Jirí Menzel - Box 2

A Cottage Near the Woods - Seclusion Near a Forest, Czech Republic 1976
During an excursion, a family from the big city discovers an old farmhouse. They spend their holidays there and would love to buy the house. The owner, an old farmer, seems to agree, only he wants to determine the time of the sales himself. In the meantime, the two children become friends with the old farmer.

Those Wonderful Movie Cranks - Báječní muži s klikou, Czech Republic 1978
At the beginning of the 20th century, a film projectionist tours through Bohemian villages and dreams of opening a cinema in Prague. He allies himself with a young cameraman (played by Jiří Menzel), who in turn has a dream: He longs for true-to-life films that deal with the reality of people. Menzel's Those Wonderful Movie Cranks is one of the most beautiful tributes to the pioneers of the silent era, and the film is also a melancholic reflection on necessary concessions.

Shortcuts - Postřižiny, Czech Republic 1981
Brewery owner Francin lives in a happy marriage with the all too beautiful Maryška. His life is turned upside down by the unexpected visit of his eccentric brother Pepin. Maryška finds a kindred soul in Pepin and falls into the modernization pull of the 1920s, to which she can't help but give in. Shortcuts, the film adaptation of a story by Bohumil Hrabal, became very successful with the audience in Czechoslovakia.

trigon-film dvd-edition 355
Box mit 3 DVDs 
Language OV czech Subtitles deutsch, français
Length 95 - 90 - 98 min. Screen 1:1.85 - 16/9 PAL, color Sound DD 1.0 mono FSK 16 Region code All regions
Bonus Jiří Menzel - To Make a Comedy Is No Fun, documentry by Robert Kolinsky, Switzerland/Czech Republic 2016 (OV/g/f, 90 min.)