Lída Baarová

A sensitive character study of five young men trapped in a small town on the Adriatic. (imdb)

Frantisek Lelicek's Ve sluzbach Sherlocka Holmese - In the Services of Sherlock Holmes was filmed in 1932 with Vlasta Burian. The role of Sherlock Holmes is minor there but he went on to appear in many more stories and novels... (radio.cz)

Drama of a working girl's life in pre-Hitler Prague and her unhappy love affair.

A neglected wife goes to the opera with her lawyer husband. When he is called away during the performance, she befriends a bon vivant and ends up back at his apartment, where he's shot in the back by an unknown assailant...

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 by a portrait of a beautiful noble girl, but no-one buys it because it is said to be cursed. Until the young count arrives to decide what to do with the portrait, Karas keeps it at home. Fascinated by the beauty of the girl, Karas spends hours in front of the portrait. (imdb)

The barber Toni La Motta is engaged to Greta, the shop's beautiful manicure: being jealous, she often quarrels with clients who are too gallant. One of these, one day, reacts by hitting him with a punch and sending him to bang his head against the radio that is broadcasting the magazine "La bisarca". The barber loses consciousness and begins to dream. He is now in the shop, invaded by the waters of a new universal flood. With the girl he gets on the Bis-Arca, where animals of all species and a r