Petr Jarchovský
1) The teacher
Series
Film Movement volume 15, film 12
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Slovak
Formats
Description
Directed by Jan Hřebejk (Director of the **Oscar**-nominated *Divided We Fall*) and loosely inspired by true events, the film is a very dark comedy about an elementary school teacher who uses her students to manipulate their parents for her own gain. Winner of the Best Actress Award (Zuzana Mauréry) at the **Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.** Official Selection at the **Chicago International Film Festival.** *"An intelligent and universally...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
Czech
Description
During World War II and the Nazi occupation of Czechoslavakia, a couple, Josef and Marie, decide to hide a young Jewish neighbor in their small apartment. They keep getting a visit from their neighbor, Horst, who is a German sympathizer and has his eye on Marie. When she rejects his advances he seeks revenge by trying to move a Nazi clerk into their home, forcing the couple to tell a lie that will change their lives forever.
4) Horem pádem
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
Czech
Description
The discovery of an abandoned child by two smugglers kicks into a gear a series of tragi-comic events.
