Otakar Vávra Movies

The doomed love of a city girl caught in the vise of poverty is detailed in Vavra’s fluid, romantic work, one of the most elegant creations of...

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

A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as well as economic, political, and social...

On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In...

A lyrical story about first love, death and disappointment, based on a poem of the same title.

A man and a woman meet on the streetcar. Six years ago, they were close . . .

A 13-minute documentary film depicting life in Prague.

Ester Krumbachová - a costume designer, screenwriter, director; one of the boldest personalities of the Czech New Wave. She worked in theatre,...

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

Filmed during the Nazi occupation, this panoramic drama set in a Prague department store follows the divergent destinies of four female coworkers,...

A man returns to his native village in search of renewed faith and his old girlfriend. But she, now a middleaged woman, does not recognise him and he...

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

Prague, the beginning of the 17th century. Rozina falls in love with Italian glass worker Nikolo, but after returning home, she gets a message that...