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78
53
8.1
/2474/
81
/96/
77
/66/
3.8
/1373/

Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
This comedy is about one average family. The father works as master in the factory and his son is studying on high school. One day father must start to visit the evening school. It's the same school as his son visiting. The lives both students are connecting together. The son must teach the math and physics his own father. The father getting to know, that the life of the students is not simple as he supposed.
poster
77
51
7.8
/1577/
76
/58/
74
/54/
4.1
/3331/

Happy End (1967)
A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an "execution" of the main protagonist and goes back to explore his previous actions and motivations.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
43
7.5
/1202/
64
/23/
78
/16/
3.8
/1305/
94
/80/

All My Good Countrymen (1969)
The lives of 7 friends in a small Czech town from 1945 to some time after 1958.
poster
Kanopy
69
42
7.2
/1677/
71
/53/
60
/36/
3.7
/1928/

The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera. He is also an obsessed opera fan, keeps the body of his favorite diva preserved in a crypt in the castle. In order to keep away nosy visitors, the baron's mad-scientist assistant, invents all sorts of spooky phenomena in order to give the castle a creepy reputation.
poster
71
36
7.2
/1255/
70
/42/
70
/41/
3.6
/1113/
73
/14/

Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person's dream on a screen; disaster soon follows when the machine malfunctions and the cartoon-like dream characters become very real!
poster
72
36
7.5
/1424/
77
/68/
66
/35/
3.7
/914/

How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1975)
There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaken for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on...
poster
74
36
7.6
/1466/
77
/75/
71
/35/
3.6
/751/

Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
A sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he buys a computer made horoscope with biorhythms charts, marked according to his date of birth, there are trappy, precarious, unsuccessful and even critical days and few successful days. The clumsy luckless person Frantisek has finally a guidance for his life.
poster
72
31
7.3
/1243/
72
/32/
74
/22/
3.6
/1096/

Hotel Pacific (1975)
Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Loosely based on the novel by Henryk Worcell.
poster
69
28
6.8
/736/
67
/26/
60
/30/
3.5
/495/
82
/22/

On the Comet (1970)
When a comet passes the Earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa, and a small swathe of humanity, along with it.
poster
70
28
7.0
/780/
77
/49/
63
/28/
3.5
/853/

How to Wake a Princess (1978)
At long last, King Dalimil and Queen Eliška have produced an heir, Princess Růženka. Consumed with envy, Eliška’s sister Melánie casts a curse: On the day Růženka turns seventeen, she will prick her finger and fall into a deep sleep together with the entire kingdom.
poster
72
25
7.4
/913/
77
/41/
68
/26/
3.5
/491/

You Are a Widow, Sir (1971)
After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti and with brain of psychotic serial killer Fany Stubová. They also manage to kill king's astrologer Stuart Hampl, who warns the king. Accidentally, Hampl's brain is implanted into assassin's body, actress Keleti is killed and chaos begins.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
24
7.4
/881/
80
/38/
60
/22/
3.6
/641/

Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1971)
Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply increases, Camel is mistakenly regarded as a mass murderer and cunningly uses his horrifying reputation to get the respect and heart of his beloved Sabrina, a journalist from a local newspaper. But this game turns out to be risky and in the end, both gangs don't hesitate to seize the check at all costs, including an improvised operation
poster
69
22
7.0
/834/
77
/45/
61
/26/
3.4
/421/

A Nice Plate of Spinach (1977)
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.
poster
73
21
7.3
/713/
77
/36/
74
/17/
3.6
/597/

A Night at Karlstein (1974)
No Woman is allowed into Karlstejn Castle! Yet the enamoured Daniele Kolářová and the equally enamoured Jana Brejchová manage to spend one night in disguise in the Castle despite the strict royal ban.
poster
61
19
6.7
/644/
69
/28/
58
/28/
3.5
/510/
40
/8/

