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1) Burning Bush
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (244 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Czech
Description
Acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa) returns to a pivotal time in modern Czech history: the shocking act of a student of the Charles University's Faculty of Arts, who in protest of the Soviet occupation, set himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square on the 16th of January 1969, and died four days later. 2014 **Palm Springs International Film Festival** nominee, Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature. *"GRIPPING, crisply acted....
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Czech
Description
On the 16th of January 1969 on Wenceslas Square in Prague, a young student sets himself on fire in front of dozens of passers-by. Police Major Jireš investigates the circumstances of Palach’s actions. His instructions are to stop any other “human torches.” The news of Palach’s self-burning quickly spreads among his colleagues – students at the Charles University’s Faculty of Arts. One of them is Ondřej Trávníček, who is a radical...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Czech
Description
Part two begins with a depiction of Jan Zajíc’s self-burning at the end of February 1969. Attorney Burešová takes on the case of Palach’s mother and brother against Dr. Nový and, with the help of her young legal clerk Pavel, begins searching for evidence of the fallacy of Nový’s claims. The search for witnesses, however, is accompanied by numerous complications. Nový avoids receiving his summons and the beginning of the trial is repeatedly...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Czech
Description
Eight months after Palach’s death, the trial of Vilém Nový, represented by the arrogant, selfassured attorney Sýkora, finally begins. Palach’s mother, during an important private conversation with Nový, is shocked by how pontifical he is. Dr. Burešová’s husband, pediatrician Radim Bureš, faces escalating problems at work due to the StB’s pressure. After several incidents of bullying he is fired from the hospital and ends up a general...
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (111 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Czech
Description
This film explores a young woman’s romantic dilemma: torn between a primal connection and the need to provide for her children, she loves two men. Set in Prague, BEAUTY IN TROUBLE is full of unexpected twists, humor and amazing performances culminating in a surprising ending. Winner of the Krzysztof Kieslowski Award at the **Denver International Film Festival**. Winner of Best International Film at the **Santa Barbara International Film Festival**....
6) Faust
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Czech
Description
A very free adaptation of Marlowe’s ‘Doctor Faustus’, Goethe’s ‘FAUST’ and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. Svankmajer’s FAUST is a nondescript man who, after being lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.
7) Charlatan
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (118 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Czech
Description
The Oscar entry for the Czech Republic. Few true stories tread the thin line between good and evil as precariously as that of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbal healer whose great success masked the grimmest of secrets. Mikolášek won fame and fortune treating celebrities of the interwar, Nazi, and Communist eras with his uncanny knack for “urinary diagnosis”. But his passion for healing welled up from the same source as a lust for...
8) Winter Flies
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Czech
Description
Police interrogate 14-year-old Mára at the station after he is caught behind the wheel far across country from where he lives. He and somewhat eccentric Heduš had set out for the frozen landscape down south to seek adventure, but the mischievous breeziness with which Mára gives his story, and his concealment of the details of the trip, gradually strip his statement of credibility…. With uncommon directorial playfulness, Olmo Omerzu leads his...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Czech
Description
When two Jews finally manage to escape the Auschwitz concentration camp, they compile a detailed report about the systematic genocide at the camp. However, with Nazi propaganda and international liaisons still in place, their account seems to be too harrowing to believe.
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