Marek Najbrt

Buttoners (1997)

It is a film consisting of six short stories, which mostly tell in a black humorous, ironic, often bitterly bitter form about an ancient curse, human infidelity, strange deviations, an unexpected miracle and hypocritical forgiveness. They have their own pointed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petr Zelenka
CAST:  Pavel Zajíček  •  František Černý  •  Michaela Pavlátová  •  Jan Čechtický

It is a film consisting of six short stories, which mostly tell in a black humorous, ironic, often bitterly bitter form about an ancient curse, human infidelity, strange deviations, an unexpected miracle and hypocritical forgiveness. They have their own pointed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petr Zelenka
CAST:  Pavel Zajíček  •  František Černý  •  Michaela Pavlátová  •  Jan Čechtický

Polski film (2012)

“The fact that I’m playing myself doesn’t mean that it’s me.” Four old schoolmates, today well-known Czech actors (Pavel Liška, Tomáš Matonoha, Josef Polášek and Marek Daniel), decide to make a movie together. Their ambitious colleague Jan Budař takes up directing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt
CAST:  Tomáš Matonoha  •  Jan Budař  •  Josef Polášek  •  Pavel Liška

“The fact that I’m playing myself doesn’t mean that it’s me.” Four old schoolmates, today well-known Czech actors (Pavel Liška, Tomáš Matonoha, Josef Polášek and Marek Daniel), decide to make a movie together. Their ambitious colleague Jan Budař takes up directing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt
CAST:  Tomáš Matonoha  •  Jan Budař  •  Josef Polášek  •  Pavel Liška

The Protector (2009)

A Czech journalist joins a Prague radio station what broadcasts Nazi propaganda in order to protect his Jewish wife. However, as the Nazi rule over Czechoslovakia calls for more and more collaboration, his relationship with his wife spirals downward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt
CAST:  Jana Plodková  •  Marek Daniel  •  Klára Melíšková  •  Sandra Nováková

A Czech journalist joins a Prague radio station what broadcasts Nazi propaganda in order to protect his Jewish wife. However, as the Nazi rule over Czechoslovakia calls for more and more collaboration, his relationship with his wife spirals downward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt
CAST:  Jana Plodková  •  Marek Daniel  •  Klára Melíšková  •  Sandra Nováková

Champions (2004)

Ice hockey is a Czech national obsession, and the country's victory over Russia in the 1969 World Championships, the year following the Soviet invasion, is a celebrated moment in its history. In Marek Najbrt's black comedy, the heroic exploits take place only on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt
CAST:  Jan Budař  •  Klára Melíšková  •  Will Spoor  •  Jiří Ornest

Ice hockey is a Czech national obsession, and the country's victory over Russia in the 1969 World Championships, the year following the Soviet invasion, is a celebrated moment in its history. In Marek Najbrt's black comedy, the heroic exploits take place only on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt
CAST:  Jan Budař  •  Klára Melíšková  •  Will Spoor  •  Jiří Ornest

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DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt
CAST:  Marek Daniel  •  Michal Dalecký  •  Halka Třešňáková  •  Miloš Zeman

The Magic Quill (2018)

The devil's magic quill keeps a tight record of sins. But when this precious artifact is stolen, a demon must find a way to make things right again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt
CAST:  Jan Cina  •  Ondřej Vetchý  •  Judit Pecháček  •  Jan Budař

The devil's magic quill keeps a tight record of sins. But when this precious artifact is stolen, a demon must find a way to make things right again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt
CAST:  Jan Cina  •  Ondřej Vetchý  •  Judit Pecháček  •  Jan Budař

My Freedom (2019)

