Otomar Krejča

William Shakespeare: Monology

Distant Journey

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

Zlá krev

Man in Outer Space

An upholsterer who is preparing a rocket for takeoff accidentally jettisons himself into space and returns to E...

Jan Hus

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

Hudba z Marsu

The employees of the furniture company MARS welcome a rare visitor with hired music. Their boast that they woul...

The Trap

The drama from the time of the Nazi occupation begins at the train station, where a transport with German soldi...

Dva ohně

A socialist drama from the time of the February coup. The owner of the brickyard will use several workers befor...

Vintage Car

The history of motoring in Bohemia begins when Laurin and Klement founded a factory for the production of motor...

Wild Beasts

Building a bridge is no simple matter. The city council has to decide between two competing proposals, one of w...

Velké dobrodružství

A biographical film about the traveler Emil Holub, conceived as an illustrative story of an exceptional man, wh...

The Golden Fern

Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they f...

Higher Principle

During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot...

Olověný chléb

Old Czech Legends

A monumental piece of art bringing the heroes of the ancient Czech myths back to life. The picture consists of...

Puppies

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

August Sunday

This lyrical comedy story takes place in two hot days in the small South Bohemian village. On the shore of a sm...

Tank Brigade

The fate of a tank crew on the most difficult part of the First Czechoslovak Independent Brigade's combat path...

Žalobníci

The young generation is not very at peace with the morality of their parents. In a story set in a Moravian vill...

Čtyři v kruhu

This drama with a criminal plot is a study of the intricately intertwined relationships of four people whose li...

Pohádka o stromech a větru

13th district

Inspector Cadek from the 13th police station should keep an eye on the released safe-cracker nicknamed The Cat....

Pas de quatre

Občan Brych

František Brych, a principled lawyer, refuses to back the new Communist regime at his factory and grows increas...

Alibi on the Lake

Miss Nováková reports to Major Tuma (Karel Höger) from the police about the disappearance of her roommate, the...

A Life at Stake

The year is 1941 and the German Nazis rule Bohemia with a free hand. Engineer Otakar Racek is an extremely caut...

Old Ironside

At the end of the war, the old train driver Matys saves his beloved locomotive Líza from depth charges. However...

Kohout plaší smrt

A group of saboteurs search for a weapons cache hidden by the Nazi army. Beskydy in the summer of 1950: the StB...

Severní přístav

A spy film about how saboteurs obtain important data about the activities of a key company, while also trying t...

Tereza

Ing. Bernard announces that his wife has not returned from visiting relatives in Berlin. Lieutenant Tereza Mach...

Délka polibku devadesát

Young couple Eva and Jarda Tům face housing shortages just as Eva miraculously gives birth to quintuplets, draw...

První parta

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

Nobody Knows Anything

Martin Plechatý and Petr Nový roam occupied Prague with their trams. Times are hard and sometimes survival is n...

Zelené obzory

A young agricultural expert fails as the manager of a cattle farm on a state farm in the borderlands... The att...

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...

Bez svatozáře

An outdated fireclay factory is due to close, but its long-time employees can't imagine stopping what has fed t...