Černý Petr / Black Peter (1964)
Comedy | Drama
Reality movie of a few days in the life of a Czechoslovak teenager when he starts work.
Starring: Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martinkova, Jan Vostrcil, Vladimír Pucholt, Pavel Sedlacek, Zdenek Kulhanek
Director: Milos Forman
Horí, má panenko / The Firemen's Ball / Like a House on Fire (1967)
Comedy | Drama
A milestone of the Czech New Wave, Milos Forman's first color film The Firemen's Ball (Horí, má panenko) is both a dazzling comedy and a provocative political satire. A hilarious saga of good intentions confounded, the story chronicles a firemen's ball where nothing goes right-from a beauty pageant whose reluctant participants embarrass the organizers to a lottery from which nearly all the prizes are pilfered. Presumed to be a commentary on the floundering Czech leadership, the film was "banned forever" in Czechoslovakia following the Russian invasion and prompted Forman's move to America.
Starring: Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebánek, Josef Valnoha, Frantisek Debelka, Josef Kolb, Jan Stöckl
Director: Milos Forman
Adelheid (1970)
Drama
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.
Starring: Petr Cepek, Emma Cerná, Jan Vostrcil
Director: Frantisek Vlácil
