Czech Films Blog
Cutting It Short (Postriziny): A Nostalgic Dive into Czech Cinema
Tucked within the rich tapestry of Czech cinema is the delightful Cutting It Short (Postriziny). A film that transports its audience back to a simp...
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!: A Timeless Czech Comedy Classic Restored to Blu-ray Brilliance
In the vast landscape of European cinema, few titles shine as brightly as the Czech masterpiece, "Marečku, Podejte mi Pero" from 1976. Now digitall...
Midnight Mass (Polnočná omša): A Review | Special Edition DVD for the 11th Noir Film Festival
The chilling backdrop of Christmas Eve 1944 sets the stage for "Midnight Mass" (Polnočná omša), a masterclass of psychological wartime drama. At a ...
Revisiting the Classic: The Elementary School, a Film by Jan Sverak
"The Elementary School is a beloved Czech film directed by Jan Sverak, released in 1991. This film is a charming and nostalgic portrayal of childho...
Celebrating Romance: The Timeless Charm of Czech Cinema
Czech cinema has a rich history of producing romantic films that captivate audiences with their heartwarming stories, beautiful cinematography, and...
Jachym, Throw It into the Machine! in remastered version with English subtitles
Based on Oldrich Lipsky's comedy Jachym, Throw It into the Machine / Jachyme, hod ho do stroje from 1974, we hear for the first time the names of t...
Christmas Classic - Playing with the Devil
Princess Dysperanda and her maid Kaca would very much like to get married, but they have no one to marry. When a hunting bachelor appears and offer...
Battalion - drama by Premysl Prazsky on DVD
Dr. Frantisek Uher, an attorney and a well-respected member of Prague society, discovers that his wife is cheating on him. He abandons his career a...
Famous Czech film director Marie Polednakova has died on Tuesday at the age of 81 after a long illness.
She was the author of a number of extremely popular film and TV comedies. The information was provided to the media by her family through the compa...
Newly remastered film Larks on a Thread / Skrivanci na niti
The film Larks on a Thread was made in 1969 by director Jiri Menzel based on the short stories from Bohumil Hrabal's book An Advertisement for the ...
Unforgettable film The Good Soldier Svejk / Dobry Vojak Svejk
Who wouldn't know the main character of Jaroslav Hasek's immortal novel "The Fates of the Good Soldier Svejk", a prototype of the Czech anti-hero, ...
Czech Film Star Vladimir Mensik
Vladimir Mensik, a native of Ivancice in Moravia, is considered by many to be the best Czech film actor of all time. From an early age, he enjoyed ...