30 years of freedom = 30 authors = 30 minutes of films. A unique project of Reflex magazine and Czech Television, which in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution reflects many forms and understanding of freedom. Various personalities of the Czech ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Svěrák  •  Jan Hřebejk  •  Marek Najbrt  •  Ester Geislerová  •  Petr Čtvrtníček  •  Tomáš Mašín  •  Jitka Rudolfová  •  Václav Marhoul  •  Petra Nesvačilová  •  Zdeněk Suchý  •  Theodora Remundová  •  Šimon Caban  •  Jiří Havelka  •  Michal Caban  •  Libor Pešek  •  Dominik Miškovský  •  Kamila Zlatušková  •  Dominik Dolejší  •  Jan Bártek  •  Milan Tesař  •  Marek Brožek  •  Adam Ernest  •  Petr Cífka  •  Karel V. Dlabač  •  Štěpán FOK Vodrážka  •  Miřenka Čechová  •  Martin Bartkovský  •  Oliver Beaujard  •  Nino Zardalishvili  •  Eliáš Gaydečka  •  Jakub Kuthan  •  Tono Stano  •  Karolína Nováková  •  Jakub Jahn  •  Adam Forman
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30 years of freedom = 30 authors = 30 minutes of films. A unique project of Reflex magazine and Czech Television, which in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution reflects many forms and understanding of freedom. Various personalities of the Czech ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Svěrák  •  Jan Hřebejk  •  Marek Najbrt  •  Ester Geislerová  •  Petr Čtvrtníček  •  Tomáš Mašín  •  Jitka Rudolfová  •  Václav Marhoul  •  Petra Nesvačilová  •  Zdeněk Suchý  •  Theodora Remundová  •  Šimon Caban  •  Jiří Havelka  •  Michal Caban  •  Libor Pešek  •  Dominik Miškovský  •  Kamila Zlatušková  •  Dominik Dolejší  •  Jan Bártek  •  Milan Tesař  •  Marek Brožek  •  Adam Ernest  •  Petr Cífka  •  Karel V. Dlabač  •  Štěpán FOK Vodrážka  •  Miřenka Čechová  •  Martin Bartkovský  •  Oliver Beaujard  •  Nino Zardalishvili  •  Eliáš Gaydečka  •  Jakub Kuthan  •  Tono Stano  •  Karolína Nováková  •  Jakub Jahn  •  Adam Forman
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Girlie (2002)

A love story which unfolds over three days and nights on the outskirts of the metropolis. Seventeen-year-old Ema (Dorota Nvotová) breaks up with 'dude' Viktor (Lukás Latinák), has a fling with future pilot Karel (Mário Kubas), and meets a real man (Ondrej Vetchý), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Tuček
CAST:  Dorota Nvotová  •  Ondřej Vetchý  •  Jana Hubinská  •  Mário Kubas

A love story which unfolds over three days and nights on the outskirts of the metropolis. Seventeen-year-old Ema (Dorota Nvotová) breaks up with 'dude' Viktor (Lukás Latinák), has a fling with future pilot Karel (Mário Kubas), and meets a real man (Ondrej Vetchý), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Tuček
CAST:  Dorota Nvotová  •  Ondřej Vetchý  •  Jana Hubinská  •  Mário Kubas

Invention of Beauty (1994)

Mr. Krása’s not your ordinary country farmer – he’s also a DIY-er and amateur inventor. When reporters come to interview him one day while in the middle of mowing his lawn and gathering chicken eggs, he introduces them to his inventions: a lawnmower, a cooling oven ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt  •  Pavel Klusák
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Mr. Krása’s not your ordinary country farmer – he’s also a DIY-er and amateur inventor. When reporters come to interview him one day while in the middle of mowing his lawn and gathering chicken eggs, he introduces them to his inventions: a lawnmower, a cooling oven ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt  •  Pavel Klusák
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Casting (2022)

Casting is stressful. Hanka, the casting director, is heading for a breakdown and her state of mind isn’t helped by the myriad whims of her actors or the unwelcome visits from her ex-husband, a desperate hypochondriac. A short comedy by Marek Najbrt with a truly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt
CAST:  Jana Plodková  •  Marek Daniel  •  Vojtěch Dyk  •  Lukáš Pavlásek

Casting is stressful. Hanka, the casting director, is heading for a breakdown and her state of mind isn’t helped by the myriad whims of her actors or the unwelcome visits from her ex-husband, a desperate hypochondriac. A short comedy by Marek Najbrt with a truly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Najbrt
CAST:  Jana Plodková  •  Marek Daniel  •  Vojtěch Dyk  •  Lukáš Pavlásek