Karel Kachyňa Movies

Set in a small-town hospital, the film tells the story of the great suffering of a small rascal, nicknamed “Lies and Steals“, who...

A romantic story about Jakub, a student in the summer camp, and his teacher Klara.

A man who was a communist MP during the First Republic joins the Slovak National Uprising, but is wounded and has to hide in a log cabin with others....

A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Sumava".

A story about young girl Hanka who doesn't have parents and is forced to spend most of her time in a hospital bed.

The border must be guarded against insidious intruders, of that the brave border guard has no doubt. He takes in a shot dog, gains its trust, and...

The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and...

Blazenka likes to imagine she is on a desolate island and has to find a way how to survive. After the death of her mother she stays together with her...

The economic crisis in the early 1930s also affected the inhabitants of the distinctive Moravian-Slovak countryside. The protagonist and his family...

A short film on writer and poet František Hrubín.

Little boy Milan is going to visit his grandfather in the countryside - for a first time.

A Czechoslovak battalion, led by Captain Hloušek, conquers a Slovak mountain village two days before Christmas Eve 1944. Christmas and...

A coming of age drama about a young boy Jirka who lives in Prague.

In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with the Germans. After the funeral, the widow (Jana...

Psychological study of country girl Jitka and her blossoming love for an older man afraid of her youth and spontaneity.

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...