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- DirectorDusan KleinStarsJosef AbrhámViktor PreissPavel ZednícekThis comedy is based on stories by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. It takes place in summer of 1947. Charming, witty and smart men represent a fictitious insurance company. The insurance policies, however, disappear in the pockets of the Prague playboys who use the money for very pleasant purposes, but eventually they are cheated by the "Angelic Eyes" of someone still smarter.
- DirectorJirí VercákStarsOldrich VíznerOndrej HavelkaLucie ZedníckováA gentleman Jiøí Oulický hires a sevant Saturnin and from that day he goes through many unusual situations...
- DirectorKarel KachynaStarsRadek HolubAlena MihulováValérie ZawadskáAdam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother's life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was mentally injured. Years later, his mother is dying, so Adam sells their only cow to pay for medicine. Rosa, a beautiful young maid, fleeing the sexual exploitation of a wealthy butcher, climbs up to join them on their remote farm and dares to become part of Adam's world. A cycle of life begins again, in a remote turn-of-the-century village tied to the land and its animals.
- DirectorJan ProkopStarsMartin ZounarLucie BenesováMarián LabudaSet in the eighties, the film tells of a young man who gets mixed up with black market moneychangers.
- DirectorMilan RuzickaStarsMiroslav DonutilVeronika ZilkováJosef KarlíkMilan Ruzicka uses uncompromising humor and simplified caricatures to develop a tale common in the Czech Republic in the beginning of nineties. A Czech-American (Miroslav Donutil) returns to the country of his birth after November 1989 to see to the restitution of family property. He runs into freeloaders, con artists, and other similar elements.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsPetr CepekJan KrausVladimír KudlaAn ordinary man is lured into a strange puppet theatre by a map and finds himself embroiled in a production of the Faustian legend.
- DirectorZdenek TroskaStarsRadek ValentaAndrea CernáYvetta BlanarovicováA young man Jindrich goes looking for a princess only to find a girl in the country mill.
- DirectorVít OlmerStarsLudek SobotaSimona ChytrováRoman SkameneVít (Ludek Sobota) is a simpleton who inherits a grand spa hotel. Soon he is faced with a plethora of con artists and speculators who pop up out of nowhere.
- DirectorArtemio BenkiMikael DovlatyanMira ErdevickiStarsMilos CervenkaIvo GubelBohuslav LicmanFive short films, documentaries and fiction: Prologue; Round ruins; the Last Christmas of my house; A special occasion; the castle; Romance of the man without boss.
- DirectorVladimír MichálekStarsOlga CharvatovaMartin DejdarRadim Hladík Sr.Vladimír Michálek chose an unconventional adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel for his feature debut. Artistically reminiscent of the classic films of Karel Zeman, the director reinterpreted this dark story of a man vainly seeking a place in a rigidly ordered society by changing the desperate conclusion into a happy end. The film provided Czech comedian Jirí Lábus with a new kind of role: that of the despotic uncle of a main hero Karel Rossman (Martin Dejdar).
- DirectorJan SverákStarsAnna GeislerováRadek PastrnákFilip RencTwo guys bought a car and travelled through the country until they met a lonely girl on the road. So they begin to travel together having so much fun. And there is another guy who has a better car and who is looking for the girl because he is her lover, he is her first one. What is going on inside of this girl? Nobody knows, until the end.
- DirectorZuzana ZemanováStarsKarel RodenJana BrejchováChantal PoullainA mother and her daughter live alone far from human habitation. They are happy. Their harmonious relationship is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a foreigner with his interpreter. In spite of the lack of verbal communication, the mother and the stranger fall in love, the daughter accepts him as well. The budding relationship is disturbed by the interpreter who realizes her power.
- DirectorMilan SteindlerStarsIvana ChýlkováFranciszek PieczkaAlena VránováThis film is about life of a family, which lived in Prague since since 1968 to 1980. Father of the family comes from Ukraine and so every year someone from Ukraine to visit this family and to buy something more better than is in Ukraine. As the times go by, the friens of family live in Austria. And now for change the family visit "a better life" in west Europe and they found out how it is to be something second-rate.
