czechoslovakia &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:czechoslovakia @settima@mograph.social Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:57:17 +0200 Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-lw4h <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Ucho (1970)/div div class="caption" Party member, and rather drunk, Anna (Jiřina Bohdalová) and her newspaper hat at the officials' party. DP: Josef Illík./div div class="txt" "The 17th of July. Comrade Anna is not lying!" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #KarelKachyňa #RadoslavBrzobohatý #JiřinaBohdalová #SvatoplukHavelka #JosefIllík #ČeskoslovenskáNováVlna #drama #satire #paranoia #politics #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

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 ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-lw4h Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Ikarie XB 1 [Icarus XB 1] (Jindřich Polák, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ymqg <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ikarie XB 1 [Icarus XB 1] (Jindřich Polák, 1963)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 26/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Ikarie XB 1 (1963)/div div class="caption" An astronaut passing a perfectly symmetrical walkway, similar to the ones seen in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). DP: Jan Kališ./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #JindřichPolák #StanisławLem #ZdeněkLiška #JanKališ #BookAdaptation #drama #SciFi #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ikarie XB 1 [Icarus XB 1] (Jindřich Polák, 1963)

Jun

26

Ikarie XB 1 (1963)

An astronaut passing a perfectly symmetrical walkway, similar to the ones seen in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). DP: Jan Kališ.

#FilmDuJour #June #JindřichPolák #StanisławLem #ZdeněkLiška #JanKališ #BookAdaptation #drama #SciFi #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ymqg Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Deň radosti [A Day of Joy] (Dušan Hanák, 1972) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-pcf5 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Deň radosti [A Day of Joy] (Dušan Hanák, 1972)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 12/div div class="occasion" 1971/div div class="img" Deň radosti (1972)/div div class="caption" Exuberant revellers. DPs: Martin Gazík, Alojz Hanúsek & Oskár Šághy./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #DušanHanák #AlexMlynárčik #IljaZeljenka #MartinGazík #AlojzHanúsek #OskárŠághy #trains #music #ShortFilm #TVMovie #documentary #Czechoslovakia #1970s/div /section ]]>

Deň radosti [A Day of Joy] (Dušan Hanák, 1972)

Jun

12

1971

Deň radosti (1972)

Exuberant revellers. DPs: Martin Gazík, Alojz Hanúsek & Oskár Šághy.

 

#FilmDuJour #June #DušanHanák #AlexMlynárčik #IljaZeljenka #MartinGazík #AlojzHanúsek #OskárŠághy #trains #music #ShortFilm #TVMovie #documentary #Czechoslovakia #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-pcf5 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem [Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5b0f <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem [Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea] (Jindřich Polák, 1977)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem (1977)/div div class="caption" Time-traveling tourist Shirley White (Marie Rosůlková) dragging a bewildered Hitler (František Vicena) in front of her husband's photo camera. DP: Jan Kališ./div div class="txt" "Patrick, it's Hitler! Yes it is Hitler! Patrick, you must take a picture of me with him!" ### – Shirley White, American time traveler /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #JindřichPolák #MarieRosůlková #FrantišekVicena #KarelSvoboda #JanKališ #SciFi #WW2 #TimeTravel #comedy #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem [Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea] (Jindřich Polák, 1977)

Jun

1

Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem (1977)

Time-traveling tourist Shirley White (Marie Rosůlková) dragging a bewildered Hitler (František Vicena) in front of her husband's photo camera. DP: Jan Kališ.

“Patrick, it's Hitler! Yes it is Hitler! Patrick, you must take a picture of me with him!”

– Shirley White, American time traveler

#FilmDuJour #June #JindřichPolák #MarieRosůlková #FrantišekVicena #KarelSvoboda #JanKališ #SciFi #WW2 #TimeTravel #comedy #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5b0f Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-60zj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár, 1968/1971)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Touha zvaná Anada (1968/1971)/div div class="caption" Zuzka (Milena Dravić) holds a mirror to Anada's (Paula Pritchett) face. Zuzka's husband Jánoš (Rade Marković) looks on. DP: Vladimír Novotný./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #ElmarKlos #JánKadár #LájosZilahy #RadeMarković #MilenaDravić #PaulaPritchett #VladimírNovotný #ZdeněkLiška #VladimírNovotný #drama #fantasy #mirrors #1960s #1970s #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár, 1968/1971)

May

20

Touha zvaná Anada (1968/1971)

Zuzka (Milena Dravić) holds a mirror to Anada's (Paula Pritchett) face. Zuzka's husband Jánoš (Rade Marković) looks on. DP: Vladimír Novotný.

#FilmDuJour #May #ElmarKlos #JánKadár #LájosZilahy #RadeMarković #MilenaDravić #PaulaPritchett #VladimírNovotný #ZdeněkLiška #VladimírNovotný #drama #fantasy #mirrors #1960s #1970s #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-60zj Wed, 20 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Maratón [The Marathon] (Ivo Novák, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-0f30 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Maratón [The Marathon] (Ivo Novák, 1968)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="occasion" 1945/div div class="img" Maratón (1968)/div div class="caption" Karla (Jana Brejchová) and Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík). DP: Václav Hanuš./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #IvoNovák #JaromírHanzlík #JanaBrejchová #VladimírMenšík #KarelHöger #ZdeněkŠtěpánek #ZdeněkLiška #VáclavHanuš #comedy #drama #war #Czechoslovakia #1960s/div /section ]]>

Maratón [The Marathon] (Ivo Novák, 1968)

May

5

1945

Maratón (1968)

Karla (Jana Brejchová) and Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík). DP: Václav Hanuš.

