E. F. Burian

Blues pro EFB (1980)

An image and music collage - a cinema concert - guided by a young sound engineer David, for whom the exhibition on E. F. Burian is an incentive to take more interest in this avant-garde artist. The film interweaves two strands - documentary and factual, dr ...

Pan Kobkán vdává dceru (1977)

Věra Lukášová (1966)

Krysař (1964)

Set in a wintry, haunting Prague, the mysterious Piper arrives at New Year's Eve in a red car and meets Agnes and Kristian, who are struggling with social rejection and a pending marriage. Using his magical flute, he purges the city of rats—and later, co ...

Milenci z kiosku (1963)

Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)

Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth. ...

Dog's Heads (1955)

The history of the rebellion of the brave Chody, led by Jan Sladký Kozina and Matěj Přibek, against the violent tyranny of the foreign nobleman Maximilian Lamminger of Albenreuth. Based on the novel of the same name by Alois Jirásek. ...

Výstraha (1954)

In the last days of the war, American planes bomb a synthetic gasoline plant in the Sudetenland. The workers are then faced with the enormous task of building a new plant on the site of the ruins and starting production. Their efforts are truly bearing fru ...

Mordová rokle (1952)

A new owner of the estate, Konrád Ritter von Schiess, arrives in the Czech village of Sluky. On his orders, the inhabitants of the village are to be evicted and only 30 families are allowed to remain, who volunteer to work on the estate. However, the inha ...

Who Is the Mightiest (1952)

Karhanova parta (1951)

A construction comedy about the labor struggle of two groups of workers in a Prague factory. The old group is led by the grinder Karhan, while the young group is led by his son. The struggle between the two groups leads to the emergence of socialist compet ...

We Want to Live (1950)

Poetic story of a proletarian couple's relationship in the years of economic crisis and unemployment. ...

Kariéra (1948)

Karel Kubat, the successful director of the Globus printing house, learns on his fiftieth birthday that he has a serious heart condition. The bad news forces him to take stock of his life. In his mind, he returns to key situations that gradually changed hi ...

Wild Beasts (1948)

Building a bridge is no simple matter. The city council has to decide between two competing proposals, one of which is submitted by villainous scoundrels and scoundrels who would like to enrich themselves everywhere. Although the film was made before the c ...

Šváb (1948)

The Strike (1947)

In late 19th century Czech-speaking Bohemia, oppressed workers at German-owned mines and foundries revolt against their harsh working conditions. Made shortly after World War II as Czechoslovakia was falling to communism, the film resonates in Czech resent ...

Čekanky (1940)

Intern Plichta arrives to work at a country estate, where there is a strict ban on marriage for officials, issued by the count. However, Plichta meets Jiřina Krátká on the way, falls in love with her and intends to marry her. Adjunct Ptáček and intern ...

Věra Lukášová (1939)

Vera is eleven years old and after the death of her parents she lives with her grandmother. She doesn't understand her at all, doesn't recognize her as her beloved son and is terrified of the genes of her daughter-in-law, who was "just" a saleswoman. Vera ...

Jan Výrava (1938)

Vojnarka (1936)

Passage in the Paradise (1936)

Orphan Petr lives with his dog Puntja with his aunt. His uncle Gustav wants to get rid of Peter and puts him in an orphanage. Peter escapes from there and looks for his Punt. He finds him with the cool Tobias, but he doesn't want to give him back to Peter. ...

May (1936)

May was filmed as a backdrop to part of a theatre performance D36-D37 under the E. F. Burian's lead inspired by the classic Czech poem of the same name by Karel Hynek Macha. ...

Listopad (1935)

A man and a woman meet on the streetcar. Six years ago, they were close . . . ...

We Live in Prague (1934)

A 13-minute documentary film depicting life in Prague. ...

Svítání (1933)

The family of the worker Kučera lives happily. His daughter Anežka, engaged to technical draftsman Adolf, is a seamstress. His son Váš is studying to be a machinist. The family also includes his grandfather, a former miner. However, an economic crisis ...

Ze světa lesních samot (1933)

Before Graduation (1932)

The story of high school students, talented Jan and Karel, who has a problem with math. Their life affects pedantic professor of mathematics Klec, that goes with them on a school trip, which escalates the conflict between them. Jan wants to escape, but Pro ...

Zlaté ptáče (1932)

Army Art Theater (1954)

Ze světa lesních samot (1933)

Zlaté ptáče (1932)