CONTENTS

Lecture 1 - Introduction. A general view to the history of Czech cinema, periodization. The silent
era. Gustav Machatý: Erotikon (1929), Extase (1933).


Lecture 2 - The sound era 1930-1945. Martin Frič: Kristian (1939).


Lecture 3 - The holocaust theme in Czech cinema I. Alfred Radok: Distant

Journey (1949)


Lecture 4 - The post-war era and socialist realism. Martin Frič: The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's
Emperor,  (1951), Otakar Vávra: The Hussite Trilogy (1954–1956)


Lecture 5 - The beginning of the „thaw“. Vojtěch Jasný: When the Cat Comes (Až přijde kocour, 1963)


Lecture 6 - The holocaust theme in Czech cinema II. Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos: The Shop on Main Street
(Obchod na korze, 1965)


Lecture 7 - An introduction to Czech New Wave – Věra Chytilová: Daisies (Sedmikrásky, 1966)


Lecture 8 - Czech New Wave – Miloš Forman: Firemen‘s Ball (Hoří, má panenko,

1967)


Lecture 9 - František Vláčil: Marketa Lazarová (1967)


Lecture 10 - The Genre Movies of the Sixties – musicals, comedies, fairy tales, detective stories
(fragments)


Lecture 11 - A time of servants: the normalization period


Lecture 12 - The velvet revolution and after, contemporary Czech documentary

Dates:

20. 9. Introduction. A general view to the history of Czech cinema, periodization. The silent era.
Gustav Machatý: Erotikon (1929), Extase (1933)

27. 9. The sound era 1930–1945. Martin Frič: Kristian (1939)

4. 10. The holocaust theme in Czech cinema I. Alfred Radok: Distant Journey (1949)

11. 10. The post-war era, socialist realism and historic movies. Martin Frič: The Emperor's Baker –
The Baker's Emperor (1951); Otakar Vávra: The Hussite Trilogy (1954–1956)

18. 10. The beginning of the „thaw“. Vojtěch Jasný: When the Cat Comes (Až přijde kocour, 1963)

25. 10. The holocaust theme in Czech cinema II. Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos: The Shop on Main Street
(Obchod na korze, 1965)

1. 11. An introduction to Czech New Wave. Věra Chytilová: Daisies (Sedmikrásky, 1966)

8. 11. Czech New Wave – Miloš Forman: Firemen‘s Ball (Hoří, má panenko,1967)

15. 11. František Vláčil: Marketa Lazarová (1967)

22. 11. The genre movies – musicals, comedies, fairy tales, detective stories

29. 11. A time of servants: the normalization period

6. 12. The velvet revolution and after, contemporary Czech documentary