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From the Creators of all or nothing - Prilis osobni znamost / Too personal acquaintance
Natalie (Petra Hrebickova) is a happy single woman in her thirties. She has a great career and long-term best friend Simona (Tatiana Dykova). Unfortunately her life has just turned upside down. After a divorce, Simona tries to come to terms with the fact that her 11-year-old son is going to live with his father (Lubos Kostelny). She meets an eccentric artist Viktor (Janko Popovic Volaric), for whom she becomes a muse. However, Viktor is obsessed not only with Simona, but also with sex, which at first looks like a dream paradise… Natalie's life is taking a new direction. When she...
Award-winning film Vlastnici (Owners)
Mrs. Zahradkova (Tereza Ramba) and her husband (Vojta Kotek) idealistically desire to save the old crumbling house where they live and which they share with other owners of flats located in it. The newlyweds Bernasek family (Jiri Cerny, Maria Sawa) are enthusiastically joining the idea of saving the house. Mrs. Roubickova (Klara Meliskova) pedantically checks the proper conduct of the meeting. Mrs. Horvatova (Dagmar Havlova) comments on everything with initiative. Naive Mr. Svec (David Novotny) represents his mother, who is in hospital. Mrs. Prochazkova (Pavla Tomicova) and Mr. Novak (Ondrej Maly) are looking for ways to enhance her property. Mr....
The most expected film by the film director Vaclav Marhoul - The Painted Bird.
It is important to notice, that this work is very controversial. This film received not only standing ovations in cinemas, but also many people were already leaving during screenings because of disconcert. What is it all about? Parents, trying to protect their child against Jewish genocide are sending their son to their relatives somewhere to the countryside in the Eastern Europe. But the boy’s aunt unexpectedly dies, and the boy is left alone. He is forced to set off for a journey through wild and unfriendly world, where rules only prejudice and superstitions. His struggle for physical survival is changed...
Vejdelek's film Posledni aristokratka / The Last Aristocrat is now available on DVD
New Yorker Frank (Hynek Cermak) gains an ancient family residence - the Kostka castle, thanks to his aristocratic ancestors. After more than forty years, the descendant of Czech emigrants is ready to return to Bohemia (Czech Republic) with his daughter Marie (Yvona Stolarova) and a vivacious wife Vivien (Tatiana Vilhelmova). These new aristocrats are unacquainted of the local conditions and Czech reality. They only know their former homeland and the life there from ancient stories told by their relatives. Matters related to the return of property are handled by attorney Benda (Vojtech Kotek). As soon as the family arrives, they...
The best recent fairy tale from the Czech Television is here! Princess and Half Kingdom / Princezna a pul Kralovstvi
Finally! That’s the word, that came first to my mind after watching this Czech fairytale. Finally Czech Television brought to screen a splendid fairytale story. After a long line of unsuccessful or average fairy tales, presented during Christmas, a real jewel came out that pleased many viewers. Yes, there are things that could be improved as music and so on, but all in all it is simply more than a good fairy tale. And this is especially appreciated in the late decline of Czech fairy tales! Honza kills a dragon and gets a princess and a half of a kingdom....