J. O. Martin

Playing with the Devil

Ves v pohraničí

Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, their romance turns into a struggle for survival.

Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky

Plavecký mariáš

Cooperative members are harvesting crops, trying to get new water piping installed and preparing to plough away the field boundaries in autumn. Local kulak Voznica (Vladimír Repa) doesn't like any of this so he forces sexton Kodýtek (Vlasta Burian) to help him sabotage their efforts.

Boží mlýny

Sňatková kancelář

Léto

A Week in the Quiet House

Kariéra

The catastrophically dry weather of 1947 causes immense problems in the countryside. In the small village Klícov, only farmers Hánek and Bervida and the old Hromádka have water. The others must queue every day for a drop for themselves and their cattle. All the villagers lament over their previous decision to turn down the cooperative chairman Kouba's proposal to built a new village water-supply system.

A socialist drama from the time of the February coup. The owner of the brickyard will use several workers before February in order to subvert worker solidarity and continue to do his black business. However, the vigilance of a young, aware worker prevents him from doing so.

Czech drama film.

Film shows the struggle of the Czechoslovak armed forces against groups of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) under command Burlak, who tried to pass through the territory of Slovakia.

Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy

The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.

Zlatý pavouk

Third Company

"The Rally" is based on a communist writer Vaclav Řezáč's well-written novel of the same name

After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Prague citizens request help against the army of Zikmund. The Hussite army with Jan Žižka in the lead make their way towards Prague. They fortify themselves on the mountain Vítkov and engage in a bloody battle with Zikmund’s huge army.

Temno

Mikoláš Aleš

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

Jan Hus is a 1954 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is the first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most famous works of the Czechoslovak director, completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957).

The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.

Sons of the Mountains

The story of high school students, talented Jan and Karel, who has a problem with math. Their life affects pedantic professor of mathematics Klec, that goes with them on a school trip, which escalates the conflict between them. Jan wants to escape, but Professor Donat will discourage him. Karel fails the exam of mathematics and decides to commit suicide.

Zapadlí vlastenci

Svítání

DS-70 nevyjíždí

Kdo je vinen?

A Dead Man among the Living

Nerozumím

O ševci Matoušovi

Nobody Knows Anything

Three Pals

Czech film tells the story of a border town in World War II. Family members and friends become enemies.

Dvaasedmdesátka

Křižovatka života

A fiction piece centered around the Czech resistance to the Nazis.

O ševci Matoušovi

Případ Z-8

Old Ironside

Odznak

Pára nad hrncem

Posel úsvitu

Přiznání

Workers from the aviation factory near Prague set up a racing club for young people that will take part in the international sailing competition for Czechoslovakia.

Mordová rokle

Štika v rybníce

Slovo dělá ženu

Ze světa lesních samot