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Místo v houfu
1

Místo v houfu

May 08, 1964
A film in five episodes, all based on an attempt to show the life of young people today, their feelings and relationships, their behaviour in public and private life.
Drama
Šerif za mrežami
4.3

Šerif za mrežami

Mar 04, 1966
A dramatic story from the setting of a youth de tention center. Youngster Jakub, out of delusory solidarity, gets convicted of theft and goes to prison in place ofthe "sheriff" of his gang. He naively hopes that the sheriff will appreciate his gesture and leaves the stolen goods in a safe hideaway to later divide them fairly among the gang members. This conviction gives Jakub the strength to endure the unbearable conditions in the center. But reality is often much harsher than naive ideals and hollow relations in the gang.
Drama
Nevěsta
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Nevěsta

Sep 24, 1970
The female employees of the poultry-processing factory find relief from their monotonous work in chatting about weddings and marriages. The very young Zdena (Marta Vancurová), too, dreams about a white veil and an entourage of bridesmaids. On her return home from work, she runs into a peculiar man on an abandoned road who pertinaciously offers to read her palm for a few crowns to buy soup. His augury is rather usual - wealth and poverty, suffering and happiness. Then however, he declares that Zdena must marry exactly on 3 November of that year otherwise she will be unhappy.
Drama
Le Prince et l'Étoile du Soir
6.1
Jeune et insouciant, le prince Velen se voit confié la régence du royaume pendant l'absence de son père. À la demande de ses trois sœurs, il décide de trouver un mari à chacune d'elles, mais devant cette tâche ardue, il implore l'aide de Večernice, l'Étoile du Soir. Celle-ci, contre un baiser, réalise son vœu, le Vent, la Lune et le Soleil deviendront les époux de ses sœurs. À son retour, le vieux roi, surpris et rendu furieux par ces mariages insolites, ordonne à son fils de ramener ses sœurs au bercail. Pour le prince commence une longue quête semée d’embûches...
Fantasy
La Petite Sirène
6.8

La Petite Sirène

Nov 12, 1976
La petite sirène sauve un prince de la noyade et tombe amoureuse de lui. Pour vivre avec lui, elle fait un pacte avec une sorcière maléfique : sa belle voix contre une vie sur la terre... Cela semble fonctionner mais la mémoire d'une princesse étrangère le hante encore : celle qui l'a trouvé sur la plage où la sirène l'avait quitté...
Fantasy
Radúz a Mahulena
5

Radúz a Mahulena

May 14, 1971
Radúz, the son of a Magurian king, has lost his way hunting in the territory of the Tatra King Stojmír. He learns from his loyal servant Radovid the reason behind the two countries' conflict. When Radúz's mother Nyola married his father, the rejected wooer Stojmír married the evil Princess Runa. Runa out of jealousy continually incites hatred for Maguria. Radúz and Radovid have only just crossed the border when an army commanded by Runa detains them. The white deer that Radúz has killed belongs to the youngest of Stojmír's three daughters, the beautiful and delicate Mahulena.
Romance
A quelques jours près...
3
Une jeune femme mariée part en Tchécoslovaquie pour ses études, et tombe amoureuse d'un de ses professeurs, alors que se produisent les évènements du Printemps de Prague.
Drama
Tajemství velikého vypravěče
4.3
The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and in addition to the screenplay he also wrote a three-part TV play about Dumas (starring Vladimír Menšík). In Kachyn's film, Dumas played the father and son of the Štěpánková brothers, and it was a very difficult and difficult task for these young actors.
Comedy
Maratón
5.4

Maratón

Dec 31, 1968
It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.
Comedy
Milenci v roce jedna
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Milenci v roce jedna

Mar 15, 1974
It is the summer of 1945. A party of young people are enjoying the beginning of a new life to the full. For them this is the year one. One of them, law student Pavel, is more attracted to film than to law. With his eight-millimeter camera, he films everything that catches his attention. One day he captures an interesting face on film, a girl with an air of mystery. Pavel visits the girl, whose name is Helena, and meets hers and her elder energetic sister Olga. From Olga, he learns that the girls have spent the years of German occupation in a concentration camp and cannot forget the horrors they have lived through.
Drama
Noc nevěsty
7.2

Noc nevěsty

Dec 15, 1967
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 mass closure of monasteries and convents.
Drama
Trois noisettes pour Cendrillon
7.5
Cendrillon, une jeune fille espiègle et pleine de vie a qui rien ne résiste, a vécu une enfance heureuse. Fille de Seigneur, elle a eu une très bonne éducation. Après la mort de son père, sa belle-mère en fait une fille de ferme mais ses amies les colombes lui viennent en aide ainsi que trois noisettes qui lui permettront de trouver le bonheur. Dans la première noisette, il y a un costume de chasse, dans la seconde une robe de bal et dans la troisième, une robe de mariée. A trois reprise, Cendrillon rencontre le Prince qui en tombe amoureux. la troisième fois, elle lui échappe en s'enfuyant du bal. Dans sa fuite, elle perdra sa pantoufle. le prince désire l'épouser, mais auparavant il lui faudra retrouver Cendrillon malgré les manigances de sa belle-mère...
Fantasy
Arabela
8.3

Arabela

Feb 21, 1981
Arabela était une série télévisée pour enfants produite en Tchécoslovaquie qui a été diffusée de 1979 à 1981. La série compte 13 épisodes et est en langue tchèque.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Arabela
8.3

Arabela

Feb 21, 1981
Arabela était une série télévisée pour enfants produite en Tchécoslovaquie qui a été diffusée de 1979 à 1981. La série compte 13 épisodes et est en langue tchèque.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Okres na severu
1

Okres na severu

Jun 26, 1981
Okres na severu is a Czechoslovak/Czech TV series filmed by Evžen Sokolovský in 1981.
Drama
30 případů majora Zemana
7.25
Thirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the communist party. The series were filmed in the 1970s. Each episode encompasses one year, and investigations are stylized to that year. Most are inspired by real cases. The series follows the life of police investigator Jan Zeman during his career from 1945 to 1975.
Drama