Film programme 2018

Godless Youth (2017)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Alain Gsponer

Germany, 2017, 113 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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In a dystopian, performance-oriented society, adolescents struggle for good grades while their dreams are shattered by an indifferent system. In a not-to-distant future, cities are hellholes and the countryside holds the fairytale promise of a better life. A school girl’s body is found in the woods during the annual graduates' assessment camp and a teacher tries to find the truth – and is increasingly entangled in a net of his own lies. Suddenly someone confesses to a murder that they couldn‘t have committed, and the fragile cohesion of a youthful elite society is threatened.

Laika (2018)

Section: Czech Films and TV Production

Directed by: Aurel Klimt

Czech Republic, 2018, 88 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5

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Life on the outskirts of a Russian city isn't easy for the dog Laika. After being captured, she is forced to train to be a pioneer cosmonaut. Soon after Laika's launch into space, a number of other animals are launched out of Houston in the U.S. and Russian Baikkonur. The animals wander through space and a black hole aids them in finding a distant planet. After a harmonious period of undisturbed coexistence with the local animals, two human cosmonauts arrive. Their harmony and even their animal lives are now at risk.

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)

Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood, Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music

Directed by: Karel Zeman

Czechoslovakia, 1958, 81 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2

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The villainous adventurer Artigas made his fortune stealing undersea treasure and now he's kidnapped Professor Roch, discoverer of a super explosive, and intends to use his invention for world domination. But the professor's young assistant, Engineer Hart, wants to thwart the villain's plans at any cost. He rescues mankind and wins the love of the professor's charming daughter Jana.