Otakar Vávra Movies

Filmed during the Nazi occupation, this panoramic drama set in a Prague department store follows the divergent destinies of four female coworkers,...

Dvořák's well-known composition reappears again and again in the serious moments of the lives of the father and son Hupeks - talented...

A fiction piece centered around the Czech resistance to the Nazis.

The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of...

The family of the worker Kučera lives happily. His daughter Anežka, engaged to technical draftsman Adolf, is a seamstress. His son...

On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In...

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

A romantic story of a noble lady who wanted to live without the bonds of marriage, but her desire for a child led her - carefully disguised - into...

Ríša, a student of law, neglects his studies in favour of parties and pranks. His angry father refuses to continue helping him out of...

A lyrical story about first love, death and disappointment, based on a poem of the same title.

A poor dog catcher in Prague takes up an orphan's boy who finds his favorite bull with him, with himself, until both find a better home, finally,...

Otakar Vávra walks through Prague in front of the camera and with the camera, and remembers those who in the 1930s determined the pulse of the...

A socialist drama from the time of the February coup. The owner of the brickyard will use several workers before February in order to subvert worker...

A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as well as economic, political, and social...

A film medallion of actor Zdenek Stepanek.

The plump, punctual and slightly despotic Mr. Tříška worked as a housing officer, which completely damaged his psychological...

The 50th anniversary of the Barrandov studios was celebrated with a spectacular show: many directors and other important people gathered in the...

The first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957). The...