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In the vein of horror anthologies like Mario Bava’s BLACK SABBATH, the long-unseen PRAGUE NIGHTS is a gorgeous and supernatural vision of ancient and modern Prague, caught between Mod Sixties fashions and nightmarish Medieval catacombs, and filled with Qabbalistic magic, occult rituals, giant Golems, clockwork automatons and satanic visitors. • New video interview with Czech film critic and screenwriter Tereza Brdecková on her father, Jirí Brdecka (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 Brdecková and Czech film expert Irena Kovarova of Comeback Company. • Two superb and haunting Jirí Brdecka animated short films: “Pomsta” (Revenge) (1968, 14 min.), and “Jsouc na rece mlynár jeden” (There Was A Miller On A River) (1971, 11 min.). Both in Czech with English subtitles. • New essay by Tereza Brdecková 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.
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Prague Nights (1969)
99 min
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.