Prague Nights Blu-ray

Release Year: 1969

Runtime: 99 min

Directors: Jiří Brdečka, Evald Schorm, Miloš Makovec

Cast: Milena Dvorská, Miloš Kopecký, Jiří Hrzán, Milena Zahrynowská, Květa Fialová

Studios: Filmové studio Barrandov

A stuffy middle-aged foreigner, a businessman named Fabricius, lonely and looking for a night's diversion, finds it in the form of a mysterious blonde. In an abandoned cemetery, she tells him three tales involving black magic and erotic obsession. In "The Last Golem," a young rabbi struggles to fashion a massive, silent giant out of living clay — until he's distracted by a mute servant girl. In the second episode, "Bread Slippers," an 18th-century countess indulges her passion for sweet cakes, adulterous affairs, and secret kisses with pretty maids until a mysterious visitor whisks her away to an abandoned mansion, where Fate has a different kind of dance in store for her. And in the final story, "Poisoned Poisoner," a ravishing murderess in the Middle Ages dispatches lecherous merchants to the tune of upbeat '60s Czech pop songs.

Special Features:

New video interview with Czech film critic and screenwriter Tereza Brdečková

on her father, Jiří Brdečka (co-director and co-writer of PRAGUE NIGHTS), covering his famed career as a filmmaker, animator & screenwriter (approx. 45 minutes, in English).

New audio commentary by Tereza Brdečková and Czech film expert Irena Kovarova

of Comeback Company.

Two superb and haunting Jiří Brdečka animated short films

“Pomsta” (Revenge) (1968, 14 min.) and “Jsouc na řece mlynář jeden” (There Was A Miller On A River) (1971, 11 min.). Both in Czech with English subtitles.

New essay by Tereza Brdečková on the making of PRAGUE NIGHTS

translated by Jonathan Owen.

Blu-ray authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion

New art by Beth Morris.

Technical Specifications:

• dts-HD Master Audio
• mono