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Czechoslovak Film Week

Oscar directors and movies, famous, scandalous and some even prohibited by totalitarian communist regime. This year showcases the best Czechoslovakian films. The Czechoslovak Film Festival takes place on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of an independent Czechoslovak state.

Opening Event

Screening in the presence of actor Zuzana Kronerova

Ice Mother

Dir.: Bohdan Sláma
| 106 minutes

Hana is underappreciated by her sons and their families. Things begin to change when Hana saves Brona’s life and the two fall in love. With new love come great changes and discoveries.

Opening remarks (in Eng.): Writer and film critic Vaclav Macek

The Shop on Main Street

Dir.: Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos
| 128 minutes

The story of an old Jewish widow who owns a small shop in a Slovak town during Nazi occupation, and the local Aryan townsman who is appointed to take over the store. 

Eroticon

Dir.: Gustav Machat‎
| 85 minutes

On a stormy night, a stranger finds shelter in the stationmaster’s house. He draws the attention of his virtuous daughter, but after a tempestuous night, he leaves her. Gustav Machat‎ masterfully edits expressive images to bring to the screen liberated female sexuality.

Ice Mother

Dir.: Bohdan Sláma
| 106 minutes

Hana is underappreciated by her sons and their families. Things begin to change when Hana saves Brona’s life and the two fall in love. With new love come great changes and discoveries.

Larks on the String

Dir.: Jiri Menzel
| 90 minutes

Taking place in the 1950s, the plot focuses on a group of “enemies of the people” at a Stalinist “re-education” camp. They include a saxophonist, a barber, a literature professor and a young chef. 

Screening in the presence of director Petr Zelenka

Lost in Munich

Dir.: Petr Zelenka
| 105 minutes

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Munich Treaty, the 90-year-old parrot of the French prime minister at the time of the Treaty is brought to Prague. A Czech journalist kidnaps the animal, only to discover the parrot can still quote some saying from way back when….

Talent Competition + Love of a Blonde

Talent Competition - Milos Forman’s debut feature is a combination of two short films. The first presents a competition for wind instrument orchestras interrupted by a bike race. The second describes the young musicians’ auditions / Love of a Blonde - A story of first love, between a blonde worker from a small town and a pianist from Prague who visits the place. A humane film that is inspired by Cineיma verite

At the Terminus

Dir.: Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos
| 95 minutes

An apartment building in a Prague tram station in the 1950s is a microcosm of Czech society a decade after WWII. The heroes are ordinary folk dealing with everyday problems. 

Three Wishes

Dir.: Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos
| 96 minutes

Petr and Vera can barely make ends meet. One morning, Petr helps an elderly man and in return the man offers Petr three wishes. While Petr and Vera materialistic life improves, they also face ethical reservations. 

Death Is Called Engelchen

Dir.: Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos
| 130 minutes

The Red Army has freed the region and the partisans come out of their hiding places in the mountains. Pavel, a young partisan, is out to find Engelchen, the S.S. commander responsible for the death of many of his comrades and other civilians.

Joke

Dir.: Jaromil Jires
| 87 minutes

Czechoslovakia, 1949. A young student sends a postcard to his girlfriend signed, as a joke, Long live Trotsky! and is expelled. 20 years later, he meets the man who judged him and decides to get his revenge.

Desire Named Anada

Dir.: Jan Kader, Elmar Klos
| 108 minutes

A fisherman saves a young woman and brings her to his home. The interest she ignites demoralize the fisherman. Jan Kadar continues to explore the tension between desire and values, while using original cinematic means.