Eduard Cupák
1932 - 1996
Škola hrou
Věra Jordánová
Valérie Zawadská, Martin Stropnický
A librarian, named Jitka, is asked by an elementary school to temporarily replace an injured seventh-grade classroom teacher. Having given up on teaching once before, she is now determined to overcome the impending obstacles. However, she finds no support from her husband, rather he talks her out of her hasty decision. Coupled with growing marital tensions, Jitka must also cope with a dysfunctional classroom that finds an unfavourable response from her disgruntled parents. When an apparently trivial dereliction of duty almost results in tragedy, Jitka wants to give up. But can she find even one helping hand to lend in this situation?
Škola hrou
You Are a Widow, Sir
Václav Vorlíček
Iva Janžurová, Jiří Sovák
After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti and with brain of psychotic serial killer Fany Stubová. They also manage to kill king's astrologer Stuart Hampl, who warns the king. Accidentally, Hampl's brain is implanted into assassin's body, actress Keleti is killed and chaos begins.
You Are a Widow, Sir
Love Between the Raindrops
Karel Kachyňa
Lukáš Vaculík, Jan Hrušínský
Set in Prague during the years leading up to World War II, this family saga tells the story of a cobbler named Vincenc Bursik (Vladimir Mensik), who uproots his clan from the country to the city, only to suffer the loss of his wife and the failure of his shoe business within months. When his daughter moves away to go live with a wealthy businessman as his mistress, Vincenc is left to take care of his two sons, who spend their days in a secret garden vying for the affections of a teenage girl.
Love Between the Raindrops
Requiem pro panenku
Filip Renč
Anna Geislerová, Barbora Hrzánová
A fourteen-year-old girl isplaced in an institution for mentally ill instead of a foster-home due to an official mistake. Here she gets a most cruel treatment which is governed by high-handedness of the spineless and perverse nurses. The girl attempts a desperate escape.
Requiem for a Maiden
Mladá léta
Václav Krška
Eduard Cupák, Nataša Tanská
Early Days follows the early life of famous Czech writer Alois Jirásek. Jirásek had already developed his own view of the history of the Czech nation while he was at grammar school in Broumov. When he becomes the supply teach in Litomyšl, he has already written his first book and a number of poems. The local dignitaries await the arrival of the young writer in excited anticipation. Jirásek, however, is sickened by the empty patriotism from the depths of his soul and soon becomes disagreeable to the notables. The district sheriff tries to remove Jirásek from the school and drive him out of town. Unable to do this, the sheriff appoints a pro-Austrian headmaster who attempts to sabotage Jirásek. The students stand behind Jirásek , however, and discontent is not only felt in Litomyšl but throughout Bohemia.
Early Days
Jan Hus
Otakar Vávra
Zdeněk Štěpánek, Karel Höger
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).
Jan Hus
