Josef Bárta

At' žije republika

Karel Kachyňa

Zdeněk Lstibůrek, Naděžda Gajerová

Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination of his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. Oldrich dodges amid the mayhem and panic, taking his share of blows but always managing to stay one step ahead. Beautifully shot and darkly ironic, Karel Kachyna’s forgotten masterpiece jumbles reality, memory and fantasy to capture the intensity and confusion of childhood in a war zone.

Naděje

Karel Kachyňa

Rudolf Hrušínský, František Peterka

A group of outcasts, including a vagabond and a prostitute, gather at the outskirts of the industrial area of a large Czech city, one of the things that helps some of them survive is alcohol.

Úplně vyřízený chlap

Vladimír Čech

Jaroslav Vízner, Eva Kubešová

Klíč

Vladimír Čech

František Vicena, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Jan Zika is the legendary hero of the communist resistance movement during World War II and leading functionary of the second underground Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.

Botostroj

K. M. Walló

Vítězslav Vejražka, Vilém Besser

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

Nevěra

K. M. Walló

Gustav Nezval, Gustáv Valach

Based on book by Svatopluk Turek.