Name: The Girl on the Broomstick //Eastern Bloc Party IV
Start: 2026-05-20T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-05-20T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Stray Cat Film Center

$The Girl on the Broomstick \/\/Eastern Bloc Party IV$

THE GIRL ON THE BROOMSTICK bursts with whimsical special effects and a sense of pure play.
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dir. Václav Vorlíček // 1972 // 1 hr 16 min

Irrepressible teenage witch Saxana (Petra Černocká)—facing three hundred years of detention at her sorcery academy—casts a spell that transports her to the human world where she joins up with a band of delinquents and uses her magic to spread mischief at their school—including turning the teachers to rabbits! One of a string of beloved fairy-tale comedies directed by Václav Vorlíček (WHO WANTS TO K*ll JESSIE?), THE GIRL ON THE BROOMSTICK bursts with whimsical special effects and a sense of pure play.

EASTERN BLOC PARTY is an ongoing series looking at how genre cinema behind the Iron Curtain reflects the fraught politcal climate, and today's current one.