Otomar Krejča

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Srpnová neděle
4

Srpnová neděle

May 12, 1961
This lyrical comedy story takes place in two hot days in the small South Bohemian village. On the shore of a small pond, summer guests and local youth meet. As is typical of the works of Hrubín, it is a conflict of youth and age, life and death, represented by the medical student Zuzana and her beloved Jirka.
Comedy
Vyšší princip
8.2

Vyšší princip

Nov 23, 1960
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
La Longue Route
6.765

La Longue Route

Jun 03, 1949
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
13. revír
4.8

13. revír

Mar 08, 1946
Inspector Cadek from the 13th police station should keep an eye on the released safe-cracker nicknamed The Cat. He rightly suspects that Cat will go and pick up his last loot which the police didn't manage to find and that he will want revenge on Karta who helped get him behind bars. At the hospital, Cat's ex-lover Fróny hopelessly falls for doctor Chrudimský and decides to start a new life. She still refuses to help the inspector in his search for The Cat and Karta.
Crime
La fougère d'or
6.4

La fougère d'or

Aug 29, 1963
Conte de fées tchèque sur un berger qui trouve une fougère dorée dotée de pouvoirs magiques.
Fantasy
Le piège
7

Le piège

Nov 17, 1950
The Trap (Czech: Past) is a 1950 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Drama
L'homme du premier siècle
5.444
An upholsterer who is preparing a rocket for takeoff accidentally jettisons himself into space and returns to Earth 500 years later with an alien companion who wishes to learn more about the human race.
Comedy
Alibi na vodě
4

Alibi na vodě

Jan 21, 1966
Miss Nováková reports to Major Tuma (Karel Höger) from the police about the disappearance of her roommate, the model Zuzana. Shortly afterwards, a film director named Konrád (Otomar Krejca) asks Tuma to cooperate on a new cinéma-vérité film describing the story of Zuzana's disappearance.
Crime
Podobizna
6.5

Podobizna

Jan 09, 1948
People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon Jordán and asks him to paint his portrait. Simon agrees but as he progresses with the work his mind conjures up terrible thoughts and in the end he commits suicide. The portrait looks lifelike and Chazaj is content with the results. After Chazaj's death the picture changes hands and brings misfortune to all who own it. The last victim is the young painter Roman who buys Chazaj's portrait in a bazaar. He finds a treasure in the frame and begins to live well off it. The comfortable life suits him so well that he rejects his original artistic aims and becomes a painter of fashionable kitsch.
Fantasy
Dravci
7

Dravci

Apr 30, 1948
Wild Beasts
Drama
Dva ohně
3.5

Dva ohně

Feb 17, 1950
A socialist drama from the time of the February coup. The owner of the brickyard will use several workers before February in order to subvert worker solidarity and continue to do his black business. However, the vigilance of a young, aware worker prevents him from doing so.
Drama
Les Vieilles Légendes tchèques
6.4
La vie des premiers habitants de Bohême illustrée par une série de sept récits légendaires. Čech et ses frères Lech et Rus vivaient dans une région située entre la Vistule et les Carpates. Lassés des guerres incessantes qui déchiraient le pays, ils décidèrent de partir à la recherche de nouvelles terres où ils pourraient vivre en paix...
Animation
Štěňata
6

Štěňata

Mar 21, 1958
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
Jan Hus
6

Jan Hus

Apr 29, 1955
Jan Hus is a 1954 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is the first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most famous works of the Czechoslovak director, completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957).
Drama
Srpnová neděle
4

Srpnová neděle

May 12, 1961
This lyrical comedy story takes place in two hot days in the small South Bohemian village. On the shore of a small pond, summer guests and local youth meet. As is typical of the works of Hrubín, it is a conflict of youth and age, life and death, represented by the medical student Zuzana and her beloved Jirka.
Comedy
Les enfants perdus
7

Les enfants perdus

May 10, 1957
Lost Children (Czech: Ztracenci) is a Czechoslovak war film directed by Miloš Makovec. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.
Drama