Thu 09.09.2021 | 19:30Hamlet (1990)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
United Kingdom, United States of America, France, 1990, 130 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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InfoHamlet returns to Denmark when his father, the King, dies. His mother Gertrude has already married Hamlet's uncle Claudius, the new King. They urge Hamlet to marry his beloved Ophelia. But soon the ghost of Hamlet's father appears and tells Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius and Gertrude. Hamlet must choose between passive acquiescence and the need for a vengeance which might lead to tragedy.
Thu 09.09.2021 | 20:00Frankenstein (1931)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: James Whale
United States of America, 1931, 70 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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Dr. Frankenstein, a reclusive scientist increasingly obsessed with his unusual experiments, dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts. When a criminal’s brain is inadvertently transplanted inside the creature with potentially dangerous effects, its creators decide that it must be destroyed.
Fri 10.09.2021 | 18:30Wild Flowers (2000)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: F. A. Brabec
Czech Republic, 2000, 81 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 3
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A visual feast based the poems of Karel J. Erben, centered on three horror poems: The Water Goblin, Wedding Shirt, and The Golden Spinning Wheel. It is complemented by the poems Wild Flowers, The Noon Witch, The Daughter's Curse, and Christmas Eve. Several elements bind the work: each part starts with a view of the Czech countryside with motifs of various ceremonies (e.g. May pole, wedding, funeral) and ends with the snuffing of one of 7 candles.
Fri 10.09.2021 | 20:00The Joke (1968)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: Jaromil Jireš
Czechoslovakia, 1968, 79 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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After 15 years, Ludvík Jahn still hasn't overcome the consequences of a joke postcard with anti-state sentiments he sent his girlfriend in the 1950s; this led to his expulsion from university and mandatory service as a class enemy in a criminal military unit. He is on the verge of getting revenge on a professor who helped cause this difficult situation. During a village festival, he seduces the professor's wife, a radio editor. His "victory", however, has a strong bitter taste.
Sat 11.09.2021 | 19:30All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: Delbert Mann
United States of America, United Kingdom, 1979, 150 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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Paul Baumer is a young German who, along with his graduating high school classmates, enlists in the German Imperial Army during World War I. Originally thinking war would be a great adventure, Paul and his friends discover exactly the opposite as the war drags on and one by one the members of the class are killed in action until only Paul remains.
Sat 11.09.2021 | 20:00One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: Miloš Forman
United States of America, 1975, 133 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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Randle Patrick McMurphy is serving a sentence for repeated violent assault and sexual abuse. Instead of doing time in a labor camp, he plays crazy and is sent to the seeming calm of a psychiatric hospital. His zeal for life and strong personality in the institute soon clash with the absolutism of Nurse Ratched, who, with three orderlies, tyrannically rules the entire institute. But McMurphy's rebellion has little hope against the power of the machinery embodied by the nurse…
Sun 12.09.2021 | 14:30Saturnin (1994)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: Jiří Věrčák
Czech Republic, 1994, 101 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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Saturnin is the butler of the young gentleman Jiří Oulický, who lacks determination and self-confidence. Saturnin has both to give away; he is determined to perform the assigned tasks under any circumstances and by any means. Thus Jiří finds himself in unthinkable situations, which would not have occurred at all without Saturnin. But under the influence of his butler, Jiří gradually transforms into a real man, walking through social life with confidence and charm.
Sun 12.09.2021 | 20:00The Downfall of the Secluded Berhof (1983)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: Jiří Svoboda
Czechoslovakia, Poland, 1983, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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The first post-war summer, the Czech-Polish-German border. The people of the isolated Berghof farm become prisoners of the Werewolves, who refuse to admit Germany’s defeat. The conflict is an analysis of a marginal human situation and the people who oscillate between extremes. The central character of the story is a nun, Salome, bringing everything to the lonely farm except the expected mercy. One of her antagonists is a Czechoslovak lieutenant who tries hard to ensure order.
Tue 14.09.2021 | 19:30Forrest Gump (1994)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
United States of America, 1994, 142 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 5
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The story of an ordinary man and his extraordinary life. Through three turbulent decades, Forrest Gump rides a tide of events that whisks him from physical disability to football stardom, from Vietnam hero to shrimp tycoon, from White House honors to the arms of his one true love. Forrest is the embodiment of an era, an innocent at large in an America that is losing its innocence.
Tue 14.09.2021 | 20:001984 (1984)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: Michael James Radford
United Kingdom, 1984, 110 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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The classic George Orwell story set in a world where absolute conformity in action, word and thought including loyalty to Big Brother is demanded. In 1984, the world is divided into three vast states, whose inhabitants are dominated by all powerful governments. Winston, a worker, starts an illegal love affair with Julia, and becomes the target of a brain-washing campaign to force him to conform.
Wed 15.09.2021 | 20:00Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Section: Literature in Film - Classics
Directed by: Jiří Menzel
Czechoslovakia, 1966, 89 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6
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Miloš Hrma begins working at a provincial railway station during the Second World War. Historical events are overshadowed by his delicate problem with persistent virginity and by the beautiful train conductor Máša. It seems that the naïve Miloš fits in perfectly with the peculiar staff of the local station, where no one seems to be interested in war or politics. However, fate cannot be escaped. Miloš experiences seconds of intoxicating happiness, becoming a man, and then a tragic hero.