Jindra Hermanová

A prostitute in an act of pity is keeping chaste company with a condemned man through the night before he is to be hung.

Skid-row epic about a lawyer's decline.

The Trap (Czech: Past) is a 1950 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.

Czech drama film.

Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.

“And I say unto you, ask and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you”. This quote from...

The North Bohemian town of Chudoplesy in the middle of the 19th century: the only local industry is the domestic production of reed goods. The poor...

A painting of a girl from another time comes to life for it's buyer in this costume comedy.

A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.

Venice Film Festival 1940

A village shop owner is convinced by his children to move to Prague, where they say he'll be able to enjoy a fine retirement in a modern furnished...

Grammar school teacher Bláha hurts himself in pursuit of a red lizard, and is lying unconscious in the lonely house of Santrucek family. The...

Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War II