Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2019

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The Flames Of Royal Love (V záru královské lásky, In the Light of the King's Love) (Country: Czechoslovakia; Year: 1991; Director: Jan Nemec; Writer: Ladislav Klíma, Jan Nemec; Stars: Ivana Chýlková, Vilém Cok, Bolek Polívka, Jirí Bartoska, Josef Abrhám, Pavel Landovský, Jana Andresíková, Milos Stránský)
A prince chooses a cleaning woman to be his bride... leading to trouble.
The Inheritance Or Fuckoffguysgoodday (The Inheritance Fuckoffguysgoodday, Dedictví aneb Kurvahosigutntag) (Country: Czech Republic; Year: 1992; Director: Vera Chytilová; Writer: Bolek Polívka, Bolek Polívka, Vera Chytilová; Stars: Bolek Polívka, Miroslav Donutil, Anna Pantuckova, Jozef Kroner, Dagmar Havlová, Sárka Vojtková, Pavel Zatloukal, Bretislav Rychlík, Pavel Brichta, Ján Sedal, Arnost Goldflam, Martin Dohnal, Jirí Pecha, Leos Sucharípa, Milos Cernousek)
A kind-hearted bumpkin is corrupted by money.
It's Better to Be Wealthy And Healthy Than Poor And Ill (Lepsie byt bohaty a zdravy ako chudobny a chory) (Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia; Year: 1992; Director: Juraj Jakubisko; Writer: Juraj Jakubisko; Stars: Deana Horváthová, Dagmar Havlová, Juraj Kukura, Lubomír Paulovic, Vilma Jamnická, Stano Danciak, Pavel Nový, Hana Packertová, Ján Barto, Zdenek Dusek, Milada Ondrasíková, Jirí Pecha, Olga Zöllnerová, Deana Horváthová, Dagmar Havlová)
Two women who jointly throw themselves into business.
Let's Sing All Around (Country: Czechoslovakia; Year: 1990; Director: Ondrej Trojan; Writer: Jan Hrebejk, Petr Jarchovský; Stars: Václav Chalupa, Ulrika Kotajná, Ladislav Brothánek, Jan Procházka, Radek Ríha, Jirí Remes, Jirí Sasek, Jirí Strach, Martin Janous, Andrea Sousedíková, Martin Chmátal, Jitka Andelová, Karel Sládek, Tereza Hubená, Jan Demeter)
Tragicomedy about a summer camp counsellor who is trying to bed a young nurse.
Requiem For A Maiden (Requiem pro panenku) (Country: Czechoslovakia; Year: 1992; Director: Filip Renc; Writer: Josef Klíma, Igor Chaun, Filip Renc; Stars: Anna Geislerová, Barbora Hrzánová, Sona Valentová, Eva Holubová, Jaroslava Hanusová, Jan Schmid, Filip Renc, Eduard Cupák, Lenka Pekárková, Alice Troblová, Vera Nováková, Dagmar Dedková, Alice Drácová, Vlasta Mecnarowská, Zuzana Danciaková)
A teenager is mistakenly sent to a home for mentally disabled girls.
Smoke (Kour) (Country: Czechoslovakia; Year: 1991; Director: Tomáš Vorel; Writer: Lumír Tucek; Stars: Jan Slovák, Lucie Zednícková, Simon Caban, Petr Ctvrtnícek, Jaroslav Dusek, Jan Foll, Eva Holubová, Jirí Kratochvil, Jana Kusiaková, Ales Najbrt, Monika Seligová, Jana Tucková, Zdenek Vronský, David Vávra,)
The tale of a young engineer’s conflict with a bizarre factory’s petrified organisational structure.
Time Of The Servants (Cas sluhu) (Country: Czechoslovakia; Year: 1989; Director: Irena Pavlásková; Writer: Irena Pavlásková; Stars: Ivana Chýlková, Karel Roden, Jitka Asterová, Libor Zídek, Miroslav Etzler, Eva Holubová, Vilma Cibulková, Daniela Reischlova, Petr Hanicinec, Helga Cocková, Jirí Brozek, Jirina Steimarová, Vera Kresadlová, Milos Motoska, Markéta Svetlíková)
A timid medical student is transformed into an unscrupulous master of manipulation.
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