Martin Kubala

She is often called the first lady of Czech country music. However, it would be more accurate to say that Věra Martinová is one of our best pop singers. On top of that, she is undoubtedly an excellent guitarist. She had been planning her birthday concert for 2020, when she celebrated her milestone birthday, but the concert could not take place during the COVID-19 pandemic. It finally took place at the Hybernia Theater in November 2021 and was full of energy and great music in perfect interpretation. She performed her greatest hits, as well as songs from her latest album, Meritum.

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A new circus performance about angels and humans, whose heroes wander between earth and heaven, between memories, the present, and the world of fantasy. Up End Down is Cirku La Putyka's second project and one of its most successful – the ensemble has been performing it for over ten years... The story of a man who lives only with his memories. He is unable to detach himself from them and live freely and at ease. Everyone sometimes thinks about what will happen when that "final moment" comes. What will it look like and what will follow? Up End Down is a look at the journey from birth to death through fantasy, a journey between earth and heaven. A crossroads of genres, streets, heaven and earth, birth and death, memories and the present, smiles and tears, ups and downs.

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Adam Plachetka, a native of Prague, is one of the most successful bass-baritones in the world today. It is incredible what artistic achievements he has already accomplished at the age of 33. As a boy, he dreamed of a career as a hockey player, and at the conservatory he initially considered the world of musicals, but eventually he devoted himself fully to opera singing and prepared himself for a journey into the world of opera. The documentary follows him not only during his artistic career, but also in his private life, in rare moments with his family.

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The knight Johannes rides to his new lands, which the king has given him for his bravery in battle. On the way to his castle, he learns that the castle is enchanted. A ghost is said to be haunting it. No one dared to enter the castle. Even the cruel steward Rudolf, who considers himself the lord of the lands, avoids the castle. The farmers from the village help the friendly Johannes in his fight against the evil steward. And his love for the beautiful Anna gives him the strength to break the spell that lies upon the castle.

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The princess, who laughs at the lake lord's feelings because of his non-human appearance, is herself transformed into a living golden statue. The curse can only be broken by the love of a man who loves her just as she is.

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On Klobouk Hill, which rises above the marshy forests, stands a bell tower, and there reigns Lady Fog, who rules the entire region unseen. No matter what the reformed bandit Jerka Berka claims, she is the true mistress here. And then there is the righteous Jan, who would never steal from anyone, not even the robber himself. And Jan has a lot of work to do. He must constantly rescue his brother Matouš, who has fallen in love with the robber's daughter Tereza, and he must also help the wild girl Anděla regain her true human form. Will Mrs. Mlha help him?

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Since childhood, the young prince—along with his sister Bela—has listened to his nanny's stories about the Apple Tree Maiden. He hears the words of an old ballad about how the deep forest hides the ruins of a fortress where a nobleman once lived with his son and daughter. They lived there happily until the father brought home a new wife, a witch who destroyed everything and cursed the children into the form of apples on a withering apple tree. Only pure love—and only on All Saints' Day—can free the unfortunate siblings and restore their human form. And now, as an adult, the prince searches for his dream—the Apple Tree Maiden—during his endless wanderings through the forest.

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The story of fifteen-year-old Renata, who lives in a small apartment with her divorced parents, takes place during the socialist era of the 1980s. Not only does she have her own problems appropriate for her age, but she is also disgusted by her parents' constant arguments, who willingly involve her in all their intimate matters. She takes revenge on them by getting into more and more trouble. She gets drunk, listens to Radio Free Europe, and rebels somewhat clumsily against the political situation. But when things get really bad, she allows herself to be rescued by her father, a member of the secret police, with a mixture of admiration and contempt. Weaned on this confused world of adults, she clumsily stands on her own two feet. Only when she falls in love with a boy she doesn't want at a dance and loses her virginity to a boy she doesn't really know, only after various emotional escapades, does she find a certain indulgence for her eternally quarreling parents...

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Lenka and Míra Hřib are a young married couple with two small children. They are both interested in ecology and sustainable life.

