karel kachyna
Overview of films
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Ucho
Exciting story of a functionary and his wife who one night discover that their house is full of ‘ears’.
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Zavrat
Psychological study of country girl Jitka and her blossoming love for an older man afraid of her youth and spontaneity.
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Trápení
Lyrical story about the friendship between 12-year-old Lenka and a beautiful black stallion, told with exceptional stylistic unity.
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Lásky mezi kapkami deste
Colourful picture of working-class Prague in the thirties focuses on the vain struggle of a small trader against shoe factory.
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Noc nevesty
Dramatic ballad situated in the fifties during forced collectivisation in Czechoslovakia – about the dangers of fanaticism.
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Smesny pán
Old professor has a heart operation but doesn’t really want to live any more. Unexpected event breaks through his apathy.
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Posledni motyl
French mime-artist Antoine Moreau puts on a show for Jewish children in Theresienstadt where he finds out what is really happening in the ghettos.<
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Prima sezona
Part Two of a TV series based on the popular book by Skvorecky, about the loves of the young jazz fan Danny during the German occupation of Bohemia
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Smrt krásnych srncu
Idyllic life of defenceless yet happy Popper family is turned upside-down by the Nürnberg anti-Jewish laws.
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Kráva
Simple story of the beauty and cruelty of nature and the harsh life of poor people in it.
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Vysoká Zed
Lyrical story of an 11-year-old girl experiencing her first emotional confusion when she meets a handicapped young man in a hospital garden.
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At zije republika
Important historical events seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy. Impressive Cinemascope photography.