Zora Božinová

The Cremator

Juraj Herz

Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlasta Chramostová

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

Podobizna

Jiří Slavíček

Otomar Krejča, Luba Skořepová

People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon Jordán and asks him to paint his portrait. Simon agrees but as he progresses with the work his mind conjures up terrible thoughts and in the end he commits suicide. The portrait looks lifelike and Chazaj is content with the results. After Chazaj's death the picture changes hands and brings misfortune to all who own it. The last victim is the young painter Roman who buys Chazaj's portrait in a bazaar. He finds a treasure in the frame and begins to live well off it. The comfortable life suits him so well that he rejects his original artistic aims and becomes a painter of fashionable kitsch.

Znamení raka

Juraj Herz

Zdeněk Štěpánek, Zora Božinová

A murder in a hospital run by incompetents.

Lavina

Miroslav Cikán

Otomar Korbelář, Marie Glázrová

An ambitious and selfish lawyer confesses to the murder of his first wife. Some of the scenes were filmed in the last weeks of the war.

Tatínek na neděli

Jaroslav Mach

Radovan Lukavský, Zora Božinová

A divorced engineer is preparing "accidental" meeting between his eleven years daughter and his fiancé.

Anděl blažené smrti

Štěpán Skalský

Zora Božinová, Rade Marković

Czechoslovak counter-espionage intercepts a coded message from the West German secret service ordering death for an unknown person on Czech territory.

Hřiště

Štěpán Skalský

Jiří Bartoška, Karel Höger

Křižovatky

Pavel Blumenfeld

Dušan Blaškovič, Pavel Molčík