Direction: Jan Sverák

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


Kolya

1996 · Movie · 110 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jan Sverák

Cast Szedenk Sverák · Andrej Chalimon · Irina Livanova · Ondrej Vetchý

Plot Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady's man. Having lost his place in the state orchestra, he must make ends meet by...

7.3

4K votes

7.3

4K votes

The Elementary School

1991 · Movie · 104 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jan Sverák

Cast Jan Tríska · Libuse Safránková · Szedenk Sverák · Rudolf Hrusínsky

Plot A group of ten-year-old friends nears the cusp of adolescence in post-World War II Czechoslovakia, developing a curiosity about love and the other ineffable aspects of adulthood. Coming-of-age story set...

6.5

234 votes

6.5

234 votes

Kuky Returns

2010 · Movie · 95 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jan Sverák

Plot Kuky Returns is the story of a boy six Ondra, who suffers from asthma, and so on "health reasons" must be off his favorite toy - a pink bear kuky....

6.5

104 votes

6.5

104 votes

Accumulator 1

1994 · Movie · 102 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jan Sverák

Cast Petr Forman · Edita Brychta · Szedenk Sverák · Boleslav Polívka

Plot In this movie, TV sets are full of life. If a person is in TV (e.g. because it was filmed on the street) it has a double that's right in...

6.5

30 votes

6.5

30 votes

Empties

2007 · Movie · 104 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jan Sverák

Cast Szedenk Sverák · Tatiana Vilhelmová · Daniela Kolárová · Alena Vránová

Plot "Kolya" won director Czech Jan Sverak an Oscar. His new film has a similarly charming hero, namely Josef, a retired teacher, who is willing to go into quite some trouble...

6.4

777 votes

6.4

777 votes

Dark Blue World

2001 · Movie · 116 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jan Sverák

Cast Ondrej Vetchý · Tara Fitzgerald · Krystof Hádek · Charles Dance

Plot The friendship of two men becomes tested when they both fall for the same woman.

6.4

959 votes

6.4

959 votes

Barefoot

2017 · Movie · 111 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jan Sverák

Cast Jan Tríska · Oldrich Kaiser · Tereza Vorísková · Ondrej Vetchý

Plot Story of a small boy is forced to move out of Prague during World War 2 to a small village of Slavonice where he meets the rest of his family....

5.8

359 votes

5.8

359 votes

Betlémské svetlo

2022 · Movie · 100 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jan Sverák

Cast Szedenk Sverák · Daniela Kolárová · Vojtech Kotek · Tereza Vorísková

Plot Everyday existence of writer Sejnoha is enlivened by persistent characters from his stories to remind him of some major questions. How to fulfill our own expectations of a better existence...

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Three Brothers

2014 · Movie · min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jan Sverák

Cast Katerina Kosová · Vojtech Dyk · Tomás Klus · Zdenek Piskula

Plot Three brothers leave the comfort of their home and set out into the wide world to gather experience and find themselves wives. Along the way our heroes get caught up...

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The Ride

1994 · Movie · 90 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Jan Sverák

Cast Anna Geislerová · Radek Pastrnák · Filip Renc · Jakub Spalek

Plot Radek and his friend Franta buy an old car for 8.000 Krunas and cut of it's roof to look like a cabriolet. They decide to take a trip through Czech...

Not rated

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Oil Gobblers (S)

1988 · Movie · 20 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jan Sverák

Cast Lubomir Benes · Ivo Kaspar · Emil Nedbal · Jiri Nemec

Plot A zoologist and a biochemist go out into an oilfield with a cameraman and filmmaker to observe and study the elusive oil gobblers.

Not rated

Not rated