Released Date:
1987-01-09
Languages:
Czech, Slovak
Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Runtime:
98 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.3 (2563 Reviews)
Director:
Jirè MenzelGenres:
ComedyZdenek Sverèk (story)
Zdenek Sverèk (screenplay)
Released Date:
1990-04-01
Languages:
Czech
Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Runtime:
97 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (259 Reviews)
Director:
Jirè MenzelGenres:
ComedyJirè Blazek
Jirè Menzel (screenplay)
Vladislav Vancura (book)
Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa the administrator of the Kratochvile Castle. Although with no aristocratic background, he is a man of fortune and is trying to buy the castle. To impress his neighbors and the local politicians he invites them to a great hunting party. Uninvited comes a man who claims to be Duke Alexej. Stoklasa believes him to be a hustler. This hustler, however, manages to charm all the women before he leaves.
Released Date:
1995-06-09
Languages:
Slovak
Countries:
Slovakia, France
Runtime:
99 min
IMDB Ratings:
(1378 Reviews)
Director:
Martin SulèkGenres:
ComedyMarek Lescèk
Ondrej Sulaj
Martin Sulèk
Jakub's life arrived at a dead-end. He leaves his job, and gets into conflict with his father. The trouble just grows by his relation with a married woman. Breaking out, Jakub realizes the pleasures of the countryside in the old garden of his grandfather. He finds true love with an angel, and encounters various exciting moments of his new free life. Strange visitors arrive, and he wont get back to town anymore.
Released Date:
2007-01-11
Languages:
Czech, German, French, English, Italian, Korean
Countries:
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Runtime:
113 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (5901 Reviews)
Director:
Jirè MenzelBohumil Hrabal (novel)
Jirè Menzel
Czechoslovakia, 1963. Jan Dète is released from prison after serving 15 years. He goes into semi exile in a deserted village near the German border. In flashbacks, he tells his story: he's a small, clever and quick-witted young man, stubbornly naève, a vendor at a train station. Thanks to a patron, he becomes a waiter at upscale hotels and restaurants. We see him discover how the wealthy tick and how to please women. He strives to be a millionaire with his own hotel. Before the war, he meets Lèza, a German woman in Prague. Is this his ticket to wealth or his undoing? Meanwhile, we see Jan putting a life together after prison: why was he sentenced, and who will he become?
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