Josef Vinklář
1930 - 2007Nikola Šuhaj
Miroslav J. Krňanský
Gustav Nezval, Ludmila Vostrčilová
At the end of the First World War, Nikola Shuhai and his friend from the army desert. On the way home, to the village of Kolochava, they both find refuge with baby Jaga. Jaga mixes them a drink to protect them from the deadly bullets. The bachelors must promise to marry her daughters in exchange for a drink, or they will be punished. Nikola finds his home village in poverty. He stands against the powerful and the rich, and they turn the gendarmes against him. Nikola hides from them in the woods, where he will remain even after the end of the war, because nothing has changed for the villagers. Out of poverty and hopelessness, other men join Nikola and together they raid the wealthy. Nikola distributes the obtained booty to the poor and needy, who see him as their protector and hero.
Nikola Shuhai
Ikarův pád
František Filip
Vladimír Menšík, Jana Hlaváčová
Game Hubač George, honored at Golden Prague 1977 and the MTF Monte Carlo 1978, one of the most original works of Czech Television production. The dramatic story of a father, son and entire family addresses a serious social problem that brings with it dangers of alcoholism.
Ikarův pád
Hrátky s čertem
Josef Mach
Josef Bek, Eva Klepáčová
Герои этого весёлого чехословацкого фильма — простые люди, которые явились в сказочный мир, чтобы навести в нём порядок и доказать своё превосходство перед «нечистой силой». … На землю из пекла послан за девичьими душами чёрт первой категории. Принцесса Дишперанда и деревенская девушка Кача чуть не попадают в лапы дьявола. Герой фильма — отставной солдат Мартин — вступает в борьбу с чёртом, чтобы спасти принцессу и её служанку, неосторожно продавших свои души за хорошего жениха. Чёрту не удаётся ни перехитрить, ни запугать Мартина — он одерживает над ними полную победу.
Playing with the Devil
Pěsti ve tmě
Jaroslav Soukup
Marek Vašut, Eliška Balzerová
The year is 1936, the nervous atmosphere of the Nazi threat penetrates into the sport. Upgrade boxe Vilda Jakub will compete with German Kurt Schaller. The Nazis decisions are used in order to win his master even the dirtiest means. Vilda inspect their game and focus on the preparation of environmental events. The story culminates in the victory of one of the two lovers, between which Vilda tense moments in the decision.
Pěsti ve tmě
The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon
Jiří Sequens
Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Bláha
In a suburban villa, a woman of means is murdered. Police Superintendent Zdychynec from the Prague Liben neighborhood reports the case to Police Councilman Vacátko, upon whose order an investigation is launched immediately. Zdychynec begins to suspect the wooer of his own daughter, a handsome dragoon named Rudi, of the crime. In Rudi's absence, Zdychynec searches his rented room in the apartment of the elegant Mrs Dragicová. All his findings - among others, sand left on Rudi's jackboots and a decent amount of money in his bedside table - convince the superintendent that he is following the right lead, especially when Rudi refuses to say where he was at the time of the murder.
The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon
Vražda v hotelu Excelsior
Jiří Sequens
Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Bláha
In Vražda v hotelu Excelsior, the interwar period homicide detective squad from Prague investigates the murder of a wealthy woman, Mrs Matoušová, which threatens the reputation of the eponymous luxury hotel popular with Prague’s elite. Even the retired police inspector Mrázek (František Filipovský), who works at the Excelsior as a hotel detective, is unable to help at first. Although the investigation inevitably uncovers the hotel staff’s scheming, Vacátko and his team unerringly follow the trail that leads them to the murderer…
Murder in the Excelsior Hotel
Egyptologové
František Filip
Miloš Kopecký, Jiří Sovák
Comedy, 1974 (Czech Republic) : The movie takes place in England. A group of married middle-aged gentlemen have founded a pretense amateur Egyptology society to maintain some degree of freedom from their wives. The elaborate trick gradually escalates into more and more tangled web of lies and tricks, until they have no option but to disband the society for good.
Egyptologové
