Karel Kachyňa Movies

A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the...

Little kids, little worries, big kids, big worries, sighs many a parent often. This is no different for the mother of eighteen-year-old Frantisek,...

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

Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother's life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was mentally...

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...

Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they...

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

Twelve-year-old Jana returns from the hospital. She notices some changes at home and is worried that her parents are going to divorce. In reality,...

A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate.

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

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

Everything Ends Tonight is a Czech movie.

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...

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

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