I offer a DVD in MINT condition.
Region code 2 / PAL plays only if your DVD player
can accommodate PAL otherwise it will NOT play.
in Czech with English subtitles
SMRT KRASNYCH SRNCU = Forbidden Dreams
or THE DEATH OF THE BEAUTIFUL ROEBUCKS
The alternate title to this Eastern European import is 'Death of the
Beautiful Roebucks', although neither does justice to the broad scope of
its humor or the repercussions of its final tragedy. And tragic it is,
despite the infectious high spirits prevailing over much of the film, in
which a hard luck home appliance salesman in pre-World War Two
Czechoslovakia sells his way to success through luck, ingenuity, and a
keen understanding of human nature (and how to take advantage of it).
There's an irrepressible energy in writer director Karel Kachyna's
roving wide angle lens and whipcrack repartee, but what gives the film
its momentum is the knowledge that these are the final days of freedom,
for Leo Popper and his family in particular and for European Jews in
general. All the joking comments made in passing about Hitler and his
moustache lend an ominous chill to Popper's comic misadventures, which
include but are not limited to his single-minded passion for fishing and
his pursuit of the boss' beautiful wife. The film is a celebration of
life in all its folly and disorder, which only adds more impact to
Popper's unspoken recognition of his fate in the devastating final
scenes. IMdB