The World Is Ours

It is generally agreed that Frič made better films with Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich, but Honzl gave them more energy and realness. I really don't feel like Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich act so inorganic with the rest of the ensemble in this film because the Western world pretense is odd enough as it is. Actors like Šmeral, Mandlová, and Záhorský don’t do a very good job. Lion-el is a topic plucked from the crisis into the void. Yet we can enjoy the clowning around, and thankfully, that is most important. (02/22/2009)

“Heads or Tails" is one of my favorite plays of the Liberated Theatre and this film version of it was almost up to par. If it weren't for some plot confusion, probably caused by the fact that several parts of the film were lost during the war, I wouldn't have a single reservation. It is undoubtedly the best V+W film, the funniest and the most serious, and at times chilling to watch. And thanks to Martin Frič's direction, the silent comedy escapades with writing a slogan or taking down a barricade do not just look like imitations of other, more famous ones, but like 100% originals. "Who sent you here?" - "Hunger." - "Who is that?" - "The best cook." (08/30/2015)

The way the gentlemen fool around with a hand grenade is truly unforgettable, but there are more scenes like that in this anti-war movie. I like how they approached it with lightness, because the call for pacifism here is not fundamentally harsh, it doesn't force you, but it's all human, and of course, it's incredibly entertaining. Humor with a message that easily surpassed the long years. (12/19/2014)