Movies: Michael Kocáb

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Produced by Czech television, Mestecko (Small Town) is the directorial debut of theatrical veteran Jan Kraus. This episodic comedy is set in the small town of Mestecko (which literally translates to "small town") right before the Velvet Revolution of...

Olga, a spirited 90-year-old gulag survivor, lives with her daughter Hana in a modest, aging home, their relationship marked by unspoken scars from the past. As Olga gains attention through her memoirs and public talks about her wartime ordeal, inves...

A boyish dispute over drums full of scared pigeons....

Artistic rendering of a major concert by Pražský výběr at the O2 Arena with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra....

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The story begins in 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, few years before the end of Communist era. The band Pražský výběr (Prague's selection) has just received the news thier 5-year ban has expired and they are alowed to perform once again. This half fa...

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A tragicomic story about Lady Poverty who, unmistakably and without any hesitation, catches one lazy fellow after another. However, she is helpless when she comes across a diligent and work-loving fellow. Poverty simply cannot be destroyed, but it ca...

What if, in one possible version of the future, the scarce commodity was not only material objects, but also water? The film outlines a situation where water becomes a luxury commodity, and gradually awakens our fear of its possible scarcity in the n...

Story of a high-schooler who fails to gain a place at university and necessarily finds herself having to take a job behind the counter at a buffet....

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The “Raging Reporter” Egon Erwin Kisch (1885-1948) was one of the most significant journalists of the 1920s and 30s. He wrote from a communist point of view, in language that sparkled with humor. Historic photographs and footage describe Kisch’s even...