A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.
Patient
U pokladny stál... is a Czech comedy film. It was released in 1939.
В пабе «Под Эмаузы» работает хорошенькая Аполенка. Девушка считает трактирщика Дудека своим отцом и понятия не имеет, что он скрывает её происхождение. Её возлюбленный, Ян Мартин, регулярно следует за ней. Графиня Любецка в панике. Её брат узнаёт, что у неё есть внебрачная дочь, воспитанная хозяином паба «Под Эмаузы».
Josef Rydvan
Finnicky efficiency expert is sent to straighten out business management problems at a jazz club, and finds self being drawn into the swingin' scene.
The comedy "Vendelin's Purgatory and Paradise" contains the amusing experiences of the Zemlicka family from Prague who are all trying to find a good match for their daughter Amalka. Amalka is a pretty girl and it comes as no surprise that Vendelin Hrom grows fond of her, having met her and her whole family on a Sunday outing. On the way home they all get wet and so Vendelin is invited to the Zemlicka's house to dry off; he is given dinner and asked to stay the night. The father and mother think up plans to ensnare the timid Vendelin so that they can marry off their daughter.
Clerk
Skid-row epic about a lawyer's decline.
Rudolf Měšťák’s silent film The Prague Executioner, based on the novel of the same name by Josef Svátek, is a historical tale of love, betrayal and revenge. The screening of the restored 35 mm copy, coloured in accordance with the original tinting and toning process, will be accompanied by music from an ensemble headed by musicologist and composer Vlastislav Matoušek.
