Milka Balek-Brodská

AKA:
0.0596

1888-12-26

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {155}

Rezácová - woman at interrogation

1961-07-28 0

Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

“A bored housewife, a husband who married her for show, and a stupid boy who is full of himself because he is dating a Swiss woman.” The words of Inspector Tůma sound like they’re from a European melo ...
Genre :Crime

1959-08-07 6

Pět z milionu

Five short stories: The Master and the Twentieth Disciple; Every Week is Sunday; It's Boniface's Fault; The Raggedy Song; The Spider's Web. ...
Genre :Drama

Piskáčková

1928-09-07 3.5

Spitzenhöschen und Schusterpech

Genre :Comedy

1960-05-12 7

The Lost Photography

A young boy from Prague is trying to find a Soviet soldier from the old 1945 picture. ...
Genre :Adventure, Family

Kubíčkova bytná

1961-01-06 5

Black Saturday

In this crime story, surprisingly, neither the all-powerful criminals nor the spies or saboteurs are pursued, as was once common. The plot is almost mundane: someone unwittingly siphoned off alcohol f ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy

1962-05-18 0

Kohout plaší smrt

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 saboteurs hidden in the Beskydy mountains. They are p ...
Genre :Drama

Návštěvnice ochotnického divadla

1935-04-19 6

Hero of One Night

Country tailor Florian Svíčička neglects his work because of his interest in medieval history. When preparing an amateur performance at Zdislavice Castle, he gladly replaces the bailiff and plays the ...
Genre :Comedy

zahradníkova žena

1942-07-31 6.7

Valentin Dobrotivý

A very hardworking but also very naive insurance company clerk, Valentin Plavec, becomes the target of endless pranks, jokes and recessions from his colleagues Bejšovec and Voborník. However, their la ...
Genre :Comedy

Neighbor

1933-11-01 4

Eaten Out of House and Home

The gullible buyer Žemla Martin (Francis Smolik) finally opened his dream shop. After a while, you get a lot of friends. Especially the former captain Kyllijána (Vlasta Burian), who come to him to dri ...
Genre :Drama

Maiden

1929-08-30 4.9

The Organist at St. Vitus Cathedral

The most important silent film by director Martin Frič. Poet Vitezslav Nezval did scenographic modifications to the original story by Václav Wasserman. Film producer Jaroslav Stransky didn’t witness p ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1931-01-23 0

Vendelin's Purgatory and Paradise

The comedy "Vendelin's Purgatory and Paradise" contains the amusing experiences of the Zemlicka family from Prague who are all trying to find a good match for their daughter Amalka. Amalka is a pretty ...
Genre :Comedy

Village Gossiper

1929-03-01 8

Father Vojtech

Father Vojtech (Czech: Páter Vojtěch) is a 1929 silent Czech romance film directed by Martin Frič. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

sousedka

1939-08-11 6

Humoreska

Dvořák's well-known composition reappears again and again in the serious moments of the lives of the father and son Hupeks - talented non-professional musicians for whom music gives them the opportuni ...
Genre :Drama

hospodyně u Procházky

1930-10-24 6.1

Imperial and Royal Field Marshal

František Procházka was retired early because his soldiers sang a forbidden song about a c. and k. field marshal. Since he is a soldier in body and soul and his request for reactivation is rejected, h ...
Genre :Comedy

Verner's Assistant

1926-09-24 8

The Fake Sweetheart

The film depicts the troubles of Herr Verner ( Herr Karel Hasler ), a middle-aged bachelor dentist who wants to marry. ...
Genre :Comedy

Bindlerová (uncredited)

1949-06-03 6.8

Distant Journey

Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, their romance turns ...
Genre :Drama

Adéla Dominiková

1938-03-31 3

Panenka

Věra accepts the offer of her friend Kajetán, who arranges a position for her in Dominik's puppet factory. The spirited girl impresses her employer, Antonín Dominik, so much that he falls in love with ...
Genre :Comedy

Midwife

1930-01-03 6.283

Erotikon

Andrea, the beautiful daughter of a railway gateman, is seduced by a rich passenger, who missed his train. Left pregnant, Andrea marries another man and moves to Prague, only to encounter her former l ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1935-03-01 5.8

