František Vnouček Movies

May 1945. On the outskirts of Prague, ordinary people meet Soviet soldiers-liberators with tears of joy in their eyes. In the early days of the lull,...

A poignant overview of how short life can be, this interesting drama from Czech director Vojetch Jasny is divided into four separate segments. In the...

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...

Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is...

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

On an early Sunday evening, people of the small town are reading lottery results that are hung on a board. Young man Karel Antos is annoyed that his...

A student commits suicide out of unhappy love to a married man; story is recounted in retrospective by a "judge" who asks the audience to decide who...

The movie describes proletarian life in the Czech Lands after World War I.

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

Explores young adults' fears of being conscripted by the communist government into working outside of Prague, a relative oasis of creativity and...

Small stories from a grammar school.Děj je poskládán z celé řady epizod, které během jednoho...

Czechoslovakian crime film

The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.

Grammar school teacher Bláha hurts himself in pursuit of a red lizard, and is lying unconscious in the lonely house of Santrucek family. The...