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A Rosefinch Sang: The Czechoslovakian New Wave

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7.8

7.4

The White Dove (1960)

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8.3

7.4

The Sun in a Net (1962)

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7.9

7.5

The Devil's Trap (1962)

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6.4

Everyday Courage (1964)

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8.1

7.4

Diamonds of the Night (1964)

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7.3

7.2

Intimate Lighting (1965)

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207

7.4

7.6

The Loves of a Blonde (1965)

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179

8.4

8.2

The Shop on Main Street (1965)

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7.5

7.9

The Hand (1965)

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318

7.6

7.2

Daisies (1966)

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A Report on the Party and the Guests (1966)

7.5

7.1

A Report on the Party and the Guests (1966) (1966)

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259

7.8

7.6

Closely Watched Trains (1966)

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184

8.6

8.1

Marketa Lazarová (1967)

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6.5

6.7

Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967)

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209

7.5

7.4

The Firemen's Ball (1967)

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7.9

7.8

The Valley of the Bees (1968)

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282

8.3

The Cremator (1969)

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6.6

7.2

The End of a Priest

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7.7

7.4

Larks on a String (1990)

7.8

7.4

Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969)

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415

7.7

7.1

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

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129

7.8

7.7

The Ear (1970)

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7.8

7.4

Adelheid (1970)

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It was a beautiful sunny Spring day on the riverbank when my thoughts turned to the Brejchova sisters and another Spring…

The Czechoslovakian New Wave began with the song of a lovely little rosefinch in a meadow by the banks of the beautiful Vltava river. And soon the whole country was filled with song and the sounds of nature and Smetana, it blossomed with the fragrance of flowers and bathed in the warmth of the sun.

For me Czechoslovakian Cinema of the 60s easily rivals the French New Wave; a short-lived miracle (yes, it really does feel like that), and – dare i say – a time when the Czechs bounced with a Spring in their step.

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