Maryša

A village drama about the tragic culmination of a forced marriage. The film was financed by a Brno company, which required interventions in the generally known original. The reason for moving the loca ...
Genre :Drama

plátenice

1960-06-10 6.7

Darbujan and Pandrhola

A poor miner, Kuba Dařbuján, cares for his wife Markýtka and eleven children. When a newborn arrives, he seeks a godfather and, finding only Death fair to all, accepts a pact: as a doctor whom Death a ...
Genre :Family, Fantasy

švagrová paní Plicové

1932-06-10 4.3

The Undertaker

An employee of the funeral home Pleticha calls his superior. He overhears that he is supposed to buy a wedding gift and deliver it to his boss's relatives. He therefore sets off to the given address t ...
Genre :Comedy

Plichtová

1938-02-12 4.75

Líza Soars to the Skies

The orphan Eliška Irovská, nicknamed Líza, arrives in her native village of Ptačice. As an orphan she is housed in the local poorhouse and has to go out begging. Her guardian Petr Tumlíř, however, see ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

1956-01-20 7

Muž v povětří

Mr. Čap is an inventor who disturbs the peace of the town of Krásnov with his experiments. During his attempts to discover the eternal match, smoke and a stench pour out of the window, accompanied by ...
Genre :Comedy

majitelka penziónu

1937-08-27 6.5

Girls, Stand Fast!

Emanuel Pokorný, a bachelor, is to join a rural church school as a professor. Before leaving, however, he finds an infant abandoned in his room. Since he has no time to search for the child's parents, ...
Genre :Comedy

teta

1933-09-22 0

Madla from the Brickworks

Baron Dolanský is deeply interested in eugenics, he knows what happens when the same plants are crossed over and over again, and he rightly concludes that it will be no different with people. He is a ...
Genre :Comedy

Brandejsová

1936-11-06 8

Manželství na úvěr

The story of the love life of sisters Lea and Ema Pohl and the comical escapades of Kristýna Žitná, Ema's classmate. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

vesničanka

1937-12-03 7

Hlídač č. 47

A young village shopkeeper, Ferda Zuska, wants to jump in front of a train because his girlfriend has married someone else. At the last moment, he is saved by the railway guard Douša and his wife Anna ...
Genre :Drama

ředitelka

1936-09-11 6

Irčin románek

Irča Miňovská, the daughter of a car factory director, meets mechanic Lexa Hora by chance. They fall in love, but Irča's father does not want his daughter's unequal relationship and decides to send Ir ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

drbna

1937-07-02 0

Žena na rozcestí

Genre :Drama, Romance

ježibaba

1933-12-22 2

The Gingerbread House

Even children in an over-technified civilization need fairy tales, and Mrs. Fairy Tale invites them into her world. The woodcutter goes to the forest with his children, Hansel and Gretel. While their ...
Genre :Family, Fantasy

drbna

1933-09-08 6

With the exception of the public

A comedy of misunderstanding and a love square ...
Genre :Comedy

1938-02-25 0

Boží mlýny

An old peasant from Chodský, Záhor, claims to the young Podestát that he returned three hundred gold pieces to his father before the old Podestát died. Out of greed, Záhor even decides to perjure hims ...
Genre :Drama

Nohejlová

1935-12-25 7

Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy

The story of a janitor's daughter who married into a "better man". Obedient to her mother and eager to "rise up" herself, Nanynka did everything she could to avoid being left with a bucket and rags an ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Žofie

1940-09-27 0

Minulost Jany Kosinové

Genre :Drama, Romance

Šimůnková

1937-05-07 6

Děvče za výkladem

Genre :Drama, Romance

1938-03-11 0

Včera neděle byla

Genre :Drama, Romance

1934-06-22 7

Pán na roztrhání

Genre :Comedy

Máta Peprná

1932-10-14 5

Pepina Rejholcová

Country girl Pepina sometimes misses her boyfriend Ferd. He works for the detective company "Bdělá soůva" in Prague. Pepina takes the opportunity to visit Ferd when the filmmakers offer her to go with ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

1939-02-03 6

In Temptation

When the handsome parish priest takes on a single mother with a child, he has no idea what kind of malicious gossip he will be exposed to. But he is determined to take care of his brother's girlfriend ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

1932-03-11 0

Sňatková kancelář

Genre :Comedy

1937-11-04 5.3

Virginity

The doomed love of a city girl caught in the vise of poverty is detailed in Vavra’s fluid, romantic work, one of the most elegant creations of the Czech Modernist era... The film lingers over its char ...
Genre :Drama

