Discoveries from Czechoslovakia World Cinema

A coming of age story of a thirteen years old teenager and a summer of his first love.

Ivan Renč's poetically themed animated story, narrated by Gustáv Valach, tells the tale of a little cuckoo named Adelka searching for her mother, who is trying to hatch an egg in a foreign nest. The forest realm of animals and birds has its own strict laws. Among the most basic is the upbringing and care of young animals. Only the cuckoo breaks this old practice. She calmly lays her egg in a foreign nest and no longer cares about it.

A dramatic story of several young people, taking place one night in a hotel in Zlín.

A documentary film about the history of brick production and its production in a modern brick factory.

A commercial promoting products from the Schicht company. Two gentlemen in suits enter a laundry and dispute over the soaking linen which washing powder is better - Radion, or Schichtal. Their discussion gradually develops into an argument and finally into a fistfight. The next frames present a collage composed of photographs of the washing powder Schichtal, a seductive sphinx and a little head of a man accompanied by text recommending products from the Schicht company (Radion, Schichtal, Kalodont, Elida and Ceres). The commercial for the Czechoslovak-based Schicht company was filmed abroad. Information as to whether the film was submitted for censorship is unknown. The title originates from the text presented at the beginning of the commercial and the year of production was estimated.

An advertisement agit-prop for using superphosphate and nitrogen-based lime fertilizer in agriculture. Father Brázda has sown and his friends - the artificial fertilizers - help him reap a rich harvest. We can illustratively watch how they take care of the sown plants, provide them with nutrition and fight the weeds to make the grain strong and increase its yield. Another farmer, experiencing a low harvest in an agricultural cooperative, wonders how Brázda could achieve such great farming results.

In this playful experimental film, documentary maker and animator Pavel Koutecký captures Prague during campaigning for the first free elections in 1990. Old political posters recall an atmosphere of belief in democracy and disgust with the years of communist dictatorship.

Karel Kryl's concert in Prague's Lucerna, which also featured singer-songwriter and commentator Ivan Hoffman, took place on the occasion of the release of Kryl's album Maškary in 1991. In addition to the title song, other songs from the creative workshop of the indomitable rebel were also performed, including Songs of the Singer Bacillus, Lullabies, From the Echoes of Songs, Caravan of Clouds, Song of Food, Babylon and others.

An ironic anecdote about a fortune-teller perplexed by her customer who laughs at her reading of his palm. According to her, the man is to become a helpless servant. The surprise ending reveals the reason why the customer laughed.

A satirical agitprop piece on dieting. The protagonist is a man trying to slim down in various ways; his attempts are radical but inconsistent, and therefore doomed. In the end, he consults a dietician.

A poetically edited documentary capturing the gradual transformation of a river from the trickles of melting glaciers into a raging mountain stream. The film won 2nd place at the International Film Competition in Paris in 1933.

1978 Czech experimental short by Petr Skala

Documentary about the concerts of the Russian Osipov ensemble of folk instruments in Czechoslovakia

You too can be in the movie, threatens what starts out as a playful satire against profiteers who take advantage of the shortage of food and other goods in the post-war period. A scientist examining various types of social pests under a microscope is actually a member of the “health” police. A vigilant white blood cell that shines a light on all thieves, even those in front of their screens. Are you smiling at this? Yes, you!