- DirectorDrahomíra VihanováStarsAntonín BrtounGyörgy CserhalmiMiroslav DonutilThe story takes place in the second half of the eighties. The regime of power is tired, but any changes are out of sight. Some people are trying to find their asylum in their privacy, some defect. Who is not willing to get adapted, lives at the outskirts of the society. So, for example, the forty-year old intellectual Ewald (György Cserhalmi)can not perform his profession, as he could not comply with requirements of the political regime. He earns his living just to sustain, and at the moment he is assigned to measure the capacity of water bore in the vicinity of the fortress. He lives in a caravan-trailer, measures the yield of the water source, and makes friends with the head officer of the fortress (Miroslav Donutil). Their friendship is a strange, unusual relation of two men of different characters, linked by a feeling of loneliness, need of sincerity and even a mutual respect, which stems from understanding each other.
- DirectorPetr HvizdStarsMarek VasutJana AltmanováAndrea CernáSet in 1776, this film concerns an army deserter who takes refuge within the walls of the Convent of St. Claire. The investigation to find him soon becomes a question of morality concerning the value of human life in the context of the diversity and hierarchy of social laws.
- DirectorLudvík RázaStarsMilena SteinmasslováBoris RösnerDaniela KolárováOne of the few historical films to come out of the Czech film industry in the nineties. It describes the last seven years in the life of Zdislava of Lemberk (Milena Steinmasslová), an early 13th century saint who sacrificed her life caring for the sick and implementing progressive methods of treatment.
- DirectorDrahomíra KrálováStarsPetr FrancLukás JanotaLucie Cechová
- DirectorZdenek TycStarsFilip TopolMarkéta HrubesováIva JanzurováA Czech-French existential tragicomedy. Its (anti)hero is a young man named Andrej (played by Filip Topol, leader of the Czech underground band Psí vojáci). The story turns on his fateful love for the powerfully attractive though superficial Kristyna (Markéta Hrubesová).
- DirectorPavel BartaStarsOtomar DvorákGabriela FilippiMilan Pekný
- DirectorHelena Trestíková
- DirectorPavel MarekStarsLukás HlavicaLenka VlasákováJan Kacer
- DirectorClaude BoissolStarsMarie-France PisierAndrzej SewerynJirí HolýThe story of a seriously ill 25-year-old man, in need of a kidney transplant, and his mother, whose fate is also influenced by the explosion of revolutionary events of 1968 in Czechoslovakia, restrained by the Russian invasion of Prague.
- DirectorMiro SindelkaStarsIvana ChýlkováJirí BartoskaJozef KronerThirty-year-old Hana (Ivana Chylková) enters a life crisis. She discovers her husband Igor's (Jiri Bartoska) infidelity and her life, subordinated to her husband, is suddenly questioned.
- DirectorJaromil JiresStarsMartin DejdarJana HlavácováMilos KopeckýA story about love, dancing and survival, set in the late 40s. Jan Mayer, a young dance-master, arrives in a sanatorium for lung diseases with a serious diagnosis - tuberculosis. But he does not give in to his illness and starts fighting it actively with his optimism and his dancing. Gradually he wins over other patients, who had been accepting their fate passively under strict institutional discipline. But his sickness soon breaks out in full its force.
- DirectorSasa GedeonStarsTatiana DykováKlára IssováRobert StepánekA debut of director Sasa Gedeon unfolding the simple story of an adolescent girl (Klára Issová) who begins her entry into the adult world during a summer vacation spent at her grandmother's. Gedeon recasts inspiration from the 1960's Czech new wave into a sophisticated personal style which develops multiple variations on individual plot motifs.
- DirectorJaroslav SoukupStarsLadislav PotmesilMiroslav MoravecRudolf HrusínskýThe comic misadventures of police commander Major Maisner.
