J. O. Martin Movies

  • 1932
    Before Graduation

    Before Graduation

    Before Graduation

    51932HD

    The story of high school students, talented Jan and Karel, who has a problem with math. Their life affects pedantic professor of mathematics Klec,...

    Before Graduation
  • 1956
    Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

    Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

    Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

    5.91956HD

    Jaroslav Hašek screens four film stories in the fairground shed around 1900. After period advertising slides and a "newspaper", we see "the...

    Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
  • 1948
    Kariéra

    Kariéra

    Kariéra

    6.71948HD

    Karel Kubat, the successful director of the Globus printing house, learns on his fiftieth birthday that he has a serious heart condition. The bad...

    Kariéra
  • 1947
    The Stolen Border

    The Stolen Border

    The Stolen Border

    5.51947HD

    Czech film tells the story of a border town in World War II. Family members and friends become enemies.

    The Stolen Border
  • 1951
    Přiznání

    Přiznání

    Přiznání

    8.51951HD

    Přiznání
  • 1954
    Shoesmachine

    Shoesmachine

    Shoesmachine

    81954HD

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

    Shoesmachine
  • 1951
    The Trap

    The Trap

    The Trap

    61951HD

    The course of an organized strike by workers from North Moravian steelworks in 1931 to resist mass layoffs during the economic crisis.

    The Trap
  • 1953
    Plavecký mariáš

    Plavecký mariáš

    Plavecký mariáš

    6.31953HD

    In the past, most of the wood from the mountain forests was transported to the sawmills by river. The rafters were gradually replaced by trucks and...

    Plavecký mariáš
  • 1951
    Posel úsvitu

    Posel úsvitu

    Posel úsvitu

    81951HD

    A biographical film about a Czech mechanic and designer who was the first in the Czech lands to construct a steam car.

    Posel úsvitu
  • 1957
    Playing with the Devil

    Playing with the Devil

    Playing with the Devil

    7.81957HD

    Two marriageable girls, Princess Disperanda and her maid Káča, sign a betrothal with their own blood in exchange for fairy-tale grooms....

    Playing with the Devil
  • 1953
    Nástup

    Nástup

    Nástup

    4.81953HD

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

    Nástup
  • 1951
    Temno

    Temno

    Temno

    6.31951HD

    The Counter-Reformation period: Myslivec Machovec is forced by representatives of the Jesuit order to flee his home for his religious beliefs. His...

    Temno
  • 1956
    Jan Žižka

    Jan Žižka

    Jan Žižka

    7.31956HD

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

    Jan Žižka
  • 1952
    Mikoláš Aleš

    Mikoláš Aleš

    Mikoláš Aleš

    7.51952HD

    A biographical film about the famous Czech painter Mikoláš Aleš, portrayed as part of the vanguard of the working class and a...

    Mikoláš Aleš
  • 1948
    Old Ironside

    Old Ironside

    Old Ironside

    01948HD

    At the end of the war, the old train driver Matys saves his beloved locomotive Líza from depth charges. However, the locomotive is damaged and...

    Old Ironside
  • 1948
    Ves v pohraničí

    Ves v pohraničí

    Ves v pohraničí

    7.71948HD

    The family of Prague greengrocer Pavlas was among the first immigrants to settle in the border village of Severov. Together, the new residents manage...

    Ves v pohraničí
  • 1949
    Případ Z-8

    Případ Z-8

    Případ Z-8

    6.51949HD

    The workers at the ironworks are working to fulfill a two-year plan. The spy group takes advantage of the bitterness of a disrespected innovator and...

    Případ Z-8
  • 1951
    The Hen and the Sexton

    The Hen and the Sexton

    The Hen and the Sexton

    6.31951HD

    Cooperative members are harvesting crops, trying to get new water piping installed and preparing to plough away the field boundaries in autumn. Local...

    The Hen and the Sexton
  • 1948
    O ševci Matoušovi

    O ševci Matoušovi

    O ševci Matoušovi

    51948HD

    The revolutionary year of 1848 brought great hopes among the hitherto silent classes, awakening social and national hopes. The response also...

    O ševci Matoušovi
  • 1953
    Dvaasedmdesátka

    Dvaasedmdesátka

    Dvaasedmdesátka

    71953HD

    Dvaasedmdesátka