1935-06-07 0

Cácorka

Genre :Comedy

1931-12-25 0

Career of Pavel Camrda

Genre :Comedy

1954-10-15 7.3

The Circus Will Be

A few bus-loads of holidaymakers from the agricultural cooperative on a day trip arrive to see the show at the Slavia Circus. But, they have bad luck. It is Monday, the day on which the employees have ...
Genre :Comedy

1926-02-12 7

The Good Soldier Švejk

The first film treatment of the fate of the good soldier Švejk, a dog dealer from Prague, who is arrested after the Sarajevo assassination, psychiatrically examined and later called up to c. and k. ar ...
Genre :Comedy

1957-01-25 5.7

The Girl Robinson Crusoe

A thirteen-year-old girl whose mother suddenly dies during the birth of her second child is forced to start taking care not only of herself, but also of her father and newborn brother. ...
Genre :Drama

šatnářka v kavárně Amor

1932-02-19 0

Don't Say No, Girl!

Based on an anonymous letter about Margot's fiancée's infidelity, the factory owner Hora hires detective Pejsek. His investigation then reveals Margot's efforts to obtain money from the factory owner ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

1922-07-22 0

Adam and Eva

Twins Adam and Eva are so alike, it is impossible to tell them apart, which enables the malicious Eva to get away with all sorts of naughty tricks and leave the blame to fall on Adam. The pair grows u ...
Genre :Comedy

1949-04-16 6

Vzbouření na vsi

The new era brings with it progress, which must inevitably penetrate even the most remote corners. It has also reached the village of Čirá. The men there have a number of modern machines that make the ...
Genre :Comedy

1930-02-28 6

Poor girl

The illegitimate child, Marie Růžová, grows up in the family of the Bořický miller. Childhood and youth spend with the son of Bořice, Klement. Klement asserts the rights, becomes a lawyer, and marries ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1929-01-01 0

Kameradschaftsehe

The problem of companionship marriages , i.e. marriages determined by purely practical rather than emotional motives, is addressed with all its pros and cons using two relationships . The four protago ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1933-04-14 6

His Majesty's Adjutant

Lieutenant Patera, who unfortunately became involved in a scandalous affair in the highest circles of the Habsburg monarchy, is transferred from his sentence to the backwater garrison in Munich. ...
Genre :Comedy

Dozorkyne

1950-11-17 7

The Trap

The drama from the time of the Nazi occupation begins at the train station, where a transport with German soldiers is passing. The train is stopped due to improvised sabotage by one of the railway wor ...
Genre :Drama, War

1937-09-15 5

Karel Hynek Mácha

Film about famous poet Karel Hynek Mácha ...
Genre :Drama

1925-12-25 0

Do panského stavu

Genre :Drama

1927-03-11 0

Schweik in Russian Captivity

Directed by Svatopluk Innemann. ...
Genre :Comedy, War

1926-04-16 0

Příběh jednoho dne

Genre :Drama, Romance

1932-01-15 7

The Good Soldier Schweik

Joint montage of the first three silent films about Švejk: Good Soldier Švejk (1926, director: Karel Lamač), Švejk on the Front (1926, director Karel Lamač) and Švejk in Russian Captivity (1926, direc ...
Genre :Comedy, War

1931-09-18 0

The Dogheads

Genre :Drama, History

1932-02-12 5

Naceradec, King of Kibitzer

The owner of a clothing store, Mr. Načeradec, spends most of his free time in a café, where he plays chess with the owner of a rival store, Mr. Dundr, over mineral water. Načeradec's daughter Edith, c ...
Genre :Comedy

1926-09-03 0

Prach a broky

Genre :Comedy

1927-02-11 0

Otec Kondelík a ženich Vejvara II.

Genre :Comedy

1927-04-22 0

V panském stavu

Genre :Drama

1927-02-11 0

Aničko, vrať se!

