Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963)
Nov 30, 2009Soviet Space Mission
Czech film from a Stanislaw Lem novel made from the height of the Soviet era depicting day-to-day life about a space mission to explore another planet
Studio Barrandov
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
Jul 23, 2024Device Can Manifest Dreams
Zany Czech film where a scientist invents a device that can cause dream to manifest only to cause the sexy comic-book heroine her husband is dreaming about to appear
The Stolen Airship (1967)
Oct 15, 2024Jules Verne Adaptation/Steampunk
Another of the delightful Steampunk adventures from Karel Zeman that blend animation and live-action in unique ways
On the Comet (1970)
Jun 21, 2017Jules Verne Adaptation/Swept Away on a Comet
I have raved elsewhere about Czech director Karel Zeman and his amazing blends of live-action and animation. This, his adaptation of a lesser-known Jules Verne work, is not quite up there with his earlier films but is an enjoyably colourful knockabout adventure
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Feb 20, 2013Young Girl's Surreal Dreams
Little-seen Czech film that sits on the blurred edge of a dream in its hazily surreal view of the world through the eyes of a young girl where the figures around her seem to become vampires that constantly loom with darkly allegorical sexual threat
Lunacy (2005)
Jul 24, 2006Surrealism/Insane Asylum
A film from Czech animator Jan Svankmajer film, loosely based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, about the surreal happenings at an asylum where the lunatics have taken over