English-subbed Czech/Slovak films
by Melvelet | created - 11 May 2014 | updated - 29 Nov 2014 | PublicSubs only when needed.
Incomplete for shorts & animation shorts.
Processed up to 1991.
missing:
Karel Plicka - Jaro na Podkarpatské Rusi aka Spring in Subcarpathian Ruthenia (1929)
Cenek Zahradnícek & Vladimir Smejkal - Pribeh vojaka AKA Soldier's Story (1934)
E.F. Burian & Cenek Zahradnícek - Procitnutí jara AKA Spring's Awaking (1936)
Elmar Klos - Ctyri lide - jedna rec AKA Four People - One Language (1939)
Karel Vachek - Malir Kamil Lhotak aka Painter Kamil Lhotak (1960)
Elo Havetta - 34 Dnu Absolutniho Klidu aka 34 Days of Absolute Calm (1965)
Jan Spata - Okamzik radosti aka Moment Of Joy (1965)
Vlado Kubenko, Peter Mihalik, Dusan Trancik - Tryzna aka The Wake (1969)
Ladislav Kudelka, Milan Cernak, Stefan Kamenicky, Ctibor Kovac - Cierne dni aka Black Days (1968)
Otakar Krivánek - Den nás kazdodenný aka Our Daily Day (1969)
Jan Spáta - Jdi za stestím AKA Go In Search of Happiness (1970)
Eva Sadková - Romanetto (1970)
Jirí Barta - Labyrinth of Darkness
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1. The Cathedral Builder (1920)
38 min | Short, Drama
A drama from Czechoslovakian directors Karl Degl and Antonín Novotný about a man who builds a cathedral.
Directors: Karl Degl, Antonín Novotný | Stars: Jakub Seifert, Rudolf Deyl, Karel Kolár, Eva Vrchlická
Votes: 57
2. The Arrival from the Darkness (1921)
60 min | Fantasy, Horror
Richard Bor brings his neighbor, the landowner Drazicky, an old book. The latter tries in vain to persuade his wife Dagmar to leave. In the book Drazicky finds the story of the Mystery of ... See full summary »
Director: Jan S. Kolár | Stars: Theodor Pistek, Anny Ondra, Josef Sváb-Malostranský, Karel Lamac
Votes: 114
3. Falesná kocicka aneb Kdyz si zena umíní (1926)
62 min | Comedy
The film depicts the troubles of Herr Verner ( Herr Karel Hasler ), a middle-aged bachelor dentist who wants to marry.
Director: Svatopluk Innemann | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Karel Hasler, Jirí Dréman, Zdena Kavková
Votes: 38
4. Lásky Kacenky Strnadové (1926)
Comedy
The film depicts the adventures of Kacenka and Vincek , two innocent country bumpkins who live in a Czech small town, and the various jobs that Kacenka has once she moves to Prague, that beautiful capital city.
Director: Svatopluk Innemann | Stars: Zdena Kavková, Vlasta Burian, Jirí Sedlácek, Rudolf Suva
Votes: 21
5. Batalion (1927)
78 min | Drama
Dr. Frantisek Uher, is a well-respected member of Prague society, who discovers that his wife is cheating on him. He abandons his career and becomes a fixture of the Batalion, a well-known dive for the city's drunks and Lumpenproletariat.
Director: Premysl Prazský | Stars: Karel Hasler, Bronislava Livia, Vladimír Pospísil-Born, Karl Noll
Votes: 63
6. The Kreutzer Sonata (1927)
74 min | Drama
We have a liberal, modern Czech flapper bound to a serious and bored husband and don't forget the important fact that the wife has a lover so soon the widening gulf between husband and wife... See full summary »
Director: Gustav Machatý | Stars: Eva Byronova, Jan W. Speerger, Miroslav Paul, Sasa Dobrovolná
Votes: 59
7. Svejk v civilu (1927)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Gustav Machatý | Stars: Karl Noll, Dina Gralla, Jirí Hron, Albert Paulig
Votes: 31
8. Evas Töchter (1928)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
An unmarried showgirl takes a handsome companion with her on a vacation, to the distress of others.
Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Anny Ondra, Karel Lamac, Wolfgang Zilzer, Steffie Vida
Votes: 28
10. Erotikon (1929)
85 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman is seduced and abandoned by a man who was invited to stay at his home by her father in a stormy night. Noticing that she is pregnant, the girl decides to leave home and start a new life.
Director: Gustav Machatý | Stars: Karel Schleichert, Ita Rina, Olaf Fjord, Theodor Pistek
Votes: 644
11. Páter Vojtech (1929)
66 min | Romance
Vojtech's sweetheart Frantina leaves for work in Prague. Vojtech promises his dying mother that he will become a priest. His brother Karel is to inherit the mill. However, he attacks the ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Josef Rovenský, Karel Lamac, Ladislav H. Struna, Suzanne Marwille
Votes: 24
12. Svatý Václav (1930)
104 min | History
Director: Jan S. Kolár | Stars: Jindrich Edl, Theodor Pistek, Bohumil Hes, Jan S. Kolár
Votes: 29
13. Varhaník u sv. Víta (1929)
78 min | Drama, Romance
The old organist unwittingly witnessed the suicide of an unknown man. Before his death, he handed him an envelope with money for his daughter Klara, who lived in the monastery. The organist... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Karel Hasler, Oscar Marion, Suzanne Marwille, Ladislav H. Struna
Votes: 62
14. Bezucelná procházka (1930)
9 min | Documentary, Short
A young man sets out for an aimless stroll by tram from the center to the outskirts of Prague.
Director: Alexander Hammid
Votes: 208
15. Takový je zivot (1930)
71 min | Drama
Realistic portrait of a poor working family in late 20s Prague: the washerwoman mother whose burial is held after she scalds herself; the alcoholic father; the manicurist daughter who becomes pregnant.
Director: Carl Junghans | Stars: Vera Baranovskaya, Theodor Pistek, Mána Zenísková, Wolfgang Zilzer
Votes: 143
16. Tonka Sibenice (1930)
85 min | Drama
A prostitute in an act of pity is keeping chaste company with a condemned man through the night before he is to be hung.
Director: Karl Anton | Stars: Ita Rina, Vera Baranovskaya, Josef Rovenský, Antonie Nedosinská
Votes: 165
17. Muzi v offsidu (1931)
95 min | Comedy, Sport
The owner of the ready-to-wear store, Mr. Richard Naceradec from Zizkov, is an enthusiastic fan of S.K. Slavia and despite his wife's opposition, he goes to football every Sunday. Tailor ... See full summary »
Director: Svatopluk Innemann | Stars: Jindrich Plachta, Eman Fiala, Hugo Haas, Jozka Vanerová
Votes: 92
18. The Prague Castle (1931)
11 min | Documentary, Short
A portrait of the Prague Castle.
Director: Alexander Hammid
Votes: 70
19. On a jeho sestra (1931)
88 min | Comedy, Musical
Postman Brabec is a welcome guest of the revue theatre for his sense of humor, and he brings his director Holt letters from female admirers every day. Holt's fans include Brabec's sister ... See full summary »
Directors: Martin Fric, Karel Lamac | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Anny Ondra, Otto Rubík, Olga Augustová
Votes: 52
20. Svetlo proniká tmou (1931)
4 min | Documentary, Short
This short experimental film focuses on a kinetic sculpture by Zdenek Pesánek.
Directors: Frantisek Pilát, Otakar Vávra
Votes: 137
21. Business in Distress (1931)
89 min | Comedy
Finnicky efficiency expert is sent to straighten out business management problems at a jazz club, finds self being drawn into the swingin' scene.
