Theodor Pistek

One of the first Czech films to be made completely with sound... This movie was a huge success... (czech.cz)

Early Czech wartime comedy

Early Czech wartime comedy

Love story of Andrea and George

The second adaptation of the legandary story about Jánošík, a brigand who "took from the rich and gave to the poor" and who became the national hero of Slovakia.

A girl from Tonka goes to Prague to become a prostitute. She returns home for love, but finds it hard to put her past behind her.

Life and drama in a gypsy camp with the groups young lady falling in love with an outsider.

A story about domestic life in a typical working-class environment. Life and trials and how little situations have big consequences.

Janosík, a friar retrained as a bandit, becomes the farmers' symbol of resistance and fight against the feudal conditions.

Shot in the early 1920s, this classic film about the elixir of life and the secret of the Black Tower has finally been restored to its original version.

A Czechoslovakian comedy directed by Carl Lamac and starring himself Theodor Pistek & Anny Ondra.

The comedy "Vendelin's Purgatory and Paradise" contains the amusing experiences of the Zemlicka family from Prague who are all trying to find a good match for their daughter Amalka. Amalka is a pretty girl and it comes as no surprise that Vendelin Hrom grows fond of her, having met her and her whole family on a Sunday outing.

A Carl Lamac directed movie based on a novel by Karel Václav Rais.

Fifty years old Baron von Fibberg lives at The Fibberg Castle with his wife Olga and daughter Charley. Besides the delight in hunting, Baron is very enthusiastic about truth. Although he can't withstand any falsehood of others, he keeps his own intimate secrets from his wife. Charley seems to be an innocent girl at first glance, but she has a little secret too. She fell in love with a young fop Ernest Benda and married him in secret.

The film version of Karel Hynek Mácha's novel about love, disappointment and revenge.

An unsuccessful composer falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a musical publisher. As he is unemployed, he pretends that he is his own uncle, a man with a good job in the company.

A morally questionable lord comes to the aid of a working class man who is to be executed for speaking out about thieving rich scoundrels sticking it to the poor. (imdb)

The title refers to the office of records in the basement of a large company... sort of the place where a troublesome employee may be dumped in a dead end job. If fact, the story is a simple romantic comedy, with Burian as the kindly old stick-in-the-mud who helps the young man to sort out his romance with the daughter of the company's owner.

Undertaker Pleticha gets a phone call from his superior. He has to buy a wedding gift and deliver it to the bosses relatives. The address given is for organizing a funeral. When he realizes his mistake Pleticha in return for entertainment showcase wedding guests with songs and dances of various nations. His exploits continues....

Vlasta Burian appears in a town of Czarist Russia impersonating an Inspector General, and he is entertained lavishly by the local political-hacks and peasants seeking his favor for whatever they are advocating or need fixed. Burain is involved in a series of comical situations as he takes everything he can gets his hands on while the peasants, who must plead for the betterment of their conditions, are left on the outside-looking-in. (imdb)

An unmarried showgirl takes a handsome companion with her on a vacation, to the distress of others. (imdb)

It's a detective comedy, total Czech classic, with the legendary Czech actor Vlasta Burian, filmed by legendary Czech director Martin Fric. In the story Burian acts in three different roles (good private detective, bad adventurer and Russian duke), meets with Nick Carter and indian maharajah and protects precious diamonds from robbers. It is considered as one of the best first republic comedies.

The hero of the story is editor Viktor Blaha, who delightedly invents a crazy hoax in which a good time on account of his surroundings.

Rich spinster Berta celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Her faithful admirer Dr. Jelinek proposes. But Berta can not forget Edward, the great love of her life, and refuses the offer...

St. Wenceslas (Czech: Svatý Václav) is a 1930 Czechoslovak historical film about Saint Wenceslas. It was the most expensive Czech film to date, with the largest set constructed in Europe to accommodate an all-star cast of over a hundred, together with 1,000 extras for the lavish battle scenes.

Poor country girl survives the perils of a big city thanks to unselfish support of a noble millionaire.

This light-hearted comedy operetta tells the story of a newly appointed high school professor who becomes an ideal target for pranks and jokes.