Traps

Traps 1998

4.90

After two troubled but powerful men rape a young hitchhiker who happens to be a vet, she drugs them and removes their testicles.

1998

Fimfarum 2

Fimfarum 2 2006

7.40

In this antological film, four fairy tales from the book by Jan Werich, each one by a different director. Břetislav Pojar directs the story of Thumbelina, Aurel Klimt "The Hunchbacks of Damascus", Vlasta Pospíšilová "Three Sisters and a Ring" and Jan Balej close the film with "The Sea, Uncle, Why is it Salty?".

2006

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government 1996

1

Quite a few years have passed since November 1989. Czechoslovakia has been divided up and, in the Czech Republic, Václav Klaus’s right-wing government is in power. Karel Vachek follows on from his film New Hyperion, thus continuing his series of comprehensive film documentaries in which he maps out Czech society and its real and imagined elites in his own unique way.

1996

My Pragues Understand Me

My Pragues Understand Me 1991

4.00

A fictional story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's stay in Prague. The film, in no case, claims any historical facts. It only tries to evoke the spirit of that time by connecting Mozart's music with the architecture of Prague and by pointing up the changes in Prague during Mozart's two-hundred absence in the Czech metropolis.

1991

Smile for Auntie

Smile for Auntie 1979

1

Auntie tries to make her Nephew smile by doing goofy stuff. Tee nephew does not smile until Auntie gives up goes away and NEVER come baque.

1979

Shakespeare 2000

Shakespeare 2000 1988

3.00

A satiric film travesty of Shakespeare's dramas set in the year 2000. The protagonists are to convince the audience that human passions such as love, hatred, jealousy, etc. remain unchanged even 500 years later (paralleling the up-to-date quality of Shakespeare's dramas).

1988

Emily's First 100 Days of School

Emily's First 100 Days of School 2006

1

School begins, and one day at a time, Emily and her new classmates learn new ideas, expand their world, and grow closer together.

2006

Risk

Risk 1988

1

Documentary about the Cold War.

1988

Madame Le Murie

Madame Le Murie 1993

6.00

Petr Vaclav's documentary Pani Le Murie (Madam Le Murie, 1993) depicts the last survivor of an aristocratic family who refused to bow to Communism.

1993

Tell Me Something About Yourself - Martin

Tell Me Something About Yourself - Martin 1994

1

"The whole film talks about the time when I was first locked up, from sixteen till now, I’m 22 now, and during that whole time I was out maybe five months, and I’ve really had it by now. It’s also about why I’d given my life to Jesus Christ and then failed that Jesus in me because I was tempted by earthly pleasures; and it’s also about how every time I’m ready to start a new life, I get locked up again because it’s always too late. It’s just too late. That’s the greatest shame and that’s what it’s about..."

1994

Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens

Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens 1991

6.00

When Winnie, who never reads, lifts off with a foxy stranger, sensible Harriet must use every ounce of energy and brain power to rescue her.

1991

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy) 2000

1

A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to collaborating with the secret police, Jaroslav Foglar can’t find a bottle-opener, and Ivan Diviš makes observations about his own funeral. This is the Czech Republic in the late 90s, as detailed in Karel Vachek’s documentary.

2000