Bedřich Karen

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Ďáblova past
6.9

Ďáblova past

Apr 20, 1962
Un prêtre voyage pour enquêter sur un meunier soupçonné de travailler avec le diable.
History
Dobrý voják Švejk
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Dobrý voják Švejk

Aug 23, 1957
Good-natured and garrulous, Schweik becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I -- although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards and getting drunk, he uses all his cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the police, clergy, and officers who chivy him toward battle.
Comedy
La Peste Blanche
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La Peste Blanche

Dec 21, 1937
Adaptation d'une piece de Karel Capek mettant en scene un medecin qui refuse de devoiler le secret de son remede contre un mal invaincu tant que la paix ne sera pas assuree dans le pays.
Drama
Cech panen kutnohorských
6.5
A morally questionable lord comes to the aid of a working class man who is to be executed for speaking out about thieving rich scoundrels sticking it to the poor.
Comedy
Siréna
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Siréna

Apr 11, 1947
In late 19th century Czech-speaking Bohemia, oppressed workers at German-owned mines and foundries revolt against their harsh working conditions. Made shortly after World War II as Czechoslovakia was falling to communism, the film resonates in Czech resentment of the German occupation.
Drama
Taková láska
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Taková láska

Oct 02, 1959
A student commits suicide out of unhappy love to a married man; story is recounted in retrospective by a "judge" who asks the audience to decide who is the guilty party.
Drama
Únos
6.5

Únos

Jan 30, 1953
Based on a true story
Drama
Proti všem
5.5

Proti všem

Oct 04, 1957
After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Prague citizens request help against the army of Zikmund. The Hussite army with Jan Žižka in the lead make their way towards Prague. They fortify themselves on the mountain Vítkov and engage in a bloody battle with Zikmund’s huge army.
Drama
Jan Hus
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Jan Hus

Apr 29, 1955
Jan Hus is a 1954 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is the first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most famous works of the Czechoslovak director, completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957).
Drama
Jánošík
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Jánošík

Nov 25, 1921
Janosík, a friar retrained as a bandit, becomes the farmers' symbol of resistance and fight against the feudal conditions.
Drama