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Criterion Channel
69
56
6.9
/3272/
68
/118/
68
/104/
3.7
/8303/

Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB 1 embarks on a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront the effects of a malignant dark star, the destructive legacy of the 20th century and, ultimately, the limits of their own sanity.
poster
73
38
7.2
/1231/
80
/72/
67
/30/
3.7
/1324/

The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)
A Czech fairy tale about a princess named Lada who runs away from home in a mouse fur disguise in order to escape an unwanted and forced marriage.
poster
80
22
8.3
/723/
83
/24/
80
/19/
3.7
/469/

Higher Principle (1960)
During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.
poster
AMC+
71
19
7.1
/582/
68
/14/
75
/14/
3.6
/703/

The Jester's Tale (1964)
An anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years' War. It follows ploughman Petr, recruiter Matěj and country girl Lenka who get caught up in both sides of the war and experience many adventures before they find happiness. The film combines live action with animation to suggest the artistic style of the engraver Matthäus Merian.
poster
70
19
7.3
/551/
70
/13/
65
/20/
3.6
/592/

Krakatit (1948)
In early 20th century Czechoslovakia, a gravely ill chemist recalls his discovery of a powerful explosive and how it landed in the hands of anarchists.
poster
73
17
7.5
/491/
62
/14/
60
/21/
3.6
/438/
100
/5/

Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)
Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army, love blossoms between the two. He is her only link to the outside world. Then the two are discovered by Pavel's mother, who forces the residents of the apartment building to decide whether Hana can remain.
poster
71
15
7.5
/423/
73
/16/
67
/14/
3.6
/461/

The White Disease (1937)
In a country whose people have just been successfully persuaded of their superiority and the justification for military expansion by the fiery speeches of a dictator, the bacillus of a highly destructive form of leprosy has spread. It is called morbus Tshengi, or popularly „white disease“. The only one who has developed an effective cure for it is a physician of the poor named Galén. But he refuses to reveal the secret of his cure as long as the powerful destroy human lives through wars.
poster
?
30
/2/

Zdravý nemocný (1961)
N/A
poster
?
5.2
/8/
10
/1/
50
/1/

Smrt na Cukrovém ostrově (1962)
N/A
poster
?
6.6
/15/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Pan Jordán a Habada (1968)
N/A
poster
?
5.4
/10/
10
/1/

Labyrint srdce (1961)
N/A
poster
?
7.5
/22/
10
/1/
26
/3/

Waterloo (1967)
In the tense dramatic situation of a June night in 1815, a few hours before a battle that seems lost in advance, Napoleon has a choice: either go into battle and risk not winning it, or not go into battle, which of course means abdicating. To give up absolute power and offer his military experience to the people, to the republic...
poster
?
5.4
/14/
26
/3/

Mezi nebem a zemí (1958)
Working in the city office is a bitter clerk who believes he has only 14 days to live and so he bravely stands up to his bureaucratic director.
poster
?
10
/1/

Vojnarka (1953)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

Ženitba (1953)
N/A
poster
?
4.0
/10/
10
/1/
40
/1/

Life for Jan Kaspar (1959)
The bridegroom Jan Kaspar is an officer in the Klement Gottwald's Nová Hut rolling-mill. After bidding farewell to his freedom, he accidentally takes a sip from the bottle of tetrachlore which he stores at home. He disregards the dizziness, but the next day, he faints in the factory and has a brain concussion. During her regular tests, doctor Dudková is shocked by a high percentage of residual nitrogen found in Kaspar's blood. Doctor Bohácek, with whom Dudková consults, thinks that it is a liver disease and informs the head physician Filip. The doctors know nothing about tetrachlore and are in the dark about the case. Despite that, they immediately start to fight for Kaspar's life and their struggle consequently affects their personal lives.
poster
?
7.0
/32/
60
/1/

Lost in the Suburbs (1949)
Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War II
poster
?
6.9
/13/
60
/1/

Jarní píseň (1944)
N/A
poster
?
7.7
/62/
90
/1/
83
/3/

The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
The bickering of envious mistresses, the criminal intentions of fraudsters and the love of two young people are at the center of events, in the middle of which unfolds the fate of the city executioner Jiří, who longs to break free from his destiny and become a proper burgher. He is not heard, but he manages to expose the iniquities and their culprits, reunites a hard-pressed couple in love and his undeniable merits for the city and eventually bring him luck.
poster
?
8.1
/24/
70
/1/

