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Comedy films Czechoslovakia Drama Great Britain Social conditions Drama Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords Drama Hrabal, Bohumil 1914-1997 Film and video adaptations Megalomania Drama Požární stanice Československá Drama Railroads Czechoslovakia Employees Drama Upper class Great Britain Drama World War, 1939-1945 Czechoslovakia DramaSummary: In a small provincial town, arrangements and events surrounding the firemen's annual ball, honoring a retiring firechief, go wrong at every turn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FIRSummary: A member of the House of Lords dies in a shockingly silly way, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son is insane: he thinks he is Jesus Christ. He is "cured" of that affliction, only to become Jack the Ripper incarnate, blood thirsty Tory who is therefore sane and eminently acceptable to the House of Lords. An irreverant look at Britain's class system that peers behind the closed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY RULSummary: Comedy-drama about a young trainmaster employed in a tiny station during World War II. He becomes involved in a plot to blow up a German ammunition train, but when the plan backfires, he is forced to commit the ultimate act of courage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001