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  1. Death of a Student (1969 Film)

    Producer
    Brian Armstrong
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The events in Prague following the suicide and funeral of Jan Palach. A movement of national solidarity sprang up and the film portrays the atmosphere at the time.

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  2. Qui était Kafka? (2007)

    aka: Who was Kafka?

    Director
    Richard Dindo
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 96 minutes), 14.94 Euros

    Documentarian Richard Dindo presents an impressionistic view of the life of Franz Kafka, consisting of actors presenting the author’s personal writings as if they were documentary interviews, set against a...

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  3. Iron Horse, The (2002)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 134 min), £19.99

    John Ford’s 50th film and his most famous of the silent era. Combines a conventional tale of double-dealing, vengeance and romance with a poetic sense of history, and an epic theme - unitinga nation by...

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  4. Professional Foul (1977)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    VHS (PAL, 80 minutes), Subscription only

    Anderson, a decent, ineffectual English philosopher, goes to Prague on a lecture visit only to get caught up comically with the English football hacks in the hotel, and rather less comically with the plight...

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  5. Kepler and His Work (1958 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Uses contemporary prints to show Kepler’s birthplace at Weil in WüUErttemberg and his education at the University of Tübingen. Animated diagrams show the conception of planetary movements held when...

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  6. Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924) (Video)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £13.74

    Franz Kafka was born in Prague, still under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was well educated and from an early age he determined to become a writer. He worked in an insurance company and in his ample free...

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  7. Homo Homini (1968)

    aka: Homo Homini Plus Acceleration

    Subject
    Philosophy; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 13 minutes), £15.00

    HOMO HOMINI is an animated film which shows Rodin’s "The Thinker" trying to create a better world but each solution creates further problems. A rapid succession of images, showing young people laughing and...

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  8. Beautiful Dachau (2008)

    Director
    Alan Marcus
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 30 minutes), £50.00 (buy); £15.00 (hire)

    'Beautiful Dachau’ is an experimental documentary that observes streams of visitors to the Dachau concentration camp, now a popular tourist attraction. 800,000 people visit the site annually. The film is...

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  9. Toyen (2005)

    Director
    Jan Nemec
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 63 minutes), $29.95

    Jan Nemec’s film concerns the Czech artist Toyen (Marie Cerminova). As a female artist, Toyen broke through the male-dominated art world to create paintings and drawings, often erotic in nature. She...

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  10. Velvet Hangover (2009)

    Director
    Robert Buchar
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 144 minutes), £95.00 [Institutional rate]

    This DVD features candid interviews with the filmmakers - including Vera Chytilova, Jiri Menzel, Jan Nemec, and Ivan Passer among others - who created the body of work that has come to be known as the Czech...

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