Directors: Martin Fric, Karel Lamac | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Meda Valentová, Otto Rubík, Marie Grossová
Votes: 218
22. Ze soboty na nedeli (1931)
69 min | Drama
Mána is a young secretary. One evening she and her roommate accompany two wealthy older gentlemen to dinner. After one of them offers money to her she realizes his intentions and flees from... See full summary »
Director: Gustav Machatý | Stars: Ladislav H. Struna, Magda Maderova, Jirina Sejbalová, Karel Jicínský
Votes: 199
23. Anton Spelec, ostrostrelec (1932)
85 min | Comedy
True, Anton Spelec (Vlasta Burian) is by trade a producer of musical instruments, but in his heart and soul he is a sharp-shooter. In a little provincial town arrangements are being made ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Ruzena Slemrová, Jaroslav Marvan, Theodor Pistek
Votes: 281
25. Funebrák (1932)
92 min | Comedy
Classic comedy with famous Vlasta Burian in the lead role tells us about an undertaker who loves his job very much and who during a wedding which he mistakenly considers as a funeral ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Lída Baarová, Milka Balek-Brodská, Emil Dlesk
Votes: 93
26. Lelícek ve sluzbách Sherlocka Holmesa (1932)
88 min | Comedy
Sherlock Holmes must find someone to impersonate King Fernando XXIII of Puerto Rico, but the double he chooses doesn't prove to be as manageable as the great detective could have hoped.
Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Martin Fric, Lída Baarová, E. Jansenova
Votes: 191
27. Your Money or Your Life (1932)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Jindrich Honzl | Stars: George Voskovec, Jan Werich, Eliska Pleyová, Theo Amady
Votes: 77
28. The Twelve Chairs (1933)
83 min | Comedy
Ferdinand spent most of his as a barber. And he would probably stay like this for the rest of his life. But one day an attorney's clerk knocks on his door and tells him he became universal heir to his aunt, who had recently died in Warsaw.
Directors: Martin Fric, Michal Waszynski | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Adolf Dymsza, Zula Pogorzelska, Zofia Jaroszewska
Votes: 98
29. Ecstasy (1933)
TV-MA | 82 min | Drama, Romance
Eva has just got married to an older gentleman. She leaves him, and one day, she meets a young man, and they fall in love. Fate brings the husband together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.
Director: Gustav Machatý | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Zvonimir Rogoz, Aribert Mog, Leopold Kramer
Votes: 2,781
30. Reka (1933)
75 min | Drama
Poetic folk tale, set in the beautiful Czech countryside, of two 14-year-olds who fall in love.
Director: Josef Rovenský | Stars: Jarmila Beránková, Vasa Jalovec, Jaroslav Vojta, Hermína Vojtová
Votes: 75
31. The Inspector General (1933)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy
Vlasta Burian appears in a town of Czarist Russia impersonating an Inspector General, and he is entertained lavishly by the local political-hacks and peasants seeking his favor for whatever... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Jaroslav Marvan, Václav Trégl, Josef Vosalík
Votes: 145
32. U snedeného krámu (1933)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
An unsentimental and yet touching story of a man whose insincere desire for love leads him to fall prey to the profiteering trappings of his neighbor and her daughter.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Frantisek Smolík, Antonie Nedosinská, Ela Poznerová, Ella Nollová
Votes: 40
33. Life Is a Dog (1933)
84 min | Comedy
Young music composer Viktor Honzl in vain looks for work. He is prevented from committing suicide by a technician of the gasworks who shortly beforehand has disconnected his gas due to past... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Hugo Haas, Theodor Pistek, Adina Mandlová, Svetla Svozilová
Votes: 90
34. Workers, Let's Go (1934)
Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings with a worker, Filip Kornet, he discovers he still owns a half-finished apartment-house. ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: George Voskovec, Jan Werich, Helena Busová, Josef Skrivan
Votes: 217
35. Marijka nevernice (1934)
72 min | Drama
Director: Vladislav Vancura | Star: Hana Maria Pravda
Votes: 55
36. Nezlobte dedecka (1934)
74 min | Comedy
Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Cenek Slégl, Adina Mandlová, Hana Vítová
Votes: 98
37. Atom vecnosti (1934)
6 min | Short, Drama, Romance
The film depicts a love story between a man and a woman which unfolds in simple sequences. The man seduces the woman and she follows him, entranced. Both draw out an ace of hearts from a ... See full summary »
Director: Cenek Zahradnícek
Votes: 15
38. At zije neboztík (1935)
86 min | Comedy
Wealthy and ill Petr Kornel (Karel Hasler) is not pleased with the carousing lifestyle of his nephew. He stops supporting him financially and demands that he change his name. Out of ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Hugo Haas, Adina Mandlová, Karel Hasler, Milada Gampeová
Votes: 126
39. Jedenácté prikázání (1935)
77 min | Comedy
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Hugo Haas, Jirina Stepnicková, Jindrich Plachta, Jirí Plachý
Votes: 62
40. Listopad (1935)
18 min | Mystery, Short, Romance
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Jirina Cermáková, Fritz Klippel, Zvonimir Rogoz, Maria Tauberová
Votes: 19
43. Hra bublinek (1936)
2 min | Short, Animation
Directors: Karel Dodal, Irena Dodalová, Hermína Týrlová
Votes: 34
45. Mravnost nade vse (1937)
80 min | Comedy
A professor known for his motto "Morality Above All Else" receives an unexpected and unwelcome visit from his illegitimate daughter.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Hugo Haas, Svetla Svozilová, Adina Mandlová, Jirí Hlinomaz
Votes: 170
46. Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
"The White Sickness", a leprosy-like disease, ravages the world during a war.