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)
This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, with the proposed solution of building a time machine. The decision is made to travel back in time and murder Einstein, with the hopeful result being that without the noted mathematician's research there will be no atomic bombs.
poster
63
16
6.5
/609/
64
/31/
58
/18/
3.4
/395/

The Third Prince (1983)
Brave sons of the king, twin brothers Jaroslav and Jaromír love and help each other. It was they and another brother - Jindrich, who once saw the portrait of Princess of Diamond Mountains, fell in love and went on her quest.
poster
66
12
6.8
/428/
70
/15/
56
/14/
3.5
/346/

90° in the Shade (1965)
In a Prague shop, an assistant has been carrying on an affair with the dishonest, married manager. An emotionally repressed auditor with domestic problems of his own uncovers serious stock discrepancies. A test of loyalties and a questioning of values concludes in tragedy.
poster
67
11
6.8
/302/
70
/39/
65
/12/
3.4
/225/

The Brave Blacksmith (1984)
Young blacksmith Mikeš sets out into the world for an adventure, accompanied by the miller's assistant Matěj and the boy Ondra. On their journey to rescue three enchanted princesses, the young men encounter a mischievous old hag, magic, and traps set by the Black King, but most importantly, they face their own temptations.
poster
58
7
6.9
/168/
47
/4/
46
/11/
3.5
/219/

Shades of Fern (1986)
Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables of Josef’s older brother, the legendary Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek. Two young poachers, more boys than men, kill a gamekeeper when they are caught illegally hunting. Panicked, they retreat into a forest that grows steadily more forbidding and deadly as their fear for the future—and guilt over their action—mounts. Loosely based on hundreds of oral folk tales and legends that haunt the woods of Czechoslovakia, Vlácil’s contemporary updating artistically underscores the relationship between man and nature, crime and punishment, isolation and society, and guilt and memory.
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?
4.4
/19/
20
/1/

Figurky ze šmantů (1988)
Three short stories about the people and folk around the shaft.
poster
?
10
/1/

Viola (1986)
N/A
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?
4.1
/13/
10
/1/
20
/1/

Kariéra (1985)
The story of a young man who found the meaning of love and a place in life at the cost of a loss.
poster
?
10
/1/

Podivná přátelství herce Jesenia (1986)
Dramatic fates of people hidden behind a theatrical mask.
poster
?
7.7
/22/
10
/1/

Ta třetí (2002)
The inner drama of Jiří Mánka, a forty-year-old cashier at Živnostenská banka, who has artistic talent, both musical and painterly. After his experiences on the battlefields of World War I, he chose a job that provides him with a very good livelihood, but does not satisfy his ambitions. He lives alone with his mother and gets along well with his brother Teodor, with whom he shares a love of music. Jiří's life is shaken up by a chance encounter with a young, attractive girl named Adéla, with whom he feels relaxed and rejuvenated, at least at first...
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?
5.4
/19/
30
/2/

Cesta na jihozápad (1989)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

The Pearl Necklace (1965)
For nine-year-old Saša, the end of the Second World War is an adventure in which he and young neighbour friend Mařenka compete over who will spot the first Soviet soldier. But the boy causes problems when he lets two German snipers enter a house in which many families are seeking shelter. Fortunately, the inquisitive Saša also comes to the aid of Soviet soldier Váňa, whom one of the neighbours is accusing of stealing a pearl necklace.
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?
3.4
/7/
10
/1/

Příhody pana Příhody (1983)
The story of a man who bought a cannon during the anti-German mobilisation and then hid with it in a wine cellar for the whole war.
poster
?
2.4
/9/
10
/1/

Každému jeho nebe (1982)
The life of cabaret and theater actress Xena Longenová.
poster
?
3.6
/13/
10
/1/

Děti zítřků (1980)
N/A
poster
?
2.8
/11/
10
/1/

Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval (1985)
N/A
poster
?
4.8
/9/

