Oratorio For Prague dir. Jan Nemec
“A unique document of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, the movie was begun as a documentary about the liberalization of Czechoslovakia and then became a record of the entry of…”
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Oratorio For Prague (Czechoslovakia, 1968/1990, B&W) dir. Jan Nemec.
A Report on the Party and The Guests dir. Jan Nemec
“A small group of adult bourgeois friends are on a day outing in the country, that outing which includes having a picnic. While they are going for a walk after the picnic, they encounter a…”
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A Report on the Party and The Guests (Czechoslovakia, 1966, B&W) dir. Jan Nemec.
The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia dir. Jan Svankmeier
“A bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist takeover) to 1989 (the Velvet Revolution).”
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The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (United Kingdom, 1990, Color) dir. Jan Svankmeier.
Larks on a String dir. Jiří Menzel
“Set in the late 1940s, the film concerns the treatment of suspect ‘bourgeois elements’, a professor, a saxophonist, and a milkman, who are put to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.”
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Larks on a String (Czechoslovakia, 1969, Color) dir. Jiří Menzel.
Daisies (Sedmikraski) dir. Vera Chytilová
“Two girls try to understand the meaning of the world and their life.”
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Daisies (Sedmikraski)(Czechoslovakia, 1966, Color)dir. Vera Chytilová.
Kolya dir. Jan Sverák
“Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady’s man. Having lost his place in the state orchestra, he must make ends meet by playing…”
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Kolya (Czech Republic, 1996, Color) dir. Jan Sverák.
Czech Dream (Česky sen) dirs. Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda
“Two students from the Czech Film Academy commission a leading advertising agency to organize a huge campaign for the opening of a new supermarket named Czech Dream. The supermarket however…”
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Czech Dream (Česky sen) (Czechoslovakia, 2004, Color) dir. Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda.
