Miroslav Svoboda

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Deváté srdce
6.8

Deváté srdce

Apr 13, 1979

Deváté srdce
1979 88 min 10 vues
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to Martin or anyone else, the princess is actually under the spell of the powerful magician Andlobrandini, who is preparing a rejuvenating elixir made from the blood of nine men's hearts.
Fantasy
Lásky mezi kapkami deště
6.5

Lásky mezi kapkami deště

May 23, 1980

Lásky mezi kapkami deště
1980 126 min 11 vues
Set in Prague during the years leading up to World War II, this family saga tells the story of a cobbler named Vincenc Bursik (Vladimir Mensik), who uproots his clan from the country to the city, only to suffer the loss of his wife and the failure of his shoe business within months. When his daughter moves away to go live with a wealthy businessman as his mistress, Vincenc is left to take care of his two sons, who spend their days in a secret garden vying for the affections of a teenage girl.
Romance
Vyšší princip
8.206

Vyšší princip

Nov 23, 1960

Vyšší princip
1960 104 min 17 vues
During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.
Drama
Směšný pán
1

Směšný pán

Nov 28, 1969

Směšný pán
1969 81 min 1 vues
When a noted professor receives a new treatment for his heart ailment, his outlook on life changes. Despite doctor's orders, he is determined to live out his final days on his own terms and fulfill his fantasies. He saves the life of a young woman who tries to kill herself after his recovery from heart surgery in this symbolic story of a man trying to determine his own fate in his last days alive.
Drama
Transport z ráje
4.8

Transport z ráje

Mar 15, 1963

Transport z ráje
1963 94 min 6 vues
Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their hopes and dreams unfold against the perpetual threat of deportation (or worse) by the Nazis. Based on the novel "Night and Hope" by Arnost Lustig.
Drama
Jak utopit dr. Mráčka aneb Konec vodníků v Čechách
6.7

Jak utopit dr. Mráčka aneb Konec vodníků v Čechách

Mar 01, 1975

Jak utopit dr. Mráčka aneb Konec vodníků v Čechách
1975 120 min 33 vues
There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaken for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on...
Comedy
Zlaté kapradí
6.4

Zlaté kapradí

Aug 29, 1963

Zlaté kapradí
1963 115 min 6 vues
Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they fall in love. After getting drunk in a village feast, he gets to sign up to the army. The fairy gives him a shirt to wear and asks him to swear he will never abandon it. At the war front, he falls in love with the the colonel's daughter and will have to perform various feats to get her attention.
Fantasy
Osvobození Prahy
2

Osvobození Prahy

May 06, 1977

Osvobození Prahy
1977 140 min 1 vues
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 Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) discusses with his commanders how to transform the city into an impregnable fortress, but the Praguers do not intend to wait any longer. From the early hours of 4th of May people start assembling in the streets and tearing down German signs. On the next day, the 5th of May, the uprising begins.
Drama
La Longue Route
6.7

La Longue Route

Jun 03, 1949

La Longue Route
1949 104 min 16 vues
Prague, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Hana Kaufmann, une ophtalmologue juive, épouse le Dr Antonín Bureš, un chrétien. Lorsque sa famille est envoyée dans le camp de concentration de Theresienstadt, leur romance se transforme en une lutte pour la survie.
Drama
La Peste Blanche
6.8

La Peste Blanche

Dec 21, 1937

La Peste Blanche
1937 105 min 12 vues
Adaptation d'une piece de Karel Capek mettant en scene un medecin qui refuse de devoiler le secret de son remede contre un mal invaincu tant que la paix ne sera pas assuree dans le pays.
Drama
Před maturitou
1

Před maturitou

Sep 09, 1932

Před maturitou
1932 92 min 1 vues
The story of high school students, talented Jan and Karel, who has a problem with math. Their life affects pedantic professor of mathematics Klec, that goes with them on a school trip, which escalates the conflict between them. Jan wants to escape, but Professor Donat will discourage him. Karel fails the exam of mathematics and decides to commit suicide.
Drama
Et la vie continue
1

Et la vie continue

Oct 18, 1935

Et la vie continue
1935 75 min 1 vues
On the coast of Yugoslavia lives fisherman Ivo Kralj, his wife Marie, son Vuk, and Ivo's mother in one happy home. Marie, who loves her husband and always looks forward to his return from sea, attracts Nikola, with whom Ivo, out of jealousy, has a scuffle at a dance. After the outbreak of World War I Ivo is mobilized. He ends up in a P.O.W. camp where he is subjected to hard labour. His family then receives news of his death. The years pass and the lonely widow Marie is occasionally visited by her friend Nikola. Ivo's mother would like her to remarry. Soon after the wedding Marie becomes pregnant. Ivo, who has been thought dead, succeeds in escaping the P.O.W. camp where he has spent several years. Upon his arrival home he finds his name on a memorial erected to the victims of the war...
Drama
Škola otců
6.7