- DirectorVít OlmerStarsSimona ChytrováMichaela KuklováTina AdamsThe first installment of a two-part movie adaptation of the Vladimír Páral's novel about three friends who decide to start up an erotic enterprise. All plot complications ensue from running their 'amateur' pleasure parlor.
- DirectorVít OlmerStarsMichaela KuklováTina AdamsKaterina HubálkováAlthough shot simultaneously with the first part, director Vít Olmer's sequel to the story of three businesswomen dealing in erotic services stands on its own. The film abandons a majority of the topics important to the original and focuses instead on a new plot and characters: the erotic club's new owner introduces an element of crime by blackmailing her customers.
- DirectorLordan ZafranovicStarsJirí BartoskaTereza BrodskáIvana ChýlkováThe dramatic story of a successful, egotistic man whose family life is wrecked practically overnight, is set in present-day Prague. A disappointed, deserted man, after his divorce, is alone with his sensitive teenage daughter Klara. When he finds out that she is having an affair with an older man, he can no longer control his state of mind. After the daughter's suicide, the man turns into a murderer.
- DirectorFilip RencStarsLukás VaculíkAnna GeislerováTomás Hanák
- DirectorZeno DostálStarsOndrej VetchýJan HartlJirí OrnestDesecration of a sacred bath disrupts the sex life of a 1930s Jewish village in Ukraine (then part of Czechoslovakia). Directed by Zeno Dostal, this gently humorous film stars Ondrej Vetchy, Jiri Ornest and Josef Kemr.
- DirectorMartin HollýStarsPetr JáklRadoslav BrzobohatýPavel NovýThis psychological action drama was made in tribute to the Czech school for stuntmen: thus the plot line is subordinated to showcasing their artistic sport. The psychological level depicts a family tragedy in which a hero's world caves in after the loss of his son. Thanks to a group of stuntmen he is able to begin again.
- DirectorKarel KachynaStarsJirina BohdalováJirina JiráskováMiroslav DonutilOligophrenic Fany (Bohdalová) lives with her aunt who suddenly manages to travel abroad. Fany has to move to her sister (Jirásková). Two very different women, one mentally disabled and the second one intelligent doctor has to live together and learn from each other about tolerance, loneliness, life and why call dogs "Mister".
- DirectorJan SchmidtStarsLenka JelínkováSimona VrbickáPavel ReznícekA fairy tale of three brothers (Pavel Reznícek, Jirí Langmajer and Karel Dobrý) hatched from eggs who try to save a princess (Lada Jelínková) kidnapped by an evil wizard (Jaromír Dulava).
- DirectorDrahomíra KrálováVera Plívová-SimkováStarsValérie KaplanováPavel NovýVeronika JeníkováA family film from two legends of Czech children film, Vera Plívová-Simková and Drahomíra Králová. The starting point for the action is a village family with two dogs: their Dalmatians, bearing the legendary names of the movie's title, experience dreamlike visions of life in a "dog kingdom".
- DirectorPetr MarekStarsPetr MarekJirí NebeskýJirí NezhybaThe four-hour film was made improvised by the method of "dried humor", i.e. an attempt to destroy each newly emerging gag by diluting it.
- DirectorTomás BarinaStarsMichal Wondreys
- DirectorStepán Kacírek
- DirectorMilan CieslarStarsMiluse SplechtováJuraj KukuraMarek VasutThis psychological thriller based on a novel by Ladislav Mnacko, captures a collapse of the existing world of a young competition marksman who cannot bear the pressure of his ambitious parents and in passion shoots two policemen. The investigation gradually reveals problematic family background of the young murderer and points to the reasons of his failure.
- DirectorKrystof HanzlíkStarsJirí BartoskaLadislav MrkvickaZbynek FricThree men take refuge in a cave after civilization is wiped out in this post-catastrophe sci-fi drama. They meet a girl and together try to escape the threat of ever-looming death. The film concentrates on the characters' psychological states and uses science fantasy elements only as a catalyst for extreme plot situations.
