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Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
(Kdo chce zabít Jessii?)
A film by Václav Vorlíček


Czechoslovakia, 1966

 

 

From the director of Three Wishes for Cinderella, Václav Vorlíček’s Who Wants to Kill Jessie? is a delightfully demented, absurdist 1966 comic fantasy that is unlike anything else in the Czech New Wave - and presages the DC and Marvel comic-book franchises by several decades.

 

Co-written by Miloš Macourek (Happy End), Who Wants to Kill Jessie? is a deliriously off-the-wall gem. Exploding with ingenuity and wild ideas, and intertwining real and pop-fantasy worlds, the film audaciously subverts the fledgling superhero genre into a bold piece of political satire, and a daring defence of the unfettered imagination.

 




“This film is unique and creative and utterly hilarious... unlike any film that preceded it and way ahead of many similar films that would follow in years to come... a giddy whirlwind of mayhem and bizarre hijinks” Film Threat

 

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ON BLU-RAY AUGUST 2025

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Zoltán Huszárik:
Szindbád / Csontváry /

Five short films
Limited Edition 3-disc Blu-ray Box Set


Hungary 1963 - 1979

 

 

Zoltán Huszárik is one of the great unsung masters of international cinema. With an output that comprised just two features and several short films, his unique and beautifully realised works set him apart from all other contemporary filmmakers, creating an intoxicating body of work unlike any other in modern cinema.

This special edition box set contains his two feature films Szindbád and Csontváry, plus five of his acclaimed, rarely seen short works - including his most renowned film poem, Elégia - presented from new 4K restorations and released for the first time ever on Blu-ray.

 




“One of modern Hungarian cinema’s greatest visual poets” Kinoblog

 

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ON BLU-RAY JULY 2025

 

 

Diary for my Children

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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