Jan Cmíral
1924 - 2001
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
The Krakonos and the Skiers
Věra Plívová-Šimková
Milan Padalík, Jan Kreidl
Matej and Jenda, two of the eight children of the poor Pelc family in the Giant Mountains, help in a glass works where the oldest brother Francek works. They hide into a tub not to be seen by supervisors checking on the ban of children labor. They miss the Epiphany carol (songs and treats door-to-door) and all neighbor village boys again on them in all the neighbor houses. On their way home they are passed by a fast moving big man with a large backpack. The boys send the customs officers, who are pursuing the strange man, to the opposite direction. The man then thanks them and rewards them the next day. Based on fairy-tales and legends the boys think the man is Krakonos (the giant living and ruling in the Giant Mountains).
The Krakonos and the Skiers
Ikarie XB 1
Jindřich Polák
Zdeněk Štěpánek, František Smolík
The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB 1 embarks on a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront the effects of a malignant dark star, the destructive legacy of the 20th century and, ultimately, the limits of their own sanity.
Ikarie XB 1
Florenc 13,30
Josef Mach
Josef Bek, Sylvie Daníčková
Действие фильма происходит в течение одного автобусного рейса. Все участники этого путешествия - случайные попутчики. Они никогда не знали друг друга. Автобус Прага - Карловы Вары отправляется с конечной остановки в 13:30. Его пассажиры разные люди: молодая девушка, легкомысленная и обаятельная, дама с собачкой — олицетворение мещанства, пунктуальный чиновник, твердо верящий в превосходство Запада и старательно не замечающий успехов социалистического строительства, кинорежиссер, который часто уносится в мечтах далеко от реальной действительности, придумывая сюжет своего будущего фильма. Едут в автобусе и молодые люди, любители легкой музыки, едут пожилые супруги и другие пассажиры. Несколько дорожных приключений, остроумные шутки, веселая музыка делают комедию одним из тех фильмов, которые всегда нравятся зрителям.
Florenc 13,30
Causa králík
Jaromil Jireš
Miloš Kopecký, Marie Brožová
In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes to practice in the countryside. His series of odd court cases reveals more about the human condition than about law. In one of these litigations a wayward nephew has cheated his elderly aunt out of her savings. In court, the nephew insists the money was a gift, but his aunt explains she only gave him the money as a loan. Although the lawyer technically wins the case, everything of value seems lost in the meantime. His services are paid for in rabbits because the aunt has no currency, and in the end, the nephew cons his aunt into parting with her savings anyway. Other cases expose similar types of petty corruption.
Payment in Kind