Director: Hugo Haas | Stars: Hugo Haas, Bedrich Karen, Zdenek Stepánek, Václav Vydra
Votes: 382
47. Virginity (1937)
83 min | Drama
Young and stunningly beautiful Hana is thrown into the street after her mother catches her stepfather sexually harassing Hana. She finds a new job at a café where she becomes the object of ... See full summary »
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Lída Baarová, Jaroslava Skorkovská, Frantisek Kreuzmann, Ladislav Bohác
Votes: 119
50. Tri vejce do skla (1937)
94 min | Comedy, Crime
Vincenc Babocka, a private eye, is in a hotel in Karlovy Vary mistakenly held for Leon Weber, international adventurer searched by the police. Babocka decides to use the confusion to expose Weber's accomplices, preparing to steal diamonds
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Rudolf Kadlec, Karel Dostal, Helena Busová
Votes: 147
51. The Merry Wives (1938)
85 min | Comedy
A morally questionable lord comes to the aid of a working class man who is to be executed for speaking out about thieving rich scoundrels sticking it to the poor
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Kreuzmann, Adina Mandlová, Antonie Nedosinská
Votes: 120
52. Duchácek to zarídí (1938)
87 min | Comedy
Duchacek is the employee in the law company. As a faithful employee he is working hard to help his boss. And when it seems almost impossible to collect enough money in time, you should give this task to Duchacek.
Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Ladislav Hemmer, Adina Mandlová, Milada Gampeová
Votes: 359
53. Karel Hynek Mácha (1938)
110 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Zet Molas | Stars: Ladislav Bohác, Karla Olicová, Karel Hrusínský, Frantisek Kreuzmann
Votes: 19
55. Skola základ zivota (1938)
94 min | Comedy
A most gifted pupil sharply criticizes the school in a homework essay, and the language teacher is convinced he is the author of a school magazine and expels him. The teachers vote to expel hi, but then they win a contest..
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Theodor Pistek, Frantisek Smolík, Frantisek Kreuzmann, Jaroslav Marvan
Votes: 428
56. Cesta do hlubin studákovy duse (1939)
88 min | Comedy
Small stories from a grammar school.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Jindrich Plachta, Jaroslav Marvan, Frantisek Vnoucek, Milos Nedbal
Votes: 599
58. Eva tropí hlouposti (1939)
85 min | Comedy
After several years abroad Michal Nor comes back home to his aunt Pa and his sister Eva who just came back from board school. Aunt Pa is having a birthday soon and Eva knows that she would ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Natasa Gollová, Oldrich Nový, Zdenka Baldová, Gustav Hilmar
Votes: 361
59. Christian (1939)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Alois Novák (Oldrich Nový), a minor clerk in a travel agency and the husband of a dowdy housewife Marenka (Natasa Gollová), lives a run-of-the-mill, dull life. In his soul, however, there ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Oldrich Nový, Natasa Gollová, Raoul Schránil, Bedrich Veverka
Votes: 462
60. U pokladny stál... (1939)
99 min | Comedy
Nurse Krystof Rozruch from St. Jakub hospital is asked for a favor. Senior consultant Marek temporarily changes his identity with him. This little scam takes place when staying at the spa. This throws unstoppable crazy situations.
Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Adina Mandlová, Marie Blazková, Jaroslav Marvan
Votes: 433
61. Babichka (1940)
90 min | Drama, Romance
"Grandmother" is a highly romanticized autobiographical novel by a Czech 19th century writer, Bozena Nemcova. It's a classical, compulsory reading in Czech schools, about a wise, ... See full summary »
Director: Frantisek Cáp | Stars: Terezie Brzková, Svetla Svozilová, Karel Tresnák, Natasa Tanská
Votes: 133
62. Baron Munchhausen (1940)
99 min | Comedy
Arnost Benda gets a job in the baron Prasil's family as he is secretly married to baron's daughter Karlicka. The baron takes Arnost for his illegitimate son. The grotesque chaos is solved by arrival of real Arnost's parents.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Antonin Mikulic, Meda Valentová, Zorka Janu
Votes: 172
63. Dívka v modrém (1940)
87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Many local dignitaries are gathered at an auction organized by the notary Dr Jan Karas (Oldrich Nový) at Lucín castle to sell off the belongings of the late count. Most interest is aroused ... See full summary »
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Lída Baarová, Oldrich Nový, Ruzena Slemrová, Sylva Langova
Votes: 190
64. Katakomby (1940)
80 min | Comedy
The old clerk, Official Borman, holds office in the basement offices of the Land Office along with other officials and actuaries. Among his colleagues is the young and handsome Dr. Marek, ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Jaroslav Marvan, Cenek Slégl, Theodor Pistek
Votes: 135
65. Hotel Modrá hvezda (1941)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Zuzanka (Natasa Gollová) can finally stop toiling away at washing dishes at hotel Mercur after a distant aunt has bequeathed her her own hotel - Blue Star. She proudly marches over to the ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Natasa Gollová, Oldrich Nový, Adina Mandlová, Ella Nollová
Votes: 286
66. Nebe a dudy (1941)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Rudolf Barrtos, the owner of a farm, quarry and factory, is extremely rich, however, he is unapproachable and irritable, and the dread of his employees. One day he falls down a steep slope ... See full summary »
Director: Vladimír Slavínský | Stars: Jindrich Plachta, Jana Romanová, Jirí Blahník, Lumír Blahník
Votes: 169
67. Prednosta stanice (1941)
88 min | Comedy
Director: Jan Sviták | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Zita Kabátová, Jaroslav Marvan, Antonín Zacpal
Votes: 377
68. Provdám svou zenu (1941)
81 min | Comedy
Director: Miroslav Cikán | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Svetla Svozilová, Jaroslav Marvan, Vera Ferbasová
Votes: 57
69. Roztomilý clovek (1941)
86 min | Comedy
Editor Viktor Bláha is a notorious prankster. He likes to make up crazy stories and likes to have fun at the expense of his surroundings. Until one day he meets a cute girl who has an ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Oldrich Nový, Ladislav Pesek, Natasa Gollová, Lída Chválová
Votes: 153
70. Tezký zivot dobrodruha (1941)
89 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Otomar Korbelár, Ladislav Pesek, Adina Mandlová, Jaroslav Marvan
Votes: 70
71. Ryba na suchu (1942)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Vladimír Slavínský | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Marie Strosová-Steinerová, Vítezslav Vejrazka, Jaroslav Marvan
Votes: 67
72. Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
100 min | Comedy
Screwball comedy about a prank that could have come at a high cost. Valentin Plavec, a very hardworking but also very naive insurance clerk, becomes the target of endless jokes and pranks ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Lilly Hodácová, Oldrich Nový, Hana Vítová, Theodor Pistek
Votes: 107
73. Zlaté dno (1943)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Vladimír Slavínský | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Vera Ferbasová, Raoul Schránil, Antonín Streit
Votes: 73
74. Pocestné paní Pardubické (1944)
94 min | Comedy
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Frantisek Smolík, Jirina Stepnicková, Eman Fiala, Ferenc Futurista
Votes: 57
75. Vzpoura hracek (1946)
14 min | Animation, Short
The Gestapo invades a toy workshop and wants to arrest the owner. The toys rebel against the unwelcome guest.
