Jiřina Šejbalová
1905 - 1981
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
Haškovy povídky ze starého mocnářství
Miroslav Hubáček
František Smolík, Růžena Šlemrová
Четыре коротких рассказа великого чешского сатирика Ярослава Гашека. «Суп для бедных детей» рассказывает о том, как сам принц Роберт готовил суп для бедных детей, «Заседание муниципального совета в Медловарах» - это история участка муниципального полицейского, «Страдания пана Тенкрата» показывает, как странные события приводят к браку и продвижению по службе, «Бунт арестанта Шейбы» описывает победоносную борьбу осужденного Шейбы за клецки для служителей мессы.
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
Ze soboty na neděli
Gustav Machatý
L. H. Struna, Magda Maděrová
Two secretaries go out on a double date, but the inexperienced Mary flees when offered money for sexual favors. She takes refuge in a cafe and encounters a plebeian Prince Charming. The film recounts the simple progress of their romance after they go home together.
From Saturday to Sunday
Vlčí jáma
Jiří Weiss
Miroslav Doležal, Jiřina Šejbalová
The title of this highly-regarded Czech drama translates as Wolf Trap. Set in the 1920s, the story revolves around an ambitious young provincial politician (Miroslav Dolozai) who enters into a marriage of convenience with a smotheringly possessive -- and much older -- woman (Jirina Sejbavola). Hoping to temporarily escape his overbearing wife's clutches, the husband strikes up a friendship with her young ward (Jana Brejchova). The relationship blossoms into a deep abiding love, but the jellyfish husband can't bring himself to declare his ardor to the girl. Even after the death of the wife, the husband hasn't the intestinal fortitude to admit his passion, and the results are bleak indeed for the unfortunate ward. Director Jiri Weiss does a masterful job staging his story of frustration and denial against a backdrop of post-WWI bourgeois banality.
Wolf Trap
Naše bláznivá rodina
Jan Valášek, Karel Kachyňa
Bohumila Houdková, Jarmila Srbová
Twelve-year-old Jana returns from the hospital. She notices some changes at home and is worried that her parents are going to divorce. In reality, however, they are expecting another child.
Naše bláznivá rodina
