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Director: Vláčil, František - Selection

by teastonsmith • Created 2 years ago • Modified 2 years ago
František Vláčil (February 19, 1924, Český Těšín – January 28, 1999, Prague) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist. Between 1945 and 1950, he studied esthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he worked in various groups and ateliers (e.g. on animated films), but his main area became played film. His films are well known for extraordinarily high art quality. Vláčil was awarded many film prizes like the Prize of the International Film Festival 1998 in Karlovy Vary or the Czech Lion Prize for his longstanding contribution to world film culture.
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  • 12 titles
  • The White Dove (1960)

    1. The White Dove

    19601h 16m
    7.5 (837)
    A poetic film about a dove getting lost on its way to Prague getting shot down by a paralyzed boy. An artist who finds the dove becomes friends with the boy. Together they take care of it bringing it back to recovery.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsKaterina IrmanovováKarel SmyczekVjaceslav Irmanov
  • The Devil's Trap (1962)

    2. The Devil's Trap

    19621h 25m
    7.5 (850)
    A priest travels to investigate a miller suspected to be working with the devil.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsVítezslav VejrazkaMiroslav MachácekCestmír Randa
  • Marketa Lazarová (1967)

    3. Marketa Lazarová

    19672h 42mNot Rated
    7.9 (6.4K)
    A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsJosef KemrMagda VásáryováNada Hejna
  • The Valley of the Bees (1968)

    4. The Valley of the Bees

    19681h 37m
    7.7 (2K)
    Set in 13th-century central Europe, a young boy joins the Teutonic Knights. Years later, he leaves the Crusaders, pursued by a fanatical comrade. He faces repercussions for rejecting the Holy Order.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsPetr CepekJan KacerVera Galatíková
  • Adelheid (1969)

    5. Adelheid

    19691h 39m
    7.3 (1K)
    In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. He falls in love with the daughter, who is now a maid, and is forced to confront the stress between his love and his conscience when he discovers her sheltering her German-soldier brother.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsPetr CepekEmma CernáJan Vostrcil
  • Dým bramborové nate (1977)

    6. Dým bramborové nate

    19771h 35m
    7.1 (250)
    At the airport terminal lobby a husband and wife are parting calmly but seemingly for good. Unlike his wife Ema, the medical doctor Meluzin (Rudolf Hrusínský) is returning to his home country. He has become a district doctor in an area that reminds him of his childhood. He is given a room in the health-care center next to the flat of a childless Kodet's married couple. The chairman of the Local National Committee Vlach (Josef Somr) can't stop wondering why Meluzin has left his prestigious position at his former clinic, but in time the considerate doctor wins his trust, and the trust of his patients.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsRudolf HrusínskýVera GalatíkováJana Dítetová
  • Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978)

    7. Shadows of a Hot Summer

    19781h 40m
    7.4 (362)
    Ondrej lives on a farm outside a small town with his family. One day a group of men arrive at the families house and the harmonious life they've led so far changes drastically for the worse.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsJuraj KukuraMarta VancurováGustáv Valach
  • Koncert na konci léta (1980)

    8. Koncert na konci léta

    19801h 42m
    6.4 (41)
    Composer Antonín Dvorák (Josef Vinklár) conducts a rehearsal at the Royal Albert Hall in London, where a series of his musical pieces is to be performed. He is suddenly being haunted by a vicious feeling expressed by four tones f-ges-e-f. He decides to immediately return back home with his wife Anna (Jana Hlavácková). On the train back home he immerses in his long forgotten memories. Fifteen years ago, when he was a violinist at a theatre orchestra, he got fascinated by the beauty and performance of an actress Josefina Cermáková (Jana Hlavácová). Being captivated by her appearance, he carried on playing even after the orchestra had finished. Josefina got later married to Earl Kounic (Svatopluk Benes), and her younger sister Anna married Dvorák.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsJosef VinklárZlata AdamovskáLadislav Bambas
  • Hadí jed (1981)

    9. Hadí jed

    19811h 27m
    6.9 (90)
    A young woman travels to a remote mining settlement to deliver a final message from her dead mother to a mysterious alcoholic man who is employed there.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsJosef VinklárIlona SvobodováFerdinand Kruta
  • Pasácek z doliny (1985)

    10. Pasácek z doliny

    19851h 20m
    6.9 (45)
    The film is set in 1947 Beskydy. It follows a 10 year old boy who regularly shepherds cows next to a destroyed German tank.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsVlastimir DrbalZdenek DusekRadka Fiedlerová
  • The Shadow of the Ferns (1985)

    11. The Shadow of the Ferns

    19851h 30m
    6.9 (166)
    After a murder of a gamekeeper who catches them red-handed having just downed a deer, two teenage boys, conceited Ruda (Marek Probosz) and shy Václav (Zbigniew Suszynski) go on the run through the woods.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsMarek ProboszZbigniew SuszynskiMiroslav Machácek
  • Mág (1988)

    12. Mág

    19881h 27m
    6.7 (79)
    A poet find inspiration in nature and solitude.
    DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsJirí SchwarzVeronika ZilkováMarta Vancurová

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