Zdeněk Martínek

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The Good Soldier Švejk (1957)

Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I -- although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards and getting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Steklý
CAST:  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Svatopluk Beneš  •  Eva Svobodová  •  Josef Hlinomaz

Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I -- although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards and getting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Steklý
CAST:  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Svatopluk Beneš  •  Eva Svobodová  •  Josef Hlinomaz

A Night at Karlstein (1974)

No Woman is allowed into Karlstejn Castle! Yet the enamoured Daniele Kolářová and the equally enamoured Jana Brejchová manage to spend one night in disguise in the Castle despite the strict royal ban.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Podskalský
CAST:  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Jana Brejchová  •  Karel Höger  •  Jaroslav Marvan

No Woman is allowed into Karlstejn Castle! Yet the enamoured Daniele Kolářová and the equally enamoured Jana Brejchová manage to spend one night in disguise in the Castle despite the strict royal ban.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Podskalský
CAST:  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Jana Brejchová  •  Karel Höger  •  Jaroslav Marvan

Long Live the Republic (1965)

Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination of his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Zdeněk Lstibůrek  •  Naděžda Gajerová  •  Vlado Müller  •  Gustáv Valach

Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination of his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Zdeněk Lstibůrek  •  Naděžda Gajerová  •  Vlado Müller  •  Gustáv Valach

I Dutifully Report (1958)

A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War I. I Dutifully Report: In the introduction to the second part of the film adaptation of Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švějk presents his main character Josef Švejk. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Steklý
CAST:  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Svatopluk Beneš  •  Miloš Nedbal  •  Jaroslav Marvan

A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War I. I Dutifully Report: In the introduction to the second part of the film adaptation of Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švějk presents his main character Josef Švejk. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Steklý
CAST:  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Svatopluk Beneš  •  Miloš Nedbal  •  Jaroslav Marvan

You Are a Widow, Sir (1971)

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti and with brain of psychotic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Vorlíček
CAST:  Olga Schoberová  •  Eduard Cupák  •  Jiří Hrzán  •  František Filipovský

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti and with brain of psychotic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Václav Vorlíček
CAST:  Olga Schoberová  •  Eduard Cupák  •  Jiří Hrzán  •  František Filipovský

Sugar House (1981)

In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with the Germans. After the funeral, the widow (Jana Svandová) and her two young sons Martin and Ondra move to her deceased husband's native village at the foot of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Jana Švandová  •  Michal Dlouhý  •  Marek Mikuláš  •  Lubomír Kostelka

In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with the Germans. After the funeral, the widow (Jana Svandová) and her two young sons Martin and Ondra move to her deceased husband's native village at the foot of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Jana Švandová  •  Michal Dlouhý  •  Marek Mikuláš  •  Lubomír Kostelka

Counting Sheep (1982)

A story about young girl Hanka who doesn't have parents and is forced to spend most of her time in a hospital bed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Žaneta Fuchsová  •  Věra Galatíková  •  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Naďa Konvalinková

A story about young girl Hanka who doesn't have parents and is forced to spend most of her time in a hospital bed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Žaneta Fuchsová  •  Věra Galatíková  •  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Naďa Konvalinková

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DIRECTION:  Zdeněk Troška
CAST:  Blanka Bohdanová  •  Eduard Cupák  •  Pavel Pípal  •  Petr Svoboda

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DIRECTION:  Libuše Koutná
CAST:  Helena Jandová  •  Ondřej Pavelka  •  Josef Kemr  •  Rudolf Hrušínský

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CAST:  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Milena Dvorská  •  Alois Švehlík  •  Zuzana Bydžovská

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DIRECTION:  Ladislav Brom
CAST:  Oldřich Nový  •  Lída Baarová  •  Bedřich Veverka  •  Zita Kabátová

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DIRECTION:  Václav Wasserman
CAST:  Jiří Plachý  •  Jaroslav Marvan  •  Eman Fiala  •  Květa Fialová

A Ridiculous Gentleman (1969)

When a noted professor receives a new treatment for his heart ailment, his outlook on life changes. Despite doctor's orders, he is determined to live out his final days on his own terms and fulfill his fantasies. He saves the life of a young woman who tries to kill ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Zdeněk Kryzánek  •  Vladimír Šmeral  •  Jiří Adamíra  •  Josef Patočka