Genre :Comedy

1927-04-15 0

Bludné duše

Genre :Drama

1929-12-06 0

Paní Katynka z vaječného trhu

Genre :Romance, Drama

1929-11-15 0

Tchán Kondelík a zeť Vejvara

Genre :Comedy

1927-10-28 0

Kašpárek kouzelníkem

Genre :

1929-02-22 0

Z lásky

Genre :Drama, Romance

1929-05-03 0

Osudné noci

Genre :Drama

1929-10-25 0

The Sins of Love

The troubled situation of a provincial actor and his actress wife who come to the city. The actor is suspected of attacking another actor who admires the actress. ...
Genre :Drama

1929-01-11 0

Známosti z ulice

Genre :Drama, Romance

woman washing a window

1958-06-27 3.5

Kasaři

A detective comedy about ex-cashiers who - except for one - have improved and lead a proper and peaceful life and mostly desperately resist the slightest reminder of their past. However, one of them, ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy

1930-03-24 6.4

Such Is Life

A story about domestic life in a typical working-class environment. Life and trials and how little situations have big consequences. ...
Genre :Drama

Neighbor

1932-09-23 8

The Ideal Schoolmaster

This light-hearted comedy operetta tells the story of a newly appointed high school professor who becomes an ideal target for pranks and jokes. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Music

1934-05-18 0

Exekutor v kabaretu

Genre :Comedy

Lize's Aunt

1936-11-27 6

The Seamstress

Even though the heroine works as a seamstress, she would like to become a designer. And she really has the talent, even a businessman from Paris shows interest in her. But many things turn out to be d ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Barbora Vychytralová

1933-03-03 0

Strýček z Ameriky

Genre :Comedy

1935-04-01 0

Koho jsem včera líbal?

Genre :Comedy

1936-09-25 0

Passage in the Paradise

Orphan Petr lives with his dog Puntja with his aunt. His uncle Gustav wants to get rid of Peter and puts him in an orphanage. Peter escapes from there and looks for his Punt. He finds him with the coo ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

1937-04-30 5.5

Advokátka Věra

Věra Donátová has graduated from law school and wants to open a law firm. However, she is financially dependent on her parents. Her emancipated mother supports her efforts, but her father gives Věra m ...
Genre :Comedy

1937-09-10 0

Kariéra matky Lízalky

Genre :Comedy

1937-08-13 6

Jarčin profesor

A graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy, Karel Stržický earns extra money in the summer as a day laborer for the landowner Drahan. Jarča, the Drahans' daughter, spends the holidays with her parents, a ...
Genre :Comedy

1938-10-07 1

Druhé mládí

Genre :Drama, Romance

1938-06-03 7.4

Duchacek Will Fix It

Mr. Ducháček runs the law firm of JUDr. Faukner in a peculiar but completely devoted manner, which manages the financial affairs of the Rispaldic family. The family members treat their lawyer Faukner ...
Genre :Comedy

1938-11-18 0

Bláhové děvče

Genre :Romance

1938-09-02 0

Vandiny trampoty

The likeable and charming Vanda Karhanová has problems in every job because of her appearance. So when she is about to start a new job, she decides to decisively prevent similar problems. She adjusts ...
Genre :Comedy

1946-06-07 5

Průlom

A small Czech town in the 1860s. The townspeople once made a fortune from the proceeds of gold mines that are now flooded. However, they do not want to invest in draining them, as they are convinced t ...
Genre :Drama

1939-09-01 0

Tulák Macoun

A series of unfortunate events led the protagonist astray: even taking other people's money did not save his wife's life, she died in childbirth. After his release from prison, he did not find the str ...
Genre :Drama

1939-02-10 3.333

Lízino štěstí

Zdenka Sulanová has grown from a leggy frog into an attractive young lady in the two years since the success of Líza's Flight to Heaven. It is no wonder that Václav Binovec decided to guide her throug ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1956-06-01 5.4

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

Jaroslav Hašek screens four film stories in the fairground shed around 1900. After period advertising slides and a "newspaper", we see "the first part of a sensational, exemplary, parfuss, salon progr ...
Genre :Comedy

1940-04-19 5

Okénko do nebe

Genre :Comedy, Music

1940-09-13 5

Prosím, pane profesore!