- DirectorMarek Najbrt
- DirectorZdenek GawlikJan PechaJaromír PolisenskýStarsJosef KemrArnost GoldflamKarel AugustaThe story takes place in the 1980's, the stifling atmosphere of which also affects the regulars of the Lesser Town inn U Cerného Vola and creates tension in the otherwise quite peaceful coexistence of the Lesser Town.
- DirectorZdenek TycStarsBarbora HrzánováPetr CtvrtnícekKarel DobrýA villager named Valentýna (Barbora Hrzánová) gets mixed up with the Prague underworld and at the same time finds love with a clumsy policeman (Radek Holub). Zdenek Tyc's third feature is a satiric, improvised comedy with a taste of refreshing humor. Drawing on a carpe diem philosophy, the film revels in an all-embracing, joyfully ridiculous spirit which disregards generic and logical limits.
- DirectorJirí VercákStarsJan HrusínskýJana PaulováJana Svandová
- DirectorJan SverákStarsZdenek SverákAndrey KhalimonLibuse SafránkováA confirmed bachelor is in for the surprise of his life when a get-rich-quick scheme backfires and leaves him with a pint-sized new roommate.
- DirectorPetr ZelenkaStarsPetr FialaMartin KnorKarel Mikus
- DirectorVladimír DrhaStarsJirí ZahajskýJitka JezkováJirí Pomeje
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsPetr MeisselGabriela WilhelmováBarbora HrzánováSix people unknowingly form a cycle of masturbation as they each cause others to privately indulge in their fetishes.
- DirectorPetr VáclavStarsStefan FerkoMilan CifraRadek HolubHis Czech was poor. On arrival he was silent, inhibited, insular. Later he gradually adapted, and made some contact. Unfamiliar with basic concepts, he does not even know how to listen to a fairy tale or recognize colors. He lacks basic hygiene habits. Sometimes very affectionate. At other times truculent. He lacks self control and is impulsive. He is usually alone and behaves aggressively towards the other children. These bouts are often followed by great shows of overbearing affection and pampering, to the point of discomfort. He does not understand the rules to games. But nonetheless interferes and spoils them for the others. He demands attention and when he does not get it he imposes himself and clamors in an undisciplined manner. He is too familiar. He has an apathetic look which is at the same time sly. On June 11th he insisted on telling his story. He tried to finish it even though he did not have permission to speak. Repeated admonished. He continued to speak. To finish his story. He grabbed hold of adults and forced them to listen. He raised his voice. When he is severely reprimanded he responds with foul language. He refuses to accept punishment. He is uncooperative and arrogant. An outsider. A gypsy.
