Bohumil Vávra Movies

The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls...

Late at night Eva Trojanová returns home to an agitated husband; three days later, her body is found with bruises on her neck. Her spouse,...

A fairy tale about Petr the coal miner and Sklenáříček the elf... You may find it incomprehensible that someone could crave...

Second movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu

An overprotective mother plagues her daughter out of guilt over unintentionally scarring her daughter's cheek.

A successful art historian who has trouble telling people difficult truths, finds himself in an inescapable situation when a small lie quickly gets...

1982: East German actor Erwin Gregorek travels to Hamburg to shoot screen tests for a film about the sinking of the ocean-liner Cap Arcona in 1945 -...

Saxony, devastated by the Thirty Years' War, is led by the comedy troupe of the principal Fortunato. The student Vavrinec has fled Bohemia and...

In 1869, while investigating gruesome murders, a detective allies himself with a success-hungry newspaper editor.

The common theme of the short story film is the famous duels between two important historical figures: Pushkin and Casanova. Pushkin's tragic duel,...

Exotic, yet lyrically aimed fairy tale about a young gypsy Pista in search of a beautiful, gentle and faithful bride. An old man told him where to...

A parable for the end of totalitarianism. Three protagonists - a high official, a secretary, and a border guard - representative of three...

Jan Kačer became known primarily as an actor, but he also took up film directing several times - not very successfully. Based on someone else's...

Princess Julia doesn't want to marry an old prince Hubert so she runs away from home. She meets two old magicians and join the circus, where she...

1945. Peace still bears the traces of war everywhere. There meet the animated girl Xenia and the former boxer Henry. Being together gives them a...

The film was based on the novel "Milión" by Karel Štorkán. The book and the film depict the events surrounding the great...

Jirka Horáček, a teenager living with his father on a Pilsen housing estate, spends his free time at discos with friends. One night he...

A short film about Prague, Prague residents, and the beginning of the weekend.

Chronicle of frontier division Czech police (SNB) in the years 1946 - 1949.