Otakar Vávra Movies

Eighteen-year-old factory worker's daughter Věra Janáková is head over heels in love with the famous pilot Jiří...

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most...

The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.

František Brych, a principled lawyer, refuses to back the new Communist regime at his factory and grows increasingly alienated, even as his...

The years 1851-1856: events from the life of the writer Božena Němcová, who, because of her free-thinking views and strong patriotic...

The new era brings with it progress, which must inevitably penetrate even the most remote corners. It has also reached the village of...

Building a bridge is no simple matter. The city council has to decide between two competing proposals, one of which is submitted by villainous...

A village drama about the tragic culmination of a forced marriage. The film was financed by a Brno company, which required interventions in the...

A film about filmmaking.

Baker Jan Racek (Vladimír Repa) is a very hard-working and sensible man. His great passion is pigeon-keeping and also, for many years, Ruzenka...

"The Rally" is based on a communist writer Vaclav Řezáč's well-written novel of the same name

During the New Year's Eve celebration of the arrival of the twentieth century, three friends meet in a nightclub. Notary Jiří...

A man returns to his native village in search of renewed faith and his old girlfriend. But she, now a middleaged woman, does not recognise him and he...

The unfortunate 1930s also befell the student Standa Půlpán. For existential reasons, he had to abandon his studies and entered the...

The imperial councilor Ullik decides to modernize his old mills by installing a new turbine. His eccentric brother-in-law Artuš tries to...

In the garden of Hojtaš's estate, local dignitaries gather to watch a theatrical performance starring the author of the play, Dr. Pavel...

When Vilem appears in the road with an unconscious young woman, it disturbs the peaceful life of three generations of the Balvínova family.

At the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries Boleslav's kingdom fell apart in the fratricidal war between the Přemyslovci and the other clans the...

The stuffed animal dealer Václav Barvínek spent twenty-four hours in prison for a petty dispute. And that very day, his uncle's will...

Slightly ironic comedy of wretches, who come to understand the rich and are able to accept charity, and also about how love and work prevail over the...