Czechoslovakia Movies

In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques to tell two stories in counterpoint....

A romantic story between two wool skeins.

The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels successful, at least, when he discovers...

A grotesque story about a lumberjack who makes a toothpick out of a giant tree.

Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte, an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his beautiful daughter Aloisie...

A group of saboteurs search for a weapons cache hidden by the Nazi army. Beskydy in the summer of 1950: the StB agent Borek infiltrates a group of...

The urn supposedly containing the remains of Alice's grandfather falls out of the window and breaks. To Alice's great surprise, the urn is empty and...

The first professional animated film by Petr Sís, who later became the great children's author-illustrator Peter Sís after emigrating...

A fairy-tale about knight honour, punished evil and tender love. Three royal brothers are put to the test in the fight with the king of the...