Země úsměvů

Ples v opeře

January 1983 •Czech

Silva

September 1981 •Russian

Silva Varescu, a self-sufficient and professionally successful cabaret performer from Budapest, is about to embark on a tour of America. Three of her aristocratic admirers, named Edwin, Feri and Boni, prefer her to stay. Edwin, unaware that his parents have already arranged a marriage for him back home in Vienna, orders a notary to prepare a promissory note of his expected marriage to Silva within ten weeks.

Maritza

January 1985 •Russian

Call of the Flesh

August 1930 •English

A postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.

Dobrodruh a kavalír

May 1975 •Czech

Natalka Poltavka

February 1937 •English

Based on the famous operetta, Natalka Poltavka was the first Ukrainian film directed in the USA. Natalka and Petro want to get married, but Natalka's father doesn't approve of the marriage — there are more affluent men in the village. Petro goes off to earn the required fortune.

Bratránek z Batávie

January 1976 •Czech

Zigeunerliebe

January 2019 •German

Die Fledermaus

December 1972 •German

Witty, fun, intoxicating film of Johann Strauss II's popular operetta, based on a stage production from Vienna State Opera; this is a showcase for the entire cast, but most especially Eberhard Wächter as the insufferably boorish Gabriel Eisenstein, and Gundula Janowitz as his long-suffering wife. Open the champagne, have yourself some torte, and enjoy this delectable comedy from Vienna.

Netopýr

December 1981 •Czech

Up in Central Park

July 1948 •English

A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City.

Bandité

April 1985 •Czech

Giroflé-Giroflá

March 1991 •Czech

Where the Lark Sings

October 1936 •German

Country girl Margit sits for the artist Sándor, from Budapest. She is fascinated and charmed by him, and agrees to accompany him to the capital, so he can complete the painting there. Disillusionment sets in, however, when Sándor wins a prize with the finished portrait and loses interest in her. Margit recognizes that her true happiness lies at home, with Pista, her faithful lover.

The Desert Song

April 1929 •English

French General Birabeau has been sent to Morocco to root out and destroy the Riffs, a band of Arab rebels, who threaten the safety of the French outpost in the Moroccan desert. Their dashing, daredevil leader is the mysterious "Red Shadow". Margot Bonvalet, a lovely, sassy French girl, is soon to be married at the fort to Birabeau's right-hand man, Captain Fontaine. Birabeau's son Pierre, in reality the Red Shadow, loves Margot, but pretends to be a milksop to preserve his secret identity. Margot tells Pierre that she secretly yearns to be swept into the arms of some bold, dashing sheik, perhaps even the Red Shadow himself. Pierre, as the Red Shadow, kidnaps Margot and declares his love for her.

Polská krev

December 1979 •Czech

Paganini

January 1982 •Czech

Giuditta

January 1982 •Czech

Orfeus v podsvětí

January 1980 •Czech

Pericola

January 1979 •Slovak