Bronislav Poloczek
1939 - 2012
The Ear
Karel Kachyňa
Jiřina Bohdalová, Radoslav Brzobohatý
Senior ministry official Ludvik and his wife Anna come back from an official party only to find their home has been broken into and is riddled with listening devices. A harrowing night follows as the couple becomes more and more paranoid that they’re being targeted by the government.
The Ear
Cerni baroni
Zdeněk Sirový
Ondřej Vetchý, Pavel Landovský
Life of Czechoslovak soldiers in a military unit for the so called "politically unreliable" - the Technical auxiliary battalions, aka "the black barons". Although it might seem like a political satire and it's mostly funny, it shows the reality and the absurdity of military service under the communist regime. Based on a novel by Miloslav Svandrlik.
Cerni baroni
Golden Eels
Karel Kachyňa
Martin Mikulas, Miroslava Hozová
A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. There, the boy became friends with a local fisherman and learned to catch the golden eels. Eventually, his father and mother were arrested by the Nazis and the boy stayed with the fisherman.
Golden Eels
Panelstory or Birth of a Community
Věra Chytilová
Lukáš Bech, Antonín Vaňha
An old man is wandering round a badly signposted and as yet mostly under construction Prague housing estate looking for the high rise block into which he is supposed to be moving with his daughter's family. The old granddad from the countryside likes chatting, nothing escapes his eyes and he wants to give everyone a helping hand.
Panelstory or Birth of a Community
King Thrushbeard
Miloslav Luther
Adriana Tarábková, Lukáš Vaculík
When a selfless king learns of a beautiful princess in a neighboring kingdom who callously turns down every suitor with an insult, he tries his luck to no avail. So, he hatches a plot with her father in which the princess is married to him, in disguise as a beggar, so he can teach her lessons about humility and compassion.
King Thrushbeard
Der Schneider von Ulm
Edgar Reitz
Tilo Prückner, Vadim Glowna
The true story of the Bavarian Tailor Albrecht Berblinger who, after a strange encounter with a balloon starts building a flying machine. Although not an engineer by profession, he never gives up. No matter how many obstacles are put in his way nor how many failures he endures, his ardour is never dampened. He continues with his dream to fly like a bird.
The Tailor from Ulm
