
The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Adelheid
When
Wed 1 Oct 2025
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Adapted from his own novel by Czech author Vladimír Körner, Vlácil’s provocative first colour film focuses on the frictions between Czechs and Germans in post-war Czechoslovakia. Set during the mass expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II, it focuses on a returning Czech soldier who falls in love with his German housemaid, but who turns out to be the daughter of a notorious Nazi war criminal.
Regarded as controversial by the Czech authorities, the film originally received a minimal release but has since gone on to be regarded as one of the director’s greatest works.
4K DCP courtesy of the National Film Archive in Prague.
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