Czech DVDs

[admira]

http://obchod.acfk.cz/?product=dvd-dva-nula" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[admira]

http://nfa.cz/cz/e-shop/filmy/?a=10059" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


DISK 1:

PRŮMYSL/INDUSTRY
- Miliardy kolem nás/Billions Around Us (1948)
- Dohnat a předehnat/Catch Up and Overtake (1948)
- Hutě volají/The Ironworks Are Calling (1950)
- Úrazy elektřinou v průmyslu/Electrical Injuries in Industry (1950)
- Automatisace v československém automobilovém průmyslu/
- Automation in the Czechoslovak Automobile Industry (1957)

ZEMĚDĚLSTVÍ/AGRICULTURE
- Ženy v JZD/Women in Agricultural Cooperatives (1951)
- Hosté nejmilejší/Beloved Guests (1951)
- V družstevní stáji/In the Collective Stable (1953)
- Jak stroj pomáhá lidem/How a Machine Helps the People (1952)
- Kachní farmy/Duck Farms (1954)
- Brnířovské stádo/The Brnířov Herd (1955)

DISK 2:

BRANNOST/DEFENCE CAPABILITY
- Branná výchova I/Defence Education I (1952)
- Branná výchova II/Defence Education II (1952)
- Připraveni/Prepared (1952)
- Sokolovský závod branné zdatnosti/
- Sokolovo Contest of Defence Capability (1953)
- Svazarm v roce 1955/Svazarm in 1955 (1955)

SPORT
- Jeden, tisíc, milion/One, a Thousand, a Million (1948)
- Emil Zátopek (1954)
- Hrajete házenou?/Do You Play Handball? (1954)
- Rošického memoriál 1954/Rošický Memorial 1954 (1954)
- Skoky do vody/Diving into Water (1955)

DISK 3:

ZDRAVOTNICTVÍ/HEALTHCARE
- Člověk není sám/One Is Not Alone (1949)
- Údolí zdraví a klidu/Valley of Peace and Health (1949)
- První pomoc IV / Opařenina/First Aid IV / Scald Burns (1952)
- Pomůžeme při nehodě/Help During an Accident (1954)
- Než bude pozdě/Before It's Too Late (1955)

ZDRAVÁ VÝŽIVA/HEALTHY DIET
- Lidé a párky/People and Sausages (1948)
- Dítě - batole/Child - Toddler (1951)
- Společně k dílu, společně k jídlu/
Working Together, Eating Together (1952)
- O skleničku víc/A Drop Too Much (1953)
- Chemie v kuchyni/Chemistry in the Kitchen (1956)
- Ovocné šťávy/Fruit Juices (1959)

DISK 4:

UMĚNÍ/ART
- Po stopách starých Slovanů/In the Footsteps of Ancient Slavs (1949)
- Národní umělec Josef Lada/Josef Lada, National Artist (1952)
- Alšův rok/Aleš's Year (1952)
- Hrály dudy…/The Bagpipes Played... (1953)
- Památník národní kultury/National Culture Monument (1953)

ŽIVOTNÍ STYL/LIFESTYLE
- Žijeme lépe, žijeme radostněji/
We Live Better and More Happily (1949)
- Naše dovolená/Our Holiday (1951)
- Mezinárodní přehlídka odívání/International Clothing Show (1954)
- Jen čtvrt hodinky?/Only Quarter of an Hour? (1956)
- Domy z panelů/Blocks of Flats (1959)

[admira]

http://nfa.cz/cz/e-shop/filmy/?a=10119" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[CR2]

http://nfa.cz/cz/e-shop/filmy/?a=10119" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Can I take you posting this release here as a confirmation that the intertitle cards are subbed? This looks really charming and the restoration, from the video I've looked at (if representative) is gorgeous, but that page doesn't mention anything.

[MichaelB]

The bilingual cover suggests that it's a reasonably safe bet.

[admira]

http://www.indiesmg.cz/en/alba/427/tako ... ci-komety/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[admira]

Coming soon!

[MichaelB]

So is this a different restoration from the Blu-ray triple bill that the Karel Zeman Museum put out? I'm hoping yes, obviously, but it would be good to know for certain.

[admira]

It was restored this year. http://www.theczechfilmfoundation.com/a ... estruction" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[hamipai00]

It was restored this year. http://www.theczechfilmfoundation.com/a ... estruction" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks for that, admira.

I've just had a look at the page where they list all the other films they're currently in the process of digitally restoring (http://www.theczechfilmfoundation.com/our-projects" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) and there are some real gems, many of which have been previously issued on DVD here in the UK by Second Run: Intimate Lighting, The Cremator, Diamonds Of The Night, Daisies, The Ear.

My hope is that now that Second Run have finally decided to start releasing blu-rays (Pedro Costa's Horse Money is due for release in March next year) they'll also see fit to bring out English-friendly HD versions of some or all of these films as well, once they're available.

[MichaelB]

There seems to be a strong correlation between that list and the top ten of the 1998 Czech and Slovak critics' poll.

But that's no bad thing.

[feihong]

Who will restore the Slovak films for blu ray?

[MichaelB]

The Slovak Film Institute, I imagine.

[Calvin]

The Slovak Film Institute, I imagine.

Indeed, and I see that they finally released Signum Laudis on Blu-Ray a few months ago

[feihong]

There is that. But whither the Elo Havetta? That's what I'm waiting for.

[admira]

http://en.bontonland.cz/vynalez-zkazy-2/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[admira]

http://bookstore.artmap.cz/en/2704-pitra.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[admira]

Czech Television production, ENG subtitles included, but it seems they don't ship internationally...

http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/eshop/2184-maly-pan.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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[admira]

http://vvp.avu.cz/en/news/czech-perform ... 1956-1989/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.kosmas.cz/knihy/212428/dvd-c ... cni-umeni/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[admira]

http://www.filmarena-eng.com/dvd-all-my ... ed-version" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[MichaelB]

http://www.filmarena-eng.com/dvd-all-my ... ed-version

Why would anyone prefer this to the Second Run edition?

[admira]

French subtitles??

[whaleallright]

http://bookstore.artmap.cz/en/2704-pitra.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Can someone say a little more about this? Who is this animator, what does this set contain, etc.? Looks very intriguing, but there is little information in English on the web.

[admira]

Svatopluk Pitra (9. March 1923, Vysoké Mýto, Czechoslovakia - 15. July 1993, New York, USA).
This set contains short animation Tucet mých tatínků (1959) designed by Pitra, poster, art work and interviews.

http://www.padesatky.info/7-padesata-le ... luka-pitry" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.kratkyfilm.eu/catalogue/html/247.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Telstar]

So is the new stand-alone BD of the Jules Verne film a significant enough improvement over the version on the Zeman BD Collection to double-dip?