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Films from the country "tchecoslovaquie", sorted by production date
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Calamity (1982)
, 1h36Directed by Věra Chytilová
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Comedy
Actors Bolek Polívka, Dagmar Bláhová, Zdeněk Svěrák, Bronislav Poloczek, Zdeněk Dítě, Ondřej Havelka
Honza Dostál arrête ses études pour se consacrer à des choses utiles.
Ferat Vampire (1982)
Directed by Juraj Herz
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Jiří Menzel, Petr Čepek, Blanka Waleská, Juraj Herz
Doctor Marek (Jiří Menzel) is shocked when his beloved nurse, Mima (Dagmar Veškrnová), signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat to work as a rally-driver. Rumours abound that the Ferat sports car runs not on petrol, but on human blood.
Visitors from the Galaxy (1982)
, 1h25Directed by Dušan Vukotić
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Žarko Potočnjak, René Bitorajac, Ljubiša Samardžić, Hermina Pipinić, Ivo Gregurević
Robert, un employé d’hôtel s'essayant à l'écriture de romans de science-fiction voit un jour ses personnages, une femme et deux enfants venus de la planète Tugador dans la Galaxie Arcana, se matérialiser. Les visiteurs sèment la panique dans le village.
, 1h36Directed by Věra Chytilová
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Comedy
Actors Oldřich Navrátil, Jiří Kodet, Bronislav Poloczek, Bruno Hübner, Marek Vašut
Cutting It Short (1981)
, 1h33Directed by Jiří Menzel
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Comedy
Actors Jiří Schmitzer, Rudolf Hrušínský, Petr Čepek, Magda Vášáryová, Miroslav Donutil
Ce film est l'évocation des souvenirs d'enfance de Bohumil Hrabal dans la ville de Nymburk où la brasserie tient une place importante.
Beauty and the Beast (1979)
, 1h23Directed by Juraj Herz
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Zdena Studenková, Václav Voska, Jana Brejchová
Julie is a bankrupt merchant's daughter who, as the only one of the three daughters, chooses to save her father's life. She goes to the Haunted Wood's Castle where she meets Netvor. Netvor has no qualms about killing Julie, but her beauty prevents him from doing so. Although Julie is forbidden to look at him, she starts to love him and the love rescues him from his curse.
The Divine Emma (1979)
, 1h50Directed by Jiří Krejčík
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical
Actors Božidara Turzonovová, Josef Kemr, Miloš Kopecký, Václav Lohniský, Čestmír Řanda, Zdeněk Dítě
The film is a biographical account of Czech operatic soprano Emmy Destinn's life. The primary focus is on the singer's return from USA in 1914, and her subsequent involvement in the Czech patriotic resistance against Austria-Hungary during the WWI.
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (1979)
, 1h30Directed by Jiří Menzel
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Actors Rudolf Hrušínský, Vladimír Menšík, Jiří Menzel, Vlasta Fabianová, Josef Kemr, Jiřina Steimarová
The Apple Game (1978)
, 1h40Directed by Věra Chytilová
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Dagmar Bláhová, Jiří Kodet, Jiří Menzel, Jiří Lábus, Jitka Cerhová
, 1h42Directed by Oldřich Lipský
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Crime
Actors Rudolf Hrušínský, Miloš Kopecký, Ladislav Pešek, Václav Lohniský, Olga Schoberová, Zdeněk Dítě
It is the turn from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. The Prague police commissar Ledvina asked the famous New York detective Nick Carter, who is on a visit to Prague, for assistance to solve the strange case of a missing dog. Mysterious murder cases happenen during the investigations, done by the malicious botanist Baron von Kratzmar and his carnivorous plant Adele. Von Kratzmar kidnapped his victims, bound them and whenever he played a gramophone with the melody "Schlafe, mein Prinzchen" (a lullaby by Bernhard Flies but previously associated with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) it is the time for Adele to awaken and eat her victims for dinner. Baron von Kratzmar considered himself a misjudged genius and wanted to take revenge on one of his former professors. He called himself "the Gardener" a notorious criminal, who Nick Carter thought had died in the swamps years ago. With the help of bizarre inventions, Ledvina and Carter succeed in catching von Kratzmar and delivering him to the legal authorities.
Jacob the Liar (1975)
, 1h36Directed by Frank Beyer
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen, Blanche Kommerell, Peter Sturm, Dezső Garas
In a Jewish ghetto in German-occupied Poland, a man named Jakob is summoned to the Gestapo office on a charge he broke the curfew. As the soldier who sent him there merely played a prank on him, he is released, but not before hearing a radio broadcast about the defeats of the German Army. As no one believes he went to the Gestapo and came out alive, Jakob makes up another tale, claiming he owns a radio – a crime punishable by death. He then starts encouraging his friends with false reports about the advance of the Red Army toward their ghetto. The residents, who are desperate and starved, find new hope in Jakob's stories. But it all ends as the Germans deport the people to their death in the extermination camps.
, 1h36Directed by Václav Vorlíček
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Mermaids in film
Actors Libuše Šafránková, Vladimír Menšík, František Filipovský, Miloš Kopecký, Stella Zázvorková, Čestmír Řanda
À Prague, au bord de la Vltava, vivent les sept derniers ondins de Bohême. Leur chef, M. Wassermann, se sert de la famille de sa femme comme de leurs employés. Il y a les frères Bertík, Karel, Alois Vodičky et la fille de ce dernier, Jana. M Wassermann les tient en respect à l'aide d'une baguette magique qui peut les transformer en animaux ou en objets.
Who Looks for Gold? (1974)
, 1h38Directed by Jiří Menzel
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama
Actors Jan Hrušínský, Július Pántik, Míla Myslíková
Un jeune homme revenant du service militaire commence à travailler sur la construction du barrage de Dalešice .
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
, 1h26Directed by Václav Vorlíček
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about the labor movement, Children's films
Actors Libuše Šafránková, Carola Braunbock, Karin Lesch, Vladimír Menšík, Míla Myslíková, Petr Svojtka
The film stars Libuše Šafránková as the title character, a young woman who is put upon by her stepmother and stepsister. The film employs a twist, though, when a handsome prince comes knocking. Cinderella does not simply fall into the prince's arms. In this version, he must actively pursue the young woman who is a skilled sharpshooter prone to wearing hunting outfits. Cinderella also has three wishes at her disposal, gained from three magic nuts.
Morgiana (1972)
, 1h46Directed by Juraj Herz
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Iva Janžurová, Josef Abrhám, Petr Čepek, Jiří Kodet, Josef Somr, Ivan Palúch
La lecture d'un testament : un homme lègue toute sa fortune à sa fille Klára, au détriment de son autre fille Viktoria. Viktoria tient un établissement nommé « la Flûte verte », et voit sa sœur attirer les hommes, contrairement à elle. Vitoria décide alors de tuer Klára, en se procurant un poison indécelable qui la rendra malade et la tuera au bout de quelques semaines. Après avoir versé le poison dans le verre de sa sœur, déçue de ne pas voir de résultats immédiats, Viktoria en donne à un chien de sa maison. Mais son chat siamois Morgiana a peut-être bu à sa place. Pendant ce temps, Klára tombe malade et commence à avoir des hallucinations.