Movies: Jiří Melcher

  • 2018
    The Magic Quill

    The Magic Quill (2018)

    The Magic Quill

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    The devil's magic quill keeps a tight record of sins. But when this precious artifact is stolen, a demon must find a way to make things right again....

    The Magic Quill
  • 2024
    Ďáblova sbírka

    Ďáblova sbírka (2024)

    Ďáblova sbírka

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    Three men want to make their mark on Czech history. One filmmaker senses an opportunity. And among them is a girl determined to uncover the secrets of her missing father. Richard Bartyzal believed he was just one step away from discovering evidence o...

    Ďáblova sbírka
  • 2002
    The Open Countryside of a Lonely Man

    The Open Countryside of a Lonely Man (2002)

    The Open Countryside of a Lonely Man

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    A chance encounter between a young student looking for a summer job and a slightly desolate man, a generation older, unable to overcome his chronic, dirt-ridden loneliness....

    The Open Countryside of a Lonely Man
  • 2008
    O bílé paní

    O bílé paní (2008)

    O bílé paní

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    On a quiet evening, the spectral White Lady Slavěna and her ghostly painter beloved Tomáš shelter the orphaned cook Fanynka from pursuing robbers, despite the enchanted knight Slavoj’s powerless protests. When robber chief Borek infiltrates the castl...

    O bílé paní
  • 1999
    Kanárek

    Kanárek (1999)

    Kanárek

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    A film about various forms of drugs – American cinema, rock music, and heroin. Together with the protagonist, we experience the bohemian life of young filmmakers, shocking erotic experiences, and the first drastic attempts with drugs. From the initia...

    Kanárek
  • 2019
    Anima

    Anima (2019)

    Anima

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    In a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud....

    Anima
  • 2016
    Hlas pro římského krále

    Hlas pro římského krále (2016)

    Hlas pro římského krále

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    Czech Television's epic historical film draws on the breathtaking dramatic life of the great of Czech history, King Charles IV....

    Hlas pro římského krále
  • 2002
    Z města cesta

    Z města cesta (2002)

    Z města cesta

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    A poetic documentary about different sides of nature and city life....

    Z města cesta
  • 2004
    Champions

    Champions (2004)

    Champions

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    Ice hockey is a Czech national obsession, and the country's victory over Russia in the 1969 World Championships, the year following the Soviet invasion, is a celebrated moment in its history. In Marek Najbrt's black comedy, the heroic exploits take p...

    Champions
  • 2012
    Poslední výkřik

    Poslední výkřik (2012)

    Poslední výkřik

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    A serial killer is on the loose in the small town of Petrovice, murdering students at the local high school. The police are searching for the perpetrator, but they can't find any clues. Everything points to the masked killer targeting Karin Tomečková...

    Poslední výkřik
  • 2000
    Bitva o život

    Bitva o život (2000)

    Bitva o život

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    A documentary based on the mutual experiences of a trio of directors, which portrays life in the border village of Bystré during the last year of the millennium. The film concentrates on the exuberant social life of the community, including many biza...

    Bitva o život
  • 2004
    Czech Dream

    Czech Dream (2004)

    Czech Dream

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    Two students from the Czech Film Academy commission a leading advertising agency to organize a huge campaign for the opening of a new supermarket named Czech Dream. The supermarket however does not exist and is not meant to. The advertising campaign ...

    Czech Dream
  • 2019
    Jiří Trnka: A Long Lost Friend

    Jiří Trnka: A Long Lost Friend (2019)

    Jiří Trnka: A Long Lost Friend

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    A story of an extraordinary artist who has unintentionally signed a deal with a devil. Jiří Trnka was one of the biggest Czech artists of the 20th century and one of the founders of the puppet animation. His work demonstrated the world that communist...

    Jiří Trnka: A Long Lost Friend
  • 2003
    Národ sobě aneb České moře v 18 přílivech

    Národ sobě aneb České moře v 18 přílivech (2003)

    Národ sobě aneb České moře v 18 přílivech

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    "Situation of the Street" - An experimental study about Czech life, focusing on Prague's National Street, its businesses and the varied people who frequent it....

    Národ sobě aneb České moře v 18 přílivech
  • 2018
    Čeští trampové v Americe

    Čeští trampové v Americe (2018)

    Čeští trampové v Americe

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    Čeští trampové v Americe
  • 2021
    IKEM: Jak se zachraňují životy, které ještě nemusí skončit

    IKEM: Jak se zachraňují životy, které ještě nemusí skončit (2021)

    IKEM: Jak se zachraňují životy, které ještě nemusí skončit

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    IKEM: Jak se zachraňují životy, které ještě nemusí skončit
  • 2000
    Fungus

    Fungus (2000)

    Fungus

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    This film essay about mushrooms and their connections to other living things tries to use the structure of mushrooms to explain nature, science, and civilization, all the while searching for various analogies, such as the similarities between mycorrh...

    Fungus
  • 2024
    Smetana

    Smetana (2024)

    Smetana

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    Life of Czech composer Smetana, his search for love and artistic inspiration despite hearing loss, and quest for his muse Eliska. Navigating personal and professional challenges and the founding of the National Theatre in Prague....

    Smetana
  • 2004
    Across the Border: Five Views from Neighbours

    Across the Border: Five Views from Neighbours (2004)

    Across the Border: Five Views from Neighbours

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    Across the Border is a polyglot portrait of ideas about borders at the beginning of the 21st century. In an episodic journey five directors from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia, present their view and vision of nation, iden...

    Across the Border: Five Views from Neighbours
  • 2008
    Ivetka a hora

    Ivetka a hora (2008)

    Ivetka a hora

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    A documentary about the spiritual experience of a girl on Mount Zvir in Slovakia. On the afternoon of August 5, 1990, three children aged 10, 11, and 7—Ivetka, Katka, and her brother Miťko—were playing in a clearing on Mount Zvir, in the Lubovnianska...

    Ivetka a hora