Directed by Jiří Barta • Animation • With Oldrich Kaiser, Jirí Lábus • 1986 • 53 minutes
Czech director Jiří Barta's stop-motion animated masterpiece, based on "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," is set in a dark and twisted medieval village of narrow streets and weird Gothic arches inspired by German Expression. A savage portrait of greed run amok and one of the great masterpieces of stop-motion animation.
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Reconstruction of Occupation
Directed by Jan Šikl • Documentary • 2021 • 99 minutes
For 30 years, director Jan Šikl has collected amateur films from families in his community. Then one day, he is brought archival materials - stock shot by Czech military cameramen, which remained hidden for over half a century. Jan accomplis...
