Direction: Karel Kachyna

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Karel Kachyna. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Kocár do Vídne (Coach to Vienna) (Carriage to Vienna )

1966 · Movie · 75 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Iva Janzurová · Jaromír Hanzlík · Ludek Munzar · Vladimír Ptácek

Plot A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate.

7.6

237 votes

7.6

237 votes

Long Live the Republic

1965 · Movie · 134 min. · Czechoslovakia

7.4

107 votes

7.4

107 votes

The Ear

1970 · Movie · 94 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Jirina Bohdalová · Radoslav Brzobohatý · Jirí Císler · Miroslav Holub

Plot Ludvik, a Communist official, arrives back home with his wife after spending the evening at a government function where he finds out that several of his colleagues have been 'relieved'...

7.3

336 votes

7.3

336 votes

The Little Mermaid

1976 · Movie · 84 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Miroslava Safránková · Radovan Lukavský · Petr Svojtka · Libuse Safránková

Plot The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her beautiful voice against...

6.6

27 votes

6.6

27 votes

Death of the Beautiful Deer

1987 · Movie · 91 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Karel Hermánek · Rudolf Hrusínsky · Jirí Krampol · Lubor Tokos

Plot Karel Heřmánek leads this cinematographic concert playing the lead role of Leo Popper, an Electrolux sales representative who is focused on providing for his family. Because of his talent for...

6.5

24 votes

6.5

24 votes

6.4

30 votes

Blázni a devcátka

1988 · Movie · 83 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Radim Spacek · Milan Simácek · Pavel Nový · Josef Somr

Plot 13-year-old Jirka, who lives alone with his father, sets up a special friendship with the town's fool, a mighty man with a child's mentality.

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Waiting for the Rain

1978 · Movie · 69 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Jirí Bartoska · Michal Hofbauer · Monika Hálová · Dita Kaplanová

Plot It’s a hot holiday season in the city and Alena is pretty much left to her own little self, fantasizing and running her personal daily rituals, keeping most people at...

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Smesny pan

1969 · Movie · 81 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Vladimír Smeral · Jirí Adamíra · Zdenek Kryzánek · Evelyna Steimarová

Plot Sixty-year old Professor Simek (Vladimír Smeral) is undergoing a serious heart operation. The surgeon Preclík is satisfied with the result, and after the successful operation he and his patient become...

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Robinsonka

1974 · Movie · 77 min. · Czechoslovakia

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Oznamuje se láskám vasim

1989 · Movie · 93 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Lukás Vaculík · Markéta Hrubesová · Antonín Procházka · Zdenek Martínek

Plot In 1944, in Dresden, a young Czech sailor plans to steal a shipment of tobacco and sell it by himself. Things complicate when he and a beautiful daughter of a...

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Láska

1973 · Movie · 88 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Jaroslava Schallerová · Oldrich Kaiser · Milena Dvorská · Frantisek Velecký

Plot Sixteen-year-old students of a grammar school are supposed to write essays on "Love". The class best student Andrea (Jaroslava Schallerová) writes about a patriotic love to a country as she...

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Golden Eels (TV)

1979 · Movie · 83 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Vladimir Mensik · Miroslava Hozová · Rudolf Hrusínsky · Martin Mikulas

Plot A father takes his family to the country to escape the coming horrors of the war. The youngest of his three children, Prdelka, becomes friends with a local fisherman.

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Dobré svetlo

1986 · Movie · 90 min. · Czechoslovakia

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Vysoká zed

1964 · Movie · 71 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Radka Dulíková · Vít Olmer · Helena Kruzíková · Václav Lohniský

Plot After school, thirteen-year old Jitka likes to wander alone through Prague. The brisk girl also likes to sneak around the backyards surrounding the block of flats where she lives. One...

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Vertigo

1963 · Movie · 81 min. · Czechoslovakia

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Hanele

1999 · Movie · 92 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Lada Jelínková · Miro Noga · Jirí Ornest · Tatána Fischerová

Plot A drama focusing on the age-old conflict between faith, family and love in which every is hard. The lyric unfolds in Sub-Carpathian Ukraine in the 1930s. An enclave of Jews...

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The Nun's Night

1967 · Movie · 90 min. · Czechoslovakia

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Fany

1995 · Movie · 99 min. · Czech Republic

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Cukrová bouda

1981 · Movie · 85 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Jana Svandová · Michal Dlouhý · Marek Mikulás · Lubomír Kostelka

Plot In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with the Germans. After the funeral, the widow (Jana Svandová) and her...

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