Vojtěch Jasný

Vojtěch Jasný

Vojtěch Jasný (born 30 November 1925 – 15 November 2019) was a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat (1963). He was born in Kelč in Moravia. An active filmmaker in Czechoslovakia throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he was among many artists and intellectuals who left the country after the USSR-led invasion following the Prague Spring of 1968. Jasný worked in other European countries for several years including Austria, West Germany and Yugoslavia until relocating to Brooklyn, New York in the early 1980s. Jasný taught film directing classes at Columbia University for several years (where his compatriot Miloš Forman was also a professor and former Film Division Co-Chair) and continues to teach at The School of Visual Arts (SVA) and The New York Film Academy (NYFA). Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat is an allegorical fable about a magical cat that comes to a small Czech town and causes the underlying nature of the townspeople to be revealed. The film won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes. Also among Jasný's works is Všichni dobří rodáci /All My Good Countrymen (1968), a story centering on the lives and fates of several rural Czechs as they struggle to adapt and survive under communist rule; a film later banned in Czechoslovakia after the invasion of 1968.

  • Title: Vojtěch Jasný
  • Popularity: 4.69
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1925-11-30
  • Place of Birth: Kelc, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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  • Also Known As: Войтех Ясный
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Vojtěch Jasný Movies

  • 2009
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    Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny

    Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny

    1 2009 HD

    After being one of the most successful filmmakers in Europe in the sixties, Vojtech Jasny (Czech Republic, 1925) lives in a small apartment in New...

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  • 2005
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    Searching for Ester

    Searching for Ester

    1 2005 HD

    Ester Krumbachová - a costume designer, screenwriter, director; one of the boldest personalities of the Czech New Wave. She worked in theatre,...

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  • 2018
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    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    6.5 2018 HD

    An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most...

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  • 1950
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    It’s Not Always Cloudy

    It’s Not Always Cloudy

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    It’s Not Always Cloudy

    It’s Not Always Cloudy

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    It’s Not Always Cloudy

    It’s Not Always Cloudy

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1951
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    Za život radostný

    Za život radostný

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1951
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    Za život radostný

    Za život radostný

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1951
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    Za život radostný

    Za život radostný

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1978
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    Impressions of Herbert Von Karajan

    Impressions of Herbert Von Karajan

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1963
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    When the Cat Comes

    When the Cat Comes

    7 1963 HD

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  • 1953
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    Lidé jednoho srdce

    Lidé jednoho srdce

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1953
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    Lidé jednoho srdce

    Lidé jednoho srdce

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1953
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    Lidé jednoho srdce

    Lidé jednoho srdce

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1969
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    All My Good Countrymen

    All My Good Countrymen

    7.8 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    All My Good Countrymen

    All My Good Countrymen

    7.8 1969 HD

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  • 1954
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    Stará čínská opera

    Stará čínská opera

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Stará čínská opera

    Stará čínská opera

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1963
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    When the Cat Comes

    When the Cat Comes

    7 1963 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Peanut Butter Solution

    The Peanut Butter Solution

    5.7 1985 HD

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  • 1956
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    Opportunity

    Opportunity

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    Opportunity

    Opportunity

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1949
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    Věděli si rady

    Věděli si rady

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1949
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    Věděli si rady

    Věděli si rady

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1949
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    Věděli si rady

    Věděli si rady

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1949
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    Věděli si rady

    Věděli si rady

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1978
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    Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn

    Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1991
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    Why Havel?

    Why Havel?

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1999
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    Return to Paradise Lost

    Return to Paradise Lost

    4 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Return to Paradise Lost

    Return to Paradise Lost

    4 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Return to Paradise Lost

    Return to Paradise Lost

    4 1999 HD

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  • 1968
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    Jarní vody

    Jarní vody

    4.7 1968 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Clown

    The Clown

    5.7 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Clown

    The Clown

    5.7 1976 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Pipes

    The Pipes

    5 1966 HD

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  • 1958
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    Desire

    Desire

    6 1958 HD

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  • 1969
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    All My Good Countrymen

    All My Good Countrymen

    7.8 1969 HD

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  • 1952
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    Neobyčejná léta

    Neobyčejná léta

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1952
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    Neobyčejná léta

    Neobyčejná léta

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1952
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    Neobyčejná léta

    Neobyčejná léta

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1952
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    Neobyčejná léta

    Neobyčejná léta

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1960
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    I Survived Certain Death

    I Survived Certain Death

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1958
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    Desire

    Desire

    6 1958 HD

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  • 1963
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    When the Cat Comes

    When the Cat Comes

    7 1963 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Cultist

    The Cultist

    5 1974 HD

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  • 1954
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    Z čínského zápisníku

    Z čínského zápisníku

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Z čínského zápisníku

    Z čínského zápisníku

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1957
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    September Nights

    September Nights

    6 1957 HD

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  • 1970
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    Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit

    Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1983
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    Es gibt noch Haselnußsträucher

    Es gibt noch Haselnußsträucher

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1971
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    Dogs and People

    Dogs and People

    10 1971 HD

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  • 1991
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    Why Havel?

    Why Havel?

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1978
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    Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn

    Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1970
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    Czech Rhapsody

    Czech Rhapsody

    6.7 1970 HD

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  • 1972
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    Der Leuchtturm

    Der Leuchtturm

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Der Leuchtturm

    Der Leuchtturm

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1982
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    We

    We

    4.9 1982 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Great Land of Small

    The Great Land of Small

    6.5 1987 HD

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  • 1979
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    Die Stühle des Herrn Szmil

    Die Stühle des Herrn Szmil

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1976
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    Attempted Flight

    Attempted Flight

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1975
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    Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März

    Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1972
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    Nasrin oder Die Kunst zu träumen

    Nasrin oder Die Kunst zu träumen

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1955
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    Everything Ends Tonight

    Everything Ends Tonight

    3 1955 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Pipes

    The Pipes

    5 1966 HD

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  • 2001
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    Hell on Earth

    Hell on Earth

    5 2001 HD

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  • 1965
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    Magnetické vlny léčí

    Magnetické vlny léčí

    6.5 1965 HD

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  • 1958
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    Desire

    Desire

    6 1958 HD

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  • 1957
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    September Nights

    September Nights

    6 1957 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Woman from Sarajevo

    The Woman from Sarajevo

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1984
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    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen

    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen

    Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1982
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    Am Strand

    Am Strand

    1 1982 HD

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  • 2001
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    Hell on Earth

    Hell on Earth

    5 2001 HD

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  • 1971
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    Dogs and People

    Dogs and People

    10 1971 HD

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  • 1970
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    Czech Rhapsody

    Czech Rhapsody

    6.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Czech Rhapsody

    Czech Rhapsody

    6.7 1970 HD

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  • 1950
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    It’s Not Always Cloudy

    It’s Not Always Cloudy

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    It’s Not Always Cloudy

    It’s Not Always Cloudy

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1957
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    Váhavý střelec

    Váhavý střelec

    4 1957 HD

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  • 1976
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    Attempted Flight

    Attempted Flight

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Cultist

    The Cultist

    5 1974 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin

    The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin

    7 1961 HD

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  • 2009
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    Golden Sixties

    Golden Sixties

    1 2009 HD

    Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and the role of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Each...

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  • 1970
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    Golden Sixties

    Golden Sixties

    7 1970 HD

    “Broken Silence” is composed of five hourlong shorts from a quintet of international directors: Hungary’s Janos Szasz (“Eyes...

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  • 1970
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    Golden Sixties

    Golden Sixties

    1 1970 HD

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