The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters...

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The Cremator

The Cremator

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

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On the Comet

On the Comet

When a comet passes the Earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa, and a small swathe of humanity, along with it.

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The Stolen Airship

The Stolen Airship

The Stolen Airship (Czech: Ukradená vzducholod) is a 1967 live-action/animated film by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman. The story is based loosely on...

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Padla kosa na kámen

Padla kosa na kámen

Poutník Václav Vydra

Poutník Václav Vydra

Jan Hus

Jan Hus

Jan Hus is a 1954 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is the first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most famous...

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The Jester's Tale

The Jester's Tale

An anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years' War. It follows ploughman Petr, recruiter Matěj and country girl Lenka who get caught up in...

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Old Czech Legends

Old Czech Legends

A monumental piece of art bringing the heroes of the ancient Czech myths back to life. The picture consists of seven parts: Cech the Forefather...

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The Princess with the Golden Star

The Princess with the Golden Star

A Czech fairy tale about a princess named Lada who runs away from home in a mouse fur disguise in order to escape an unwanted and forced marriage.

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Dlouhý podzimní den

Dlouhý podzimní den

Distant Journey

Distant Journey

Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is sent to the...

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Housle a sen

Housle a sen

Posel úsvitu

Posel úsvitu

Mikoláš Aleš

Mikoláš Aleš

Against All

Against All

After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the...

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The Avalanche

The Avalanche

An ambitious and selfish lawyer confesses to the murder of his first wife. Some of the scenes were filmed in the last weeks of the war.

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Happy Journey

Happy Journey

Filmed during the Nazi occupation, this panoramic drama set in a Prague department store follows the divergent destinies of four female coworkers...

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Svatá hříšnice

Svatá hříšnice

In the Prague Old Town and the adjoining streets there is always plenty of life. Housewives shop, beggars arouse sympathy, the Salvation Army tries...

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Zdravý nemocný

Zdravý nemocný