Long Live the Republic! Blu-ray

'Long Live the Republic!' Director: Karel Kachyňa (1965) Second Run Blu-ray | HD transfer | Czech w/ English subtitles

A powerful and expressive evocation of a child's-eye-view of the murky moralities of war from the director of The Ear and Coach to Vienna.

In a rural Czech village the final days of WWII are seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old. To him, the harsh realities of his home life and cruel rivalries with other boys seem more important than the retreat of the German army and the arrival of liberating Soviet forces. 

Special features include:
- 20-page booklet with new writing on the film by author and expert of Czechoslovak cinema Peter Hames
- 1998 City Cinematheque discussion with director Karel Kachyňa
- A Memory for the Present (1963): Jan Němec's (Diamonds of the Night) acclaimed short film reflecting on WWII