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EASTERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
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EASTERN EUROPEAN LITERATURE
CZECH REPUBLIC
Capek, Karel(1890-1938) R.U.R(1920)
Hasek, Jaroslav(1883-1923) GOOD SOLDIER ŠVEJK, THE(1921-1923)
Kundera, Milan(1929- ) BOOK OF LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING, THE(1979)- UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING, THE(1984)
Havel, Václav(1936-2011) LARGO DESOLATO(1985)
HUNGARY
Mikzath, Kalman(1847-1910) ST. PETER’S UMBRELLA(1895)
Molnar, Ferenc(1878-1952) LILIOM(1909)
Koestler, Arthur(1905-1983) DARKNESS AT NOON(1940)
Kertesz, Imre(1929-2016) FATELESS(1975)- KADDISH FOR A CHILD NOT BORN(1990)
POLAND
Sienkiewicz, Henryk(1846-1916) QUO VADIS(1895-1896)
Conrad, Joseph(1857-1924) ALMAYER’S FOLLY(1895)- NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS, THE (1897)-HEART OF DARKNESS(1899)- LORD JIM(1900)- NOSTROMO(1904)- SECRET AGENT, THE(1907)- UNDER WESTERN EYES(1911)- VICTORY(1915)
Zeromski, Stefan(1864-1925) ASHES(1904)
Reymont, Wtadyslaw(1867-1925) PEASANTS, THE(1904-1909)
Asch, Sholem(1880-1957) APOSTLE, THE(1943)
Singer, Israel Joshua(1893-1944) BROTHERS ASHKENAZI, THE(1936)
Singer, Isaac Bashevis(1902-1991) MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN, THE(1959)-ENEMIES(1966)
Gombrowicz, Witold(1904-1969) FERDYDURKE(1937)
Milosz, Czeslaw(1911-2004) BELLS IN WINTER(1978)
Lem, Stanislaw(1921-2006) SOLARIS(1961)
Szymborska, Wislawa(1923-2012) VIEW WITH A GRAIN OF SAND(1986)
Herbert, Zbigniew(1924-1998) MR. COGITO(1974)
Kosinski, Jerzy(1933-1991) PAINTED BIRD, THE(1965)- STEPS(1968)-BEING THERE(1971)
ROMANIA
Ionesco, Eugene(1904-1994) BALD SOPRANO, THE(1950)- CHAIRS, THE(1952)- RHINOCEROS(1959)
Wiesel, Elie(1928-2016) NIGHT(1956)
UKRAINE
Aleichem, Sholom(1859-1916) TEVYE THE DAIRYMAN(1894)
EASTERN EUROPEAN CINEMA
CZECH REPUBLIC
Machatý, Gustav(1901-1963) ECSTASY(1933)
Steklý, Karel(1903-1987) STRIKE, THE(1947)
Ulmer, Edgar G.(1904-1972) LIGHT AHEAD, THE(1939)- DETOUR(1945)
Klos, Elmar(1910-1993) SHOP ON MAIN STREET, THE(1965)
Radok, Alfred(1914-1976) DISTANT JOURNEY(1949)
Jasný, Vojtěch(1925- ) ALL MY GOOD COUNTRYMEN(1969)
Reisz, Karel(1926-2002) FRENCH LIEUTENANTE WOMAN, THE(1981)- SWEET DREAMS(1985)- EVERYBODY WINS(1990)
Brynych, Zbynek(1927-1995) THE FIFTH HORSEMAN IS FEAR(1965)
Chytilovâ, Vera(1929-2014) DAISIES(1966)
Forman, Miloš(1932-2018) LOVES OF A BLONDE(1965)- FIREMEN’S BALL, THE(1967)- RAGTIME(1981)
Passer, Ivan(1933- ) INTIMATE LIGHTING(1965)-CUTTER’S WAY(1981)- CREATOR(1985)- HAUNTED SUMMER(1988)
Svankmajer, Jan(1934- ) ALICE(1988)- CONSPIRATORS OF PLEASURE(1996)
Stoppard, Tom(1937- ) ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD(1990)
Menzel, Jıří(1938- ) CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS(1966)-CAPRICIOUS SUMMER(1968)- SHORTCUT(1981)- MY SWEET LITTLE VILLAGE(1985)-
END OF OLD TIMES, THE(1989)- I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND(2006)
Trojan, Ondrej(1959- ) ZELARY(2003)
Sverak, Jan(1965- ) THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL(OBECNA SKOLA)(1991)- KOLYA(1996)- DARK BLUE WORLD(2001)
