Bolek Polívka

Based on a true story, this film is set in a small Czech town occupied by German forces during the last years of the Second World War. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Radiography of a group of locals from the working-class district of a small Czech city bearing the scars of industrialisation: the young girl whose boyfriend has immigrated to America, the young boy secretly in love with her, the abandoned mother whose lover can?t make up his mind to ask for a divorce, the children who are passed from hand to hand and can?t get over their astonishment. (San Sebastian Film Festival)

As a hardworking software programmer, Honza's life consists of a familiar hectic schedule complicated by ringing phones and traffic jams. A phone call from Honza's son, Honzik (Michal Vorel), interrupts his activities, and soon the two, along with the family dog Bingo, find themselves driving away for the weekend... (childrenincinema.com)

Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totaly stupid, fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say. (imdb)

Artist Baedrich Mara (Bolek Polivka) is unable to find much secure work due to his public antagonism toward the ruling Communist Party. He has a wife and two children. Life begins to change when art historian Alois Fabera (Jiri Pecha) begins working on a piece about Baedrich, leading to a job offer from a Party official. Things are looking up, until the wrong people hear portions of the historian's writing. (All Movie Guide)

A tragicomedy full of slapstick and vignettes, and even an unexpected shootout. A family of villagers moves up in the world - to the county seat. Dad works as a butcher at a meatpacking plant, mom is a checker at a supermarket. The daughter is at odds with her homeroom teacher, while the son - a vegetarian, anarchist, and avid pothead - is apprenticing as a butcher to please his father... (imdb)

Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth Bathory was a modern Renaissance woman who ultimately fell victim to mens aspirations for power and wealth. (imdb)

Two men fight to make a life for themselves -- and eventually for the damaged woman they come to love -- as the devastation of WWII is replaced by the oppression of communism. (imdb)

A fantasy film about Dobbelgängers who live inside TV set. If you've been filmed for TV, your double will appear into the TV world. It needs to such your energy to survive always you turn the set on. Olda is one of the victims who almost dies because of it. He starts to fight against his double. (Me)

Discovering a mess and a lone earring at his remote cottage, rich philanderer Aksman (Jiri Bartoska, real-life head of the Karlovy Vary fest) begins to suspect son Artur (David Kraus) is involved in the disappearance and murder of dancer Marika (Barbora Seidlova). Meanwhile, a police task force led by determined Hrazdira (Martin Stropnicky) uncovers parents shielding kids who participated in a sex party that led to the killing. (variety.com)

Bohuš, a simple man who works as a lumberjack, unexpectedly discoversthat he inherited a fortune.

Excellent witty movie by Chytilova with unbelievable acting of main character Bolek Polivka. In relation with communist age and production of poor movies Kalamita is small miracle. Excellent satire in which each sentence has other meaning too. (surrealmoviez)

The performance on disability living two different positions on the relationship of power and subordination, a clash between the despot and free creator, the polarity of love and hate, life and death. All this is captured through dialogue, pantomime and outputs original gags cruel medieval queen and her court fool. (surrealmoviez)

Can infidelity be the basis for a happy marriage? Rudolf charming bon vivant is convinced: "A woman has to feel that a man must fight to try to keep him. And most importantly, women should not be bored! " (csfd.cz)

Honza abandoned a career in IT and has bought a cottage on the outskirts of a small village, where he's settled in with his wife Marketa, daughter Anyna and son Sayen. He works in the woods as a forest labourer repairing roads and enclosures, cutting wood to sell and assisting the foresters. Marketa earns a living as a masseuse and alternative healer, making use of various mind-altering plants and mushrooms, which leads to conflict with the old inhabitants and eventually with drug enforcement. (ceskatelevize.cz)

In 1992, Prague is the capital of a small kingdom. The prince is supposed to choose his bride to be at a royal ball. But to everybody's surprise, he chooses an ugly cleaning-woman. She is shy and silent, but after the marriage she turns into a wild and rumbustious woman with an obstinate and stubborn mind. They both try to kill each other, but the queen is thrown into the dungeons. (Mathias Thuresson)

Nothing seems to go right for Rosta, a film director who is shooting a movie called "Paradiso" at a nudist beach. Rosta finds trouble in paradise from day one as he continually clashes with the crew, actors, and his wife. (imdb)

Dedicated home care nurse Vlasta lives for her husband Lada, her daughter, and her patients. But then one day things change and Vlasta comes to realize that she might need some care too. (imdb)

Father Holy, a village priest, battles against the state and religious bureaucracies of 1980s Czechoslovakia in his fight to raise money for a new church roof. Permeated by his love for the villagers, his encounters are marked by his good humor. In his losing battle against Church and State, Holy is ordered to be transferred away from his parish and his allies. The Czech-American, Milena Jelinek, adapted this moving story from the novel The Forgotten Light, by the 1930s Czech writer/poet and Cat

Tells the story of psychologist Hana, interspersed with the life stories of her patients.

Frank enters a state of clinical death, during which he sees himself and his life in the past, in the present and also where his steps will lead in the future, where he will keep repeating the same mistakes in life, which will affect the development of the whole humanity. In the different environments and time-spaces, he learns the true meaning of karma and realizes that he alone is the creator of his own reality, which he can also influence the future of the whole civilization.