Bohumil Vávra Movies

The future communist journalist Julius Fučík had a stimulating childhood and youth in a working-class environment, when his moral...

Princess Julia doesn't want to marry an old prince Hubert so she runs away from home. She meets two old magicians and join the circus, where she...

Late at night Eva Trojanová returns home to an agitated husband; three days later, her body is found with bruises on her neck. Her spouse,...

A communist is released from prison in 1935 Hamburg. He tries to link up with the Party again, but is unsure as to who he can trust, and has...

Jirka Horáček, a teenager living with his father on a Pilsen housing estate, spends his free time at discos with friends. One night he...

A short film about Prague, Prague residents, and the beginning of the weekend.

A parable for the end of totalitarianism. Three protagonists - a high official, a secretary, and a border guard - representative of three...

The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls...

A Czech public information film, sponsored by the Ministry of Health, on the perils of alcohol and STDs.

In the fifites the 10 year old boy Honza lives with his single mother in Prague. The mother is a dedicated communist in the beginning but she changes...

The common theme of the short story film is the famous duels between two important historical figures: Pushkin and Casanova. Pushkin's tragic duel,...

Saxony, devastated by the Thirty Years' War, is led by the comedy troupe of the principal Fortunato. The student Vavrinec has fled Bohemia and...

Taxi driver Koukal (Miroslav Machácek) is stopped by the police for a routine traffic check. In the boot of his car the police find the body...

The construction of a gigantic facility such as the Dukovany nuclear power plant requires only the most capable experts. Such is the engineer...

Films for children gradually fell into the grip of expressive and content sterility, succumbing to exhortative, educational tendencies. This is also...