Movies

Again: Ladislav Smoljak - Zdeněk Svěrák (screenplay) and Jiří Menzel (director) = unforgettable comedy.

"She is mine?"

I am fond of Monty Python's Flying Circus

In my opinion the best comedy ever. Their parody and stultification of foundation-stones of all the possible religions are so excellent that makes me almost cry with sense of absolute accuracy.

I can watch this movie hundred times...

Unique parody...

Classical Czech comedy re-runned every year.

Rough, passionate, excellent historical fresco.

This film matures with age. After the director´s cut, I must rate it much higher.

Fictitious character "Jára da Cimrman" is the Czech national phenomenon. Around this neglected genial mathematician, physicist, writer, sportsman, playwriter, philosopher, technician, poet, criminalist, inventor, linguist, explorer, musician, etc... a group of formerly amateur humorists created wast legend including the fabulous works, pieces, stage-plays, etc. They incorporate real historical facts, events, inventions, works, personalities into his fabulous biography. This bright, intelligent, slow, statical, expression-focused, cultivated, ironical humour has no precedent in history. It amuses almost two generation of Czech people. Unfortunately, this kind of humour is hardly translatable to the people who are not in deep knowledge of Czech cultural area.

Their performance always consists of two parts. First part is so called "seminar", where properly dressed seriously looking men read their seminar paper about newly discovered information about the live & work of the neglected genius. The second part of the performance is composed of an example of master's work, mostly stage-play. ZÁSKOK belongs to their best.