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Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Rimini, there lived a beautiful princess named Nicoletta, who ruled alongside her older brother Riccardo after the death of their parents. This cheerful and witty princess, though wise for her age, foolishly fell in love with a song about the perfect and universally admired King of Salerno. Riccardo, like a loving brother, went to offer her hand to the king, regardless of what he thought of the idea. However, the proud king, spoiled by his mother, insultingly rejected her, saying that she was not worthy of his beauty, but he did not know that Nicoletta's other qualities included stubbornness and determination.

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A documentary film following several years in the life of Jan Potměšil who has become a very popular actor at an early age, representing the type of a young sporty intellectual. After a serious car crash in 1989, he ended up on a wheelchair. He was 23 years old at the time. After a year of rehabilitation, he returned to the stage. Excelling in “Flowers for Algernon”, he continuously acts in the production in front of sell-out crowds across the country. He also lives his personal life, experiencing new loves and breakups, is engaged in civic affairs and returns to the hospital now and then. The film aims to give a non-pathetic image of a life lived to the full despite adversity.

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An observational documentary about Jakub Špalek and all his activities, victories and losses in the years 1989 to 1999.

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For centuries, the cold lights of the stars have gazed down on human endeavors from the heavenly plains, and for centuries, people have tried to read their destinies from the movements of the stars... And it is precisely how dangerous it is to blindly believe dubious interpreters of the stars that is the subject of the fairy tale The Star of Life. An old duke calls upon the renowned astrologer, Master Vecchio, to be the tutor of his daughter Drahomíra. The power-hungry astrologer convinces the duke, with the help of false horoscopes, that if he does not give him his daughter's hand in marriage, he will perish in battle. Drahomíra, faithful to her childhood love for the hunter Ondřej, does not believe the master, and so the devious Vecchio sets a trap for her...

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On November 25, 1940, the SS Patria sank in the port of Haifa killing 267 people. The ship was carrying almost 1,800 Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe whom the British authorities were deporting from Mandatory Palestine to Mauritius because they lacked entry permits. Opposed to the deportation, the Haganah planted a bomb intended to disable the ship to prevent it from leaving Haifa. However, they miscalculated the effects of the explosion and the bomb sank the ship in less than 16 minutes (Dir. Pavel Štingl, 2006, 45 min.). Pavel Stingl an award winning documentary filmmaker studied at the Film and Television Academy of the Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). The screening is part of the ongoing “Docs in Salute” film series presented by the Library of Congress in collaboration with the Embassy of the Czech Republic.

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Let's venture into the dark forests, where a father and his son Petr are wandering. They are returning from the city, where they earn extra money by playing music. This time, however, they cannot find their way home. Their only salvation is a light that appears in the distance. It leads them to a strange castle that has never stood there before. They have no idea that it is inhabited by a sorcerer who will intervene in Petr's life. In the years to come, Petr will serve the sorcerer, learn the value of friendship, and discover the love of a beautiful princess. However, in order to win her, he must free himself from the sorcerer's power...

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Two short stories in which novice detective Sergeant Zahrádka is tasked with carrying out trivial orders, which he fails to do due to his innate clumsiness.

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A romantic story about the power of love. A television fairy tale.

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The twentieth century is sweeping through Central Europe. States, systems, governments, ideologies, and slogans are changing. No one born under the Austro-Hungarian Empire can be sure that they will live their lives according to their plans. Helena Třeštíková's documentary film tells the story of women who were not allowed to live according to their own ideas.

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Lada is a product of "educational“ or "corrective“ institutions. Not only is he not educated or corrected, he simply does not understand anything about life. He solves his problems in his own way – by swallowing sharp objects.

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A comedy about a charming con artist who decisively intervenes in the life of a wealthy industrialist and his entire family. Influential businessman Compass announces at home that it is high time for his nineteen-year-old daughter to get married. He leaves the choice of a suitable partner up to her...

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Nothing seems to disturb Uncle Egon's peace, who lives in his castle under the watchful eye of the strict but fair housekeeper Mrs. Bischlock. The idyll is destroyed by the housekeeper herself, who abruptly resigns because she refuses to live under the same roof as a ghost. And poor Mrs. Bischlock has no idea that the ghost Vasil, who suddenly jumped out of an old Russian domino, now owns almost the entire castle, having won it from Uncle Egon. The already tense situation is exacerbated by the unexpected arrival of Egon's sister Stela with her two daughters – the beautiful Valeria, who is of marriageable age, and the little detective in skirts, Sisinka.

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