czechoslovakia &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:czechoslovakia @settima@mograph.social Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:09:34 +0200 Happy End (Oldřich Lipský, 1967) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bwpq <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Happy End (Oldřich Lipský, 1967)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" 1889/div div class="img" Happy End (1967)/div div class="caption" Butcher Bedřich Frydrych (Oldřich Lipský), born September 1, 1889 in Trumberk. DP: Vladimír Novotný./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #OldřichLipský #VladimírMenšík #JaroslavaObermaierová #JosefAbrhám #BohušZáhorský #StellaZázvorková #VlastimilHála #VladimírNovotný #Movember #ČeskoslovenskáNováVlna #comedy #ExperimentalFilm #crime #romance #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Happy End (Oldřich Lipský, 1967)

Sep

1

1889

Happy End (1967)

Butcher Bedřich Frydrych (Oldřich Lipský), born September 1, 1889 in Trumberk. DP: Vladimír Novotný.

#FilmDuJour #September #OldřichLipský #VladimírMenšík #JaroslavaObermaierová #JosefAbrhám #BohušZáhorský #StellaZázvorková #VlastimilHála #VladimírNovotný #Movember #ČeskoslovenskáNováVlna #comedy #ExperimentalFilm #crime #romance #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bwpq Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +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 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 Smrt si říká Engelchen [Death Is Called Engelchen] (Ján Kadár + Elmar Klos,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-021p <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Smrt si říká Engelchen [Death Is Called Engelchen] (Ján Kadár + Elmar Klos, 1963)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" ER – 1994/div div class="img" Smrt si říká Engelchen (1963)/div div class="caption" Pavel (Jan Kačer) recovering face-down in his hospital bed. DP: RudolfMilič./div div class="txt" An emergency room: ER) debuts on this date in 1994. &nbsp; A paralysed Czechoslovak partisan recovering from a shot in the back in an emergency ward, feverishly remembers the events that brought him to that moment. He particularly remembers Engelchen, the SS Sturmbannführer who killed his best friend and massacred the local villagers. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #ER #JánKadár #ElmarKlos #LadislavMňačko #JanKačer #EvaPoláková #MartinRůžek #BlaženaHolišová #PavelBártl #ZdeněkLiška #RudolfMilič #mirrors #drama #war #WW2 #revenge #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1960s/div /section ]]>

Smrt si říká Engelchen [Death Is Called Engelchen] (Ján Kadár + Elmar Klos, 1963)

Sep

19

ER – 1994

Smrt si říká Engelchen (1963)

Pavel (Jan Kačer) recovering face-down in his hospital bed. DP: RudolfMilič.

An emergency room: ER debuts on this date in 1994.

 

A paralysed Czechoslovak partisan recovering from a shot in the back in an emergency ward, feverishly remembers the events that brought him to that moment. He particularly remembers Engelchen, the SS Sturmbannführer who killed his best friend and massacred the local villagers.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #ER #JánKadár #ElmarKlos #LadislavMňačko #JanKačer #EvaPoláková #MartinRůžek #BlaženaHolišová #PavelBártl #ZdeněkLiška #RudolfMilič #mirrors #drama #war #WW2 #revenge #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-021p Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:30:00 +0200