Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... 1955

8.00

A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three daughters to name the measure of their love for him. When one of them says, "more than salt", he banishes her from the kingdom. Not understanding what she meant the King assumes love can only be measured by precious metals or one's own talent, the 'correct' answers from his other two daughters. The arrogance of the King leads him to gather all the salt in the kingdom and destroy it. Of course, this backfires as he slowly learns the universal value of the substance, and of course, the essence of his daughter's reply. With the help of the wise and magical old 'herb woman', the King also learns what it means to be a true and wise ruler.

1955

Jan Hus

Jan Hus 1955

6.00

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).

1955

Shoesmachine

Shoesmachine 1954

1

The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.

1954

Comedians

Comedians 1954

1

Komedianti is a 1954 Czech film directed by Vladimír Vlcek. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.

1954

Dog's Heads

Dog's Heads 1955

5.00

Dog's Heads (Czech: Psohlavci) is a 1955 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič, based on the novel of the same name by Alois Jirásek. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.

1955

Jan Žižka

Jan Žižka 1956

6.50

The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.

1956