František Vnouček

Krakatit

In early 20th century Czechoslovakia, a gravely ill chemist recalls his discovery of a powerful explosive and h...

Zborov

In the Škoda factory, where they are feverishly rearming in 1914, works the foreman Kalina, the father of the y...

Distant Journey

Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian ma...

Jan Žižka

The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.

Přiznání

Desire

A poignant overview of how short life can be, this interesting drama from Czech director Vojetch Jasny is divid...

Zaostřit prosím!

A Czech satirical comedy, filmed according to a script by the State Prize laureate Jiří Marek based on several...

I Dutifully Report

A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War I. I Dutifu...

May Stars

May 1945. On the outskirts of Prague, ordinary people meet Soviet soldiers-liberators with tears of joy in thei...

Red Lizard

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

Záhady aneb S Karlem Čapkem v soudní síni

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...

Kariéra

Karel Kubat, the successful director of the Globus printing house, learns on his fiftieth birthday that he has...

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...

Bomba

The discovery of an unexploded aerial bomb on a construction site brings a shock to the peaceful existence of a...

Olověný chléb

Puppies

Explores young adults' fears of being conscripted by the communist government into working outside of Prague, a...

The Road Back

Three young men carry out a failed robbery of the box office of the Blaník cinema in Prague with tragic consequ...

Magical River

Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now has nothing to do compared to his energetic wife. He...

Journey Into the Depth of the Student's Soul

Small stories from a grammar school.

Tenkrát o vánocích

A Czechoslovak battalion, led by Captain Hloušek, conquers a Slovak mountain village two days before Christmas...

Way Leading to Happiness

Despite her father's protests, Vlasta Tomešová wants to become a tractor driver. However, before her first plow...

That Kind of Love

A student commits suicide out of unhappy love to a married man; story is recounted in retrospective by a "judge...

Dva týdny štěstí

Young civil servant Marta Urbanová wins a two-week stay at a luxury hotel. While looking for a typing room, she...

Bláhový sen

Hairdresser Žofka Stárková desires fame perhaps more than other girls. The petty plans of her fiancé František...

Hrdinové mlčí

The younger brother of a brave paratrooper killed by the Nazis joins a partisan unit to avenge his death. The s...

Všude žijí lidé

Even if a person grumbles about difficulties, he should realize that he will find a place where he did not want...

Shoesmachine

The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both soc...

První parta

The unfortunate 1930s also befell the student Standa Půlpán. For existential reasons, he had to abandon his stu...

Anna the Proletarian

The movie describes proletarian life in the Czech Lands after World War I.

Povodeň

The construction of the new dam deprived the ferryman Ryba of his trade. The new dam replaced the ferry. Howeve...

Neporažení

As Nazi troops prepare to occupy the already truncated Czechoslovak Republic, a small military garrison made up...

Hry a sny

Lyrical short story film about children's fantasy based on Ludvík Aškenázy's short stories Little Christmas and...

Jarní píseň

We Want to Live

Poetic story of a proletarian couple's relationship in the years of economic crisis and unemployment.