Fri 25.05.2018 | 13:05Long Live Ghosts! (1976)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood, Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
Czechoslovakia, 1976, 86 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Two ghost haunt the ruins of Brtnik Castle – the knight William and his daughter Leonthyn. A group of children join them and help them in rescuing the castle from a greedy greengrocer who wants to turn the damp castle cellar into a mushroom farm. The kids get permission from the village leaders to repair the ruins themselves; their powerful ally, the extraordinarily magical knight William, greatly helps. To Leonthyn, the real world seems so attractive that she tells one of the boys how to free her from the eternal curse and how to turn her into a normal girl.
Fri 25.05.2018 | 15:00Let the Princess Stay with Us (1981)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Martin Hoffmeister
Czechoslovakia, 1981, 55 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Katka lacks for nothing except some emotional attention from her parents. One morning she leaves in her mother's dress and finds a garden where there is a chateau containing an orphanage. Tired, Katka goes into a room and there falls asleep. Not long afterwards some children discover her. Due to her clothes, they think she's a princess and hide her. The cleaning lady, however, finds her. At that moment, Katka's mother arrives and urges her daughter to come home. But the kids won't give up their "princess" and Katka joins the orphanage as a governess.
Fri 25.05.2018 | 15:30Once Upon a Time There Was a King (1954)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Bořivoj Zeman
Czechoslovakia, 1954, 107 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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The arrogant ruler of the kingdom has decided to take a break and wants one of his three daughters to reign. He puts his daughters to the test, asking them how much they love him. The oldest daughter likes her father like gold, the middle daughter as like a golden voice, and the youngest daughter, Maruska, says she loves him like salt, because salt is needed. Maruska's father is angry, so he has her taken out of the castle and orders all the salt in the kingdom destroyed. But the king soon finds out that salt and true love are indeed better than all the treasures on earth.
Fri 25.05.2018 | 19:00I Enjoy the World with You (1983)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Marie Poledňáková
Czechoslovakia, 1983, 82 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Three dads suffer a rebellion by their wives. They traditionally spend a "boys' week" at a mountain cottage. This time, however, the ladies want some free time, so the men take six kids, aged 1 to 10, to the mountains. The three arrogant men turn into boys and win their children's hearts day after day by inventing crazy games on the snowy slopes they take part in themselves. Their peculiar idea of taking care of kids is met with enthusiasm by the children. The moms, recharged by just a few days of freedom, are horrified after a surprise visit to check in at the cottage...
Sat 26.05.2018 | 09:00Potkali se u Kolína (1965)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Břetislav Pojar, Miroslav Štěpánek
Czechoslovakia, 1965, 14 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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A humorous story about two bears who meet at Kolin. They are transformed in every way possible in the heat of their games. The older bear is worldly-wise and foxy; the younger is naive and swallows the bait every time. When things turn out badly, a lot of good candy helps. Hold on to your hats, let's gooooo!
Sat 26.05.2018 | 13:00Brave Kids (1975)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood, Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Věra Plívová-Šimková
Czechoslovakia, 1975, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Friends Thomas, Hubert a Jozhka live their childhood in the town of Levin. Thomas lives with his aunt and uncle. He's full of ideas – to the annoyance of everyone else. He likes his classmate Blanka and wants to win the prize for the best student of the school to impress her.
Sun 27.05.2018 | 11:10Foxes, Mice and Gallows Hill (1970)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Věra Plívová - Šimková
Czechoslovakia, 1970, 74 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Sledding, skiing, snow forts, snowballs – winter is a season of fun for the children of the village under Gallows Hill. Their leader had always been Ginger, the son of a local grave digger. Then "Mouse" moved to the village and his father became the chairman of the agricultural co-op, and all the boys joined him – mainly because he lets the boys ride the horses his dad sometimes lends him. Rather than follow Mouse, the proud Ginger abandons the group. The enmity between the two boys provokes a lot of clashes and pranks...
Sun 27.05.2018 | 13:10Bořivoj Zeman (2017)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Zuzana Zemanová
Czech Republic, 2017, 53 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Director Bořivoj Zeman is a classic of Czech film fairy tales. Not only that - he's their founder. The fairy-tales The Proud Princess, Once Upon a Time, There Was a King..., and The Incredibly Sad Princess, became audience favorites. Who was this person who could provide us so much loving humor? And what could he have made and what did he want to shoot? Answers to these questions are provided by the documentary portrait by Zuzana Zemanová, who discovered many facts about her own father during her filming, things she had no idea about.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 08:20Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood, Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Václav Vorlíček
Czechoslovakia, Germany, 1973, 85 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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When Cinderella's father dies, she's left to the mercy of her step-mother and her daughter. Neither of them like Cinderella and do everything possible to make sure she can't go to the ball where the local prince is to choose a bride. Fate, however, wants more for Cinderella than do the two evil women...
Mon 28.05.2018 | 08:30Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Karel Zeman
Czechoslovakia, 1955, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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When a boy finds a live trilobite in a cave from which a river flows out of, he can't figure out how a creature that lived millions of years ago could be alive. Books and a visit to a museum don't help. In the end, the boy decides to follow old Verne's example, so he and his friends go on an expedition to prehistory. They go by boat into the cave and go back to the ice age and to the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Carboniferous and Silurian periods. They have the opportunity to see in detail how many changes the Earth and life had to go through.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 11:10Brave Kids (1975)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood, Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Věra Plívová-Šimková
Czechoslovakia, 1975, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Friends Thomas, Hubert a Jozhka live their childhood in the town of Levin. Thomas lives with his aunt and uncle. He's full of ideas – to the annoyance of everyone else. He likes his classmate Blanka and wants to win the prize for the best student of the school to impress her.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 15:20The Beauty and the Beast (1979)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood, Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Directed by: Juraj Herz
Czechoslovakia, 1979, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A rich widowed merchant has three daughters. The two eldest think only of good marriages and riches. For Julie, the youngest, the most important love is for their father. One day, while in a mysterious forest, the merchant loses all his wagons and is immediately destitute. He escapes into a mysterious castle occupied by a threatening monster. In exchange for the man's life, he demands one of his daughters. Julie eventually goes to the castle and awakens in its master feelings he's never felt before. Instead of killing her, a human heart awakens in his animal body...
