"Actor: Petr Cepek"

• Oil Lamps | Blu Ray | (28/04/2025) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the director of The Cremator and Morgiana, Juraj Herz's distinctive, ‹decadent film is adapted from the renowned novel by Jaroslav Havlicek. Set at the turn of the 19th-century in the final years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, this atmospheric period drama is a bitter ‹'romance' which centres on the tragic marriage between two cousins. Stepa (the wonderful Iva Janzurova), is a vivacious, modern-minded, wealthy young woman, but who is desperately seeking love and happiness; Pavel (Petr Cepek), is an arrogant, self-serving retired army officer weighed down by debt, cynicism, and syphilis. Herz's lavish film evokes a pungent atmosphere of decay and features superb performances by its two leads, gorgeous costume and set design, and stunning cinematography by Dodo Simoncic. An iconic classic of Czech cinema, presented from a new 4K restoration. ¢ Oil Lamps (Petrolejove lampy, 1971) presented from a new 4K restoration by the Czech National Film Archive. ¢ Projection Booth commentary with film historians Mike White, Kat Ellinger and Jonathan Owen. ¢ A Conversation on a Train (Rozhovor ve vlaku, 1947): An early short Czech public information film on the perils of alcohol and STDs. ¢ Trailer. ¢ Booklet with new writing on the film by author and Czech cinema expert Peter Hames. ¢ New English subtitle translation. ¢ World premiere on Blu-ray.

• The Valley of the Bees | Blu Ray | (30/09/2024) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set in 13th-century Europe, Frantisek Vlacil's visionary medieval epic chronicles the tale of a young boy forced to join the Order of the Teutonic Knights. Years later he abandons the Crusaders, only to be pursued by a fanatical comrade and pay a terrible price for his rejection of the Holy Order. With dazzling monochrome cinematography and vivid recreation of the period, The Valley of the Bees is a raw and haunting moral fable about the conflict between human nature and dogmatism and just as powerful and engrossing a film as his more famous work, Marketa Lazarová.

• Valley of the Bees | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ondrej a young boy who loves bees and bats is introduced to his new mother a woman much younger than his father...

• Morgiana | DVD | (11/10/2010) from £13.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (8.34%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Morgiana

• The Frantisek Vlacil Collection | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £43.75   |  Saving you £-18.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Titles Comprise Marketa Lazarova: A minor Czech clan falls afoul of the King in medieval times against the backdrop of Christianity replacing Paganism. The Valley of the Bees: Ondrej a young boy who loves bees and bats is introduced to his new mother a woman much younger than his father... Adelheid: In the aftermath of WWII a Czech airman returns home from his tour of duty with the British RAF intending to claim a German factory located in the Sudetenland along the Czech-German border. There he meets the beautiful Adelheid.

• Adelheid | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Adelheid