- DirectorDavid OndricekStarsTatiana DykováJan P. MuchowJan CechtickySixteen-year-old Anna escapes from the family house in the province, due to the fact that she doesnt want to go to military school chosen by her father who wants Anna to be a soldier like him. Somewhere in the province road she is trying hitch-hiking to Prague. Speedy stops. He asks her where exactly in Prague she wants to go. She doesnt know but she answers that maybe she wants to go for a coffee. He says that he knows the best café in Prague and he is going to this place right now. Theyre in cafe, talking. The chat doesnt seem to go well. In certain moment Speedys brother, Phillip, joins to their company. Speedy decides to leave them alone and goes out. While there is already the late time, they are closing the cafe. Phillip offers her that she can stay overnight at them. They are coming back by foot, because Phillip doesnt like the underground. On the way the meet a suspicious man, who offers them the purchase of the gun at the very profitable price. Phillip buys it. Anna clearly is not satisfied of that. In the flat they meet Irma. Irma has been left by her boyfriend some time ago and she is occasionally having depressive states and she often cannot sleep. Anna lays down for a sleep. At dawn she gets up to have a drink. In the kitchen she meets thoughtful Phillip. The start the conversation. She points at his painting of a Martian. During the talk, Phillip tells her that he feels as she was from a different planet. Anna replies that in his eyes she seems to be stupid. She puts down the glass and leaves the place. Next day morning all the house mates turned Annas appearance into their own, more modern style. Kytka, who shows up states her dissatisfaction about Annas presence. Kytka is Philips boyfriend. Every night he goes to Masarykovo Nadrazi (train station), where he prostitutes himself with other men. Last night he spent with a Customer (older man), who fascinated him with his arguments about the privileges for homosexuals. Everybody except Irma and Phillip, who is going to join them later, are leaving to Lauras place for a party. Her flat is pretty spacious. She works as a photographer and currently she is living with a drug dealer. At the party there is plenty of people form different, eccentric communities. Some guys try to chat with Anna. During the chat with a Sportsman, there comes a man who insists on calling himself Jesus. His behaviour annoys Sportsman so much that he reacts too aggressively, he puts Jesus on down on the floor. There is a big disorder, they move wounded Jesus to the bathrooms, where Anna takes care of his injure. On the way back home, Phillip reproaches Anna that she had helped Jesus. The small arguments begins, Phillip explains Anna that she shouldnt act this way that everybody takes care on his own in this place. Anna replies, that in the place she is coming from people dont behave like that. Meanwhile on the second train station Kytka observes a Customer with the other male prostitute. Suddenly, the train which Kytka was looking from goes away. Phillip regrets his behaviour and takes Anna to the Luna park, despite the fact that he was not fancy going there. They are riding small electric car. Suddenly Anna stops the car, which implies a small crash, in which Phillip brakes up his watch, a gift from Kytka. They sit on a bench. They are talking bout the watch but it seems that Phillip isnt worried so much about it and just throws it away. Suddenly they see a falling star. At that time, Kytka was expelled from the train due to not having a ticket and rude behaviour. He catches a car and gets back home. A moment later Anna and Philip are coming back as well. Next day Anna gets up and carefully looks into Philips room. She notices that he is sleeping with Kytka. She goes to the kitchen, where Irma and Speedy notice her embarrassment. They all together go to the Pizzeria. Kytka one more time starts to behave arrogant and jealously. He starts to quarrel, throws down all the dishes and loudly calls Phillip a 'fagget'. Phillip runs after him. The argue. Phillip confesses that he is not sure that he loves him anymore. Rasped Kytka runs away. Anna, Phillip, Speedy and Kosmos go to the very popular techno club. Irma is already there. Speedy buys some drugs for Laura and Jordi. In one moment appears Kytka and after asked by Phillip, he stays with them. They take the drugs. Kytka once again offends Anna but Phillip allows her to take the drugs as well as the rest could. Kytka leaves to the bar and Philip goes after him. Anna and Speedy go to dance. On the floor they can feel the effects of the earlier-taken drugs. At that time Phillip and Kytka talk about their relationship. Phillip leaves to the toilet, Kytka follows him. Inside he starts to beat one man who called him a 'fagget'. Kytka and Phillip leave out, they reconcile. Phillip says that he still likes Kytka. Kytka goes home to have some sleep. Phillip meets Anna and Speedy. The brother goes after Kosmos. Phillip and Anna go back home. Kytka is on a railway station. Pimp has got a German Customer for him. They go the hotel apartment together, Kytka starts the blowjob, but suddenly he stops and runs away. Meanwhile Anna and Phillip are in the kitchen. Phillip starts to tell her that he is not as the other people. She knows that hes homosexual, so she replies that hes from space. For a second time he tells her that shes stupid. Anna puts down the glass and starts to walk away from him, but Phillip saying Im sorry tries to stop her by catching her arm. She turns back. He catches her hand on the arm. The come to each other. The start to kiss, and then to love. In one moment there comes Kytka. He notices Anna and Phillip in the bed together. He takes a knife and tries to kill Phillip but Anna stops him putting the gun next to his head. Kytka walks away. Desperate, he walks on the bridge. Stands on the hand-rail and considers jumping. There comes a lifeguard boat. The doctor cleverly negotiates with him, he says that Kytka will suffer but this is not a good way to commit suicide. There are much better ways to kill himself. Kytka decides not to jump. They take him to the psychiatric clinic, where Kytka behaves totally mad. He speaks as Customer, he repeats all the time that he is different and in that case has privileges. Anna and Phillip are hitch-hiking. There stops a car. After that they fly away into the space.
