Povídky Svatopluka Čecha

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A psychological story about dissatisfied individuals who despise the stereotypes of others, but crea

V pozdním dešti

Na koho to slovo padne...

A political drama dealing with the issues of contemporary construction and highlighting the various

Death of Hitch-Hikers

Maniac, a driver, sits on the track women, which then rape and kill. For loved ones, he is an ordina

Riders in the Sky

The story of Czech pilots in RAF service during the Battle of Britain, and the ongoing aerial battle

Oddělení zvláštní péče

Mateji, proc te holky nechtejí?

Matěj Hůrka, a teenage bricklayer's apprentice, a young man who is delicate in matters of love, live

The Hope

A group of outcasts, including a vagabond and a prostitute, gather at the outskirts of the industria

Únos Moravanky

The popular Moravanka brass band performs at the fair. Vasek Pivoňka, the bandleader of the local br

Svatej z Krejcárku

The shoemaker, Lájošek Cína, is a naive good-for-nothing with his heart on his sleeve, who, as the d

Družina černého pera

A group of children from a working-class neighbourhood in Pilsen search for a way to effectively pro

Jezdec formule risk

The story of a juvenile delinquent who, despite society's efforts to reform him, irrevocably ruined

Dvacátý devátý

In the era of normalisation, a number of (pseudo)historical films were made, even described as recon

Případ mrtvého muže

In 1955, a detained agent feigns loss of memory, speech and hearing. According to his written statem

Pomerančový kluk

A quarrel between divorced waitress Mája and her fifteen-year-old son Petr ends with the boy physica

Duch soudce Pauknera

Cizí lidé

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrma

Noc smaragdového měsíce

This downbeat, grim drama about three brothers who are reunited at their mother's funeral is actuall

Dissolved and Effused

A police inspector and inexperienced trainee search for a mysteriously disappeared manufacturer of o

The Guard

Even in 1970, films were made, prepared in previous years and expressing the poetics of that time. I

Give the Devil His Due

Dorota, a bad woman married the miller, out of sheer greed drives him to death. She then took the mi

Svatá hříšnice

In the Prague Old Town and the adjoining streets there is always plenty of life. Housewives shop, be

Zločin v Modré hvězdě

It is 1920, political unrest is growing in Prague and the Social Democrats are about to betray their

Má láska s Jakubem

A budding teacher comes from Prague to the South Bohemian district town where her fiancé Jakub, a yo

Zelená léta

Four short stories depicting the private life of Czechoslovak soldiers. In the short story "The Phea

Preclíková válka

Hra, kterou nikdo nepískal

„Růže z Bertramky“

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