Hrebejk, Jan(1967- ) DIVIDED WE FALL(2000)
HUNGARY
Korda, Alexander(1893-1956) MARIUS(1931)- PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII, THE(1933)- PRIVATE LIFE OF DON JUAN, THE(1934)- REMRANDT(1936)-
THAT HAMILTON WOMAN(1941)- VACATION FROM MARRIAGE(1945)
Pascal, Gabriel(1894-1954) MAJOR BARBARA(1941)-CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA(1945)
Korda, Zoltan(1895-1961) FOUR FEATHERS(1939)- MACOMBER AFFAIR, THE(1947)- CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY(1951)
Fejós, Pál(1897-1963) SPRING SHOWER(1932)- SONNENSTRAHL(1933)
Vidor, Charles(1900-1959) LADIES IN RETIREMENT(1941)- GILDA(1942)- LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME(1955)
Benedek,Laslo(1905-1992) DEATH OF A SALESMAN(1951)- WILD ONE, THE (1953)
Radvány, Géza(1907-1986) SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE(1948)
Pal, George(1908-1980) TIME MACHINE, THE(1960)- PUPPETOON MOVIE(1987)
Toth, Andre De(1913-2002) HOUSE OF WAX(1953)
Fábri, Zoltán(1917-1994) MERRY-GO-ROUND(1956)
Makk, Karoly(1925-2017) LILY IN LOVE(1984)- THE GAMBIER(1997)
Jancsó, Miklós(1921-2014) RED AND THE WHITE, THE(1961)- ROUND-UP, THE(1966)- RED PSALM(1972)- VICES AND PLEASURES(1976)
Kovács, András(1925-2017) COLD DAYS(1966)
Huszárık, Zoltán(1931-1981) SINDBAD(1971)
Mészáros, Márta(1931- ) ADOPTION(1975)- NINE MONTHS(1976)
Gábor, Pál(1932-1987) ANGI VERA(1979)
Gaál, István(1933-2007) CURRENT(1964)- FALCONS, THE(1970)
Kósa, Ferenc(1937-2018) TEN THOUSAND SUNS(1967)
Medak, Peter(1937- ) RULING CLASS, THE(1972)- MEN’S CLUB, THE(1986)- KRAYS, THE(1990)- LET HIRN HAVE IT(1991)- ROMEO IS BLEEDING(1993)- PONTIAC MOON(1994)- SPECIES II(1998)
Elek, Judit(1937- ) MEMOIRE OF A RIVER(1990)
Szabó, István(1938- ) 25 FIREMAN’S STREET(1973)-BUDAPEST TALES(1976)-CONFIDENCE(1980)-MEPHISTO(1981)-COLONEL REDL(1985)-HANUSSEN(1988)- MEETING VENUS(1991)- SWEET EMMA, DEAR BOBE: SKETCHES, NUDES (EDES EMMA, DRAGA BOBE: VAZLATOK, AKTOK)(1992)- SUNSHINE(1999)- TAKING SIDES(2001)- BEING JULIA(2004)
Magyar, Dezso(1938- ) NO SECRETS(1991)
Gemes, Jozsef(1939-2013) THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN(1991)
Schiffer, Pal (1939-2001) MAGYAR STORIES(1988)
Godros, Frigyes(1942- ) GLAMOUR(2000)
Koltai, Robert(1943- ) WE NEVER DIE(1993)
Hranitzky, Agnes(1945- ) THE TURIN HORSE(2011)
Koltai, Lajos(1946- ) EVENING(2007)
Gothár Péter(1947- ) TIME STANDS STILL(1982)
Gazdag, Gyula(1947- ) HUNGARIAN FAIRY TALE, A(1987)
Gardos, Eva (1950- ) AN AMERICAN RHAPSODY(2001)
Csupo, Gabor(1952- ) BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA(2007)
Magyar, Balint(1952- ) MAGYAR STORIES(1988)
Mihalka, George(1953- ) OFFICE PARTY(1988)
Takacs, Tibor(1954- ) GATE, THE(1987)- I, MADMAN(1989)- GATE II(1990)
Enyedi, Ildiko(1955- ) MY TWENTIETH CENTURY(1989)- MAGIC HUNTER, BUVOS VADOSZ(1994)- SIMON THE MAGICIAN(1999)
Tarr, Bela(1955- ) THE TURIN HORSE(2011)
Mundruczo, Kornel(1975- ) WHITE GOD(2014)
Nemes, Laszlo(1977- ) SON OF SAUL(2015)
Gilday, Katherine(?-?) FAMINE WITHIN, THE(1990)
Kovacs, Steven(?-?) ’68(1987)
Pal, Laszlo(?-?) JOUMEY TO SPIRIT ISLAND(1988)
POLAND
Boleslawski, Richard(1889-1937) RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS(1932)- MISERABLES, LES(1935)- THEODORA GOES WILD(1936)
