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Entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival: The Last Act of Martin Weston: Michael Jacot: Jon Granik, Nuala Fitzgerald, Milena Dvorská, Al Waxman: Drama: Canadian-Czech coproduction Ucho: Karel Kachyňa: Jiřina Bohdalová, Radoslav Brzobohatý: drama: the film was banned by communist censorship before its staging in 1969, so the premiere was ...
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 95% based on 327 reviews, with an average rating of 8.8/10. The website's critical consensus states, "A crowd-pleasing tribute to the magic of silent cinema, The Artist is a clever, joyous film with delightful performances and visual style to spare."
In 1943, Czech Film Archive (NFA) was established in Prague. In 1945, the Czechoslovak film industry was nationalized. The Proud Princess, the most viewed Czech film ever, was released in 1952. It was seen by 8,222,695 people. The film also won a prize for a child film at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. [10] [7]
The Sarajevo Assassination) is a 1975 Czechoslovak-Yugoslav-German co-production film directed by Veljko Bulajić, starring Christopher Plummer and Florinda Bolkan. The film is about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo in 1914 and the immediate aftermath that led to the outbreak of World War I.
August 14: The cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show premieres in London. November 2: Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini is brutally murdered in Ostia (Rome). November 23: Sneak Previews, the first American film review show, premieres and launches the careers of critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. They remained as a team, and a ...
The Cremator (Czech: Spalovač mrtvol) is a 1969 Czechoslovak dark comedy horror film directed by Juraj Herz, based on a novel by Ladislav Fuks. The screenplay was written by Herz and Fuks. The film was selected as the Czechoslovakian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 42nd Academy Awards, but was not nominated. [1]
The Little Mermaid (Czech: Malá mořská víla) is a 1976 Czechoslovak fantasy film directed by Karel Kachyňa based on the fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen. The film won the Main Prize at 1977 Gijón International Film Festival. The plot follows Andersen's story faithfully, with the primary difference being that ...
The Loaf of Bread (1960) short film; Diamonds of the Night (1964) Pearls of the Deep (segment "Podvodníci", 1966) A Report on the Party and the Guests (1966) Martyrs of Love (1967) Oratorio for Prague (1968) Metamorphosis (1975, TV film) The Flames of Royal Love (1990) Code Name: Ruby (1996) Late Night Talks with my Mother (2001) Landscape of ...