Elmar Klos

Adrift (1971)

A fisherman saves Anada, a woman adrift, from drowning. He takes her to his home, and protects her. Eventually, she occupies a larger place than was to be expected. He commits adultery with her, but his own wife seems to be in love with the strange young w ...

The Shop on Main Street (1965)

In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hiera ...

Defendant (1964)

Managers at the construction of a big hydro plant are accused of having embezzled money. ...

Three Wishes (1963)

The sad hero of the story, Petr, an ordinary lawyer in a construction company, is crowded into a small apartment in Žižkov with his wife and grandparents, desperately struggling with the lack of money. One day he offers an old man a seat on a crowded tro ...

Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)

Pavel is a Czech partisan fighter in the waning days of the war. Just as peace is declared, Pavel is shot in the spine and sent to the hospital emergency ward. As he fades in and out of consciousness, he recalls the events that led to his participation in ...

Zkouška pokračuje (1960)

As a young actor František Lukávec and his teacher Vladimir Tuma became enemies. František insisted that Tuma was dismissed from the school as a reactionary and hostile to the new government. Many years passed, and here they met again on the stage of a ...

Laterna magika II (1960)

A film of the Czech multimedia theatre production, Magician's Lantern. Eight Czechoslovak directors filmed a choreographic performance conceived and directed by director Alfred Radok and artist Josef Svoboda. This performance consists of twelve scenes: "In ...

At the Terminus (1957)

Several bittersweet stories set in a Prague apartment building. ...

Spartakiáda (1956)

Documentary by Jan Kadar ...

Mladé dny (1956)

Documentary by Jan Kadar ...

Hudba z Marsu (1955)

The employees of the furniture company MARS welcome a rare visitor with hired music. Their boast that they would put together an orchestra is taken seriously, so they receive a small gift - musical instruments for thirty musicians. ...

Kidnapped (1953)

American agents hijack a plane on the Ostrava-Prague route to launch a campaign against the People's Democratic Czechoslovakia. The plane lands in West Germany, but the Americans have an unexpected problem convincing the hijackers to stay in the West. Base ...

Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry (1949)

Píseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí (1949)

A documentary about the 11th All-Sokol Rally in Prague in 1948, focusing in the first part on performances by schoolchildren, youth days, and their parade. ...

Revolution in Toyland (1947)

In WWII Czechoslovakia, an old toymaker incorporates secret messages in his models to fool the Germans. They find him out and he flees. As the Gestapo officer hunts around he is attacked by the toys, who send him packing. Live action and stop motion short ...

A Dead Man among the Living (1947)

Human bravery can take many forms, just as ideas about it can. Small-town public opinion begins to despise a postal clerk because he gave cash to robbers who didn't hesitate to shoot. The result is a successful study of a man whose previous certainties beg ...

2x Bail (1946)

Kdo je vinen? (1946)

Tři knoflíky (1945)

Ferda the Ant (1944)

Ferda Mravenec (Ferda The Ant, 1944 ) runs over ten minutes, telling the tale of an ant colony versus a spider. This one is teeming with characters, with impressive animation, fun gags, and a good story. ...

Nejvýnosnější prodej (1942)

The River of Life and Death (1941)

The River of Life and Death captures the slow time in the well-known Indian pilgrimage place of Benares, the act of purification by water, the burning funeral pyres, and the dandling snakeheads under the temple stairs. ...

Poslední léto presidenta Osvoboditele (1937)

The Highway Sings (1937)

Probably the best-known advertising film for Bata, where joke and irony meet commercial purposes. Tires are sent from rural countryside to the turmoil of the city to serve progress. ...

A Little Shoe (1935)

Tři kroky od těla (1934)

The Innkeeper 'At the Wild Beauty' (1932)

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018)

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel. ...

Nemocný bílý slon (1990)

The fate of an unlucky director of a dismantled cultural house who temporarily believes in the meaningfulness of his actions, exposed to the pressure of many different difficulties. ...

Přijď, až zase omládnu (1986)

An Occasion to Speak (1966)

Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965. ...

Defendant (1964)

Managers at the construction of a big hydro plant are accused of having embezzled money. ...

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 ...