Emil Kavan
Actor · b. 1911
Movies22
- Movie4.5Drama
The catastrophically dry weather of 1947 causes immense problems in the countryside. In the small village Klícov, only farmers Hánek and Bervida and the old Hromádka have water. The others must queue every day for a drop for themselves and their cattle. All the villagers lament over their previous decision to turn down the cooperative chairman Kouba's proposal to built a new village water-supply system.
Žízeň
1950 · 2 votes
Movie7.0WarDramaA fiction piece centered around the Czech resistance to the Nazis.
Movie7.2FamilyComedyIt's very human and nice story about lofty princess (her father is amiable but incapable - unforgettable performance of S. Neumann) and good, nice, kind and well-principled young king (prince) who tries to make tender her calm heart to get married with her. After being refused (she's very capricious), he conclude to make her better. He start to work as a gardener at her castle (in secret) and successively bring she to her senses...The story continues when already reformed princess and the young king (she learn about his real identity later) have to take refuge from troops, that princess father (old king) has sent (of course he took a bad and mean counsellors advice). They have to take shelter by several ordinary and poor families, which are always very friendly and give them a help... Of course the tale has happy end.
- Movie6.5DramaCrime
Dnes o půl jedenácté
1949 · 2 votes
Movie5.0DramaThe movie describes proletarian life in the Czech Lands after World War I.
- Movie
- Movie7.5Comedy
Innovator Ludvík Zach is in love with his technical data and improvement proposals and does not believe that women could be able to understand these problems. However, on his way back from a conference, he meets Jarmila, an electromechanic, and arranges a meeting with her. He would prefer to talk to her about technology, but he discovers that Jarmila is more interested in poetry and music...
Slovo dělá ženu
1953 · 2 votes
- Movie8.5Drama
Přiznání
1951 · 2 votes
Movie6.0DramaThis is a romantic story about a brave, self-made girl, despised daughter of a shepherd. She is not afraid of anything - neither night nor swimming. But the superstitious villagers are telling weird stories about her and about all sorts of strange things, even her conjunction with the powers of hell.
Divá Bára
1949 · 7 votes
Movie6.3DramaAdventureFilm shows the struggle of the Czechoslovak armed forces against groups of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) under command Burlak, who tried to pass through the territory of Slovakia.
- Movie6.0Comedy
A construction comedy about the labor struggle of two groups of workers in a Prague factory. The old group is led by the grinder Karhan, while the young group is led by his son. The struggle between the two groups leads to the emergence of socialist competition and cooperation, in which the old share their experience with the young, and the young share their new ideas.
Karhanova parta
1951 · 4 votes
Movie4.8DramaThree short stories. Prague finally sees the approval of the subway construction. Thousands of individuals took part in preparing, course and finalizing construction of subway and their lives crossed at certain points of this construction.
MovieComedyMr. Novák, an insurance company clerk, only cares about his job, nothing else interests him. Even the social changes in February 1948 leave him indifferent. He only becomes aware of them when the insurance company is closed down. He has to make a decision: either retire or go to work in a factory. Neither of these options appeals to Mr. Novák...
Pan Novák
1949
- Movie4.8Drama
"The Rally" is based on a communist writer Vaclav Řezáč's well-written novel of the same name
Nástup
1953 · 5 votes
Movie6.0WarDramaIn May 1945, Czech revolutionaries used several armoured trains in the fighting - partly captured, partly assembled from whatever the railway brought. One of them was commanded by the shunter Jan Chýň, who managed to bring weapons from the ammunition depot in Libčice to help the fighting in Prague.
Zbraně pro Prahu
1975 · 2 votes
Movie6.2DramaThe year is 1941 and the German Nazis rule Bohemia with a free hand. Engineer Otakar Racek is an extremely cautious man who tries to avoid problems at all costs. While some of his colleagues are being arrested by the Gestapo, he receives an offer to become the director of a new department. When he refuses to help the wife of an arrested resistance fighter, his wife Vlasta is shaken. However, she loves him, to the point of even resigning herself to the hatred of Otakar's wealthy mother. One day, Vlasta lets her old acquaintance Ondřej Rýdl, who is on the run from the Gestapo, stay at her house for a few days. The wife passes him off to her husband as a distant relative. However, Otakar succumbs to jealousy and, on his mother's advice, hires a private detective to follow Vlasta. However, the detective is also a Gestapo informant and receives a hefty reward for every arrested resistance fighter...
- Movie6.5CrimeDrama
A detective drama set just before the unification of our physical education system. Criminal investigators investigate the murder of a football club official, bribery, and manipulation of match results.
V trestném území
1951 · 2 votes
Movie5.0HistoryFebruary 1948. The struggle of decisive social forces for the heart of Europe.
Vítězný lid
1978 · 2 votes
Movie6.7FamilyCrimeThe series of children's films about Detective Martin, who intervenes in cases involving children, begins with this film. It consists of two short stories: in the first ("Three Bottles"), the young hero, escaping from an orphanage, gets involved in a robbery of postage stamps..., in the second ("Flying Carousel"), the children fight a dishonest owner of fairground rides...
Volejte Martina
1966 · 3 votes
- Movie7.5Comedy
Pára nad hrncem
1950 · 2 votes
- Movie
Movie6.3DramaMany of the young workers at an aircraft factory near Prague are members of an aviation club. On the one hand, there is the responsible Franta, who is highly regarded by his colleagues due to his understanding nature. Opposite him is the talented aircraft designer Ruda, who is also an excellent pilot, but also hotheaded, undisciplined and condescending towards his colleagues. He starts flirting with the glass grinder Lída, although he knows that she is Franta's girl friend. A conflict is not long in coming. When Franta's glider crashes due to a suspected mistake by Ruda, Ruda is banned for a certain period of time. This is fatal, because both young men were actually supposed to represent Czechoslovakia at the upcoming international gliding championships in Poland.