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Young man in the prison is obsessed with a singer who is to perform in a new musical its director is currently auditioning for. He escapes and through complex and often very funny series of events ends up being the main star of the musical, only to be discovered by the police the day before the premiere...OK, enough spoilers! The story keeps going on... Lots of great dialogs, awesome music and singing, and ever-twisting story (plus, the parallels between the play's script and the real story) makes this one of the most enjoyable Czech movies I've seen in years (and I've seen many)! Definitely check it out if you like comedy, drama, musicals, and theater.
A black comedy by Mirjam Landa about a successful race car driver and the race of his life. Alex cannot imagine his life without rallying and subordinates everything to it. After an accident in which his co-driver is seriously injured, Alex's manager desperately searches for a replacement, as the date of the most important race of the season is fast approaching. Alex wants to race at all costs, despite his doctor's explicit prohibition. He has been racing for fifteen years, but has always missed out on the top spot by a hair's breadth. After a fateful encounter with a girl, he surprisingly decides that she, Lucie, completely inexperienced but determined to win, will ride with him as his co-driver in the race of his life.
A recording of a theatrical performance of a mysterious musical written by Daniel Landa. The plot is intertwined with two storylines. As a child, Dr. Eliška heard a legend about a great love, which begins to unfold before her eyes and gradually draws her in. And it is she who must help unravel this legend...
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This is a concert that took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Prague on February 20, 2003. Songs: 1. Vltava part.I 2. Chciply dobry vily 3. 1938 4. Muži s padáky 5. Pozdrav z fronty 6. Kdyby 7. Krvava parta 8. Ona 9. Andilek 10. Trista z mista 11. Smrtihlav 12. Obsidian 13. Tajemstvi 14. Krysar z Valciku 15. Jo ulice 16. Vcera me nekdo... 17. Quantum Tarantuli 18. Morituri Te Salutant 19. Sance 20. Prizraky 21. Valcik 22. Motylek 23. Vltava part II.
Why? (Czech: ProÄŤ?) is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The film deals with the hooliganism in Czechoslovakia, particularly with the fans of football club Sparta from Prague, whose supporters were the pioneers of the football fan riots in Czechoslovakia, starting with hooligan actions already in the 1960s, like breaking the trains in which they travelled when they went on Sparta's away games. The film deals with one of such episodes
In 1866, as Austria faces war with Prussia, 19-year-old LudvĂk Machl joins a secret Czech resistance group. When he is caught with stolen funds and a weapon, the police commissioner spares him from prison on the condition that he work as an informant. Trapped by fear and betrayal, LudvĂk is forced down a path that leads inexorably toward his own destruction.
Life in communist Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s and the punishments for going against the state.
A young man has led his whole life with his grandfather. When he was in school, he was the only one who was refused to join the Youth Brigade, since his father was sentenced to death for spying. When it is time for him to do the compulsory military service, he has to do it in a platoon for "unreliable" persons.
In the Czech film comedy from 1988, you can see for yourself that the war was not easy, but otherwise it was great fun. Sergeant Kouba serving with the paratroopers has a soft spot for women. His superior does not like him. However, during a military exercise on the way to the barracks, Kouba shows his true character when he saves the life of a little boy, convicts a thief and finds a lifelong partner in the commander's sister.
Life of Czechoslovak soldiers in a military unit for the so called "politically unreliable" - the Technical auxiliary battalions, aka "the black barons". Although it might seem like a political satire and it's mostly funny, it shows the reality and the absurdity of military service under the communist regime. Based on a novel by Miloslav Svandrlik.
