Czech Republic Movies

The making of Roman Polanski's "Oliver Twist" as seen through the eyes of the film's child actors.

Jan Balej's animated film One Night in One City (2007) from the Czech Republic. Very little dialogue throughout, but instead a rich world of sounds...

A bittersweet comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodský as Fanda, an old man who refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife...

Blackjack isn’t a difficult game so everyone thinks they can play it. My father was a typical example. He thought luck would come his way but...

The story is based on Operation Stone, during which State Security agents deliberately misled citizens of the Czechoslovak Republic who were...

Janez Burger's FAMácké exercise is exceptional in that it is the only comedic or actually parodic work he has ever made. The...

The mysterious mechanism of a music box keeps playing different versions of the same melody. In isolation and an atmosphere of fear you might think...

1914. Colonel von Haukwitz dies under mysterious circumstances during an occult séance. His fiancée, actress Klára...

Today, many laundry soaps in the Czech Republic are referred to as “the soap with the deer on the label.” However, the original product...

Honza doesn't have it easy. Being a servant to the stingy Mr. Bařtipán is almost unbearable. Honza figured that out too, even though it...

Who wouldn't want a donkey that drops gold coins, a hen that lays golden eggs, or even a goldfish that grants all wishes! Adults, let alone rulers,...

The story of Johann Gregor Mendel briefly and entertainingly encompasses his entire life from childhood to the autumn of life: all the pitfalls and...

Franěk from the mill loves Anička, the daughter of a poor widow, but his father, a miserly miller, is against their marriage. Anička...

Olga is a complex young woman desperate to break free from her unfeeling family and social conventions. With her Louise Brooks-like tomboyish looks...

Today, analogue video is attractive primarily thanks to the distinctive aesthetic quality of its pixelated image and raster errors. But for Czech...