Cinematography: Bedrich Batka

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Bedrich Batka. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Marketa Lazarová

1967 · Movie · 165 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Frantisek Vlácil

Cast Josef Kemr · Magda Vásáryová · Nada Hejna · Jaroslav Moucka

Plot A minor Czech clan falls afoul of the King in medieval times, against the backdrop of Christianity replacing Paganism.

7.6

637 votes

7.6

637 votes

The Golden Fern

1963 · Movie · 115 min. · Czechoslovakia

7.1

54 votes

7.1

54 votes

Little Darlings

1980 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Ronald F. Maxwell

Cast Tatum O'Neal · Kristy McNichol · Armand Assante · Matt Dillon

Plot 15-year-olds Angel (Kristy McNichol) and Ferris (Tatum O’Neal) compete to see who can lose their virginity first at summer camp.

5.2

185 votes

5.2

185 votes

The Orphan

1979 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction John Ballard

Cast Peggy Feury · Mark Owens · David Foreman · Joanna Miles

Plot The film plots a child's descent into madness without the guiding forces of a benevolent adult. After the mysterious nasty death of both his Roaring '20s party animal parents, young...

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Fear

1964 · Movie · 103 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Petr Schulhoff

Cast Rudolf Hrusínsky · Radoslav Brzobohatý · Bohuš Záhorský · Helga Cocková

Plot A car deliberately runs down a young man on a road by a small border town. The locals recognize the dead man as one of the students who were there...

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90 Degrees in the Shade

1965 · Movie · 90 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jirí Weiss

Cast James Booth · Anne Heywood · Rudolf Hrusínsky · Ann Todd

Plot In a Prague shop, an assistant has been carrying on an affair with the dishonest, married manager. An emotionally repressed auditor with domestic problems of his own uncovers serious stock...

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