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The Ear
1970
A couple from Czechoslovakia suffer from intense paranoia when news reaches them that one of the husband's superiors has been arrested. Their fears are heightened when it appears that they are being watched... Read more
| Starring | Jirina Bohdalova, Radoslav Brzobohaty |
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| Director | Karel Kachyna |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Ear
A couple from Czechoslovakia suffer from intense paranoia when news reaches them that one of the husband's superiors has been arrested. Their fears are heightened when it appears that they are being watched...
| Starring | Jirina Bohdalova, Radoslav Brzobohaty |
|---|---|
| Director | Karel Kachyna |
| Studio | SECONDRUN |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: Czech |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1970 To Rent: DVD: 01 Oct 2009 |
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A skilled but claustrophobic domestic and political drama, which is partly filmed in semi-darkness to emphasize its atmosphere of betrayal, guilt and general malaise; though when characters emerge into the light it is for a sinister purpose.
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A PIECE OF THE OLD PRAGUE
This film is typical of a bunch of films made between about 1959 - 1970 in Czechoslovakia, and which were subject to withdrawls by the Communist Government. ... read more »
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- 21 Oct 2005 at 17:15
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Tight and economical
This is a really concise examinaton of the situation experienced by a communist apparatchik whose boss has just disappeared and who thinks he may be next. The ... read more »
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I have to give this a top rating for the simple reason that it is the only film I have ever seen that unequivocally challenges the Soviet totalitarian system. (... read more »
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