1974 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Steklý.
This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from the advance of Hitler's Germany. On the 29th of March 1938 the leader of the Sudeten Germans Henlein (Werner Ehrlicher) has a meeting with Hitler (Gunnar Möller). Hitler orders him to intensify pressure on the Czechoslovak government. On the 24th of April in Carlsbad, the Sudetendeutsche Partei (Sudeten German Party) decides upon eight demands that are unacceptable to the Czechoslovak President, since they would ultimately lead to the break-up of the Republic. Benes still shows a certain willingness to negotiate, and Henlein resents this. The Germans are determined to make further negotiations impossible through incidents and violence.
The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and in addition to the screenplay he also wrote a three-part TV play about Dumas (starring Vladimír Menšík). In Kachyn's film, Dumas played the father and son of the Štěpánková brothers, and it was a very difficult and difficult task for these young actors.
Vrba
A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the mass closure of monasteries and convents.
A group of outcasts, including a vagabond and a prostitute, gather at the outskirts of the industrial area of a large Czech city, one of the things that helps some of them survive is alcohol.
Lojza
Uma pequena cidade é de um dia visitada por um padre que está lá numa missão secreta. Ele é um membro da Inquisição enviado para investigar as atividades de um moleiro local. O moleiro e seu filho são descendentes duma antiga família cuja casa ancestral foi incendiada há um século, mas foi reconstruida a partir do zero. O moleiro herdou muito do seu conhecimento sobre a terra, a água, e estabilidade de edifícios de gerações de experiência familiar. A fama dele em água e prever quando uma estrutura poderá entrar em colapso chamaram a atenção da Inquisição - certamente ele deve estar aliado com o Diabo.
This early short by Jaromil Jireš anticipates the formal and stylistic experimentation that would characterize VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS.
Pavel, um jovem estudante que vive em Praga em 1942, esconde uma rapariga judia no sótão do seu apartamento. Por entre a brutalidade do exército ocupante alemão, o amor floresce entre os dois. Ele é seu único elo com o mundo exterior. Então os dois são descobertos pela mãe de Pavel, que obriga os moradores do prédio a decidir se Hana pode permanecer.
Client in goldsmith
The bridegroom Jan Kaspar is an officer in the Klement Gottwald's Nová Hut rolling-mill. After bidding farewell to his freedom, he accidentally takes a sip from the bottle of tetrachlore which he stores at home. He disregards the dizziness, but the next day, he faints in the factory and has a brain concussion. During her regular tests, doctor Dudková is shocked by a high percentage of residual nitrogen found in Kaspar's blood. Doctor Bohácek, with whom Dudková consults, thinks that it is a liver disease and informs the head physician Filip. The doctors know nothing about tetrachlore and are in the dark about the case. Despite that, they immediately start to fight for Kaspar's life and their struggle consequently affects their personal lives.
Bedřich
Czechoslovakian crime film