Barbora Hlavsová (1943)
The generally respected director of a small-town savings bank, Hlavsa, commits embezzlement because of his wasteful and spoiled wife, and when the situation cannot be saved, he shoots himself. His mother, a simple village woman, takes in her widowed daughter-in-law and teenage grandson on the condition that they both help her to compensate for all the damage. For the city lady, the hard village work is suffering. The same goes for young Bořík, a gifted pianist who finds it difficult to give up his dreams of an artistic career...
poster
?
6.7
/46/
80
/1/
55
/2/

Turbina (1941)
The imperial councilor Ullik decides to modernize his old mills by installing a new turbine. His eccentric brother-in-law Artuš tries to prevent this, as the construction work disrupts the statics of the tower in which he lives. Ullik's older daughter Tynda is a talented singer. The bewitched girl secretly accepts the courtship of the virile Václav, the son of the night watchman. Her younger sister, the doctor Marie, wins the heart and hand of the astronomer Zouplna, despite her father's prohibition...
poster
?
6.8
/13/
50
/1/
50
/1/

Zborov (1939)
N/A
poster
?
4.4
/18/
60
/1/
40
/1/

Její hřích (1939)
N/A
poster
?
5.6
/18/
60
/2/
60
/1/

Humoreska (1939)
Venice Film Festival 1939
poster
?
4.7
/15/
50
/1/

Jiný vzduch (1939)
N/A
poster
?
5.0
/12/
25
/2/
40
/2/

Escape from the Shadows (1959)
This exemplary "psychological drama" depicts the difficulties with which a new socialist mindset is born. Director Jiří Sequens warns against ill-advised marriages into the families of the defeated bourgeoisie, because the former royalty refuses to accept a man from a different social class. The heroes of this film will find out. The former owner of a pharmacy refuses to accept that his daughter has married a mere technical draughtsman. However, her father's hateful schemes cause the sensitive woman to attempt suicide.
poster
?
6.4
/27/
42
/4/

People adrift (1937)
The economic crisis affects the lives of many people. Professor Václav Junek gradually discovers how significantly his idealistic vision differs from the real life of his four children. The eldest son Zdeněk has been an unemployed engineer for two years. Daughter Pavla, a doctor, works in a hospital for a very low salary. The second daughter Hanka has left her job as a stenographer and wants to become a film actress...
poster
74
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8.1
/118/
62
/4/
83
/3/

Today for the Last Time (1958)
Concert master Karel Mašek is a drunk, as well as engineer Danda and other regular guests of the pub U Kroců. Mašek returns from the pub in the morning and promises the woman that he will stop drinking. But he failed again, and the orchestra players refuse to play with him. Danda returns home without a bag and goes to Krocs again in the morning, even though he has an important job at work. He has been degraded to subordinate job position, but he refused to admit it at home.
poster
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5.4
/25/
80
/2/
65
/1/

Mother-Hen (1937)
Mother-Hen
poster
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5.6
/32/
60
/1/
50
/1/

Záhada modrého pokoje (1933)
N/A
poster
?
6.4
/44/
60
/2/
50
/3/

Eaten Out of House and Home (1933)
The gullible buyer Žemla Martin (Francis Smolik) finally opened his dream shop. After a while, you get a lot of friends. Especially the former captain Kyllijána (Vlasta Burian), who come to him to drink brandy debt and sit on a bag of peas, where he talks nonsense. Its debt is starting to grow nicely. Later dupe marry an evil Pavlina Šustrová (Ela Poznerová). It can also bring their calculating mother, widow Catherine Šustrová (Antonie Nedošínská). These two together with a bun Kyllijánem use, but outside him are friendly. Later, when Žemla catches his wife cheating when he has become the father of a foreign child, and when he discovers that the shop is broke and completely vyjedený, poisoning. A best friend Žemlův captain Kylliján happily drunk debt for plum deleted.
poster
?
4.4
/12/
70
/1/

Pán na roztrhání (1934)
N/A
poster
?
5.9
/25/
70
/1/

I'm a Girl with a Devil in the Flesh (1933)
This Czech sophisticated romantic comedy, filmed by director Anton also in a parallel French version ("Une petite femme dans le train"), casts beautiful Czech star Baarova in the role that Meg Lemonnier played in the Gallic version.
poster
?
5.9
/10/
10
/1/
40
/1/

