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
Direction Karel Kachyna
Cast Frank Argus · Josef Barta · Gustáv Valach · Eduard Bredun
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
I'm Jumping Over Puddles Again
1971 · Movie · 91 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Karel Kachyna
Cast Vladimír Dlouhy · Zdena Hadrbolcová · Lubos Vraspir · Borivoj Navrátil
6.4
30 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
Direction Karel Kachyna
Cast Miroslava Safránková · Petr Kostka · Jaroslava Obermajerová · Vladimír Dlouhy
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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
Direction Karel Kachyna
Cast Karel Hermánek · Ivana Chýlková · Jana Sulcová · Anna Tomsová
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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
Direction Karel Kachyna
Cast Jirí Bednár · Karel Hospodský · Míla Myslíková · Jaroslav Radimecky
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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
Direction Karel Kachyna
Cast Jana Brejchová · Mnislav Hofman · Gustáv Valach · Josef Kemr
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Fany
1995 · Movie · 99 min. · Czech Republic
Direction Karel Kachyna
Cast Jirina Bohdalová · Antonie Hegerlíková · Jirina Jirásková · Oldrich Vlach
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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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