Screenplay: Juraj Jakubisko

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Juraj Jakubisko. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Frankenstein's Aunt (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 50 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Viveca Lindfors · Martin Hreben · Gerhard Karzel · Barbara De Rossi

Plot Frankenstein's Aunt is the protagonist of three novels - two by Allan Rune Pettersson and a 7-episode TV miniseries based on the first one. The story is an intelligent humorous...

7.1

518 votes

7.1

518 votes

A Thousand-year-old Bee

1983 · Movie · 162 min. · Czechoslovakia

6.8

72 votes

6.8

72 votes

The Feather Fairy

1985 · Movie · 90 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Giulietta Masina · Tobias Hoesl · Petra Vancíková · Sona Valentová

Plot A fairy-tale about an old lady who takes care of snow and Jakub who does not fear death. It reflects the idea of people's longing for happiness, love and understanding,...

6.8

84 votes

6.8

84 votes

Birds, Orphans and Fools

1969 · Movie · 78 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Philippe Avron · Jirí Sýkora · Magda Vásáryová · Míla Beran

Plot The story is about three orphans who have lost their families in war. Although the two men Andrej and Yurick and the lady Marta are adults, they act foolish like...

6.7

126 votes

6.7

126 votes

It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill

1993 · Movie · 108 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Deana Horváthová · Dagmar Havlová · Juraj Kukura · Lubomír Paulovic

Plot Jakubisko's "It's better to be Wealthy and Healthy, than Poor and Ill", is a cinematic joy from start to finish. Often it is described as being the Thelma & Louise...

6.2

22 votes

6.2

22 votes

An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World

1997 · Movie · 154 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Deana Horváthová · Milan Bahúl · Joachim Kemmer · Klára Issová

Plot A film about the world not being round and love always being sinful, or about the wolves inside us.

5.9

36 votes

5.9

36 votes

The Drummer for the Red Cross (S)

1977 · Documentary · 13 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Plot Juraj Jakubisko has to be one of the most underrated directors of all time. But if you happen you live in Eastern Europe you probably heard of him as being...

5.9

27 votes

5.9

27 votes

Bathory

2008 · Movie · 138 min. · Slovakia

4.3

725 votes

4.3

725 votes

Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself

1989 · Movie · 110 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Boleslav Polívka · Ondrej Pavelka · Markéta Hrubesová · Deana Horváthová

Plot Two men fight to make a life for themselves -- and eventually for the damaged woman they come to love.

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See You in Hell, Friends

1970 · Movie · 73 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Míla Beran · Nino Besozzi · Jana Brezinová · Carlo Capannelle

Plot As a car full of an assortment of characters rolls down an embankment and bursts into flames, the old driver says "See You in Hell, Friends." The relations between the...

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Crucial Years

1967 · Movie · 95 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Jirí Sýkora · Jana Stehnová · Vlado Müller · Miriam Kantorková

Plot Tragicomic statement about the need of final decision of the man at the crossing of the life. Artist Juraj, Slovak livining at Prague, starts to understands indirection of his life...

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The Hall of Lost Steps (S)

1960 · Movie · 11 min. · Czechoslovakia

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The Deserter and the Nomads

1968 · Movie · 120 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Ferencz Gejza · Mikulas Ladizinsky · Helena Gorovova · Alexandra Sekulova

Plot An apocalyptic story of three wars in three film tales encompassing the end of the WWI,WWII, as well as a vision of the world destroyed by nuclear weapons. This film...

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Infidelity the Slovak Way

1981 · Movie · 143 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Otto Lackovic · Stanislav Kubis · Anton Trón · Anton Sulik

Plot A comedy about three flirtatious woodcutters realistically capturing Slovak village life and criticizing insincerity, hypocrisy and male pride.

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Post coitum

2004 · Movie · 104 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Juraj Jakubisko

Cast Franco Nero · Eva Elsnerová · Richard Krajco · Lucie Vondrácková

Plot Five women and four men, who are very unsatisfied with life. They have casual sex which causes them to be more unhappy. All of the characters literally hook up and...

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