Movie Comedy
A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors. Based on stories by the legendary writer Bohumil Hrabal, the shorts range from the surreally chilling to the caustically observant to the casually romantic, but all have a cutting, wily view of the world.
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Pavla Maršálková Ferdinand Krůta Alois Vachek Emil Iserle Miroslav Nohýnek Slávka Španková Bohumil Hrabal Jiří Menzel Miloš Čtrnáctý František Havel Josef Hejl Jan Vašák Jiří Reichl Bohumil Hrabal Josefa Pechlátová Václav Žák Ivan Vyskočil Antonín Pokorný Věra Mrázkova Vladimír Boudník Alžběta Laštovková Václav Chochola Jan Vala K. Spejzová Bohumil Hrabal Dana Valtová Ivan Vyskočil Karel Jeřábek František Příhoda Bohumil Hrabal Ferdinand Krůta
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