Dalimil Klapka

The Meaning and Mystery of Life (2023)

What is the meaning of life? What is love, humor, fear and death? Is it all just a dream? Who are we and where are we heading? Will we wake up, will we remember? ...

Goat Story With Cheese (2012)

The young Zuzanka, Honzik and Goat look for the children's parents, whom the devil has apparently kidnapped to punish them for producing devilishly good goat cheese. However, the children find their parents not in hell, but in the castle, where they must m ...

The Mill (2011)

The village priest wants no secrets among his sheep. When he is forced to undergo his own confession, no one shows great mercy. ...

Goat Story: The Old Prague Legends (2008)

A funny animated movie based on the classic Czech tales and legend of a young clockmaker, and his jealous friend, a wisecracking Goat. ...

Bankrot (2003)

A black comedy about suicides. Good old England, 1937—a spooky night scene on the moors, silhouettes of trees, the distant silhouette of a small castle reflected in the glistening water. Only the Hound of the Baskervilles is missing... we see only distan ...

O modrém ptáčku (1998)

The story of how Baruška rescued the prince from his spell. It wasn't easy, and who knows if she would have succeeded if it weren't for the three roses given to her by the Wind, the Moon, and the Sun on her journey to find the blue bird. But she had to ad ...

An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World (1997)

Set over a two-decade period in a tiny Central European village, this drama not only chronicles a couple's tragic star-crossed love, it also serves as a metaphor for the tragedy of lost traditions. After opening in the snowy wilds as two people spectacular ...

Král Ubu (1996)

A cruel picture of the ways in which human beings acquire power and then cling to it. The story of Father Ubu, an idiot who climbs over the bodies of the dead to his royal post, is presented with a touch of the grotesque where naive comic elements meet bla ...

Saturnin (1994)

Saturnin is a servant who becomes his master's master. A young man of good social standing and upbringing, somewhat conservative, acquires, through no fault of his own, a servant named Saturnin. Saturnin effectively becomes his employer's master and causes ...

The Magpie in the Wisp (1991)

In the film, the creative forces of personalities from three spheres of art collide. The subtitle "The Game of Love and Hate" refers to the motivation of an old Czech medieval satire, the theme belongs to Antonín Přidal, an expert on this subject. His co ...

Křížová vazba (1990)

Luděk Krejza, a tile-layer, returns from prison after serving time for manslaughter. In a retrospective, the viewer is introduced to his story. It is a not very well-known film, which with the passage of time has completely disappeared from the awareness ...

Královna štěstí (1989)

Romance o vodníkovi (1989)

Rakovina vůle (1989)

An interesting look at love destroyed by the demon of drugs, which uses opera singing instead of spoken word. A story about the relationship of two young people and drug addiction. ...

Správná trefa (1989)

Intolerance can already be ominously growing among children. Even the talented Petr, who is not accepted by his new classmates, will be convinced of this - he only encounters rejection and even betrayal of trust. More than exposing children's mentalities, ...

Currency and Peace (1988)

Martin is an innocent lad from small-town Mlada Boleslav who comes to big-city Prague, hoping to exchange his krona for deutschemarks so that he can visit Germany. A local spiv named Robert obliges Martin, but at an unfair exchange rate. When Martin finds ...

Opožděná vražda (1988)

Džusový román (1988)

An ordinary country girl is entering life with only a very vague idea of her future. Dissatisfied with her monotonous job in the village, she commutes every morning to the city, where she has found a job that is equally stereotypical and depressing. She ha ...

Viktor Veliký (1988)

Young Edisons (1987)

Children's film about a young boy who moves from the city to the country. At first he finds it difficult to make friends, until others discovers his gift with electronics. ...

Jsi falešný hráč (1987)

Even the best of friends can fall apart, often all it takes is a minor misunderstanding. That's exactly what happened to two village friends, children finishing elementary school, between whom hostility and suspicion suddenly set in. The mosaic-like plot c ...

Přátelé bermudského trojúhelníku (1987)

The idea of mystery unites the three debut stories - the original Bermuda Triangle with its mysterious phenomena has begun to shift and can be traced anywhere in the world, including Czech and Slovak territory. Here, too, unexplained shifts in space and ti ...

Antonyho šance (1986)

Antony is obsessed with the idea of a happy family life, but his young daughter has to be cared for by the parents of his wife, who died in a car accident. Unfortunately, Martha, whom Antony has somewhat recklessly married, has a fundamentally different vi ...

