简介：InthetimeofCounter-Reformation,amillerandhissoncomeunderinvestigationbyapriestoftheInquisition,whenrumorsspreadthattheirprosperitycomesfromworkingwiththeDevil.TheDevil’sTrapisafilmdirectedbyFrantišekVlá?il,basedonanovelbyAlfrédTechnik,adaptedbyFrantišekA.DvorákandMilošKratochvíl.ItwasthefirstofthreehistoricaldramasthatVlá?ilmadeduringtheCzechNewWave(technicallyheisn’treallyapartoftheNewWave,howeverthesefilmsweremadeduringthesameeraofartisticfreedom),precedinghismorewellknownMarketaLazarová(1967)andValleyoftheBees(1968).Setinthelate16thCenturyduringtheCatholicReformation,intheMoravianKarst,situatedinwhatisnowtheEasternCzechRepublic,ittellsthetaleofamiller(VítezslavVejrazka),andhissonJan(VítOlmer),whocomeundersuspicionandareinvestigatedbyaJesuitpriestoftheInquisition(MiroslavMacháchek),whenrumorsofwitchcraftarespreadbythelocalregent(CestmírRanda),whoisjealousofthemiller’sprosperityanddegreeofrespectamongthelocalpopulace.AsexpectedfromVlá?il,thisfilmisastunningexperienceallthewaythrough.Fromtheopeningshot,anominousmanipulationofperspectivewithacloseupofamangledfigureofChristdominatingtheforegroundagainstatinyfigureinblackwalkingalongthehorizon,tothebreathtakingconfrontationalfinaleinsidethevaststalactitefilledKarstcaverns,itisawonderfuldisplayofvisualmastery.MaybenotquiteasimpressiveasMarketaLazarová,butstillfullofastonishingimagery.Asseenfromuniqueanglesanddistinctpointsofviewwhichhighlightthedirector’sremarkablesenseofawarenessofframing,motion,andpositioningontheemotionalanddramatictoneofthescene.Themostmemorablebeingarepeatedshotwherethecameraissuspendedandlaunchedwithspeedthroughtheairtowardsthemiller’sdoor.ThestoryhereisasimpleoneandIwouldsaymoreaccessiblethanhislaterworks.Withaconventionalstructureemphasizedasmuchbyitsplotandcharacters,thanbyitsexpressionisticcinematographyorauthentichistoricaldetail.Theeventsplayoutwithoutmuchsurprise,andthereisastrongunderlying,almostsupernatural,mysteriousaspectthatisleftunresolved,infactbarelyexplored,whichisslightlydisappointing,butonlybecauseit’ssofascinatingthatIwishtherewasmore.Actingisgreatallaround.Particularlythevillains:MiroslavMacháchekasthepriest,castingasinisterandimposingshadowwhereverhegoes,andCestmírRandaastheweasellikeregentbehindallthepersecution.WhileVítOlmerbringsacharismaticleadingmanpresenceinhisroleasthemiller’ssonJan,inlovewiththelovelyorphangirlMartina(KarlaChadimová),whobecomesadangerousobjectofrivalrybetweenJanandotheryoungmenofthevillage.ThefilmalsofeaturestheevocativemusicofZden?kLiška(perhapsthemostprolificcomposeroftheCzechNewWave).InthishissecondofelevencollaborationswithVlá?il,hiscompositionsareusedsparingly,buttogreateffect,complimentingbutneveroverpoweringascene.Thebestexampleofwhichcanbeheardinanamazinglyshotcelebrationanddancesequenceattheendofthesecondact.TheDevil’sTrapmightnotbeamasterpiece,butitisstillastrongeffort,withafascinatingstraightforwardstoryandaglorioushistoricalsettingcapturedbeautifullybyVlá?il’sunmistakablevisualprowess.AfineworkthatwouldalsobetheperfectstarterplatetoprepareyourselfforthechallengingfeastofMarketaLazarováorTheValleyoftheBees.Itevenhasaneasytodigestrunningtime.It’sthereforepuzzlingwhythisgemremainslargelyoverlookedandignored.

简介：少女与继父不伦的情感，妻子对丈夫疯狂的依恋。丈夫在仕途疲累的奔波一圈套一圈。影片在心理悬疑的营造上暗流涌动，一度想起"无辜的人"。

简介：小魔女骑了扫帚在华尔普吉斯之夜，飞到布罗金山，参加魔女舞会。不料被雷雨魔女发现，向魔女头头揭发，她被抓了起来。魔女们斥责她不守规矩，私自参加舞会，要严厉惩罚。魔女头头让她回家，要她在一年里做个好魔女，可得宽恕。小魔女回家后，苦学魔法，用魔法帮助别人，做了许许多多好事。一年后，她又去布罗金山，认为魔女头头会赞赏她，谁知结果却令她感到意外。

简介：影片开始于两个都叫玛丽的少女（Jitka Cerhová 和 Ivana Karbanová 饰）的对话：没有人理解我们，这个世界上的一切正在变得越来越糟糕。于是两人决定：我们也要变得越来越坏！玛丽一号喜欢和老男人约会，在他们吃饭的时候，玛丽二号会突然出现，旁若无人地大吃特吃。玛丽一号把老男人送上火车，老男人以为她会陪着他，火车开动，她却下了火车。玛丽二号在一个收藏蝴蝶标本的男青年家中，用他的标本遮住自己身体的隐秘部位。她们在夜总会里捣乱，最后被赶走。她们无意中闯入一个没有人的宴会，开始肆无忌惮地享受美食.....本片献给精神生活一团糟的人们。

简介：捷克“胜利二月”后的一处废铁回收厂里，因宗教信仰不愿在周日工作的厨师帕维尔（VáclavNeckár饰）与检察官、哲学教授、奶牛场主等人组成的一只劳动小组正在罢工，昔日工人、如今他们的头头奉命带领一支剧组来这里拍摄宣传电影，导演获悉罢工后拂袖而去，但这次拍摄却把帕维尔和在附近劳改的美丽女犯基塔（JitkaZelenohorská饰）的手牵到了一起。贸易协会派人劝解罢工，反被奶牛场主反诘，而奶牛场主也至此不知所踪。同时看管女犯的法警结婚了，而工人们只能唠着哲学与艺术的话题偷窥女犯人们。不久少先队员来访，教授质问带队的辅导员，结果他也不知去向了。基塔终于答应了帕维尔的求婚，两人进行了一场缺席婚礼，最后大领导视察地区工作，帕维尔向他提出了跟教授一样的问题……本片遭禁21年后获1990年柏林金熊奖、国际影评人费比西奖。