Ferdinand Havlík

The Boy Who Became a Cupboard (1989)

Parents from around the world hold a congress to discuss how to deal with their misbehaving children. All parents come together — only one set is missing, the parents of Sylvester, the best boy in the world. The congress decides to go see him so he can l ...

V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový (1980)

Jedničky má papoušek (1979)

There was a school. And one day, a parrot named Bořivoj came to the school and got all the A's for himself. The children - the pupils - can't just leave it like that, so Eva and Petr set off to the mysterious exotic land of parrots. Climbing, repeating ol ...

Goodbye, Ophelia (1979)

An animated lecture that gives young girls life advice when it comes to male conquerors and the like. Czech animated film for adults. ...

Stopař (1978)

Even a casual hitchhiker can get caught up in unexpected family troubles. The skilled title character fixes a broken-down car and is rewarded: he is invited to a luxurious cottage. However, its owner finds himself in a difficult situation when, in addition ...

Smrt na černo (1977)

Webs of Prague's post-war underworld. ...

Židle pro ředitele (1977)

Kamenáč Bill a jeho přepevné laso (1972)

Ironbark Bill has to buck a broncho using his strong lasso. ...

Konec draka Kusodrápa (1971)

Nevěsta (1970)

The female employees of the poultry-processing factory find relief from their monotonous work in chatting about weddings and marriages. The very young Zdena (Marta Vancurová), too, dreams about a white veil and an entourage of bridesmaids. On her return h ...

Přehlídce velím já! (1969)

A cunning plan to deprive an "illegal millionaire" of his ill-gotten wealth. But the catch is that someone else has an even more subtle plan... ...

„Rakev ve snu viděti...“ (1968)

The Ronov castle has been changed into a hotel, offering stylish facilities to its guests: weddings in the torture chamber, a Black Lancer kidnapping brides, a night's lodging in a family tomb etc. The reformed petty swindler Felix Pacínek (Bohumil Smída ...

Loves of a Blonde (1965)

Andula, an innocent Czech girl from a factory town, is desperately in search of love. She believes she's found it when she beds Milda, a charming young musician visiting from Prague. Milda, however, is only looking for a casual encounter, and leaves town a ...

Útěk do větru (1965)

A story about three teenage boys growing up in less than ideal families who decide to leave their parents and strike out on their own for fear of punishment for truancy. ...

Lov na mamuta (1965)

A young man tries to enter the building of the Mammoth Cybernetic Supermachines Research Institute again and again but each time the doorkeeper spots him and kicks him out. The youth finally arrives with all his friends and a huge live bear from the circus ...

Billy the Tough and the Cheeky Hares (1964)

Ironbark Bill has to fight against some insolent jackrabbits. ...

Hory hory (1964)

Mud Covered City (1964)

In Malesice, a small city near Prague, the inhabitants' biggest concern is to avoid mud all over around. This humorous film describes the dilemmas concerning rapid urban development in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. Based on the director's own experience. ...

Black Peter (1964)

A few days in the life of a Czechoslovak teenager when he starts work. ...

Audition (1964)

Two closely related episodes. Youths make problems for two local orchestras about to compete nationally, and in a talent competition a young girl gets stage fright, while another lies to her boss to compete. ...

Telefon (1964)

Nádraží (1964)

Bylo nás deset (1963)

At the beginning, the newly arrived soldiers form a musical theatre troupe to escape the humiliation of the older ones. They vow that they will be good to the next recruits. But it turns out that nothing can be done without strictness and that greed is not ...

Člověk z půdy (1961)

The Snowdrop Festival (1984)

An episodic film about the inhabitants of Kersko, their hardships and their joys, most prominently hunting. A lyrical and humorous adaptation of writings by Bohumil Hrabal. ...

Láska na druhý pohled (1982)

Even under socialism, which proclaimed the equality of all people, there were status differences. A young bricklayer, who has fallen in love with a college girl from a "better" family, feels this first-hand - the girl's petty bourgeois parents are fundamen ...

Mateji, proc te holky nechtejí? (1981)

Matěj Hůrka, a teenage bricklayer's apprentice, a young man who is delicate in matters of love, lives with his grandmother in a country cottage. He struggles with love problems, but waits in vain for some advice as his vivacious grandmother remarries an ...

V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový (1980)

Hon na kočku (1980)

Bláža is a bland-looking student who is eager for her first love experience. Even though experienced men are interested in her, she doesn't yet know exactly what her chosen one should look like. The question is, however, whether a shy non-junkie who at m ...

U fotografa (1972)

Martyrs of Love (1967)

Three loosely-connected tales that represent different aspects of love: temptation, dreams, and adventure. ...

Hallo Satchmo (1965)

In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong's visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the report 'Hallo Satchmo'. ...

If a Thousand Clarinets (1965)

A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music instruments. Great mystery is immediately found by TV station. And soon the military base becomes a stage for huge TV show. ...

Člověk z půdy (1961)

Letiště nepřijímá (1960)

The conflicts in one pilot's fractured marriage come to a head just as Soviet jets are introduced to international airliners. Naive psychological drama is embraced here with naive admiration for the most advanced aviation technology. ...