When a noted professor receives a new treatment for his heart ailment, his outlook on life changes. Despite doctor's orders, he is determined to live out his final days on his own terms and fulfill his fantasies. He saves the life of a young woman who tries to kill ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Zdeněk Kryzánek  •  Vladimír Šmeral  •  Jiří Adamíra  •  Josef Patočka

On the Trail of Blood (1970)

Major Kalas from the Prague criminal intelligence service has been sent to a small town of Dubá in North Bohemia to help with the investigation of the puzzling death of a child. A gypsy boy has been killed three weeks ago and his body found under a rock. As the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petr Schulhoff
CAST:  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Vladimír Ptáček  •  Ilja Prachař  •  Karel Dellapina

Major Kalas from the Prague criminal intelligence service has been sent to a small town of Dubá in North Bohemia to help with the investigation of the puzzling death of a child. A gypsy boy has been killed three weeks ago and his body found under a rock. As the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petr Schulhoff
CAST:  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Vladimír Ptáček  •  Ilja Prachař  •  Karel Dellapina

Vrtkavý král (1975)

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DIRECTION:  Evžen Němec
CAST:  Josef Somr  •  Karolina Slunéčková  •  Hana Maciuchová  •  Jiří Holý

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DIRECTION:  Evžen Němec
CAST:  Josef Somr  •  Karolina Slunéčková  •  Hana Maciuchová  •  Jiří Holý

Robinson Girl (1974)

Blazenka likes to imagine she is on a desolate island and has to find a way how to survive. After the death of her mother she stays together with her baby brother and has to take care of the family. In this difficult situation, she plays this role-game that helps ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Miroslava Šafránková  •  Petr Kostka  •  Jaroslava Obermaierová  •  Vladimír Dlouhý

Blazenka likes to imagine she is on a desolate island and has to find a way how to survive. After the death of her mother she stays together with her baby brother and has to take care of the family. In this difficult situation, she plays this role-game that helps ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Miroslava Šafránková  •  Petr Kostka  •  Jaroslava Obermaierová  •  Vladimír Dlouhý

Death of Hitch-Hikers (1979)

Maniac, a driver, sits on the track women, which then rape and kill. For loved ones, he is an ordinary person who has a wife and child. When exposed, he does not stop before killing his wife and takes his son hostage, under the guise of which he is trying to escape ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jindřich Polák
CAST:  Marek Perepeczko  •  Zdeněk Buchvaldek  •  Jana Janěková  •  Jaroslava Obermaierová

Maniac, a driver, sits on the track women, which then rape and kill. For loved ones, he is an ordinary person who has a wife and child. When exposed, he does not stop before killing his wife and takes his son hostage, under the guise of which he is trying to escape ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jindřich Polák
CAST:  Marek Perepeczko  •  Zdeněk Buchvaldek  •  Jana Janěková  •  Jaroslava Obermaierová

Golden Eels (2007)

A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. There, the boy became friends with a local fisherman and learned to catch the golden eels. Eventually, his father and mother were arrested by the Nazis and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Martin Mikuláš  •  Slávka Španková  •  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Vladimír Menšík

A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. There, the boy became friends with a local fisherman and learned to catch the golden eels. Eventually, his father and mother were arrested by the Nazis and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Martin Mikuláš  •  Slávka Španková  •  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Vladimír Menšík

Diagnóza smrti (1979)

Two seriously injured patients are brought to the hospital at almost the same time: truck driver Honza Linhart, who had an accident, and a young woman found unconscious in a forest by a man picking mushrooms. The woman is identified as Katerina Marková, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petr Schulhoff
CAST:  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Drahomíra Hofmanová  •  Alexandra Gasnárková  •  Vilém Besser

Two seriously injured patients are brought to the hospital at almost the same time: truck driver Honza Linhart, who had an accident, and a young woman found unconscious in a forest by a man picking mushrooms. The woman is identified as Katerina Marková, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petr Schulhoff
CAST:  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  Drahomíra Hofmanová  •  Alexandra Gasnárková  •  Vilém Besser
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