Břetislav Rychlík

The Inheritance or You Shouldn't Say That (2014)

The aging Bohus buries his wife Vlastička and after seven years of abstinence starts drinking again. ...

Bella Mia (2013)

Due to suspicion of BSE (mad cow disease), a herd of cows from a small farmstead is sentenced to be killed. The animals' revolt and try to escape. People try to hunt them down but the herd, led by Bella, manages to protect itself. Further failures of peopl ...

O Držgrešlovi a Drždukátovi (1998)

Držgrešle and Drždukát are truly miserly characters. With their cunning, deceit, and eloquence, they could probably swindle a calf from a barren cow. They rob simple villagers and fairy-tale creatures of whatever they can. Just think, they even take aw ...

Boomerang (1997)

The story, written by former George Stransky former political prisoners and today's chairman Pen Club is situated to 50 years and uranium camp of political prisoners in Pribram, where after the fall of the Stalinist cult comes at the end of 1958 as a priso ...

...ani smrt nebere! (1996)

The story of two urban intellectuals who experience a series of grotesque and comical situations caused by the clash of two worlds: rural and urban. ...

The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992)

Bohus is indolent and spends his days drinking brandy. One day he finds he has inherited a brickworks, several shops and a five-star hotel. Bohus sets out to tour his new empire, insulting everyone on the way. ...

O líné Pepině, Vojtovi a sedmi raraších (1991)

A cheerful fairy tale about how honest craftsmanship triumphs over hell... A cheerful fairy tale about the reformation of a lazy princess from an impoverished kingdom, whose extravagance leads her to hell. From there, she must be rescued by the tailor Vojt ...

Pražákům, těm je hej (1991)

The story begins in 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, few years before the end of Communist era. The band Pražský výběr (Prague's selection) has just received the news thier 5-year ban has expired and they are alowed to perform once again. This half fant ...

Vojtech, Called the Orphan (1990)

Symbols and political analogies abound in this dramatically frustrating first work by a recent film-school graduate. In the story, Vojtech has survived World War II in a Czech prison following an unjust sentence. Now he is free, and the world is full of po ...

Král lenochů (1989)

Abaj a Žabaj (1989)

Vrah (1987)

Inseparable Five (1987)

A funny movie about life and adventures of the five inseparable friends from little town in south Czech republic. ...

Šahrazád (1985)

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)

Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher). ...

Pouť k milosrdným (1983)

Horí (1982)

Ján Langoš – strážca pamäti (2023)

Life is But a Wheel of Justice (2023)

The Plastic People of the Universe was formed in 1968. The trial of the band members in 1976 initiated the creation of Charter 77. During the so-called normalisation period, the band was banned. The musicians started performing together again in 1997. The ...

U stánků na levnou krásu (2006)

God's Stone Quarry (One Year In North Bohemia) (2005)

God's Stone Quarry is similar in form to Rychlík's older film, One Year, which focused on people long settled in the Horňácko region straddling the Moravian-Slovak border. At first sight, the interconnectedness of the Carpathian highlanders' lifestyle, ...

Jeden rok (1999)

...ani smrt nebere! (1996)

The story of two urban intellectuals who experience a series of grotesque and comical situations caused by the clash of two worlds: rural and urban. ...