An Accident (1986)

In the 1980s, the building themes were transformed into bipolar moral dilemmas involving overly ambitious individuals who wanted to excel at any cost. The hero is the head of a demolition crew that demolishes large buildings, initially a sympathetic young ...

As Good as Poison (1986)

Engineer Pavel Hnyk is successful at work, but not very happy in his private life. He is approaching his fiftieth birthday and he can't shake the feeling that life is slipping away from him. The most effective medicine for such woes is amorous adventures, ...

Tísňové volání (1986)

A dramatic patrol car weekend on the streets of Prague's city centre. Lieutenant Josef Kabát and his colleagues drive through the centre of Prague every day in a patrol car. He loves his neighbourhood more than anything and wouldn't trade it for a more co ...

Zátah (1986)

A pair of criminals, an escaped prisoner and a young thief, are about to make a joint, obviously illegal, escape across the border. They escape for a long time, even managing to infiltrate Polish territory. They head for the coast, from where they intend t ...

Radical Cut (1984)

Detective Weiner probes the death of Tomáš Ruml, found in a ruined house. Son of the architect behind a planned gypsy-quarter demolition, Tomáš seems a revenge victim, until Weiner meets Naha and uncovers Tomáš' blackmail, rape and theft. Guided by b ...

There is a Dragon Behind Humny (1983)

In one royal forest, where coal miner Patočka lives and works, the friendly dragon Mrak settles down. The king's lackeys come across him while hunting and, terrified, go to sell the news to the king. He is currently organizing his daughter Viola's birthda ...

Raspberry Coctail (1983)

Story of a high-schooler who fails to gain a place at university and necessarily finds herself having to take a job behind the counter at a buffet. ...

Příště budeme chytřejší, staroušku! (1982)

This satirical comedy depicts the fate of two con artists who constantly encounter sharper and more experienced rivals. In their quest for easy profits, they often change several jobs and come up with a variety of original tricks and thievery. Each time, h ...

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York (1982)

The picture, unlike the other film adaptations of the story, focuses much more on Crusoe's life before and after his stay on the island. Following the principle of setting the novel right, it describes Crusoe's experiences with delicate irony and understan ...

Pražská terčovnica (1982)

Man Overboard (1981)

Ten-year-old David joins a sailing club. He trains hard and helps repair the sailing boats, but people have to take turns actually sailing. The club chairman Vala wants David to sail with his son Olda. Olda's previous team mate Béda has grown too fast, bu ...

That Instant, That While (1981)

Autumn 1944. A doctor is accused in the collaboration with the Nazis and found guilty... ...

Romaneto (1981)

A frightening atmosphere, full of chilling dampness and darkness, follows the fate of a desperate searcher who tries in vain to unravel the supposed secret of the altarpiece... ...

Měsíční tónina (1981)

Rukojmí v Bella Vista (1980)

The film thematically follows the stories of the TV series "30 cases of Major Zeman". We can meet Major Zeman again with Lieutenant Colonel Zitny, Major Hradec and Lieutenant Gajdoš. The film is set in 1972 in a South American country and shows the activi ...

Tím pádem (1980)

Amadeus Macků, the village postman, is an incorrigible dreamer obsessed with the desire to fly. He invents and builds his own hovercrafts, making himself a thorn in the side of his hillbilly neighbours. The group of pub chatterers are particularly annoyed ...

Preclíková válka (1977)

Ohnivý máj (1975)

Sokolovo (1975)

The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops fo ...

Dvě věci pro život (1973)

After returning home from the army, Vasek (Ladislav Potmesil) has married Bozka (Eva Trejtnarová) and the couple now live at her parents' house. Vasek is unhappy both with his work and with sharing the house with Bozka's parents. He and his friend Ruda (O ...

The Girl on the Broomstick (1972)

A teenage witch, frozen in time as a punishment for 300 years, finds herself in a modern world. ...

Madame Sans-Gène (1972)

Královna Černá růže (1972)

Návrat pana Ryšánka (1971)

Král, kejklíř a hvězdář (1971)

An astronomer, wooing the hand of King John's daughter, builds a royal puppet. King John considers it blasphemy, but when a puppet is shot and killed in an assassination attempt by an evil prince from a neighboring kingdom instead of King John, nothing sta ...

Jak se stal Janek-voják králem anglickým (1968)

Tři stromy (1968)

Soud pana Havleny (1967)

Jarní povětří (1961)

People in Czechoslovakia perceive the events of February 1948 differently. This movie tells how they behave depending on their views, beliefs and character. ...

Bajaja (1960)

Rohovín Čtverrohý (1960)