ABBA: The Movie is a documentary-style film that follows the popular Swedish pop group ABBA during their 1977 Australian tour. As the band travels from city to city, they experience various adventures and encounters, including press conferences, interviews, and concerts. Along the way, they are pursued by a radio DJ who is determined to get a phone interview with them. The film also offers glimpses into the personal lives of the band members and highlights their rise to international fame.
In 'Good Evening to You', a group of friends start their own pirate radio station, leading to romantic entanglements and conflicts with the police. Set in Greece, the story follows their journey of love, dancing, and singing, as they navigate rivalries and ultimately find a way to a happy ending.
Tram driver Marie has far too much to do after her shift is over. But she likes to do it all since she loves her husband Václav sincerely. One day she spots him on the Lesser Town Square in Prague, kissing an attractive blonde good-bye. It seems to Marie that her small comfortable world has collapsed and she walks out of the tram in tears. But her sadness does not last long. She wipes off the tears and begins to act. She withdraws all the money from their savings books and buys off all the latest models from the Fashion Works. The visit to the beauty salon then completes her transformation into a lady.
Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love is a surreal and psychedelic music video that combines stop-motion animation with claymation. The video features a disembodied head of Hugh Cornwell, the British singer, undergoing various transformations and shapeshifting. It is a psychotronic short film that showcases the unique and surrealistic style of Czech animation.
Nightmares is a campy Czech psychotronic film featuring a female lead vampire. Set in Central Europe, it follows an episodic structure with a mix of horror and comedy. The film also incorporates European pop music from the 1960s.
Working on the hops fields gathering hops for beer, Filip catches a glimpse of fellow worker/comrade Hanka and falls for her. Trying to keep their love secret from the field owners,fellow worker Honza becomes jealous of Filip having a romance with Hanka, which leads to Honza deciding that he will feed the hop field owners Hanka and Filip's secret romantic hops.
Director Olga Malirova Spatova's feature documentary authentically portrays Karel Gott as a phenomenal singer who gives his all to his fans, as a painter, but also as a loving husband and father. A man who was spreading joy with his songs for sixty years, among several generations not only here, but also in Europe, and even worldwide. The singer traces the steps of his life, allows viewers to peek behind the scenes of concerts, and shows also his family life and privacy that he otherwise tries to lovingly and humbly protect.
The film is slightly autobiographical, Raphael is trying to find fame and fortune as a popular singer in Spain until he teams up with an up and coming Spanish composer which helps him become a popular singer in Spain.
Zhasněte lampióny is a short Czech comedy film released in 1962. It revolves around a failed expectation of a noblewoman running late for a feast, resulting in comedic situations and ironic twists. The film features parody comedy and European pop music.
This animated precursor to music videos was made on commission for the American company Rembrandt Films. It illustrates an American folk song of the Old West.
A miller living on a river is haunted by a dark secret. When the secret is exposed, it leads to tragedy and a series of murders. The miller is driven by greed and his desperate attempts to cover up his crimes. The film explores themes of family relationships, conscience, and the consequences of one's actions.
A dreadful story about a pub keeper's daughter named Kacenka who liquidates a herd of robbers and so revenges for the death of her father. The commentary of the film imitates the style of old folk shopkeepers'songs.
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