- DirectorF.A. BrabecStarsMarián LabudaLucie BíláKarel RodenCinematographer F.A. Brabec's directorial debut adapts Alfred Jarry's absurd drama in a manner emphasizing artistic stylization. With the help of a legendary screenwriter Milos Macourek and popular stars (singer Lucie Bílá, and comedians Marián Labuda and Bolek Polívka), the director managed an impressive rendering of the original work which highlights the ludicrousness of the utter victory of the churlish sovereign.
- DirectorTomás VorelStarsTomás HanákRomana SittováMilena DvorskáA bitter comedic-drama centering around Tomas, a former promising young director who must cope with a commerce driven world he no longer wants to participate in.
- DirectorVladimír MichálekStarsBolek PolívkaVeronika ZilkováPetr KavanFather Holy, a village priest, battles against the state and religious bureaucracies of 1980s Czechoslovakia in his fight to raise money for a new church roof. Permeated by his love for the villagers, his encounters are marked by his good humor. In his losing battle against Church and State, Holy is ordered to be transferred away from his parish and his allies. The Czech-American, Milena Jelinek, adapted this moving story from the the novel The Forgotten Light, by the 1930s Czech writer/poet and Catholic priest Jakub Deml. (1934)
- DirectorJozef BednárikStarsDaniel HulkaLucie BíláLeona MachálkováDracula is a Czech musical created by Karel Svoboda, Zdenek Borovec and Richard Hes. Its world premiere was in Prague on 13 October 1995 at the Prague Congress Center (formerly the Palace of Culture), with Daniel Hulka in the title role. It was immediately called the Czech musical of the century. The musical is very loosely based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, Dracula. The story takes place in the fifteenth century, in the nineteenth century and in an unspecified near future.
- DirectorPetr MarekStarsPetr MarekJirí NebeskýJirí Nezhyba
- DirectorVit Janecek
- DirectorDusan KleinStarsVáclav PostráneckýVáclav BabkaTereza BebarováThis production of Ostrava TV Studios was inspired by actual events which occurred in the Ostrava region of Moravia during the 1920s and 1930s. A hedonistic bon vivant of a lawyer named Zajícek (played by Václav Postránecký) came up with a sophisticated finance speculation scheme which exceeded the bounds of law. When discovered it became one of the most closely-followed First Republic scandals.
- DirectorJaroslav SoukupStarsLadislav PotmesilJaroslav SypalIvan GübelThe continued misadventures of Major Maisner in Prague.
- DirectorJuraj JakubiskoStarsDeana HorváthováMilan BahúlJoachim KemmerIn a tiny Central European village, voracious wolves kill the members of a ceremony, except the bride who is saved by the 10-year-old groom's brother. That day, she gives birth to a girl and betroths her to her savior. A decade passes and on the girl's birthday, a troupe of female circus performers arrive and the girls finds herself more interested in the young song of the group's owner.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsTina RulandManou LubowskiOndrej BrousekThe sick King Jorgen worries about the marriage of his daughter Elena. The fairytale-like, dramatic confusion triggers a shimmering golden fire bird with its wondrous song every full moon night - it makes the king heal and brings the "good" prince as husband of the "good" Princess Elena.
