Arnošt Goldflam

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Little Otik (2001)

When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the root as her baby and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Švankmajer
CAST:  Veronika Žilková  •  Jan Hartl  •  Jaroslava Kretschmerová  •  Pavel Nový

When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the root as her baby and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Švankmajer
CAST:  Veronika Žilková  •  Jan Hartl  •  Jaroslava Kretschmerová  •  Pavel Nový

The Gracious Ghost (2013)

In a godforsaken cave, a traveling journeyman fills his pockets with gold. Voita lost his father and mother in the war and is now seeking his fortune in the world. He got to the abyss at Gallows Mountain only by chance - or have mysterious powers led him there in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Zelenka
CAST:  Veronika Khek Kubařová  •  Viktor Preiss  •  Jiřina Bohdalová  •  Jan Hrušínský

In a godforsaken cave, a traveling journeyman fills his pockets with gold. Voita lost his father and mother in the war and is now seeking his fortune in the world. He got to the abyss at Gallows Mountain only by chance - or have mysterious powers led him there in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Zelenka
CAST:  Veronika Khek Kubařová  •  Viktor Preiss  •  Jiřina Bohdalová  •  Jan Hrušínský

Pražákům, těm je hej (1991)

The story begins in 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, few years before the end of Communist era. The band Pražský výběr (Prague's selection) has just received the news thier 5-year ban has expired and they are alowed to perform once again. This half fantasy half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Smyczek  •  Michael Kocáb
CAST:  Michael Kocáb  •  Michal Pavlíček  •  Vilém Čok  •  Roman Skamene

The story begins in 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, few years before the end of Communist era. The band Pražský výběr (Prague's selection) has just received the news thier 5-year ban has expired and they are alowed to perform once again. This half fantasy half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Smyczek  •  Michael Kocáb
CAST:  Michael Kocáb  •  Michal Pavlíček  •  Vilém Čok  •  Roman Skamene

The Confidant (2012)

New husband Adam reluctantly takes a job with state security in a totalitarian country, thus becoming a secret police agent. This "contract with the devil" helps secure a flat for the happy couple, as well as a prosperous future. However, he soon finds out that he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juraj Nvota
CAST:  Jiří Mádl  •  Ondřej Vetchý  •  Jan Budař  •  Michaela Majerníková

New husband Adam reluctantly takes a job with state security in a totalitarian country, thus becoming a secret police agent. This "contract with the devil" helps secure a flat for the happy couple, as well as a prosperous future. However, he soon finds out that he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juraj Nvota
CAST:  Jiří Mádl  •  Ondřej Vetchý  •  Jan Budař  •  Michaela Majerníková

The Magical Duvet (2011)

The great musical comedy by F. A. Brabec V perine is the first Czech film made entirely in 3D. This stimulating comedy, in true and thorough 3D, presents a whole new computer-made world concealed in a quilt, where a large part of the film is taking place. The film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  F. A. Brabec
CAST:  Eliška Balzerová  •  Lucie Bílá  •  Karel Bělohradský  •  Arnošt Goldflam

The great musical comedy by F. A. Brabec V perine is the first Czech film made entirely in 3D. This stimulating comedy, in true and thorough 3D, presents a whole new computer-made world concealed in a quilt, where a large part of the film is taking place. The film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  F. A. Brabec
CAST:  Eliška Balzerová  •  Lucie Bílá  •  Karel Bělohradský  •  Arnošt Goldflam

The Emperor and the Drummer (1998)

A fairy tale based on motifs taken from Josephine tales. Like Josef II, the fictitious emperor Maxmilián often disappears from the castle in disguise in order to find out how his vassals live. On one of these 'trips' he meets a drummer returning home from his stint ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Křístek
CAST:  Ondřej Vetchý  •  Petr Rajchert  •  Vladimír Čapka  •  Veronika Forejtová

A fairy tale based on motifs taken from Josephine tales. Like Josef II, the fictitious emperor Maxmilián often disappears from the castle in disguise in order to find out how his vassals live. On one of these 'trips' he meets a drummer returning home from his stint ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Křístek
CAST:  Ondřej Vetchý  •  Petr Rajchert  •  Vladimír Čapka  •  Veronika Forejtová

Fany (1995)

Oligophrenic Fany (Bohdalová) lives with her aunt who suddenly manages to travel abroad. Fany has to move to her sister (Jirásková). Two very different women, one mentally disabled and the second one intelligent doctor has to live together and learn from each other ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Jiřina Bohdalová  •  Jiřina Jirásková  •  Miroslav Donutil  •  Petr Čtvrtníček

Oligophrenic Fany (Bohdalová) lives with her aunt who suddenly manages to travel abroad. Fany has to move to her sister (Jirásková). Two very different women, one mentally disabled and the second one intelligent doctor has to live together and learn from each other ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Jiřina Bohdalová  •  Jiřina Jirásková  •  Miroslav Donutil  •  Petr Čtvrtníček

Boomerang (1997)

