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Jaromil Jireš
Director 1935 - 2001

Jaromil Jireš

Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]

Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known... Read full bio →

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Valerie a týden divu

Valerie a týden divu

Jaromil Jireš 1970 1h 13m 7.5

Inspired by fairy-tales such as Alice in Wonderland and Little Red-Riding Hood, "Valerie and her Week of Wonders" is a surreal tale in which love, fear, sex and religion merge into one fantastic world.

Zert

Zert

Jaromil Jireš 1969 1h 17m 6.0

In the 1950's, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years later, he tries to get his revenge by seducing Helena, the wife of one of his accusers.

Perlicky na dne

Perlicky na dne

Jiří Menzel, Evald Schorm 1966 1h 47m 5.0

A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in drunkenness, long-winded discussions, and death; two elderly men create false biographies; insurance agents visit an eccentric painter/goat farmer and his mother; guests at a wedding reception remain oblivious to outlying…

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