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsJacek BorkowskiMalgorzata KozuchowskaZora JandováMichal Forman, a successful business manager, gets stuck in a traffic jam. The weather is lousy, his car breaks down and he forgot to buy a present for his 5th wedding anniversary. He jumps out of his car and finds some shelter in the entrance of a shopping mall. Attracted by a little girl he enters the mall, but once he's in, time and reality are no longer something to rely on.
- DirectorPetr NikolaevStarsOndrej VetchýLibuse SafránkováVladimír JavorskýThe story of an ordinary family living in Czechoslovakia from around 1963 until the Velvet Revolution. Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Michal Wiewegh.
- DirectorPetr KolihaStarsOndrej PavelkaAnna GeislerováVilma CibulkováThe film adaptation of the novel of the same by Michal Viewegh. The hero of the novel is a primary school teacher with a successful writing career ahead of him who accepts well-paid employment from an entrepreneur who entrusts him with the task of making his unusual daughter "see sense".
- DirectorKarel SmyczekStarsJirí StrachBarbora SeidlováPavel ZednícekOnce upon a time, there was a band of robbers, ruled by Lotrando, the robber of robbers. He took from the poor and the rich, and gave generously to his cronies. His son had long since outgrown his childhood shoes, so Lotrando decided that his son would get a good education. At the same time, by the Sargasso Sea in the Sultanate of Soliman, the Sultan is agonizing over the mysterious illness of his beautiful daughter Zubeida. Will the princess recover with the arrival of Lotrando and his new friend, the double doctor Drnec, or not?
- DirectorIvan VojnárStarsPavel LandovskýMatej HádekJana GabrizováOn the eve of the First World War, Dr. Holoubek, a young dentist, settled in a village in the forests of Bohemia. He observes, attentively, the life of its inhabitants. But soon the conflict breaks out, the war will shatter this community
- DirectorWiktor GrodeckiStarsMiroslav CaslavkaDavid SvecPavel SkrípalTwo gay teenage runaways thrown out of their repressive homes try to survive on the streets of Prague. Hunger and desperation forces them into a life of prostitution, drugs, and teen-porn.
- DirectorPetr ZelenkaStarsPavel ZajicekJan HaubertSeisuke TsukaharaTwist of fate and the twists of mind of the characters (mostly couples) combine in just the right twinkled absurd way in the interweaving episodes of this comedy. Each of the characters gets a good shot at being sarcastic and each is a sorry loser at some point yet none is turned into the butt of the joke. The place is Prague and the time is August 6th, 1995, except for one episode, set 50 years earlier in unflyable rain in the city of Kokura, Japan.
- DirectorHynek BocanStarsMartin DejdarJana HubinskáJirí Schmitzer
- DirectorJan NemecStarsJan PotmesilLucie RejchrtováCestmír RandaThis controversial feature blends documentary, archival footage and fiction into an elliptical narrative in which two young people in Prague, an ancient seat for the practice of alchemy, follow the trail for the mystical philosopher's stone. History and future blend as brilliant montage sequences and fanciful leaps of the imagination work to posit questions about the legacy of the past and how it influences the individual's personal freedom and responsibility.
- DirectorKrystof HanzlíkStarsAnna KárnikováPetr HapkaMichal Dlouhý
- DirectorKrystof Hanzlík
- DirectorOskar ReifStarsJitka AndelováJirí DedJana DrbohlavováAn erotically-charged drama by the late Park Chul-soo, intertwining stories of three characters whose joy, passion and despair played out on the same bed are tangled like a puzzle.
- DirectorPavel MarekStarsJan ZuskaPavla JiráskováMartin JezekThis feature debut from Pavel Marek, the much acclaimed creator of surrealistic short films, is a bluntly comic description of a young man in crisis. After a short stay at a psychiatric hospital he throws away a burgeoning relationship with a mentally traumatized girl for no sane reason. The film overcame its own tame cinematographic treatment by eliciting a convincing portrayal of the pathology of 'lost energy' evinced by the Generation X protagonist.
