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Posted: **Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:35 pm**

How's the quality of the english subtitles, Aunt Peg. I was waiting for the Eureka! announcement, and it seems they're jamming both the film and the doco onto one disc!

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:05 am**

Národní filmový archiv’s latest Blu-ray Daleká cesta / Distant Journey (1949) looks fabulous.

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:12 am**

...although if their release of Closely Observed Trains is any guide, none of the extras will have subtitles.

But I'd dearly love to be wrong about this, so corrections are most welcome.

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:53 am**

The NFA discs that I own at the moment have English-friendly extras, the booklets are also bilingual. Hopefully Distant Journey is not an exception.

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:30 pm**

Well, got a response from NFA just now and the film + the extras for DJ are indeed subbed in English.

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:20 pm**

Excellent news - thanks for that.

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:28 pm**

So this includes seven contemporaneous bonus films not featured on the Second Run release? (The SR appears to share one and also have one exclusive.)

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:36 pm**

I imagine it costs pretty much nothing for the Czech National Film Archive to slap these titles onto their own releases, but they'd charge a licensing fee per title for anyone else.

See also the BFI's The Day the Earth Caught Fire and its nearly 90 minutes of archival extras, which would have cost any other label considerably more to put together.

(Not that this is a criticism of either the NFA or BFI - large film archives are eye-wateringly expensive to run, and generating income through licensing fees is a perfectly legitimate method of keeping things ticking over.)

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:41 pm**

It looks like the Czech release can't be purchased for shipment overseas, is that right?

Posted: **Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:57 am**

According to some reports (at Zona for example), we can expect Blu-ray releases of When the Cat Comes, The Party and the Guests, Pearls of the Deep and Carriage to Vienna from Národní filmový archiv.

Posted: **Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:11 pm**

L.A. wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:57 am According to some reports (at Zona for example), we can expect Blu-ray releases of When the Cat Comes, The Party and the Guests, Pearls of the Deep and Carriage to Vienna from Národní filmový archiv.

On the site dedicated to digital restoration of the Czech cinema heritage
https://eea.nfa.cz/cz/filmy/
one can find these titles and some others too.

Posted: **Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:02 pm**

That's just a list of Czech NFA digital restorations. I'd be surprised (albeit pleasantly) if they all came out on Blu-ray.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:51 am**

MichaelB wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:02 pm That's just a list of Czech NFA digital restorations. I'd be surprised (albeit pleasantly) if they all came out on Blu-ray.

Every movie in this list is available for rent as DCP or Blu-ray with English subtitles.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:03 am**

djvaso wrote:
MichaelB wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:02 pm That's just a list of Czech NFA digital restorations. I'd be surprised (albeit pleasantly) if they all came out on Blu-ray.
Every movie in this list is available for rent as DCP or Blu-ray with English subtitles.

For theatres, I'd presume.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:37 am**

And I suspect the rental charge is many times higher than the price of a commercial Blu-ray!

Posted: **Sun Jul 11, 2021 9:53 am**

Calvin wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:03 am For theatres, I'd presume.

Yes, for a public presentation.

MichaelB wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:37 am And I suspect the rental charge is many times higher than the price of a commercial Blu-ray!

There is a price list at this site. Licensing and renting for Czech Republic is about EUR 150, for abroad EUR 300.

Posted: **Tue Jul 13, 2021 11:59 am**

We Will Remain Faithful (Jiří Weiss, 1945), DVD only but two discs.

DVD 1

Věrni zůstaneme
Československo/Exil • 1945 • 82 min • čb (b/w) • 35 mm • premiéra/premiere: 12. 10. 1945
režie, scénář a střih: Jiří Weiss

DVD 2 - BONUSY

I. Fronty (103 min):
310. stíhací peruť (1940–1943) • Čechoslováci nastupují (1943) • U československé vojenské jednotky v SSSR (1942) • Československá jednotka v severní Africe (1941–1943) a další

II. Návraty (55 min):
Cesta domů (1945) • Generál Patton v Praze (1945) • Ozdravovna našich letců (1945) a další

TEXTY:

Iwona Łyko Plos: Filmový archiv exilové armády
Alena Šlingerová: Dokumentární filmy o západním odboji v poválečných kinech
Zdenko Maršálek: Československé vojenské jednotky v zahraničí za druhé světové války

Posted: **Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:48 am**

https://www.eshopen.nfa.cz/blu-ray

https://www.eshopen.nfa.cz/dvd

Posted: **Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:33 pm**

It's great to see another Brynych on blu!

https://secondrundvd.ecwid.com/#!/The-F ... category=0

https://www.bildstoerung.tv/blog/filme/die-weibchen-2/

Posted: **Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:04 am**

https://www.magicbox.cz/dvd-hledani/zavrat

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 11:43 am**

Does anybody know of any shipping forwarders in the Czech Republic? I want to order something from the Czech Republic but presently due to COVID there is no shipping to Australia from the seller.

Posted: **Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:48 am**

L.A. wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:57 am According to some reports (at Zona for example), we can expect Blu-ray releases of When the Cat Comes, The Party and the Guests, Pearls of the Deep and Carriage to Vienna from Národní filmový archiv.

There has been a long lasted argument between NFA and some professional organizations in Czech Republic, notably Czech Society of Cinematographers, about poor digitization of old Czech movies by Hungarian NFI. Now, this discussion was held in Parliament on September 16 2021 and the political party STAN Movement issued the press release particularly mentioned "The Cassandra Cat".

The film 'When the Cat Comes' was restored in Italy, although the renowned Prague company UPP could have provided better quality work.

STAN Movement Press Release in Czech

Posted: **Mon Oct 27, 2025 6:56 pm**

Adelheid, 4K w/ English subtitles according to site:
https://www.blu-shop.cz/en/blu-ray/adel ... o5H019NTGh
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Adelheid-Blu-ray/350400/

Adelheid found on the Magicbox site:
https://www.magicbox.cz/dvd-hledani

Brynych´s Die Weibchen, linked to above in the Bildstörung edition, was released by Bildstörung in two blu/dvd sets (one with a soundtrack CD). The dvd has a longer version:
https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=50611
German dialogue according to the ImdB; no subtitles listed for the two editions:
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Die-Weib ... ay/182295/
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Die-Weib ... ay/181079/

Posted: **Mon Dec 15, 2025 8:47 pm**

Honneur et gloire (Cest a sláva, Hynek Bocan, 1969), 2K restoration, starring Rudolf Hrusínský, blurat+dvd from Artus Films, France:
https://homepopcorn.fr/ - Dec. 15 post

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