Josef Kemr

The story of the film is based on Václav Kaplický's book Kladivo na ?arod?jnice (1963), a novel about witch trials in Northern Moravia during the 1670s. The black-and-white allegorical film, full of symbols, follows the events of the trial of the priest Kryštof Lautner. Unwillingness to stop the evil in the beginning only encourages the inquisitor to graduate his accusations and use torture. The vicious circle scares everyone from resistance. (Wikipedia)

Mikolás (Frantisek Velecký) and his brother Adam (Ivan Palúch) rob travellers for their tyrranical father Kozlík (Josef Kemr). During one of their "jobs" they end up with a young German hostage whose father escapes to return news of the kidnapping and robbery to the King... (imdb)

Stage mime Antoine Moreau is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a "model" concentration camp, to convince the Red Cross observers that the camp is truly what it seems. Reluctant at first, Moreau slowly learns the true nature of the camp, including the meaning of the "transports" on which people leave. With a world-class orchestra (made up of people interned in the camp) and a cast of children, Moreau stages a show to end all shows. (imdb)

A family of uptight city dwellers rent a rundown cottage in the country that they intend to buy and renovate to their taste. Unfortunately, after they have settled in, their elderly landlord reconsiders his decision to sell... (Channel 4)

This 1978 film, set in 1907, is a tribute commemorating the 80th year of Czechoslovak filmmaking. Among the accomplishments of Czechoslovak filmmakers of the period are, the improvement on the Lumière camera and the creation of a commercially viable indigenous cinema years before Berlin. Czechoslovak films were sufficiently distinctive and plentiful to make a notable contribution to world cinema of the time. In this movie, the filming of several one-reel movies of the period is re-enacted.

This comedy is about one average family. The father works as a master in a factory and his son is studying at high school. One day the father must start visiting the evening school. It's the same school as the one his son goes to. The lives of both students start connecting together. The son must teach math and physics to his own father. The father begins to realise that the life of students is not as simple as he supposed. (imdb)

Rudolph II, the Holy Roman Emperor, does not have a simple life. And yet he manages to complicate it even more with his frequent outbursts of anger. While he searches for a mythical Golem, an animated clay statue, Matthew the Baker is thrown into the dungeon for selling the special buns for the emperor to people. Matthew is accidentally mistaken for the emperor and takes his place. (imdb)

Martin, a poor student, volunteers to protect the princess who seems to be suffering from some sort of curse and who disappears during the night every night. Eight volunteers have tried to protect her before him and have not returned, will he be the one to succeed?

The story takes place in the second half of the eighties. The regime of power is tired, but any changes are out of sight. Some people are trying to find their asylum in their privacy, some defect. Who is not willing to get adapted, lives at the outskirts of the society. So, for example, the forty-year old intellectual Ewald (György Cserhalmi) can not perform his profession, as he could not comply with requirements of the political regime. (KrátkýFilm)

A Czech fairytale about Hell.

One day of autumn 1950, during the forced collectivization, the farmers lead their cattle into the common stables of the new cooperative. Only one among the farmers - the rich farmer Konvalinka - opposes the imposed violence in a horrific way, shooting all his cattle and himself committing suicide. The village witnesses the return of Konvalinka's daughter, nicknamed Miss, a former nun whose cloister was closed by the new regime. (imdb)

Bára, the daughter of a communal herdsman, is pursued by all the young men from the village. The parents of the village boys are not pleased with this at all, because they believe the superstitious old women who claim that Bára is a daughter of a noonday-witch. (FilmAffinity)

Musical fairy tale tells the story of prince and princesses from neighbouring friendly countries who have to marry each other, as decided by their wise fathers with their advisors. However,the royal children want to decide their fate themselves. They meet in the royal garden, where princess pretends to be a maid and prince to be a herdsman. Prince under cover is imprisoned and helps princess with rebellion - she becomes sad all the time, because she doesn't want to marry anyone.

LOVE HARVESTS IN SUMMER seems to anticipate 4 years the wrongful intrusion of the soviet tanks. And with the style of WEST SIDE STORY, puts music, color and emotion surrounding the born of a mate, first love in a youngs school, quite outdated and square. The movie ends better than "WEST SIDE" and even better than the sad czechoslovakian story. The scenes of the hops harvest to make the famous czech beer, the sky ever blue and all the conflict and debate that emerge in the czech society and insid

Radio announcer Petrícek reads the evening news in a studio. Viki, the female editor of a woman's program, is annoyed by the stereotypical information he provides as well as by the speaker's melodious voice and his heart-felt performance. Then she gets an idea for a prank. She calls the speaker from the neighboring room on the phone and pretends to be an unhappily married woman who draws all her strength to live from Petrícek's voice.

"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 the post of municipal policeman, "The Troubles of Mr. Tenkrat" shows how strange events lead to marriage and promotion, "The Revolt of Convict Sejba" describes the victorious struggle of Convict Sejba for a dumpling for the altar at mass.