The full-length film which, though based on Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, is more about the complexity of the time and the world. We witness the creation of a modern production of Don Giovanni, reflecting the controversial present. Mozart's exciting music, uninhibited erotic, and the eternal...
A bitter comedic-drama centering around Tomas, a former promising young director who must cope with a commerce driven world he no longer wants to participate in.
Janez Burger's FAMácké exercise is exceptional in that it is the only comedic or actually parodic work he has ever made. The screenwriter of this title, Jan Lipšanský, is said to have contributed to this by "reworking" the original material. Thus, instead of a dramatic probe into the inner...
Jana decides to make an ambitious film about the life of Bedřich Smetana, but unfortunately, right at the start, the main partner withdraws from the project and producer Richard decides to stop filming. However, Jana is not willing to give up on her dream and, thanks to a coincidence, she gains...
The story of the black Christmas comedy Doblba! takes place in the extended Muk family. The main character is Karel Muk, a simple man with simple dreams, living a somewhat stereotypical married life with Tereza, the stepmother of Karel's daughter Valinka. In the words of the script: ... Karel...
Anton is, or rather was, a famous theater actor, but cruel life began to put treacherous obstacles in his way. For example, a chair or a hole, which you idiots should try to overcome after fourteen beers. When the theater director fires him and his wife wants him out of the apartment, Anton takes...
A day before Christmas Eve, a young, inexperienced doctor starts his first night shift on his own. All of his more skilled colleagues have left to spend some time with their families. There are no signs which would indicate that this calm night will change into a struggle for not only a child's...
A tragicomedy about a medium-sized Czech railway station in the summer. The railway workers deal with, or rather try to deal with, their small "interactions" against the backdrop of the disappearing genius loci of the place in which they find themselves, in a very humorous and exaggerated way.
A comedy about well-hidden children, a diabolical plan, and how it all came to light in the end. There are situations in life when everything gets tangled up somehow. People, especially when they are still young and inexperienced, sometimes break up and get together too quickly, and the...
"Situation of the Street" - An experimental study about Czech life, focusing on Prague's National Street, its businesses and the varied people who frequent it.