The story, written by former George Stransky former political prisoners and today's chairman Pen Club is situated to 50 years and uranium camp of political prisoners in Pribram, where after the fall of the Stalinist cult comes at the end of 1958 as a prisoner of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hynek Bočan
CAST:  Jiří Schmitzer  •  Vladimír Dlouhý  •  Karel Heřmánek  •  Miroslav Noga

The story, written by former George Stransky former political prisoners and today's chairman Pen Club is situated to 50 years and uranium camp of political prisoners in Pribram, where after the fall of the Stalinist cult comes at the end of 1958 as a prisoner of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hynek Bočan
CAST:  Jiří Schmitzer  •  Vladimír Dlouhý  •  Karel Heřmánek  •  Miroslav Noga

Frankie Is a Womanizer (2008)

Frantisek Soukenický is a psychiatrist with an apparent life in order ... until the appearance of a former lover scorned. She ends her career and Frantisek ends without a job, his wife (who left him for another man) and homeless. He doesn´t have choice but to start ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Prušinovský
CAST:  Josef Polášek  •  Ela Lehotská  •  Martin Pechlát  •  Zdena Hadrbolcová

Frantisek Soukenický is a psychiatrist with an apparent life in order ... until the appearance of a former lover scorned. She ends her career and Frantisek ends without a job, his wife (who left him for another man) and homeless. He doesn´t have choice but to start ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Prušinovský
CAST:  Josef Polášek  •  Ela Lehotská  •  Martin Pechlát  •  Zdena Hadrbolcová

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DIRECTION:  Karel Smyczek
CAST:  Jiří Strach  •  Barbora Seidlová  •  Pavel Zedníček  •  Arnošt Goldflam

The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992)

Bohus is indolent and spends his days drinking brandy. One day he finds he has inherited a brickworks, several shops and a five-star hotel. Bohus sets out to tour his new empire, insulting everyone on the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Věra Chytilová
CAST:  Miroslav Donutil  •  Šárka Vojtková  •  Anna Pantůčková  •  Jozef Kroner

Bohus is indolent and spends his days drinking brandy. One day he finds he has inherited a brickworks, several shops and a five-star hotel. Bohus sets out to tour his new empire, insulting everyone on the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Věra Chytilová
CAST:  Miroslav Donutil  •  Šárka Vojtková  •  Anna Pantůčková  •  Jozef Kroner

Tiger Theory (2016)

The last drop for Jan's resolution is the voluntary death of his father-in-law, whose strength and patience ran dry. Grandma made decisions about Grandpa's life, old age as well as the funeral. Jan is sure that he and his wife Olga are on the same route. He recalls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radek Bajgar
CAST:  Jiří Bartoška  •  Lucia Šipošová  •  Tatiana Dyková  •  Iva Janžurová

The last drop for Jan's resolution is the voluntary death of his father-in-law, whose strength and patience ran dry. Grandma made decisions about Grandpa's life, old age as well as the funeral. Jan is sure that he and his wife Olga are on the same route. He recalls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radek Bajgar
CAST:  Jiří Bartoška  •  Lucia Šipošová  •  Tatiana Dyková  •  Iva Janžurová

Obchodníci (2013)

Lucky Loser (2012)

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DIRECTION:  Jiří Strach
CAST:  Filip Cíl  •  Ivan Trojan  •  Ivana Korolová  •  Jiří Dvořák

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DIRECTION:  Jiří Strach
CAST:  Filip Cíl  •  Ivan Trojan  •  Ivana Korolová  •  Jiří Dvořák

Expulsion from Paradise (2001)

Philosophical movie, staged at the least philosophical environment imaginable: A closed scenery of a nudist spot, where some hired Czech stuff is making a plain erotic movie for a rich Russian producer. Nothing in this movie is what it seems to be at the first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Věra Chytilová
CAST:  Bolek Polívka  •  Jan Antonín Pitínský  •  Milan Šteindler  •  Veronika Bellová

Philosophical movie, staged at the least philosophical environment imaginable: A closed scenery of a nudist spot, where some hired Czech stuff is making a plain erotic movie for a rich Russian producer. Nothing in this movie is what it seems to be at the first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Věra Chytilová
CAST:  Bolek Polívka  •  Jan Antonín Pitínský  •  Milan Šteindler  •  Veronika Bellová

Špunti na vodě (2017)

A family comedy about what happens when dads want to water without their precious halves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Chlumský
CAST:  Filip Antonio  •  Viktor Antonio  •  Hynek Čermák  •  Kateřina Coufalová

A family comedy about what happens when dads want to water without their precious halves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Chlumský
CAST:  Filip Antonio  •  Viktor Antonio  •  Hynek Čermák  •  Kateřina Coufalová

The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)

The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niki Caro
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Daniel Brühl  •  Johan Heldenbergh  •  Michael McElhatton

The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niki Caro
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Daniel Brühl  •  Johan Heldenbergh  •  Michael McElhatton
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