Cast: Karel Effa

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Giulietta Masina · Tobias Hoesl · Petra Vancíková · Sona Valentová

Synopsis A fairy-tale about an old lady who takes care of snow and Jakub who does not fear death. It reflects the idea of people's longing for happiness, love and understanding, their effort to overcome troubles and win over death. It...

Direction Václav Vorlícek

Cast Jirí Sovák · Olga Schoberová · Juraj Visny · Karel Effa

Synopsis The story focuses on a couple who use a machine which can bring objects and people from dreams to the real world. The main plot includes the accidental release of the comics character Jessie into the real world, and the...

Direction Vojtech Jasný

Cast Jirina Bohdalová · Karel Effa · Vlasta Chramostová · Emília Vásáryová

Synopsis Some people with a strange cat arrive in a small village. The cat wears glasses, and when someone takes them off, she can colour people, according to their nature and mood. The grown-ups of the village consider the cat to...

Direction Oldrich Lipský

Cast Karel Fiala · Milos Kopecký · Kveta Fialová · Olga Schoberová

Synopsis An outrageous parody of classic Hollywood westerns this musical comedy from Czech director Oldrich Lipsky draws on his previous work in animation to spoof and exaggerate the genre. Set in Stetson City the story opens with a brawl in the...

Direction Vladimír Slavínský

Cast Sona Cervená · Josef Chvalina · Karel Effa · Eman Fiala

Synopsis A wealthy antique dealer rules his family with iron discipline and believes in doing things the old fashioned way, without regard for his family's own views or feelings. However, the prospective husband of his daughter manages to turn the tables...

Direction Jirí Weiss

Cast Ladislav H. Struna · Rudolf Deyl · Rudolf Siroký · Josef Marsálek

Direction Jaroslav Dudek

Cast Ladislav Chudík · Milos Kopecký · Josef Abrhám · Jana Stepánková

Synopsis A TV series following the lives of medical personnel at the orthopaedic ward of a hospital at the end of the city.

Direction Oldrich Lipský

Cast Jaroslav Marvan · Irena Kacírková · Rudolf Deyl · Frantisek Filipovský

Direction Stanislav Rostotsky

Cast Aleksandr Khanov · Misa Staninec · Ladislav Pesek · Jana Dítetová

Synopsis May 1945. On the outskirts of Prague, people greet Soviet liberation soldiers with tears of joy in their eyes. In the first days of calm, someone remembers life before the war with sadness; someone unexpectedly meets his love; someone returns...

Direction Borivoj Zeman

Cast Helena Vondrácková · Václav Neckár · Bohuš Záhorský · Jaroslav Marvan

Synopsis This witty and charming, Pop-Art fairy tale featuring Czech pop-cultural icons, singers Helena Vondrácková and Václav Neckár in the lead roles as The Insanely Sad Princes Helena and the prince Václav in disguise, is a typical representative of Czech genre...

Direction Lev Kulidzhanov

Cast Milka Balek-Brodská · Hanus Bor · Vlastimil Brodsky · Boris Chirkov

Direction Borivoj Zeman

Cast Alena Vránová · Vladimír Ráz · Stanislav Neumann · Mária Sýkorová

Direction Karel Zeman

Cast Petr Kostka · Emília Vásáryová · Miroslav Holub · Karel Effa

Synopsis The film narrates the adventures of the young peasant Petr, recruited against his will by the armed forces, ending up living adventures with Lenka and Matyas. Zeman uses elaborate practical FX a-la-Meliés and classic style sets, integrating the actors on...

Direction Oldrich Lipský

Cast Evgeni Leonov · Natalya Varley · Aleksandr Lenkov · Leonid Kuravlyov