Karel Valtera

Scent of Quinces

Thanks to his friendliness towards Nazis, Sarajevo businessman gets more and more rich during WW2. However, his infatuation towards the Jewish girl causes his downfall.

Panelstory or Birth of a Community

An old man is wandering round a badly signposted and as yet mostly under construction Prague housing estate looking for the high rise block into which he is supposed to be moving with his daughter's family. The old granddad from the countryside likes chatting, nothing escapes his eyes and he wants to give everyone a helping hand.

Chain

Carefree young nurse Marta learns upon her husband's death that he was involved in all manner of criminal activity, which puts her life in danger.

That Instant, That While

Autumn 1944. A doctor is accused in the collaboration with the Nazis and found guilty...

Run, Waiter, Run!

A comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant for women who decides to make some money by pretending to be a waiter and collecting cash from unsuspecting diners.

Dark Sun

A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit.

Blue Planet

A young engineer, Štěpán Pavlík, dreams of becoming a cosmonaut.

Blue Planet

A young engineer, Štěpán Pavlík, dreams of becoming a cosmonaut.

Blue Planet

A young engineer, Štěpán Pavlík, dreams of becoming a cosmonaut.

Kam nikdo nesmí

Lucie Rýdlová is found dead at a destroyed car after a night accident. The seat position shows that she cannot have been driving, and the dissection proves that she had died about four hours after the accident. It is for sure that a timely medical assistance could have saved her life. A pretty young tennis player Lucie lived at her grandmother, because her parents had been working abroad. Criminalists found out that the girl was going out with the interpreter Valenta (Eduard Cupák), who was twenty years older than her, divorced and a bit egoistic man.

Chased and Suspected

A crime drama directed by Zbynek Brynych.

Chased and Suspected

A crime drama directed by Zbynek Brynych.

Chased and Suspected

A crime drama directed by Zbynek Brynych.

The Centaurs

The story takes place in an unnamed Latin Country.

Hněv

Sunday in September 1977, a celebration of the Miners Day. The old Hepnar is sitting at the cemetery and is recalling events from ten years ago. That time the representative of the ministry Barvír announced at the miners meeting that mining in the mines would decrease. He reasoned this decision by the fact the deposits of coal are almost used up. The boss of the mine and most of the miners protested. Barvír did not take their critical objections into account. He announced at the communist district meeting the closure of the business as the mine according to new economic principles did not prosper.

Hněv

Sunday in September 1977, a celebration of the Miners Day. The old Hepnar is sitting at the cemetery and is recalling events from ten years ago. That time the representative of the ministry Barvír announced at the miners meeting that mining in the mines would decrease. He reasoned this decision by the fact the deposits of coal are almost used up. The boss of the mine and most of the miners protested. Barvír did not take their critical objections into account. He announced at the communist district meeting the closure of the business as the mine according to new economic principles did not prosper.