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Title Pearls of the Czech new wave.

Publication Info. [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion collection, [2012]
©2012

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Description 4 videodiscs (513 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Series Eclipse ; series 32
Criterion collection.
Eclipse series ; 32.
Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Series 32, Pearls of the Czech new wave.
System Details DVD; NTSC; region 1.; Dolby Digital mono; aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Note Works from a group of directors that used film to speak out about the hypocrisy and absurdity of the Communist state.
"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.
Note 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.
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.
Czechoslovakia.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Communism -- Czechoslovakia -- Drama.
Communism.
Genre/Form Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Comedy films.
Experimental films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
New wave films.
Drama.
Added Author Chytilová, Věra, 1929-2014, director, writer, screenwriter.
Jireš, Jaromil, 1935-2001, director, writer.
Menzel, Jiří, director, writer.
Němec, Jan, 1936-2016, director, writer.
Schorm, Evald, 1931-1988, director, writer.
Krumbachová, Ester, 1923-1996, writer, screenwriter.
Juráček, Pavel, 1935-1989, screenwriter.
Machonin, Sergej, 1918-1995, writer.
Kalina, Vladimír, screenwriter.
Libora, Jan, screenwriter.
Nývlt, Václav, 1930-1999, writer.
Bláha, Zdeněk, 1925-1978, writer.
Kundera, Milan, screenwriter.
Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997. Works. Selections. Polish. 2012.
Chytilová, Věra, 1929-2014. Sedmikrasky.
Krumbachová, Ester, 1923-1996. Slavnosti a hostech.
Vančura, Vladislav, 1891-1942. Rozmarné léto.
Kundera, Milan. Žert.
Added Title Perličky na dně.
Pearls of the deep.
Sedmikrasky.
Daisies.
Slavnosti a hostech.
Report on the party and guests.
Návrat ztraceného syna.
Return of the prodigal son.
Rozmarné léto.
Capricious summer.
Žert.
Joke.
ISBN 9781604655773 (set)
1604655771 (set)
Standard No. 715515095112
Music No. ECL147 Criterion Collection
ECL148 Criterion Collection
ECL149 Criterion Collection
ECL150 Criterion Collection
ECL151 Criterion Collection