Jakub Arbes

Birth : 1840-06-12,

Death : 1914-04-08

Movies

Prvá noc pri mŕtvej
Novel
Romanetto
Novel
A young woman from an old patrician family in Prague collapses and is institutionalized in a psychic ward. The non-linear narration unveils here fortunes one by one. The prose of Jakub Arbes is the basis for this experimental film poem. The storyline is uncovered in a mosaic of pictures in a purely visual form, without a single word.
Lawyer of the Poor
Novel
Venice Film Festival 1941
Moderní Magdalena
Novel
The Crucified
Novel
During a pogrom against Jews in a village, an innkeeper is killed, his daughter is put in a convent after being crucified, and her illegitimate child, who later grows up to be a student, is placed in the care of a guardian.
Sivooký démon
Novel