Arnošt Lustig

Listopad: A Memory of the Velvet Revolution (2014)

LISTOPAD is a tale about the adventures of three teenage boys who become swept up in the 'Velvet Revolution' of 1989. ...

Colette (2013)

As World War II rages on, Villi and Colette are captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Imprisoned within separate compounds, the lovers must risk their lives to be together again. ...

Písničkář, který nezemřel (2007)

Modrý den (1994)

The story of a young woman takes place at the end of the war in an apartment belonging to a Jewish owner who was forced to leave for a concentration camp. The young woman is waiting for her lover, a tall German officer who promised to take care of her and ...

Dita Saxová (1968)

​In 1947 Prague, Holocaust survivor Dita lives in a hostel for orphans, acting as a protective mentor to a younger girl while failing to fix her own shattered life. Unable to form lasting bonds or find a place in a society that has moved on, she drifts t ...

A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova (1965)

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 SS officers. However, these hostages are being required to pay bribes for their "transportation costs." In ...

Diamonds of the Night (1964)

Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Beyond themes of war and anti-Nazism, the film concerns itself with man's struggle to preserve human dignity. ...

Transport from Paradise (1963)

Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their h ...

A Loaf of Bread (1960)

By the end of the second World War, three prisoners wish to escape from the train carrying them from one concentration camp to another. To make it happen, they need to get food first. ...

The Presence of Arnošt Lustig (2012)

"A man is immortal as long as he lives in the memory of others," said well-known Czech writer Arnošt Lustig with a wry smile. In December 2006 when her father turned 80, filmmaker Eva Lustigová began to see just how closely his words applied to himself p ...

You Kiss Like a God (2008)

A romantic comedy about love and life of young French teacher Helena. ...

Písničkář, který nezemřel (2007)

Fighter (2000)

Filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev follows two Czech Holocaust survivors, Jan Weiner and Arnost Lustig, as they revisit Terezin, a labor camp where Arnost was interned for five years and Jan's mother was murdered. ...