Vertov, Dziga(1896-1954) KINO-EYE(1924)- MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA(1929)-ENTHUSIASM(1931)
Mate, Rudolph(1898-1964) D.O.A.(1949)
Green, Joseph (1900-1996) YIDDLE WITH HIS FIDDLE(1936)
Wasynski, Michael(1904-1965) DYBBUK, THE(1937)
Jakubowska, Wanda(1907-1998) LAST STAGE, THE(1948)
Kawalerowicz, Jerzy(1922-2007) NIGHT TRAIN(1959)- MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS(1961)
Lesiewıcz, Witold(1922-2017) PASSENGER, THE(1963)
Borowczyk, Walerian(1923-2006) GOTO, L’ÎLE D’AMOUR (1968)- STORY OF SIN, THE(1975)- EMMANUELLE 5(1987)
Has, Wojciech J.(1925-2000) TRIBULATIONS OF BALTHASAR KOBER,THE(1988)
Wajda, Andrzej(1926-2016) GENERATION (1955)- KANAL (1957)-ASHES AND DIAMONDS(1958)- INNOCENT SORCERERS (1960)- EVERYTHING FOR SALE (1969)- LANDSCAPE AFTER BATTLE (1970)- BIRCH WOOD, THE(1970)- MAN OF MARBLE(1977)- WITHOUT ANESTHESIA(1978)-
MAN OF IRON(1981)- DANTON(1983)- LOVE IN GERMANY, A(1983)- YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN, A(1984) – KORCZAK(1990)
Schirk, Heinz(1931- ) WANNSEE CONFERENCE,THE (1984)
Saraf, Irving(1932-2012) IN THE SHADOW OF THE STARS(1991)
Polanski, Roman(1933- ) KNIFE IN THE WATER(1962)-REPULSION(1965)-CUL-DE-SAC(1966)- ROSEMARY'S BABY(1968)-CHINATOWN(1974)- TESS(1979)- PIRATES(1986)- FRANTIC(1988)- BITTER MOON(1992)- DEATH AND THE MAIDEN(1994)- THE NINTH GATE(1999)- THE PIANIST(2002)- OLIVER TWIST(2005)- THE GHOST WRITER(2010)- CARNAGE(2011)- VENUS IN FUR(2013)
Zanussi, Krzysztof(1939- ) STRUCTURE OF CRYSTALS(1969)-ILLUMINATION(1973)- CAMOUFLAGE(1976)- WAYS IN THE NIGHT(1979)- CONSTANT FACTOR (1980)- IMPERATIVE(1932)- WHEREVER YOU ARE(1988)- THE SILENT TOUCH(1992)
Skolimowski, Jerzy(1938- ) IDENTIFICATION MARKS: NONE(1964)-BARRIER(1966)- MOONLIGHTING(1982)- LİGHTSHİP, THE(1985)- TORRENTS OF SPRING(1989)
Kieslowskı, Krzysztof(1941-1996) THOU SHALT NOT KILL(1989)- THE DECALOGUE, PARTS 1 & 2(1989)- THE DECALOGUE, PARTS 3 & 4(1989)-
THE DECALOGUE, PARTS 5 & 6 (1989)-THE DECALOGUE, PARTS 7 & 8(1989)-THE DECALOGUE: PARTS 9 & 10(1989)-
DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE,THE(1991)- BLUE(1993)- RED(1994)- WHITE(1994)
Holland, Agnieszka(1948- ) WASHINGTON SQUARE(1997)- IN DARKNESS(2011)
Bartkowiak, Andrzej(1950- ) ROMEO MUST DIE(2000)- EXIT WOUNDS(2001)- CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE(2003)- DOOM(2005)-
STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI(2009)
Yansen, Louis(1950- ) MISPLACED(1989)
Pawlikowski, Pawel(1957- ) LAST RESORT(2000)- MY SUMMER OF LOVE(2004)- IDA(2013)- COLD WAR(2018)
Kaminski, Janusz(1959- ) LOST SOULS(2000)
Wachowski, Larry(1965- ) BOUND(1996)- THE MATRIX(1999)- THE MATRIX RELOADED(2003)- THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS(2003)-SPEED RACER(2008)-
CLOUD ATLAS(2012)- JUPITER ASCENDING(2015)
Wachowski, Andy(1967- ) BOUND(1996)- THE MATRIX(1999)- THE MATRIX RELOADED(2003)- THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS(2003)-SPEED RACER(2008)-
CLOUD ATLAS(2012)- JUPITER ASCENDING(2015)
Adamik, Kasia(1972- ) BARK(2002)
Wojtowicz-Vosloo, Agnieszka(1975- ) AFTER.LIFE(2009)