Directors: Frantisek Sádek, Hermína Týrlová | Stars: Jindrich Láznicka, Eduard Linkers
Votes: 83
76. Capek's Tales (1947)
106 min | Crime, Drama
Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Jaroslav Prucha, Jaroslav Marvan, Lída Chválová, Frantisek Kovárík
Votes: 70
77. Krakatit (1948)
97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After an accidental explosion in the lab, its inventor slips in and out of dream-like hallucinations, realizing that he had given the formula to one of his colleagues, who he tries to stop before it is too late.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Karel Höger, Florence Marly, Eduard Linkers, Jirí Plachý
Votes: 477
78. Poslední mohykán (1947)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Vladimír Slavínský | Stars: Sona Cervená, Josef Chvalina, Karel Effa, Eman Fiala
Votes: 87
79. Uloupená hranice (1947)
89 min | Drama, War
Dramatization of the situation of those living in the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia after the 1938 Munich agreements.
Director: Jirí Weiss | Stars: Ladislav H. Struna, Rudolf Deyl, Rudolf Siroký, Josef Marsálek
Votes: 63
80. Hostinec U kamenného stolu (1949)
94 min | Comedy
Director: Josef Gruss | Stars: Dagmar Frýbortová, Dagmar Sedlácková, Jirina Sejbalová, Ruzena Slemrová
Votes: 114
81. Vlcie diery (1948)
123 min | Drama, War
Director: Palo Bielik | Stars: Beta Ponicanová, Jozef Budský, Mikulás Huba, Juraj Sebok
Votes: 116
82. Divá Bára (1949)
79 min | Drama
A young, free spirited farmer's daughter is derided as a witch by the people of her village. Those that know her closely realise she is kind-hearted, if somewhat eccentric. Tensions boil over as superstition takes hold of the town.
Director: Vladimír Cech | Stars: Vlasta Fialová, Jana Dítetová, Marie Brozová, Robert Vrchota
Votes: 138
83. Nemá barikáda (1949)
128 min | War
1945 Prague. Citizens join fights actively against a tank brigade heading near the city. Thy are organizing a resistance against the Germans.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Jaroslav Prucha, Barbara Drapinska, Jaroslav Marvan, Vladimír Smeral
Votes: 88
84. Pytlákova schovanka aneb Slechetný milionár (1949)
117 min | Comedy, Musical
Poor country girl survives the perils of a big city thanks to unselfish support of a noble millionaire.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Oldrich Nový, Hana Vítová, Ella Nollová, Otomar Korbelár
Votes: 165
85. Distant Journey (1949)
78 min | Drama, Thriller, War
The terrible effect of the Nazis upon a single Jewish family provides the basis for this drama. The family cannot handle the strain and gradually breaks up. Interspliced within the film are... See full summary »
Director: Alfréd Radok | Stars: Blanka Waleská, Otomar Krejca, Viktor Ocásek, Zdenka Baldová
Votes: 416
86. The Emperor and the Golem (1952)
110 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Emperors baker and Bakers emperor - it refers to the fact that in movie just a regular young baker gets switched with real old Emperor which leaves everyone thinking that emperor did get younger by drinking the potion of youth.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Jan Werich, Marie Vásová, Natasa Gollová, Bohus Záhorský
Votes: 1,469
87. Slepice a kostelník (1951)
100 min | Comedy
Cooperative members are harvesting crops, trying to get new water piping installed and preparing to plough away the field boundaries in autumn. Local kulak Voznica (Vladimír Repa) doesn't ... See full summary »
Directors: Oldrich Lipský, Jan Strejcek | Stars: Vlasta Burian, Otomar Korbelár, Jirina Stepnicková, Josef Bek
Votes: 27
88. Dovolená s Andelem (1953)
76 min | Comedy
Strict and always dissatisfied grumbler Mr. Angel gets a voucher for summer recreation. He rejects it at first but he eventually decides to use it and spend 14 days in unionist hut Jezerka together with other merited co-workers.