Mon 28.05.2018 | 16:30If I Had a Gun (1971)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Štefan Uher
Czechoslovakia, 1971, 92 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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A tragicomic tale of boys who played at being soldiers even as World War II raged around them; they dreamed of heroic acts, spied on girls, boasted to their friends, and exaggerated their experiences. The boys view both the war and the common problems of village life with the same childish naivety.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 20:20Wolves' Lairs (1948)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Paľo Bielik
Czechoslovakia, 1948, 122 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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The summer of 1944. Brothers Matus, Ondrej, Jano and Stefan meet again after returning from different corners of Europe. Matus escaped from forced labor in Germany, Ondrej is back from the Russian front, Jano (for a change) from Italy, and Stefan’s done with studying. Matus can't stay at home, so he joins Ondrej in the mountains, where he saves his brother's life. Ondrej must stay at home while the other brothers join the partisans. The German terror, carried out by Commandant Thiel, has no boundaries; the war against him requires the greatest sacrifices...
Tue 29.05.2018 | 15:30I Enjoy the World with You (1983)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Marie Poledňáková
Czechoslovakia, 1983, 82 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
Score:
Three dads suffer a rebellion by their wives. They traditionally spend a "boys' week" at a mountain cottage. This time, however, the ladies want some free time, so the men take six kids, aged 1 to 10, to the mountains. The three arrogant men turn into boys and win their children's hearts day after day by inventing crazy games on the snowy slopes they take part in themselves. Their peculiar idea of taking care of kids is met with enthusiasm by the children. The moms, recharged by just a few days of freedom, are horrified after a surprise visit to check in at the cottage...
Tue 29.05.2018 | 16:30Capricious Summer (1967)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Jiří Menzel
Czechoslovakia, 1967, 74 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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This poetic story takes place at the Krokovy Vary river spa on the Silesian river Orše. The owner of a small refreshment stand, the delightful Antonín Důra, spends rainy June days in delightful, petty, pseudo-philosophical chats with his friends: the introverted, idealistic abbe Roch and the rationalist Major Hugo. The wandering magician Arnoštek and his assistant Anna bring some excitement to the local life. The trio of enchanting aging men vainly try to gain the heart of the beautiful girl. Antonin's wife Kateřina is enchanted by young Arnoštek...
Tue 29.05.2018 | 17:10Laundryboy (1960)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Karel Kachyňa
Czechoslovakia, 1960, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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The film tells the story of a small Czech boy, František Bureš, freed by the Soviet Army from a Nazi concentration camp, who ends up fighting with Czechoslovak soldiers at the Dukla Pass. The soldiers from the field laundry he's assigned to love him. But Práče – nicknamed after the smallest of Hussite fighters – doesn't like it at the laundry. He tries to get into combat to prove his bravery. The soldiers then decide to teach František how to handle the gun and send him as a link to the artillery. The boy finally sees a real battlefield...
Wed 30.05.2018 | 11:10Foxes, Mice and Gallows Hill (1970)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Věra Plívová - Šimková
Czechoslovakia, 1970, 74 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
Score:
Sledding, skiing, snow forts, snowballs – winter is a season of fun for the children of the village under Gallows Hill. Their leader had always been Ginger, the son of a local grave digger. Then "Mouse" moved to the village and his father became the chairman of the agricultural co-op, and all the boys joined him – mainly because he lets the boys ride the horses his dad sometimes lends him. Rather than follow Mouse, the proud Ginger abandons the group. The enmity between the two boys provokes a lot of clashes and pranks...
Wed 30.05.2018 | 14:00The Proud Princess (1952)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
Directed by: Bořivoj Zeman
Czechoslovakia, 1952, 94 min
Projection place: Malá scéna
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The beautiful but very proud Princess Krasomila, daughter of ruler of the Midnight Kingdom, has refused to marry the noble king Miroslav, who has asked for her hand. But he sets off to her native kingdom and, in disguise, works at the castle as a gardener. The princess falls in love with him and, under his influence, gradually stops all of her capriciousness. The two lovers run away together, but the royal emissaries soon catch them. The reformed Krasomila also uncovers the gardener's true identity and ultimately accepts his offer of marriage. The first Czechoslovak film fairytale for children was filmed according to one of the most beautiful fairytales by Božena Němcová - Pride Punished.
Wed 30.05.2018 | 15:20Prince Bajaja (1971)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood, Golden Slipper for Special Contribution in Children´s and Youth Cinema
Directed by: Antonín Kachlík
Czechoslovakia, 1971, 73 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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An orphaned prince, traveling the world, listens to the advice of his talking horse. When he falls in love with the beautiful Princess Slavěna, the magical stallion advises him to go to the royal court and pretend to be a mute gardener's helper. He remains incognito even after defeating the furious dragon that threatens the kingdom. This makes it possible for the insidious Black Knight to claim credit for saving the princess himself. The hero, nicknamed Bajaja, because of the sounds he emits as a mute, also rises to the occasion for all the following difficult tests…