settima

JosefIllík

Kladivo na čarodějnice [Witchhammer] (Otakar Vávra, 1970)

Oct

19

apples

Kladivo na čarodějnice (1970)

A woman in a tub lustfully bites into an apple, presented to her by a giddy maid. A second maid replenishes the bathwater. DP: Josef Illík.

 

#FilmDinner #apples #fruit #OtakarVávra #VáclavKaplický #EloRomančík #VladimírŠmeral #SoňaValentová #JosefKemr #LolaSkrbková #JiřinaŠtěpničková #JiříSrnka #JosefIllík #drama #history #Hooptober #witches #religion #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★½

Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970)

Jul

17

Ucho (1970)

Party member, and rather drunk, Anna (Jiřina Bohdalová) and her newspaper hat at the officials' party. DP: Josef Illík.

“The 17th of July. Comrade Anna is not lying!”

#FilmDuJour #July #KarelKachyňa #RadoslavBrzobohatý #JiřinaBohdalová #SvatoplukHavelka #JosefIllík #ČeskoslovenskáNováVlna #drama #satire #paranoia #politics #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★★☆

Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970)

Jan

8

cake

Ucho (1970)

A gold-rimmed plate with a messy piece of cake on its side. Near it two glasses and a bottle of alcohol. DP: Josef Illík.

#FilmDinner #cake #KarelKachyňa #RadoslavBrzobohatý #JiřinaBohdalová #SvatoplukHavelka #JosefIllík #ČeskoslovenskáNováVlna #drama #satire #paranoia #politics #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★★☆

Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970)

Jan

27

Thomas Crapper Day

Ucho (1970)

Ludvik (Radoslav Brzobohatý) taking a break from the official's party in a pristine but claustrophobic, white-tiled toilet stall. DP: Josef Illík.

“Even you, Ear, can't listen in the toilet!”

– Ludvik

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #ThomasCrapperDay #toilets #KarelKachyňa #RadoslavBrzobohatý #JiřinaBohdalová #SvatoplukHavelka #JosefIllík #ČeskoslovenskáNováVlna #drama #satire #paranoia #politics #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★★☆