Director: Borivoj Zeman | Stars: Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Pehr, Josef Kemr, Vladimír Ráz
Votes: 228
89. Haskovy povidky ze stareho mocnarstvi (1952)
89 min | Comedy
"Soup for Poor Children" tells the story of how Prince Robert himself cooked soup for poor children, "The Meeting of the Municipal Council in Mejdlovary" is the history of the filling of ... See full summary »
Directors: Miroslav Hubácek, Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Frantisek Smolík, Ruzena Slemrová, Jaroslav Vojta, Josef Kemr
Votes: 54
90. The Proud Princess (1952)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A fairy tale of all Czech fairy tales about the proud princess Krasomila who refused to marry King Miroslav.
Director: Borivoj Zeman | Stars: Alena Vránová, Vladimír Ráz, Stanislav Neumann, Mária Sýkorová
Votes: 907
91. Botostroj (1954)
101 min | Drama
Director: K.M. Walló | Stars: Vítezslav Vejrazka, Vilém Besser, Eva Kubesová, Zdenek Rehor
Votes: 34
92. Jan Hus (1955)
125 min | Drama
During the Great Papal Schism, protestant reformer, Jan Hus, speaks out against the rampant corruption of the Church in Rome, kickstarting a religious revolution in Bohemia.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Zdenek Stepánek, Karel Höger, Vlasta Matulová, Ladislav Pesek
Votes: 227
93. Stríbrný vítr (1956)
98 min | Drama
A 17 year old boy with a literary bent is smitten with a local beauty in her twenties. Does it matter to him whether she returns his admiration?
Director: Václav Krska | Stars: Eduard Cupák, Frantisek Slégr, Marie Brozová, Radovan Lukavský
Votes: 67
94. Andel na horách (1955)
88 min | Comedy
Three young employees of Spofana Company, Zdenek, his girlfriend Vera Novotná and their friend Vera Matousková were rewarded for excellent work by a vacation in the mountain resort of ... See full summary »
Director: Borivoj Zeman | Stars: Jaroslav Marvan, Milada Zelenská, Jaroslav Mares, Josef Kemr
Votes: 296
95. There Was Once a King... (1955)
107 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A story about a king who out of three daughters preferred two: the most beautiful and the most cheerful, and the most intelligent, and even able to cook well, he kicked out, which he later bitterly regretted.
Director: Borivoj Zeman | Stars: Jan Werich, Vlasta Burian, Irena Kacírková, Stella Májová
Votes: 1,308
96. A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
Not Rated | 83 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
One day a young boy finds a fossil of trilobite. Together with his three friends they set off on an adventurous journey through prehistory, up to the beginning of time.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Vladimír Bejval, Zdenek Hustak, Josef Lukás, James Lucas
Votes: 2,508
97. Jan Zizka (1956)
105 min | Drama, War
Empowered by the teachings of Jan Hus, Jan Zizka launches a relentless guerrilla war against the followers of Emperor Sigismund as he attempts to unite the people of Prague behind the Hussite cause.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Horák, Karel Höger, Vlasta Matulová
Votes: 179
98. Obusku, z pytle ven! (1956)
77 min | Family, Fantasy
Director: Jaromír Pleskot | Stars: Ladislav Pesek, Josef Beyvl, Frantisek Smolík, Renata Borová
Votes: 246
99. Dobrý voják Svejk (1957)
108 min | War, Comedy
Mrs Müllerova (E. Svobodova) informs her tenant Svejk (R. Hrusinsky) about the recent assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Svejk heads out to the local pub unaware that a secret police ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Steklý | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Svatopluk Benes, Frantisek Filipovský, Josef Hlinomaz
Votes: 1,463
100. Hrátky s certem (1957)
97 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Brave soldier goes to Hell to save the souls of a beautiful princess and her maid.
Director: Josef Mach | Stars: Josef Bek, Eva Klepácová, Alena Vránová, Frantisek Smolík
Votes: 322
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