Description |
4 videodiscs (513 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
Series |
Eclipse ; series 32
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Criterion collection.
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Eclipse series ; 32.
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Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Series 32, Pearls of the Czech new wave.
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System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1.; Dolby Digital mono; aspect ratio 1.33:1. |
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Works from a group of directors that used film to speak out about the hypocrisy and absurdity of the Communist state. |
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"Eclipse from the Criterion Collection"--Container. |
Cast |
Perličky na dně: Pavla Maršálková, Ferdinand Krůta, Jane Pech. -- Sedmikrasky: Ivana Karbanova, Jitka Cerhova, Mari Cesková. -- O slavnosti a hostech: Helena Pejšková, Jana Prachařová, Zdena Škvorecká. -- Návrat ztraceného syna: Jan Kačer, Jana Brejchová, Dana Medřická. -- Rozmarné léto: Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlastimil Brodský, František Řehák. -- Žert: Josef Somr, Jana Dítětová, Luděk Munzar, Joaroslava Obermaierová. |
Credits |
Perličky na dně: Cinematography, Jaroslav Kučera ; film editors, Miroslav Hájek, Jirina Lukesová ; music, Jan Klusák, Jiří Šust. -- Sedmikrasky: Cinematography, Jaroslav Kučra ; editor, Miloslav Hájek ; music, Jiří Šust, Jiří Šlitr. -- O slavnosti a hostech: Cinematography, Jaromír Šofr ; editor, Miloslav Hájek ; music, Karel Mareš. -- Návrat ztraceného syna : Cinematography, František Uldrich ; editor, Jiřina Lukešová ; music, Jan Klusák. -- Rozmarné léto: Cinematography, Jaromír Šofr ; editor, Jiřína Lukešvá ; music, Jiří Šust. -- Žert: Cinematography, Jan Čuřík ; editor, Josef Valušiak ; music, Zdenek Pololánik. |
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Perličky na dně based on stories by Bohumil Hrabal; Sedmikrasky based on a story by Vera Chytilová; O slavnosti a hostech based on a story by Ester Krumbachová; Rozmarné léto based on the novel by Vladislava Vančury; Žert based on the novel by Milan Kundera. |
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Originally produced as motion pictures from 1966-1967. |
Summary |
Perličky na dně: These five eccentric tales take the viewer on a journey from a motorcycle race to a rain-soaked wedding party to an unexpected cross-cultural romance. -- Sedmikrasky: "Two teenage girls decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them."--O slavnosti a hostech: "A pleasant picnic grows sinister when a cabal of mysterious men emerges from the forest and takes control."--Návrat ztraceného syna: "A successful, seemingly happily married man cannot find his place in the world following his unexplained his suicide attempt." -- Rozmarné léto: "The arrival of a circus performer and his gorgeous young assistant disturbs the tranquility of three middle-aged friends." -- Žert: "During the Stalinist era in Czechoslovakia, a student is sent away for a brutal 're-education' over a simple misunderstanding, then years later exacts his revenge"--Container. |
Contents |
[Disc 1]. Perličky na dně = Pearls of the deep (107 min. ; 1966) / directed and written by Vera Chytilová (Automat Svet), Jaromil Jires (Romance), Jirí Menzel (Smrt pana Baltazara), Jan Nemec (Podvodníci), Evald Schorm (Dum radosti) -- [Disc 2]. Sedmikrasky = Daisies (76 min. ; 1966) / directed and written by Vera Chytilová ; screenplay by Vera Chytilová, Ester Krumbachová, Pavel Jurácek ; O slavnosti a hostech = A report on the party and guests (70 min. ; 1967) / directed and written by Jan Nemec ; story and screenplay by Ester Krumbachova -- [Disc 3]. Návrat ztraceného syna = Return of the prodigal son (103 min. ; 1968) / directed by Evald Schorm ; written by Evald Schorm and Sergej Machonin -- [Disc 4] Rozmarné léto = Capricious summer (76 min. ; 1968) / directed by Jirí Menzel ; written by Jirí Menzel, Václav Nývlt ; dramatisation by Vladimír Kalina, Jan Libora ; Žert = Joke (81 min. ; 1969) / directed by Jaromil Jires ; written by Jaromil Jires and Zdenek Bláha ; screenplay by Milan Kundera. |
Language |
In Czech with optional English subtitles. |
Subject |
Czechoslovakia -- Drama.
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Czechoslovakia. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Communism -- Czechoslovakia -- Drama.
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Communism. |
Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Comedy films.
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Experimental films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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New wave films.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Chytilová, Věra, 1929-2014, director, writer, screenwriter.
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Jireš, Jaromil, 1935-2001, director, writer.
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Menzel, Jiří, director, writer.
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Němec, Jan, 1936-2016, director, writer.
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Schorm, Evald, 1931-1988, director, writer.
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Krumbachová, Ester, 1923-1996, writer, screenwriter.
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Juráček, Pavel, 1935-1989, screenwriter.
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Machonin, Sergej, 1918-1995, writer.
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Kalina, Vladimír, screenwriter.
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Libora, Jan, screenwriter.
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Nývlt, Václav, 1930-1999, writer.
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Bláha, Zdeněk, 1925-1978, writer.
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Kundera, Milan, screenwriter.
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Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997.
Works. Selections. Polish. 2012.
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Chytilová, Věra, 1929-2014.
Sedmikrasky.
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Krumbachová, Ester, 1923-1996.
Slavnosti a hostech.
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Vančura, Vladislav, 1891-1942.
Rozmarné léto.
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Kundera, Milan.
Žert.
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Added Title |
Perličky na dně.
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Pearls of the deep.
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Sedmikrasky.
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Daisies.
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Slavnosti a hostech.
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Report on the party and guests.
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Návrat ztraceného syna.
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Return of the prodigal son.
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Rozmarné léto.
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Capricious summer.
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Žert.
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Joke.
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ISBN |
9781604655773 (set) |
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1604655771 (set) |
Standard No. |
715515095112 |
Music No. |
ECL147 Criterion Collection |
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ECL148 Criterion Collection |
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ECL149 Criterion Collection |
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ECL150 Criterion Collection |
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ECL151 Criterion Collection |
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