PERLIČKY NA DNĚ
PEARLS ON THE GROUND
Bohumil Hrabal’s first collection of short stories, “A Pearl On the Ground”, was published in 1963. Taking its cue from Hrabal’s sarcastic prose, this episodic film about the absurdities of everyday life is now considered a key work of the Czech New Wave, not least due to its prominent directors, who were students at the Prague FAMU at the time of its making. Hrabal himself played several bit parts in the film.
35mm | Farbe & s/w / colour & b/w
Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Evald Schorm, Vera Chytilová, Jaromil Jireš
Jaroslav Kučera
Blažej Bernard
Olin Bosák
Jiří Šust, Jan Klusák
Pavla Maršalková, Miloš Černáctý, Josefa Pechlátová, Vladimír Boudník, Ferdinand Kruta, Jan Pech, Alois Vachek
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Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Evald Schorm, Vera Chytilová, Jaromil Jireš - Jiří Menzel – born 1938 in Prague. His debut feature OSTŘE SLEDOVANÉ VLAKY won an Academy Award in 1966. He has directed for the theatre and television both in the ČSSR and abroad, and is considered one of the foremost Czech filmmakers.
Jan Němec – born 1936 in Prague. Studied at FAMU, Prague from 1954 to 1960. After 1968 he emigrated to Germany, then to other countries in Western Europe and finally, in 1977, to the USA. He returned to Czechoslovakia in 1989, and still makes films.
Evald Schorm – born 1931 in Prague; died 1988 in Prague. He studied at FAMU, Prague from 1957 to 1962. His films were banned after the crushing of the Prague Spring. Schorm remained in the ČSSR, where he continued to produce operas and plays, television dramas, and feature films.
Vera Chytilová – born 1929 in Ostrava. Studied philosophy and architecture, then trained as a filmmaker. She received the Czech Critics’ Award in 2001.
Jaromil Jireš – born 1935 in Bratislava, died in 2001. Studied directing and cinematography at FAMU, Prague.
Jiří Menzel
DOMY Z PANELŮ (1960, short)
UMŘEL NÁM PAN FOERSTER (1962, short)
PERLIČKY NA DNĚ (1965)
OSTŘE SLEDOVANÉ VLAKY (1966)
ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (1967)
ZLOČIN V ŠANTÁNU (1968)
TĚLO DIANY (1969)
SKŘIVÁNCI NA NITI (1969, Cottbus 2004)
KDO HLEDÁ ZLATÉ DNO (1974)
PROMENY KRAJINY (1974, short)
NA SAMOTĚ U LESA (1976)
BÁJEČNI MUŽI S KLIKOU (1978)
POSTŘIŽINY (1980)
KRASOSMUTNENÍ (1982, TV)
SLAVNOSTI SNĚŽENEK (1983)
VESNIČKO MÁ STŘEDISKOVÁ (1985)
KONEC STARÝCH ČASŮ (1989)
ŽEBRÁCKÁ OPERA (1991)
ŽIVOT A NEOBYČEJNÁ DOBRODRUŽSTVÍ VOJÁKA IVANA ČONKINA (1994)
Jan Němec
SOUSTO (1960, short)
PAMET NASEHO DNE (1963, short, doc)
DÉMANTY NOCI (1964)
MUCEDNICI LÁSKY (1971)
O SLAVNOSTI A HOSTECH (1966)
ORATORIO FOR PRAGUE (1968, short, doc)
V ZÁRU KRÁLOVSKÉ LÁSKY (1990)
JMENO KODU: RUBIN (1997)
NOCNI HOVORY S MATKOU (2001)
KRAJINA MÉHO SRDCE (2004)
TOYEN (2005)
Evald Schorm
ŽELEZNIČÁŘI (1963, short, doc)
KAŽDÝ DEN ODVAHU (1964, short)
PERLIČKY NA DNĚ (1966)
NÁVRAT ZTRACENÉHO SYNA (1966)
ZERT (1968)
DEN SEDMÝ, OSMÁ NOC (1969)
FARÁŘŮV KONEC (1969)
PSI A LIDÉ (1970)
MĚSTO MÉ NADĚJE (1978)
VLASTNĚ SE NIC NESTALO (1989)
Vera Chytilová
SEDMIKRÁSKY (1966, Cottbus 2004)
OVOCE STROMŮ RAJSKÝCH JÍME (1969)
CHYTILOVA VERSUS FORMAN (1981, doc)
HÉZKE CHVILKY BEZ ZÁRUKY (2006)
Jaromil Jireš
KRIK (1963)
ZERT (1969)
VALÉRIE A TÝDEN DIVŮ (1970)