Ilja Prachař Movies

A crime story set in the second half of the 19th century. Krasl, a Prague schoolteacher, is searching for a statue of the Golden Buddha, which is...

A short story film depicting the three different faces of crime. In the short story "The Weekend", Karas kills a woman he raped some time ago in...

The story of two communist friends, one of whom leaves as secretary to the district committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the other...

In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a doctor-turned-warehouse employee reluctantly agrees to treat a gravely wounded political fugitive, putting himself...

The specter of collectivization looms over Malšín. Young Čeněk Kotál returns to his native village after completing...

In a school somewhere in the border region, a young teacher is trying to integrate Romani children into the classroom. But their families remain...

In the frontier village Vetrov boys from the children's home called Indians lead a bitter "war" with the local Símáks. Before a battle...

Mr. Benda, a married father of two children, works for a company that liquidates old banknotes. After one drunken party, he is visited by a painter...

A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they are to be traded to the American army for several...

In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal...

Shortish forty-year old Ludvík Podzimek, lute and flute player in a Prague orchestra, is far from being an attractive man. He is nevertheless...

Alienation between the closest relatives is always a serious disorder of family judgment. Father and son not only do not see each other, but one does...

A youthfully enthusiastic teacher tries to raise the standard of living of the residents of a declining border village... A sympathetic young man...

Three blue collar workers have a night out in big city Prague.

The military airfield crew are not allowed to leave the area because alert level two has been declared. All walks have been cancelled and Private...

Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and...

When Dr. Hahn is found murdered in the hospital’s inspection room, investigators question several suspects: his colleague and longtime lover...

Screen adaptation of Julius Fucik's story about communist fighters.