Tvář za sklem (1979)
Alienation between the closest relatives is always a serious disorder of family judgment. Father and son not only do not see each other, but one does not even recognize the other when they meet by chance. No wonder, since the father has been in prison for a long time and his son was raised by a former family friend after his mother's death...
poster
?
2.2
/11/
10
/1/

Na koho to slovo padne... (1980)
A political drama dealing with the issues of contemporary construction and highlighting the various relationships within the party apparatus.
poster
?
3.4
/10/
10
/1/
10
/1/

Narozeniny režiséra Z. K. (1988)
A directors autobiography about his debut during the rise of socialism.
poster
?
65
/2/

Když kluci drží basu (1978)
A telephone mechanic secretly pursues his passion for hunting, deceiving his wife and enlisting friends to cover for him. After a successful hunt, he mistakenly climbs onto the wrong balcony and is apprehended by police, but his disguise prevents identification, leading everyone, including his wife and friends, to deny it’s him.
poster
?
2.7
/12/
30
/1/

Skandál v Gri-Gri baru (1979)
Two young returnees from the First World War face a difficult future because they cannot find work. One eventually finds a job as an electrician, the other breaks into the Social Democratic press, where he gets the chance to watch up close how the Social Democratic leadership deceives its members and enters the service of the ruling classes. And a newly-trained journalist solves the problem of whether he should also adapt to the corrupt environment...
poster
?
5.5
/15/
10
/1/
20
/1/

Pytláci (1982)
N/A
poster
?
4.1
/16/
10
/1/
20
/1/

Od vraždy jenom krok ke lži (1983)
N/A
poster
?
60
/1/
50
/1/

Zbabělec (1977)
N/A
poster
?
3.9
/26/
60
/1/

Quiet American in Prague (1978)
In the era of normalization, even seemingly buried agent stories came back. This one takes place in the immediate post-war years and tells the story of the discovery of a spy network that an American diplomat was spinning on Czech territory. He was unsuccessful: first, a close associate, who was proven to have collaborated with the Nazis during the war, committed suicide, followed by the intervention of the vigilant Security Service. However, the fleeing Americans were joined "in return" by a Czechoslovak agent... This naive adventure story could hardly be taken seriously. The book, which served as the basis for the film, was written based on actual events that took place in 1948.
poster
?
5.4
/8/
10
/1/

Sedmé nebe (1988)
Student Slávka Čermáková has to take her final exams on a make-up date. Her naively admiring relationship with a reckless poet who supported her literary attempts did not remain without consequences, and her parents forced her to have an abortion. The sensitive girl struggles to cope with a traumatic experience. A superficial story about the problems of young people.
poster
?
3.6
/16/
40
/1/

Pasiáns (1977)
Student Eva is dashing up a steep slope to try to catch a bus, but she twists her ankle and the bus doesn't wait. There won't be another bus until the next day, and so Eva returns to her parents' cottage where she has been studying by herself for several days. She finds the door open, and inside a young man, Dusan, who behaves as if he were at home. Eva is a little scared and so she pretends to be a chance passerby who can't go any further because of her injured ankle. The boy offers her a bed for the night. He also fetches some plum brandy, they drink toasts to each other, and Eva starts to play Patience.
poster
?
5.9
/13/

O Terezce a paní Madam (1976)
N/A
poster
?
6.2
/17/
10
/1/

Princ Chocholouš (1974)
N/A
poster
?
4.4
/14/
35
/2/

Televize v Bublicích aneb Bublice v televizi (1974)
N/A
poster
?
5.0
/14/
80
/1/

Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně (1975)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

The Harder They Fall (1972)
A Czech TV film adaptation of Budd Schulberg's novel The Harder They Fall, which had previously been made as the 1956 US movie of the same name starring Humphrey Bogart and Rod Steiger.
poster
?
4.2
/9/
10
/1/

Svět otevřený náhodám (1972)
N/A
poster
?
4.7
/18/

Rodeo (1973)
N/A


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