Genre :Family, Drama

1941-03-14 5

Rukavička

A lost lady's glove that connects several human destinies. The focus here is not on the lost part of the wardrobe, but on piano virtuoso Arne Brant, a man armed with a charming smile and surrounded by ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Grandmother in editor's office #2

1958-04-18 7

Páté kolo u vozu

Although the emancipated editor of a women's magazine proclaims that grandparents in particular should not be abused by their adult children, she accepts without scruple the fact that her mother, stil ...
Genre :Comedy

1925-10-23 0

Jedenácté přikázání

Genre :Comedy

1925-11-13 0

Z českých mlýnů

Genre :Comedy

1927-04-29 0

Radioamatéři

Genre :Comedy

1926-12-25 0

Pohádka máje

A lyrical tale of the pure, vernal romance between a diffident, somewhat naive girl from a rural backwater and a fairly dissolute, but kind-hearted law student from Prague. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

1929-11-22 0

Boží mlýny

Genre :Drama

Rozamová

1930-01-31 0

Angel Girl

Country girl Helena falls in love with an artist painting the local village scenery and one evening she lets herself be seduced by him. The artists leaves but soon invites Helena to Prague where they ...
Genre :Drama

1932-06-17 2

Zlaté ptáče

Genre :Drama, Romance

1930-02-28 0

Her Stepmother

Genre :Drama

1929-10-25 0

Loretánské zvonky

Genre :Drama

1929-12-25 0

Popelka

Genre :Family, Fantasy

1929-07-05 0

Z českých mlýnů

Genre :Comedy

1929-09-20 4

Kennst du das kleine Haus am Michigansee?

Genre :Drama, Romance

1930-03-28 0

Black eyes, why are you crying…?

Genre :Drama, Romance

1930-09-19 5.5

Her Boy

Directed by Friedrich Feher. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1927-01-07 0

Svéhlavička

Genre :Drama

1926-06-25 0

Válečné tajnosti pražské

Genre :Comedy

1927-12-25 0

Kašpárek a Budulínek

Genre :Fantasy

1927-12-25 0

Perníková chaloupka

Genre :Fantasy, Family

1927-12-02 5

The Prague Executioner

Rudolf Měšťák’s silent film The Prague Executioner, based on the novel of the same name by Josef Svátek, is a historical tale of love, betrayal and revenge. ...
Genre :Adventure

1928-02-21 0

Sextánka

Genre :Drama, Romance

1929-01-11 0

Děvče z tabákové továrny

Genre :Drama, Romance

1929-05-10 0

Pramen lásky

Genre :Drama, Romance

1929-02-21 0

Stín ve světle

Genre :

1932-11-25 0

Ballad-Singer

Genre :Drama

1935-09-20 0

Král ulice

Genre :Drama, Romance

1937-01-19 6.5

Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle

Slightly ironic comedy of wretches, who come to understand the rich and are able to accept charity, and also about how love and work prevail over the factory owner's son. ...
Genre :Comedy

1937-11-05 6

History of Philosophy

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague. ...
Genre :Drama, History

1937-11-05 0

Ze všech jediná

Genre :Comedy

1938-10-14 0

Manželka něco tuší

Genre :Comedy

1940-01-05 0

Srdce v celofánu

Genre :Romance, Drama

1940-03-08 4

Love Song

Genre :Drama, Romance

1941-05-02 6

Lawyer of the Poor

A kind-hearted man and lawyer's clerk, Kypr, selflessly takes care of his ward Anna Marie and in the evenings helps the poor and helpless with various legal problems at the U Hrubiána pub. While Anna ...
Genre :Drama

1939-11-10 5.3

Ženy u benzinu

Milada Dvořáková is about to get married to her business partner Dub, a gas station owner. When she catches him hugging his secretary, she breaks up with him. She sets up a rival company, ŽUB (Women a ...
Genre :Comedy

1939-09-15 0

Královna stříbrných hor

Genre :Drama

1942-08-21 0

Host do domu

Pavel Hora offers his friend Jiří Pulpán a place to live. When they get home, they find out that the landlord has evicted Pavel to the yard because he found a love letter from his daughter Zuzanka. So ...
Genre :Comedy

1947-11-28 7

Nobody Knows Anything

Martin Plechatý and Petr Nový roam occupied Prague with their trams. Times are hard and sometimes survival is not easy - especially when, in an attempt to help a threatened (and charming) neighbor, yo ...
Genre :Comedy

1942-09-18 5.333

Městečko na dlani

Tragicomic events in the idyllic town of Rukapán reveal both the prejudices of the local residents and their solidarity. The chronicle of the town of Rukapán captures the funny and tragic fates of its ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1947-10-10 2.75

Parohy

Oldřich Nový was and will forever remain the embodiment of charm, elegance and personal charm for Czech cinema, to which all women, regardless of age, were subject. In his unforgettable lover roles, h ...
Genre :Comedy

