Czech Films on Blu-ray reviews and tests

Blu-ray Film - One day young Jiří Oulický took on a new servant named Saturnin, which started a chain of unexpected events that changed his peaceful life forever. Saturnin became a key figure in his destiny. Zdeněk Jirotka, the author of the famous novel, inspired director Jiří Věrčák and screenwriter Magdalena Wagnerová to create a television series and a feature film. Ondřej Havelka portrayed Jiří Oulický with First Republic charm, while Oldřich Vízner brought an icy calm and sarcastic humour to Saturnin.

Blu-ray Film - A highly suspenseful political drama that was immediately banned upon completion. Now released on Blu-ray in a digitally restored version.

Blu-ray Film - What happens in the mountains stays in the mountains, and they can do whatever they want down there. The real spice of the Giant Mountains are the local mountain people who live here, whatever the season. A skier with one leg, a skateboarder who doesn't drink on Three Kings Day, a legendary woman hunter adorned with infertility, a bartender with a penchant for fortune telling.

Blu-ray Film - In an attempt to save their child from the mass extermination of Jews, the parents send their son to live with a relative in the countryside somewhere in Eastern Europe. However, the boy's aunt dies unexpectedly, and the child is forced to set out on a journey and make his way through a wild and hostile world all alone.

Blu-ray Film - The story of a Prague family that decides to buy a country cottage, but with "grandpa", the original owner. For the time being, he rents them one room, so the eager Prague residents are forced to coexist with him on weekends and holidays.

Blu-ray Film - Czech film based on Ota Pavel's short stories about a peculiar dad with a business talent, a passion for fishing and an irrepressible sense of humour.

Blu-ray Film - For the second time we visited Hoštice in South Bohemia

Blu-ray Film - One of the most popular comedies in the audience is set in the central village of Křečovice, where it subtly develops the relationship between two men, the driver of the cooperative truck Pávek and his protégé, the mentally retarded young man Otik Rákosník.

Blu-ray Film - "When Prague at night, shines with neon, I can't help it, I hear, come quickly. I throw on my jacket and white shirt, and with the gusto of a bumblebee, I go to eat the world. "

Blu-ray Film - The ruler of a neighbouring state is coming for a state visit. Incident resulting in serious injury to a rare guest

Blu-ray Film - Inspired by Ota Pavel's short stories "How I Met the Fish", the film begins at the Berounka River, where a happy childhood with his parents and two brothers takes place. Daddy's enthusiasm, mummy's care and the river form the backdrop for the story of a little boy nicknamed Prdelka, who learns to fish from his father and ferryman Prošek. This passion helps him and his mother survive the hard times when his father and brothers are taken to a concentration camp. Director Karel Kachyňa created with "Golden Eels" a TV classic awarded at the Prix Italia 1979.

Blu-ray Film - Jiří Menzel's film based on Bohumil Hrabal's short stories.

Blu-ray Film - Jan, a veterinarian played by Jiří Bartoska, he's tired of it, that his life is controlled by his wife Olga (Eliška Balzerová), which, as well as his mother-in-law (Iva Janžurová), decides everything with conviction, that he knows, what's best. After the death of his father-in-law, Jan realises that he doesn't want the same outcome. A parrot with possible Alzheimer's disease becomes the impetus for change. Jan decides to follow his dreams, which leads him to a herd of goats, cows, to a mental institution, to rafting and life on a boat, to regain control of his life.

Blu-ray Film - Five Prague boys meet at the Exhibition Grounds, where they see a fantastic miracle - the airship of entrepreneur Findejs. Coincidentally, the airship with the boys takes off and the wind drives it across Europe into the vast ocean, where they are shipwrecked on a desert island.

Blu-ray Film - The men of the law are capable and determined. But horse smugglers, too. It is shortly after the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic, but the inhabitants of a poor border village under the Tatras have other than state-building concerns.