Drahomíra Vihanová

A Loaf of Bread (2026)

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 Pilgrimage of Students and Jacob (2000)

Petr studies law in Prague, Jakub studies philosophy there. They are the best of friends until their holiday trip to Slovakia is crossed by a Romani young man named Imro. Imro is in love with Eržika, who is guilty of breaking an ancient tradition by break ...

The Fortress (1994)

Set in the late 80s in a quiet, rural village headed by a suspicious, conspiring group of nasty leaders. Ewald has arrived there to measure water levels. Surrounding the fortress near the village are soldiers. ...

Daily I Appear Before Your Face... (1992)

The story of an ethnic German living in the Czech border region of the Orlik mountains in Eastern Bohemia. His life story, recounted in film with humility, faith, and love, becomes a personal view of the history of the 20th century. ...

Squandered Sunday (1990)

A day in the life of Arnošt, a soldier staying in Josefov. A sense of desperation permeates the environment as well as the mind of the protagonist. It is sunday, and saturday left just a hangover. Days go by, nothing changes. A metaphor for the political ...

Proměny přítelkyně Evy (1990)

In addition to the so-called collective portraits, Drahomíra Vihanová also captures distinctive individuals - for example, she made films about the director František Vláčil or the piano virtuoso František Rauch. This series also includes a portrait ...

Za oknem... (1989)

Dukovany – A Boiling Cauldron (1987)

A nuclear reactor and a factory canteen, the jargon of engineers, and the earthy language of cooks. In her film-survey, the sensitive observer Vihanová observes two contrasting worlds that meet at the Dukovany nuclear power plant during a hydrostatic test ...

Questions for Two Women (1985)

Film director Drahomíra Vihanová is preparing some interviews with two women. The women are at first sight opposites, but in reality they have much in common. Through the interviews the film director hopes to get a deeper understanding of herself as well ...

Conversations (1983)

Eight tunnellers, led by Mikulás Litvák, go down with the lift for a new shift in the underground, close to the Máj department store. Each day they build a new meter on the B1 line of the Metro. In 14 years of work they have made 7 km of corridors and t ...

Searching (1979)

Documentary filmmaker Drahomíra Vihanová made a documentary Searching during the filming of František Vláčil's Concert at the End of Summer. The film was made between 1978 and 1979. Rather than a reportage, the film is an observation of the director's ...

Last of the Clan (1977)

Last Of The Clan follows the efforts of a man who as one of the last in 70' Czechoslovakia uses horses for timber harvesting. ...

Romance for Bugle (1967)

A lyrical story about first love, death and disappointment, based on a poem of the same title. ...

Fugue on the Black Keys (1965)

Fati Farari, a black man from Africa, is completing his studies in classical piano at the Music Academy of Prague. It's the day before his first solo concert, where he is going to play Bach. While he strolls around the city he is thinking, not so much abou ...

Questions for Two Women (1985)

Film director Drahomíra Vihanová is preparing some interviews with two women. The women are at first sight opposites, but in reality they have much in common. Through the interviews the film director hopes to get a deeper understanding of herself as well ...