Boleslawski, Richard(1889-1937) RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS(1932)- MISERABLES, LES(1935)- THEODORA GOES WILD(1936)
Vertov, Dziga(1896-1954) ENTHUSIASM(1931)
Mate, Rudolph(1898-1964) D.O.A.(1949)
Green, Joseph (1900-1996) YIDDLE WITH HIS FIDDLE(1936)
Wasynski, Michael(1904-1965) DYBBUK, THE(1937)
Jakubowska, Wanda(1907-1998) LAST STAGE, THE(1948)
Ford,Aleksander(1908-1980) BORDER STREET(1948)- FIVE BOYS FROM BARSKA STREET(1954)
Kawalerowicz, Jerzy(1922-2007) NIGHT TRAIN(1959)- MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS(1961)
Lesiewıcz, Witold(1922-2017) PASSENGER, THE(1963)
Borowczyk, Walerian(1923-2006) GOTO, L’ÎLE D’AMOUR (1968)- STORY OF SIN, THE(1975)
Wajda, Andrzej(1926-2016) GENERATION (1955)- KANAL (1957)-ASHES AND DIAMONDS(1958)-INNOCENT SORCERERS(1960)-EVERYTHING FOR SALE (1969)- LANDSCAPE AFTER BATTLE (1970)-BIRCH WOOD, THE(1970)- MAN OF MARBLE(1977)-WITHOUT ANESTHESIA(1978)-
MAN OF RON(1981)
Polanski, Roman(1933- ) KNIFE IN THE WATER(1962)-REPULSION(1965)-CUL-DE-SAC(1966)-ROSEMARY'S BABY(1968)-CHINATOWN(1974)
Zanussi, Krzysztof(1939- ) STRUCTURE OF CRYSTALS(1969)-ILLUMINATION(1973)- CAMOUFLAGE(1976)- WAYS IN THE NIGHT(1979)-CONSTANT FACTOR,(1980)
Skolimowski, Jerzy(1938- ) IDENTIFICATION MARKS: NONE(1964)-BARRIER(1966)
ROMANIA
Negulesco, Jean(1900-1993) HUMORESQUE(1946)- JOHNNY BELINDA(1948)- TITANIC(1953)-DADDY LONG LEGS(1955)
Ciulei, Liviu(1923-2011) FOREST OF THE HANGED, THE(1964)
Nicolaescu, Sergiu(1930-2013) DACII(1967)
Nâstase, Doru(1933-1983) VLAD THE IMPALER(1979)
Pita, Dan(1938- ) STONE WEDDING(1973)
Veroiu, Mircea(1941-1997) STONE WEDDING(1973)
Daneliuc, Mircea(1943- ) IACOB(1988)
Popescu, Petru(1944- ) DEATH OF AN ANGEL(1986)
Dornhelm,Robert(1947- ) ECHO PARK(1986)- COLD FEET(1989)
Puiu, Cristi(1967- ) THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU(2005)
Mungiu, Cristian(1968- ) 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS(2007)- BEYOND THE HILLS(2012)- GRADUATION(2016)
Porumboiu, Corneliu(1975- ) POLIÇE, ADJECTIVE(2009)
UKRAINE
Dovzhenko, Alexander(1894-1956) ARSENAL(1929)- EARTH(1930)-IVAN(1932)-AEROGRAD(1935)-SHCHORS(1939)
Donskoy, Mark(1901-1981) AMONG PEOPLE(1938)- GORKY TRILOGY, THE(1940)- RAINBOW, THE(1944)
Litvak, Anatole(1902-1974) MAYERLING(1936)- ALL THIS AND HAVEN TOO(1940)- BLUES IN THE NIGHT(1941)- SNAKE PIT,THE (1948)-
SORRY, WRONG NUMBER (1948)- ANASTASIA(1956)
Nowına-Przybylski, Jan(1902-1938) YIDDLE WITH HIS FIDDLE(1936)
Ford,Aleksander(1908-1980) BORDER STREET(1948)- FIVE BOYS FROM BARSKA STREET(1954)
Chukhrai, Grigori(1921-2001) BALLAD OF A SOLDIER(1959)- CLEAR SKY(1961)
Pintilie, Lucian(1933-2018) THE OAK(1992)
Illienko, Yuri(1936-2010) SWAN LAKE(1990)
Belikov, Mikhail(1940-2012) RASPAD(1990)
Krishtofovich, Vyacheslav(1947- ) ADAM’S RIB(1990)- A FRIEND OF THE DECEASED(1997)
Kovalyov, Igor(1963- ) THE RUGRATS MOVIE(1998)
Perelman, Vadim(1963- ) HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG(2003)- THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES(2007)
Slaboshpitsky, Miroslav(1974- ) THE TRIBE(2014)
SLOVAKIA
Kadár, Ján(1918-1979) SHOP ON MAIN STREET, THE(1965)
Jireš, Jaromil(1935-2001) VALERIE AND THE WEEK OF WONDERS(1970)
SLOVENIA
Stiglic, France(1919-1993) NINTH CIRCLE, THE(1960)