A period musical comedy set in a quiet Prague quarter at the end of the fifties. Using the western plot device of the "man from nowhere" a generation gap story unfolds of changing social ...
A family comedy about how our banal worries can force us to see the world in a new light. After the wife/mother dies, the father (Martin Dejdar) and son (Vladimír Skultéty) become ...
Vladimír Michálek chose an unconventional adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel for his feature debut. Artistically reminiscent of the classic films of Karel Zeman, the director reinterpreted ...
A story about love, dancing and survival, set in the late 40s. Jan Mayer, a young dance-master, arrives in a sanatorium for lung diseases with a serious diagnosis - tuberculosis. But he ...
During a snowstorm, Patrick Roarke, a manservant, is found dead at the bottom of the main staircase in a gothic English mansion. Inspector Hatcher is sent to investigate the death. When he ...
This psychological action drama was made in tribute to the Czech school for stuntmen: thus the plot line is subordinated to showcasing their artistic sport. The psychological level depicts ...
The documentary dramatization Vincenz Priessnitz is a story of the man to whom water offered up its secrets. Priessnitz was seriously wounded at age 16, but was able to heal himself through...