Jana Břežková

The Blue Tiger (2012)

Johanka and Matyáš have an unusual home. The two live among the animals and plants of an enchanted botanical garden in the middle of the city, but this idyll is under threat. To the children's horror, the mayor wants to build a theme park on the same spo ...

Cock-a-Doodle-Do (2009)

"Power is sweetest when it is completely disproportionate – when a fool rules over the wise..." Kundera's play reveals in a farcical, even sarcastic way what drives people. For some, the most important thing is to submit and have peace of mind, while oth ...

The Beggar's Opera (1991)

Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original hugely successful 1728 political satire written by Englishman John Gay. Composers and writers have penned v ...

Pot, lesk a potlesk (1990)

An Angel Seduces the Devil (1988)

Once again, you can take a look behind the scenes of the Riviera Chateau on the Prague periphery, where a brothel for the socialites is hidden under the guise of an exclusive nightclub. The story takes place in 1930 and although several years have passed s ...

Angel in a Devil's Body (1984)

In a chateau near Prague there is a chantry and brothel Riviera, designed for the clientele from the higher circles. Mrs. Gábi Stolařová, called Madame, keeps a close eye on order, but otherwise she runs the place in a family spirit and makes sure that ...

Hearty Greetings from the Globe (1983)

​Two aliens stir up trouble on Earth in order to study humans. Misunderstandings ensue. ...

Like Rabbits (1982)

A story of two boys who during the summer at a recreation area become best friends despite being enemies at first. ...

Der Mann von der Cap Arcona (1982)

1982: East German actor Erwin Gregorek travels to Hamburg to shoot screen tests for a film about the sinking of the ocean-liner Cap Arcona in 1945 - a catastrophe he himself survived as a concentration camp prisoner. ...

Ferat Vampire (1982)

A doctor is shocked when his beloved colleague Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver. A scientist convinces him that human blood is being used as fuel for Mima's ever winning car, but does th ...

Panelstory or Birth of a Community (1981)

An old man is wandering round a badly signposted and as yet mostly under construction Prague housing estate looking for the high rise block into which he is supposed to be moving with his daughter's family. The old granddad from the countryside likes chatt ...

Holiday for a Dog (1981)

The Mráz family is preparing for holidays. Parents are traveling to the spa and little Petr is going to the country to his grandparents. In addition, to the chaotic preparations, mother's friend is bringing a dog Blek. She wants Petr to look after it. Gra ...

The Medal (1980)

The trenches of World War I provide for a captivating backdrop to the drama of Corporal Hoferik. In his devotion to the Habsburg Monarchy, he fanatically carries out his military orders, but he ultimately suffers the Empire's disfavor. ...

Dark Sun (1980)

A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit. Engineer Prokop creates the devastating explosive "Krakatit" and soon confronts manipulative agents and imperialist conspiracies. Realizing his invention's threat, he fights to prevent its misuse, ris ...

Blue Planet (1980)

A young engineer, Štěpán Pavlík, dreams of becoming a cosmonaut. ...

A Story of Love and Honor (1978)

A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as well as economic, political, and social hypocrisy. Two extraordinary but lonely artists share a passionate love, as evidenced by the preserved letters that ...

Our Gang (1977)

Energetic Dr. Alice Váňová becomes the pit doctor at Mír Mine and spearheads a silicosis prevention study requiring miners to drink milk regularly. The miners, led by a tight-knit group, stubbornly refuse public participation. Determined union chair Ja ...

The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes (1976)

Exotic, yet lyrically aimed fairy tale about a young gypsy Pista in search of a beautiful, gentle and faithful bride. An old man told him where to find a girl with those qualities, so Pista sets out on a journey to find the girl of his dreams without knowi ...

Hudba kolonád (1975)

The International Festival of Magicians in Karlovy Vary: one of the performances is stylized as a memory of the eskamotero Vili Brod, who also performed in Karlovy Vary in the 1930s. Brod's story is ingeniously supplemented with excerpts from documentary a ...

Výnosné místo (1973)

Vídeňská krev (1973)

Věra–nevěra (1972)

Psíčci lorda Carltona (1971)

Revizor (1971)

A recording of a theatre production directed by Jan Kačer from 1967. ...

Mandragora (1971)

O princezně ve věži (1970)

The Great Unknown (1970)

Three detective stories, three different views of life and death... Collection of three horror short stories. ...

Hádavá pohádka (1970)

Prague Nights (1969)

A stuffy middle-aged foreigner, a businessman named Fabricius, lonely and looking for a night's diversion, finds it in the form of a mysterious blonde. In an abandoned cemetery, she tells him three tales involving black magic and erotic obsession. In "The ...

Láska jako trám (1968)

An elderly couple is planning a big family gathering. The husband is thinking about what he can do to make his wife happy. While walking around town, he meets an old friend and they have a few drinks together. After a dose of alcohol, the man trades his br ...

5 Million Witnesses (1965)

Now we see a naive reminder that television used to broadcast live productions, but in this case the live broadcast has taken on a surprisingly criminal dimension. One of the actors was killed during the broadcast - and it was seen by all the five million ...

The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965)

In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a doctor-turned-warehouse employee reluctantly agrees to treat a gravely wounded political fugitive, putting himself and everyone living in his building complex in danger. ...

Začít znova (1964)

Young Jan Stehlík signs up for a job to build a new mine. On the train he meets the pretty Alena, who falls in love with him. However, she means nothing to the superficial Jan, and when the girl becomes his lover, he treats her rudely and insultingly. But ...

The Black Dynasty (1962)

The family is connected with Prague's "Kolbenka", the ČKD locomotive factory. Grandfather Antonín, already retired, son Rudolf, a master in the locomotive assembly section and grandson Antonín, a promising football player. The film also tells the story ...

Pochodně (1961)

Prague in the 1870s. Work in Smolík's sulphur factory is hard and dangerous to health. The poorly paid workers resemble torches because their clothes are soaked with poisonous phosphorus. Young Josef Rezler also works in the sulphur factory and uses his e ...

Divoká svině (1990)

Wild Swine is actually an ironic name for the great search operation of Prague's criminologists, who in a tangle of criminal activity of various kinds were digging around like wild swine before they managed to solve a complicated case. The story takes plac ...

Panelstory or Birth of a Community (1981)

An old man is wandering round a badly signposted and as yet mostly under construction Prague housing estate looking for the high rise block into which he is supposed to be moving with his daughter's family. The old granddad from the countryside likes chatt ...

Chain (1981)

Carefree young nurse Marta learns upon her husband's death that he was involved in all manner of criminal activity, which puts her life in danger. ...

Infidelity the Slovak Way (1981)

Jakubisko's comedy about infidelity inside the community of lumberjacks in three chapters. First, a group of men gets to know that there comes a group of female brigadiers to a near village and tries to seduce them, which won't come out as precisely as the ...

Eva Eva (1980)