- DirectorErden KiralStarsFikret KuskanAhmet UgurluJale ArikanOsman is a jealous and proud gentleman. Zala, who must have married him at a young age is unhappy. Avci, caught in a storm and had to take refuge in his hut, is an attractive young man who knows how to take advantage of his environment.
- DirectorJirí ChlumskýStarsJosef AbrhámRadek HolubJirí BartoskaA period war comedy which signs on to the tradition of successful French crazy comedies. The protagonists, a train engineer (Josef Abrhám) and stoker (Radek Holub), find it necessary to beat a hasty retreat FROM the Nazis. They are forced to wear enemy uniforms and, in the company of German fugitives and a recently shot down American pilot, must find a way out of complications typical for the genre. The film features many excellent Czech actors.
- DirectorVera ChytilováStarsZuzana StivínováMiroslav DonutilTomás HanákAfter two troubled but powerful men rape a young hitchhiker who happens to be a vet, she drugs them and remove their testicles.
- DirectorZdenek HavlícekStarsRadoslav BudácVendula JezkováNada KonvalinkováIn this fairy tale based on an original script young viewers are introduced to a magic forest inhabited by an amiable bunch of ghouls who welcome a country boy named Jakub into their fold. He's just lost his job working on a farm, but after hearing of the beautiful Klára's imprisonment he decides to rescue her. Klára is being held captive by evil Prince Darjabád, but with the help of the friendly ghouls Jakub of course succeeds in his quest.
- DirectorVladimír MichálekStarsOlaf LubaszenkoBoguslaw LindaJirí BartoskaBaran, a protestant blacksmith arrives in the little village of Lakotice to kill Sekal, a cruel Nazi collaborator.
- DirectorRadim SpacekStarsZdenek CizekTereza PánkováMichal Benovic
- DirectorRoman VávraStarsAndrea ElsnerováLadislav FrejJaroslav MastalírThis bittersweet film was Roman Vávra's feature debut. The film consists of three independent stories, all connected through the motif of a field of grain. In 'Awn' a young couple takes a summer stroll in the country, in 'The Haystack' a gang of boys have an adventure with an older girl, and 'The Journey' recounts the tragicomic homecoming of a pair of aging newlyweds. For only the second time in the nineties Czech star Iva Janzurová appeared on the silver screen.
- DirectorIrena PavláskováStarsKarel RodenVladimír DlouhýJitka AsterováAfter nine years, director Irena Pavlásková continued the theme she began with her debut Cas sluhu (1989). She returned to the character of the weakling Milan (Karel Roden), a man completely under the thumb of his manipulative wife Dana (Ivana Chýlková). In a fit of spite Milan finds himself in a psychiatric hospital and soon after enters into a complex relationship with Tána (Lucie Bílá), the doctor who is trying to help him return to normal life. In contrast to the psychological bent of her debut, Pavlásková here emphasizes the comic and socio-satirical aspects of the narrative.
- DirectorIgor ChaunPetr CtvrtnícekFero FenicStarsPetr CtvrtnícekMilan SteindlerDavid VávraThis feature came into being by editing together the best sketches of the satiric television program of the same name. Many top filmmakers collaborated on the effort including Zdenek Tyc, Igor Chaun, Milan Steindler, Petr Ctvrtnícek, Jan Hrebejk and Fero Fenic. Czech Soda's typical palette includes rough and provocative black humor, parody, and manipulation with documentary footage.
- DirectorVáclav KrístekStarsVladimír CapkaMiloslav CízekLeona DusákováA fairy tale based on motifs taken from Josephine tales. Like Josef II, the fictitious emperor Maxmilián often disappears from the castle in disguise in order to find out how his vassals live. On one of these 'trips' he meets a drummer returning home from his stint in the army. They live through various adventures together, meeting bandits as well as human foolishness and perfidiousness which almost leads them to the scaffold.
- DirectorNikola Hejko
- DirectorStanislav ZemanStarsMartin C. Putna