Direction: Vera Chytilová
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Vera Chytilová. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 22
Daisies
1966 · Movie · 74 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Jitka Cerhová · Ivana Karbanová · Marie Cesková · Julius Albert
Synopsis Two teenage girls, both named Marie, decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them. This freewheeling,...
7.1
2K votes
7.1
2K votes
Something Different
1963 · Movie · 90 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Vladimir Bosak · Eva Bosáková · Jirí Kodet · Josef Langmiler
7.0
86 votes
7.0
86 votes
Panelstory aneb Jak se rodí sídliste
1979 · Movie · 96 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Lukás Bech · Antonín Vanha · Eva Kacírková · Oldrich Navrátil
6.4
27 votes
6.4
27 votes
Pearls of the Deep
1966 · Movie · 105 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová · Jaromil Jires · Jiří Menzel · Jan Nemec
Cast Pavla Marsálková · Ferdinand Kruta · Alois Vachek
6.2
56 votes
6.2
56 votes
We Eat the Fruit of the Trees of Paradise
1970 · Movie · 99 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Jitka Novákova · Karel Novak · Jan Schmid · Alice Auspergerova
Synopsis An experimental retelling of the story of Adam and Eve which then progresses into an allegorical depiction of loss of innocence.
6.1
135 votes
6.1
135 votes
Wolf's Hole
1987 · Movie · 92 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Miroslav Machácek · Tomás Palatý · Stepánka Cervenková · Jan Bidlas
Synopsis Ten teens from different schools find themselves chosen to take part in a special skiing workshop in the mountains. On the day of the seminar, 11 young people, each bearing an invitation, arrive. A massive avalanche occurs and the ski-lodge...
6.0
30 votes
6.0
30 votes
Calamity
1982 · Movie · 96 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Boleslav Polívka · Dagmar Bláhová · Jana Synková · Marie Pavlíková
Synopsis Funny banter about love, sex, social status, and other ideals, while a new railway employee is trained and sent on his first run as driver.
5.6
26 votes
5.6
26 votes
Hezké chvilky bez záruky
2006 · Movie · 113 min. · Czech Republic
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Jana Janeková · Jana Krausová · Boleslav Polívka · David Kraus
Synopsis Tells the story of psychologist Hana, interspersed with the life stories of her patients.
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A Hoof Here, a Hoof There
1989 · Movie · 129 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Tomás Hanák · Milan Steindler · David Vávra · Ivana Kuntová
Synopsis Two friends have sex just for fun. One day they make a blood test, just for fun, and they discover that one of them has AIDS, not knowing who.
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Chytilova Versus Forman
1982 · Documentary · 84 min. · Belgium
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Milos Forman · Vera Chytilová
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Zelená ulice (S)
1960 · Documentary · 8 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Milos Kopecký
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Traps
1998 · Movie · 124 min. · Czech Republic
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Zuzana Stivínová · Miroslav Donutil · Tomás Hanák · Milan Lasica
Synopsis After two troubled but powerful men rape a young hitchhiker who happens to be a vet, she drugs them and remove their testicles.
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Ceiling
1962 · Movie · 42 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Marta Kanovská · Julián Chytil · Josef Abrhám · Dagmar Cejnkova
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The Apple Game
1977 · Movie · 100 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Dagmar Bláhová · Jiří Menzel · Jirí Kodet · Evelyna Steimarová
Synopsis A young gynecologist can't figure out whether to get serious with a young nurse or to stay casual with his married lover. Things get complicated when both women don't want to play his game anymore.
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The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday
1993 · Movie · 117 min. · Czech Republic
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Boleslav Polívka · Miroslav Donutil · Anna Pantuckova · Josef Kroner
Synopsis In this comedy, Bohus (Bolek Polivka) is a lazy, brandy swilling not-farmer, who does nothing on his run down farm and only seems to move when he's invited to have a quickie with a local barmaid. He's not articulate, and...
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A Bagful of Fleas
1962 · Movie · 43 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Helga Cocková
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Prague: The Restless Heart of Europe
1984 · Documentary · 59 min. · Italy
Direction Vera Chytilová
Synopsis With sparse narration and an intense collage of arresting images, Věra Chytilová’s homage to Prague captures the spirit of the Czech capital in exquisitely intimate detail.
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The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun
1983 · Movie · 99 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Leos Sucharípa · Libuse Pospísilová · Vlasta Spicnerová · Jirí Hálek
Synopsis A bachelor named Faun with a Don Juan complex, seized with a hypochondriac’s fear of the ineluctable approach of death, enters a race against time’s passage. Faun’s sexual love is imbued with the narcissistic vanity of a self-satisfied bacchant who...
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Mí Prazané mi rozumeji
1991 · Movie · 59 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Milan Steindler · Tereza Kucerová · Lenka Loubalová · Miloslav Mejzlík
Synopsis A fictional story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (Milan Steindler)stay in Prague. The film, in no case, claims any historical facts. It only tries to evoke the spirit of that time by connecting Mozart's music with the architecture of Prague and...
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Sasek a královna
1988 · Movie · 111 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Vera Chytilová
Cast Boleslav Polívka · Chantal Poullain · Jirí Kodet · Vlastimil Brodsky
Synopsis Originally a theater play starring Bolek Polivka (Czech) and his wife Chantal Poullain-Polivkova (French), the movie is a satirical look at foreign occupation - a medieval Czech jester entertains a German king and his French wife, or a modern Czech...
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