Plot:
Episodic misadventures of people living in an isolated Czech holiday village. One man is collecting anything that is a bargain, including only shoes for the left leg (cheaper than buying them in a pair) while another enjoys watching TV with a goat in his coach. When hunters of one association shoot a boar in a school, an argument explodes because the school lies on the territory of another association of hunters. The school teacher, however, manages to reach a compromise: divide the boar meat between the two hunter camps. However, during dinner, the hunters again start a quarrel.Read More »
Josef Somr
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Jirí Menzel – Slavnosti snezenek AKA Snowdrop celebrations (1983)
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Jaromil Jires – Zert AKA The Joke (1969)
1961-1970Czech RepublicDramaJaromil JiresPoliticsIn the 1950’s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years later, he tries to get his revenge by seducing Helena, the wife of one of his accusers.Read More »
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Jirí Menzel – Ostre sledované vlaky AKA Closely Watched Trains (1966)
1961-1970ArthouseComedyCzech RepublicJirí MenzelQuote:
“The entire town knows that I want to be a train dispatcher for the simple reason that I don’t want to do anything?just like my ancestors?but stand on the platform with a signal disc and avoid any hard work, while others have to drudge and toil.” – Milos HrmaRead More »