Best movies of Juraj Herz

Actors : Karel Roden, Hannah Herzsprung, Ben Becker, Mark Waschke,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

A mill owner in the Sudetenland and his family's lives are changed as Europe heats up in 1938.

Actors : Milos Vognic, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

Set in World War II, a demented cremator believes cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the world.

Actors : Nina Divísková, Josef Abrhám, Iva Janzurová, Petr Cepek,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. When Klara becomes involved with a man that her sister loves, Viktoria begins to plot her murder.

Actors : Jana Brejchová, Zdena Studenková, Václav Voska, Vlastimil Harapes,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

In this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.

Actors : Ivan Franek, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Lenka Krobotová, Andrej Hryc,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

A man leaves his busy city life for the peace of the country home where he spent his early childhood. His new life is soon disturbed by strange events.

Actors : Iva Janzurová, Petr Cepek, Ota Sklencka, Marie Rosulková,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work ...

Actors : Josef Kemr, Julie Juristová, Ondrej Pavelka, Anna Malová,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to Martin or anyone else, the princess is ...

Actors : Dagmar Havlová, Jana Brezková, Jirí Menzel, Petr Cepek,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

A doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver. A fellow doctor makes him believe ...

Actors : Václav Neckár, Jana Sulcová, Juraj Herz, Hana Bazantová,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic couples of lovers. He only fails at the ...

Actors : Lenka Korínková, Míla Myslíková, Marie Rosulková, Marta Raslová,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

The fifteen year old Maruska (Lenka Korínková) starts as a new staff in the porcelain warehouse. For the boss Svetla (Míla Myslíková) it is the last straw. She asked to extend her staff ...

Actors : Josef Abrhám, Dagmar Havlová, Ilja Prachar, Vít Olmer,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

In a white jeep the waitress Gita from the hotel Bobí vrch reproaches to the driver who has not left his wife yet. She gives him an ultimatum: if he does not do all according to her wish, ...

Actors : Marta Vancurová, Sylva Kamenická, Dana Medrická, Vlastimil Harapes,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

The young married couple - photographer Marie (Marta Vancurová) and civil engineering student Petr (Vlastimil Harapes) - live in a cozy attic flat with their four-year-old daughter Maruska....

Actors : Helena Zaludova, Vladimír Kratina, Radim Hlozek, Zora Ulla Keslerová,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

A young square-built Tadeás Falk called Táda (Vladimír Kratina) distributes meat from a slaughterhouse to the Liberec-city environs and to mountain hotels. The divorced Bára Saklová (Zora ...

Actors : Michal Dlouhý, Linda Rybová, Michael Degen, Iris Berben,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

When a moody royal Prince's party of court brats pulls a few pranks too many in the woods, a mean fairy lays a cruel spell. She turns one into a frog, who can only become human again by a ...

Actors : Andréa Ferréol, Harald Juhnke, Jan Preucil, Jan Kalous,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

Vain Emperor is shown up by a trick; he realises his folly and reforms.

Actors : Zora Jandová, Jacek Borkowski, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Zdenek Maryska,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

Michail Forman, a successful business manager, gets stuck in a traffic jam. The weather is lousy, his car breaks down and he forgot to buy a present for his 5th wedding anniversary. He ...