Sat 26.05.2018 | 13:10Ota Hofman (2018)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Ota Hofman 90
Directed by: Karel Smyczek
Czech Republic, 2018, 52 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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A documentary that maps the personality and extensive work of a pioneer in Czech children's film – recalling his contribution in a European context. It also clarifies the sometimes paradoxical circumstances around a series of famous TV series and films, e.g. the children's films The Singing Powder-Box, Johnny's Journey, Clown Ferdinand and the Rocket, and the series Mr. Tau and The Visitors. Ota Hofman recounts his story, as do his closest collaborators, prominent filmmakers, film historians, and his son, through whom we also learn much of Hofman's private life.
Sat 26.05.2018 | 16:30Escape (1967)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Ota Hofman 90
Directed by: Štěpán Skalský
Czech Republic, 1967, 74 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Thirteen-year-old Alexander is really in it. It seems that he and his good friend are to blame for the fire of the old shed. But it's not that simple. Alexander knows he was in the shed with his friend and secretly smoked there, but he also knows they put out the stubs. You know how it is. At night, head filled with dark thoughts, he meets a young 20-year-old young man, nicknamed "Fangio" (after the famous racecar driver). He then runs away with him, but he is soon certain that the shed was actually set fire by the mysterious young man, not he and his buddy.
Mon 28.05.2018 | 13:20The Cat Prince (1978)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Ota Hofman 90
Directed by: Ota Koval
Czechoslovakia, Germany, 1978, 80 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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As a family moves because of work, the children's fantasies transform the landscape they pass through into in fairy-tale land. When their truck is stuck in a snowstorm, their magical grandfather comes by sleigh and takes them to a castle where they meet a mysterious rider on a black horse. He's the castle renovator, Albert, who doesn't like cats. When their cat Liza has kittens, Albert takes them out of the castle, but the children save them. Radek then goes at night to a magical land behind the mirror to find the water of life to resurrect the drowned Liza.
Tue 29.05.2018 | 14:00Kate and the Crocodile (1965)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Ota Hofman 90
Directed by: Věra Plívová-Šimková
Czechoslovakia, 1965, 66 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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When Misha takes two Angora rabbits, a starling, a monkey, a tortoise and a small crocodile from school, his parents order him to take them away. He is helped by Kate, who lives with her grandfather, a violinist. She offers to hide them in the bedroom and bathroom. Misha heads for his friend's house, where the animals will probably be able to stay, while Kate provides live mice and sausages for the crocodile. Meanwhile, Kate's younger sister Minka wakes up, starts playing with the animals, who gradually run off. It's a big city menagerie.
Wed 30.05.2018 | 13:20The Third Prince (1982)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Ota Hofman 90
Directed by: Antonín Moskalyk
Czechoslovakia, 1982, 84 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5
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Twins Jaromir and Jaroslav, princes of the Land of Lion, are loyal friends. The royal parents inform their sons that they had yet another brother, Jindřich, who disappeared in the Land of Diamond Rocks. The princes discover a picture of the one who caused their brother's tragedy and Jaromir sets out to find the beautiful girl and his missing brother. His brother's fate awaits him in the Land of Diamond Rocks. Following the trail of both princes, Jaroslav is not led by love, but by courage, cleverness and his bond to his brothers...
Wed 30.05.2018 | 14:00Lucy and Miracles (1970)
Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Ota Hofman 90
Directed by: Ota Koval
Czechoslovakia, 1970, 72 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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The story begins in a toy factory where a pink plush dog is being made. The main character is a five-year-old orphan named Lucie, who is going to be helped by this lively plush dog, named Laurel Hardy Pink to find a mother and father.