1943-12-03 4

Bláhový sen

Hairdresser Žofka Stárková desires fame perhaps more than other girls. The petty plans of her fiancé František do not satisfy her wild imagination. Žofka suddenly gains popularity when, while on her w ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Prokopová

1959-07-24 0

První a poslední

The film responds to the housing shortage that young couples in particular have had to deal with. This problem is also addressed by the couple Slávka and Olda. The girl gets a sublet on Hradčanské nám ...
Genre :Drama

1944-08-25 7.5

Kluci na řece

On the banks of the Otava River stands a manor house that a group of boys find very mysterious. After visiting it, the boys discover that there is nothing there but an old lady and her granddaughter. ...
Genre :Comedy

1945-02-16 8

Prstýnek

A young and beautiful princess and her senile husband arrive at a castle near the village. The healthy air is supposed to help them with their busy heir. The princess accidentally meets the village sh ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, History

hospodyně u Chrudimského

1946-03-08 4.167

13th district

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 m ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1948-01-23 6

Až se vrátíš...

In an unsightly tenement house, the walls of which are as peeling as the souls of the tenants, an old woman waits for her son to return from prison. However, her neighbors believe that she is hiding a ...
Genre :Drama

1947-12-25 4

Three Pals

Young men Štěpán, Ludvík and Karel became friends abroad, where they fought during World War II. Now they have returned home and are thinking about their future. Štěpán is a designer, so he starts a c ...
Genre :Comedy

1947-10-31 6

Sign of the Anchor

The mysterious story of a young girl Pavla, who mysteriously disappeared from her mother five years ago, takes place in the dark corners of the Bratislava port. The girl was kidnapped by the hypnotist ...
Genre :Drama

1949-09-23 7.1

Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“

An innkeeper is grieving because his wife left him for a second-rate actor. His two nephews, who are not on speaking terms, have to take over the running of the establishment... ...
Genre :Comedy

1949-01-28 6

Lost in the Suburbs

Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War II ...
Genre :Drama, War

Vicherková

1959-05-29 4

Life for Jan Kaspar

The bridegroom Jan Kaspar is an officer in the Klement Gottwald's Nová Hut rolling-mill. After bidding farewell to his freedom, he accidentally takes a sip from the bottle of tetrachlore which he stor ...
Genre :Drama

Správcová

1959-10-02 0

Taková láska

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. ...
Genre :Drama

1952-12-25 6.6

Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy

Four short stories by the greatest Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek. "Soup for Poor Children" tells the story of how Prince Robert himself cooked soup for poor children, "Meeting of the Municipal Council ...
Genre :Comedy

1953-02-27 6

Early Days

Early Days follows the early life of famous Czech writer Alois Jirásek. Jirásek had already developed his own view of the history of the Czech nation while he was at grammar school in Broumov. When he ...
Genre :Drama, History

1956-12-14 0

Kam s ním?

Based on Jan Neruda's column of the same name, which depicts the troubles of an old straw man. The film is introduced by poet Jaroslav Seifert with a speech about Jan Neruda and his work. ...
Genre :Comedy

1955-01-01 0

Něco se tu změnilo

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1957-08-23 7.5

The Good Soldier Švejk

Good-natured and garrulous, Schweik becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I -- although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve ...
Genre :Comedy, War

1957-01-01 8

Konec jasnovidce

Private psychic Mathias Scibolini practices his profession properly and to the full satisfaction of his clients. When the integration of the clairvoyants into the municipal enterprise occurs, he conti ...
Genre :Comedy

1957-05-31 0

To byla noc

On his first business trip in a new place, driver Rudo has an accident. A drunken truck driver dented the fender of the tatraplane and drove off while Ruda went to a pub for a beer. His situation look ...
Genre :Drama

(segment "Glorie")

1959-01-09 5.2

Of Things Supernatural

An anthology of three absurd, ironic tales inspired by Čapek’s “Tales from One Pocket” and “Fables and Side Stories,” each showing uncanny forces disrupting ordinary lives: in Krejčík’s “Glorie,” a ge ...
Genre :Mystery, Fantasy, Comedy

1959-03-06 0

O lidech a tramvajích

Genre :Comedy

1958-07-11 6

Povodeň

The construction of the new dam deprived the ferryman Ryba of his trade. The new dam replaced the ferry. However, Ryba's ancestors were ferrymen and the old man would have liked his two sons to take u ...
Genre :Drama