#FilmDuJour #May #IvoNovák #JaromírHanzlík #JanaBrejchová #VladimírMenšík #KarelHöger #ZdeněkŠtěpánek #ZdeněkLiška #VáclavHanuš #comedy #drama #war #Czechoslovakia #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-0f30 Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Balada pro banditu [Ballad for a Bandit] (Vladimír Sís, 1979) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-577t <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Balada pro banditu [Ballad for a Bandit] (Vladimír Sís, 1979)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 24/div div class="occasion" Christmas Eve – Nikolas/div div class="img" Balada pro banditu (1979).webp)/div div class="caption" The bandit and his bride. DP: Viktor Růžička./div div class="txt" A Nikolas or Nicholas for Christmas Eve. &nbsp; The tale of legendary highwayman Nikola Šuhaj from Koločava. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #Nikolas #VladimírSís #MilanUhde #MilošŠtědroň #MiroslavDonutil #PetrMaláč #IvaBittová #BlankaRudová #FrantišekDerfler #MilošŠtědroň #VlastimilHála #ViktorRůžička #crime #FairyTale #drama #romance #musical #theatre #history #biopic #Czechoslovakia #1970s/div /section ]]>

Balada pro banditu [Ballad for a Bandit] (Vladimír Sís, 1979)

Dec

24

Christmas Eve – Nikolas

Balada pro banditu (1979)

The bandit and his bride. DP: Viktor Růžička.

A Nikolas or Nicholas for Christmas Eve.

 

The tale of legendary highwayman Nikola Šuhaj from Koločava.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #Nikolas #VladimírSís #MilanUhde #MilošŠtědroň #MiroslavDonutil #PetrMaláč #IvaBittová #BlankaRudová #FrantišekDerfler #MilošŠtědroň #VlastimilHála #ViktorRůžička #crime #FairyTale #drama #romance #musical #theatre #history #biopic #Czechoslovakia #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-577t Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:45:00 +0100 Tajemství hradu v Karpatech [The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians] (Oldřich... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tajemstvi-hradu-v-karpatech-1981 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Tajemství hradu v Karpatech [The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians] (Oldřich Lipský, 1981)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="occasion" 1897/div div class="img" Tajemství hradu v Karpatech (1981)/div div class="caption" A calendar – undeniably designed by the great Jan Švankmajer – with the date October 27, 1897, set on the day of – or referencing a saint – Sabina. Screenshot via DVDBeaver. DP: Viktor Růžička./div div class="txt" – You surely know that my financial support is unlimited. – Yes. Long live your false cheque factories! /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #OldřichLipský #MichalDočolomanský #EvelynaSteimarová #JanHartl #JanŠvankmajer #RudolfHrušínský #LubošFišer #ViktorRůžička #SciFi #fantasy #comedy #JulesVerne #Carpathians #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1980s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Tajemství hradu v Karpatech [The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians] (Oldřich Lipský, 1981)

Oct

27

1897

Tajemství hradu v Karpatech (1981)

A calendar – undeniably designed by the great Jan Švankmajer – with the date October 27, 1897, set on the day of – or referencing a saint – Sabina. Screenshot via DVDBeaver. DP: Viktor Růžička.

– You surely know that my financial support is unlimited.

– Yes. Long live your false cheque factories!

#FilmDuJour #October #OldřichLipský #MichalDočolomanský #EvelynaSteimarová #JanHartl #JanŠvankmajer #RudolfHrušínský #LubošFišer #ViktorRůžička #SciFi #fantasy #comedy #JulesVerne #Carpathians #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1980s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tajemstvi-hradu-v-karpatech-1981 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Zahrada [The Garden] (Jan Švankmajer, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/zahrada-1968 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Zahrada [The Garden] (Jan Švankmajer, 1968)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Zahrada (1968)/div div class="caption" Jiří Hálek and Luděk Kopřiva as Josef and Frank. DP: Svatopluk Malý./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #JanŠvankmajer #JiříHálek #LuděkKopřiva #ZdeněkLiška #SvatoplukMalý #ShortFilm #surrealism #rabbits #animals #satire #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Zahrada [The Garden] (Jan Švankmajer, 1968)

Oct

25

Zahrada (1968)

Jiří Hálek and Luděk Kopřiva as Josef and Frank. DP: Svatopluk Malý.

#FilmDuJour #October #JanŠvankmajer #JiříHálek #LuděkKopřiva #ZdeněkLiška #SvatoplukMalý #ShortFilm #surrealism #rabbits #animals #satire #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/zahrada-1968 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Kladivo na čarodějnice [Witchhammer] (Otakar Vávra, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wsnz <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Kladivo na čarodějnice [Witchhammer] (Otakar Vávra, 1970)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" apples/div div class="img" Kladivo na čarodějnice (1970).png)/div div class="caption" 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./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #apples #fruit #OtakarVávra #VáclavKaplický #EloRomančík #VladimírŠmeral #SoňaValentová #JosefKemr #LolaSkrbková #JiřinaŠtěpničková #JiříSrnka #JosefIllík #drama #history #Hooptober #witches #religion #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

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

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wsnz Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:10:41 +0200