Up Next in Ester Krumbachová: Phantom of the Czechoslovak New Wave

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  Diamonds of the Night

  Diamonds of the Night

  Directed by Jan Němec • 1964 • Czechoslovakia
  Starring Ladislav Janský, Antonín Kumbera

  With this simultaneously harrowing and lyrical debut feature, Jan Němec established himself as the most uncompromising visionary among the radical filmmakers who made up the Czechoslovak New Wave. Adapted fro...

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  Coach to Vienna

  Coach to Vienna

  Directed by Karel Kachyňa • 1966 • Czechoslovakia
  Starring Iva Janžurová, Jaromír Hanzlík, Luděk Munzar

  In the waning days of World War II, a young Czech woman (Iva Janzurová) is forced by a pair of Austrian soldiers to accompany them on their journey from the Russian front to Vienna. Unbeknowns...

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  A Report on the Party and Guests

  A Report on the Party and Guests

  Directed by Jan Němec • 1966 • Czechoslovakia

  In Jan Němec's surreal fable, a picnic is rudely transformed into a lesson in political hierarchy when a handful of mysterious authority figures show up. This allegory about oppression and conformity was banned in its home country but became an inter...