On Zizka's Battle Waggon (1968)
Widowed yeoman Tuma and his household are on their way to help the town of Kourim, which is under attack by the papist troops. His son Ondra is secretly following his father. Miksík the castellan, who is responsible for Ondra, finds himself forced to set off after the boy. They are both captured by soldiers from Kutná Hora. Miksík sacrifices himself to give Ondra a chance to flee. On the way, Ondra runs into the orphan Sulík. The two boys become friends and begin to wander together.
poster
?
6.8
/31/
60
/1/

Before Graduation (1932)
The story of high school students, talented Jan and Karel, who has a problem with math. Their life affects pedantic professor of mathematics Klec, that goes with them on a school trip, which escalates the conflict between them. Jan wants to escape, but Professor Donat will discourage him. Karel fails the exam of mathematics and decides to commit suicide.
poster
?
4.9
/21/
36
/3/
35
/2/

Karhanova parta (1951)
A construction comedy about the labor struggle of two groups of workers in a Prague factory. The old group is led by the grinder Karhan, while the young group is led by his son. The struggle between the two groups leads to the emergence of socialist competition and cooperation, in which the old share their experience with the young, and the young share their new ideas.
poster
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70
/1/

Za ranních červánků (1934)
N/A
poster
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7.4
/71/
90
/3/
80
/2/

Prstýnek (1945)
N/A
poster
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6.9
/23/
70
/1/

Battalion (1937)
Attorney František Uher is known for his patriotic mindset and active assistance in disputes between the Czechs and the Austrian justice system. One of his clients is the poet Šulc, who, while staying with Uhry, discovers that the lawyer's wife Anna is flirting with Uhry's cousin Hojer. When Anna does not respond to Šulc's warning, the poet draws attention to Anna's relationship with Uhra. Uher wants to know the truth, so he returns early from a business trip and actually catches Anna cheating. Disappointment brings him to the "Batalion" pub in Old Prague, where Šulc also used to go some time ago. Here, Uher becomes a mentor to the poorest, but gradually falls into alcoholism. He once again finds strength and stands on the side of justice when he accuses the police in court of murdering poor Lojzík, who wanted to marry the unfortunate waitress from "Battalion" Mimi. After appearing in court, Uher is arrested and "Battalion" is closed. After his release, Uher becomes an organist...
poster
66
?
7.0
/257/
66
/16/
62
/9/

Jan Hus (1955)
The first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957). The film captures the period from May 1412 to the summer of 1415, a turbulent time in the Czech Kingdom, during which there were protests in Prague against the sale of "omnipotent indulgences" whose sale throughout the kingdom was announced by Pope John XXIII. The ideological leader of this movement is the preacher Master Jan Hus, whose words, calling for the elimination of church abuses, are listened to in the Bethlehem Chapel by thousands of ordinary Praguers, Czech lords and Queen Sophie, wife of the Czech King Wenceslas IV.
poster
?
6.1
/24/
80
/1/
80
/1/

Jan Cimbura (1941)
N/A
poster
?
7.0
/65/
71
/6/
60
/1/

Tetička (1941)
Rich spinster Berta celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Her faithful admirer Dr. Jelinek proposes. But Berta can not forget Edward, the great love of her life, and refuses the offer…
poster
?
6.6
/10/
100
/1/

The Grandmother (1922)
Directed by Thea Cervenková.
poster
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4.9
/11/
50
/1/

Léto (1949)
N/A
poster
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7.4
/72/
60
/4/
74
/5/

Capek's Tales (1947)
Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.
poster
?
7.1
/40/
50
/1/

The Adventurous Bachelor (1946)
Even the pre-Blohemian times were not idyllic. Even a bachelor, invited by the consuls to Rakovník to elevate the local education system, finds out. But the stingy and proud townspeople soon grow to dislike him, and even love does not develop according to his wishes.
poster
77
?
7.9
/455/
75
/19/
83
/10/

School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Seventh form pupils at a grammar school in Přívlaky are preparing for a secondary school sports competition. Class creep Krhounek gives the class teacher Lejsal a copy of the seventh form’s magazine Roar. Most of the teachers insist on severe punishing the culprit. The author does not own up and consequently the whole class is punished by being banned from taking part in the schools competition. The most gifted pupil, Benetka, rather sharply criticises the school in a homework essay on a subject of his choice. The strict Czech language teacher is convinced Benetka is the author of the school magazine. Benetka denies the charge but his expulsion from school is proposed anyway on account the views he expounded in his essay. Eventually, Boukal, the author of the school magazine comes forward and admits to writing it. The pupils are allowed to take part in the contest and thanks to Benetka they win. In the meantime however the teachers vote to expell him.
poster
?
3.8
/21/
40
/1/

Artur and Leontyna (1940)
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