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Closely Watched Trains (1966)

Summary: An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform.
Release Date: November 18, 1966
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Jirí Menzel
Jirí MenzelDirector
Jirí Menzel ethnicity
White Male
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Writers: Bohumil Hrabal
Bohumil HrabalWriter
Bohumil Hrabal ethnicity
White Male
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, Jirí Menzel
Jirí MenzelWriter
Jirí Menzel ethnicity
White Male
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Runtime: 1 h 32 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributor: Sigma III Corp., RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Image Entertainment, The Criterion Collection
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Czech
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Daisies (1966)

Summary: After realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?
Release Date: December 30, 1966
Genre: Comedy
Director: Vera Chytilová
Vera ChytilováDirector
Vera Chytilová ethnicity
White Female
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Writers: Vera Chytilová
Vera ChytilováWriter
Vera Chytilová ethnicity
White Female
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, Pavel Jurácek
Pavel JurácekWriter
Pavel Jurácek ethnicity
White Male
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, Ester Krumbachová
Ester KrumbachováWriter
Ester Krumbachová ethnicity
White Female
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Runtime: 1 h 15 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributor: Sigma III Corp., Facets Multimedia Distribution, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Czech
Domestic: $ 13,692
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Larks on a String (1969)

Summary: Set in the late 1940s, the film concerns the treatment of suspect "bourgeois elements", a professor, a saxophonist, and a milkman, who are put to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Jirí Menzel
Jirí MenzelDirector
Jirí Menzel ethnicity
White Male
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Writers: Bohumil Hrabal
Bohumil HrabalWriter
Bohumil Hrabal ethnicity
White Male
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, Jirí Menzel
Jirí MenzelWriter
Jirí Menzel ethnicity
White Male
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Runtime: 1 h 34 min
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributor: International Film Exchange (IFEX)
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Czech
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Intimate Lighting (1965)

Summary: One of the most important films of the Czech New Wave 60s, it was ranked among the top ten domestic films of all time. In this original sad comedy set in a small town, two classmates meet each other for the first time in ten years...
Release Date: November 24, 1969
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director: Ivan Passer
Ivan PasserDirector
Ivan Passer ethnicity
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Writers: Jaroslav Papousek
Jaroslav PapousekWriter
Jaroslav Papousek ethnicity
White Male
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, Ivan Passer
Ivan PasserWriter
Ivan Passer ethnicity
White Male
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, Václav Sasek
Václav SasekWriter
Václav Sasek ethnicity
White Male
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Runtime: 1 h 11 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Ceskoslovenský Státní Film, Filmové studio Barrandov
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Czech
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Fruit of Paradise (1970)

Summary: An experimental retelling of the story of Adam and Eve which then progresses into an allegorical depiction of loss of innocence.
Release Date: July 31, 1970
Genre: Drama
Director: Vera Chytilová
Vera ChytilováDirector
Vera Chytilová ethnicity
White Female
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Writers: Vera Chytilová
Vera ChytilováWriter
Vera Chytilová ethnicity
White Female
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, Ester Krumbachová
Ester KrumbachováWriter
Ester Krumbachová ethnicity
White Female
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Runtime: 1 h 39 min
Production: Elisabeth Films, Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries: Belgium, Czechoslovakia
Language: Czech
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Something Different (1963)

Summary: Two stories are simultaneously told. One dutiful mother progressively becomes a frustrated woman who is the only one assuming the family responsibilities of working at home and looking after her only son, whereas her husband works...
Release Date: December 20, 1963
Genre: Drama
Director: Vera Chytilová
Vera ChytilováDirector
Vera Chytilová ethnicity
White Female
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Writer: Vera Chytilová
Vera ChytilováWriter
Vera Chytilová ethnicity
White Female
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Runtime: 1 h 25 min
Production: Ceskoslovenský Státní Film, Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributor: Impact Films
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Czech