание от старых хозяев взорвать шахту. Фильм рассказывает о том, как бдительность и смелость простых людей помешали врагу осуществить свой гнусный замысел.
The Windy Mountain
Marie
Václav Vorlíček
Blažena Holišová, Ilja Racek
Брак Ярослава и Марие, родителей двоих школьников, выглядит мирным и упорядоченным. Марие, погружённая в домашние хлопоты, чувствует, что муж отдаляется от неё, и их отношения потеряли тепло и любовь. Марие подозревает, что за вечерними отлучками мужа кроются отношения с другой женщиной. И всё же она не желает принять горькую правду и надеется, что время всё исправит.
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