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

SSS

SSS 1975

9.67

A short animation about protecting the environment.

1975

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

Mozart in Prague

Mozart in Prague 1981

1

Mozart's life was turbulent, even in Prague in 1787, when he was pressed for time to compose the overture to »Don Giovanni«.

1981

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

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

How Man Learned to Fly

How Man Learned to Fly 1958

8.00

A short, humorous history of aviation based on Kamil Lhoták's book "Balloons, Wings, Propellers."

1958

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

Lov

Lov 1994

1

1994