Škola otců

Nov 08, 1957

Škola otců
1957 107 min 3 vues
A new teacher with high standards and a strong sense of duty replaces an easy grader. Once bad grades begin to pile up, a product of his predecessor's subservience to the system, the new teacher has to stand up for himself and his students.
Drama
Cirkus v cirkuse
4.8

Cirkus v cirkuse

Feb 13, 1976

Cirkus v cirkuse
1976 131 min 8 vues
To Moscow have arrived the participants of the international conference of the zoophilologists and also the international jury which is to elect for the world festival the best performance of the program of Moscow circus. Mrs Whistler (Iva Janzurová), British associate professor, makes her understood with the animals in their language but the Czech professor Ruzicka (Jirí Sovák), though he is capable of using the animals language, prefers teaching the animals the human language. Ruzicka's friend, the poodle Archibald, speaks "in Human" very well. The scientific dispute ends with a bet - if Ruzicka teaches the circus elephant to sing, Mrs Whistler will eat up her hat.
Family
Hej-Rup!
7

Hej-Rup!

Oct 26, 1934

Hej-Rup!
1934 99 min 8 vues
A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings with a worker, Filip Kornet, he discovers he still owns a half-finished apartment-house. They rally the workers and complete the building for use as a collectivist dairy. The cooperative flourishes and after a chase/pursuit with the police, pratfalls, slapstick and various crashes, the workers buy out the Milk-Trust.
Comedy
Romeo, Julie a tma
6.25

Romeo, Julie a tma

Apr 15, 1960

Romeo, Julie a tma
1960 92 min 20 vues
Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army, love blossoms between the two. He is her only link to the outside world. Then the two are discovered by Pavel's mother, who forces the residents of the apartment building to decide whether Hana can remain.
Drama
Svět patří nám
6.8

Svět patří nám

Jul 30, 1937

Svět patří nám
1937 96 min 4 vues
One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be directly named due to censorship: Gangsters with gray hats stir up trouble in what is obviously the Sudetenland.
Comedy
Žízeň
4.5

Žízeň

Mar 24, 1950

Žízeň
1950 137 min 2 vues
The catastrophically dry weather of 1947 causes immense problems in the countryside. In the small village Klícov, only farmers Hánek and Bervida and the old Hromádka have water. The others must queue every day for a drop for themselves and their cattle. All the villagers lament over their previous decision to turn down the cooperative chairman Kouba's proposal to built a new village water-supply system.
Drama
Akce B
4.5

Akce B

Feb 22, 1952

Akce B
1952 92 min 2 vues
Film shows the struggle of the Czechoslovak armed forces against groups of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) under command Burlak, who tried to pass through the territory of Slovakia.
Drama
Štěňata
6

Štěňata

Mar 21, 1958

Štěňata
1958 78 min 1 vues
Explores young adults' fears of being conscripted by the communist government into working outside of Prague, a relative oasis of creativity and freedom of thought. From an early script by Milos Forman.
Drama
Princesse avec une étoile d'or
6.6

Princesse avec une étoile d'or

Dec 18, 1959

Princesse avec une étoile d'or
1959 80 min 25 vues
L' un des contes de fées tchèques classiques, sans faillir en rien de ce qui serait une bonne histoire devrait avoir. Il y a une belle Lada, princesse dont le visage orné de l' étoile d'or, son père, un bon, mais un peu souverain docile, méchant roi qui Spoiler d' assaut le château et demander la main de la princesse Lady. Il y a une bonne et sage nounou qui n'a pas seulement M. King sous le pouce, mais aussi de bons conseils sur la main. Il y a une fourrure de souris de fée qui cache la beauté de l'évasion princesse du royaume. Et il y a le royaume de Radovan prince avec cuisine royale, où déguise trouve refuge Lada chez les cuisiniers ..
Family
Dnes naposled
8

Dnes naposled

Dec 13, 1958

Dnes naposled
1958 93 min 2 vues
Concert master Karel Mašek is a drunk, as well as engineer Danda and other regular guests of the pub U Kroců. Mašek returns from the pub in the morning and promises the woman that he will stop drinking. But he failed again, and the orchestra players refuse to play with him. Danda returns home without a bag and goes to Krocs again in the morning, even though he has an important job at work. He has been degraded to subordinate job position, but he refused to admit it at home.
Drama
Taková láska
1

Taková láska

Oct 02, 1959

Taková láska
1959 79 min 1 vues
A student commits suicide out of unhappy love to a married man; story is recounted in retrospective by a "judge" who asks the audience to decide who is the guilty party.
Drama
Les têtes de chiens
5

Les têtes de chiens

Mar 25, 1955

Les têtes de chiens
1955 97 min 2 vues
Dog's Heads (Czech: Psohlavci) is a 1955 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič, based on the novel of the same name by Alois Jirásek. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.
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