Felix le Breux

The Strike

In late 19th century Czech-speaking Bohemia, oppressed workers at German-owned mines and foundries revolt again...

Případy komisaře Mejzlíka

Rozsudek

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited a...

Ministerstvo strachu

Alexandr Dumas starší

An Easy Life

Depiction of Czech students in the 1950s. The kids are less interested in communism than in rock n’ roll. Czech...

Přiznání

The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire

Elén, a girl living with her mother and stepfather in a secluded forest, has a great singing talent. On her twe...

Fortress on the Rhine

During the Second World War, an old fortress is transformed into a detention camp for arrested allied generals...

Jan Hus

The first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against...

Kidnapped

American agents hijack a plane on the Ostrava-Prague route to launch a campaign against the People's Democratic...

Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky

The plump, punctual and slightly despotic Mr. Tříška worked as a housing officer, which completely damaged his...

Capek's Tales

Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.

The Good Soldier Švejk

Good-natured and garrulous, Schweik becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up o...

The Emperor and the Golem

The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels su...

The Best Man of All

A Czech satirical comedy set around 1900. The inhabitants of the small town of Pětice are excited by a mysterio...

Red Lizard

Grammar school teacher Bláha hurts himself in pursuit of a red lizard, and is lying unconscious in the lonely h...

Of Things Supernatural

An anthology of three absurd, ironic tales inspired by Čapek’s “Tales from One Pocket” and “Fables and Side Sto...

Posel úsvitu

A biographical film about a Czech mechanic and designer who was the first in the Czech lands to construct a ste...

From My Life

The film, in individual episodes, captures the fate of Bedřich Smetana from 1856 until the end of his life, fro...

A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova

A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they are to be tr...

Ruka ruku neumyje

The Pipes

This three-part Austrian/Czech comedy stretches the boundaries of what is considered to be humorous. Part one f...

Dog's Heads

The history of the rebellion of the brave Chody, led by Jan Sladký Kozina and Matěj Přibek, against the violent...

Záhady aneb S Karlem Čapkem v soudní síni

The Mysterious Mr. Hyde

The television adaptation of Stevenson's well-known short story enriched the story with a new motif, because th...

The Portrait

People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a v...

Kavárna na hlavní třídě

On his first day in a new place, waiter Josef Kučera stands up for his old servant Bartoš and bellhop Svát. His...

Poslední růže od Casanovy

The story takes place at the time when Giacomo Casanova, probably the most famous conqueror of women, held the...

Dva šlechtici z Verony

Two friends are living in Verona, Valentino and Proteo. Proteo professes his love to the charming Julia, who, a...

Warriors of Faith

After the Battle of Lipany, the remnants of the Hussite troops concentrated under the leadership of Jan Roháč o...

Hvězda první velikosti

The Trap

The course of an organized strike by workers from North Moravian steelworks in 1931 to resist mass layoffs duri...

Year of the Revolution 1848

The Czech revival movement is divided at the end of the first half of the 19th century. While the older generat...

Okouzlená

In the garden of Hojtaš's estate, local dignitaries gather to watch a theatrical performance starring the autho...