Jana Preissová

Případ se štěnicí (2023)

Drug dealer Šárlí ended up with a knife in his liver during a drunken brawl as a group of teenagers left a pub late at night. Commissioner Vašátko, who is already enjoying his retirement, is drawn into the investigation by the young man's grandmother, ...

Kostýmy: Irena Greifová (2020)

Ženská na vrcholu (2019)

Helena, a free-spirited single café owner, takes her eight-year-old son Mikuláš to the mountains for a quiet Advent stay but, through a mix-up, ends up at a remote high-altitude lodge run by adventure guide Richard, his spirited daughter Zuzka, and his ...

Krásný čas (2006)

The third installment in a loose series featuring the character Renáta Soukupová. Renáta is on the threshold of her thirties and is determined to conquer Bohemia back, to find her permanent and certainly beautiful existence here. And, of course, love, b ...

Rok na vsi (1997)

The Happiest Kingdom (1997)

A romantic story about the power of love. A television fairy tale. ...

O moudré Sorfarině (1995)

A fairy tale about a stubborn prince and an equally stubborn girl, whose relationship is influenced by a minor incident from their childhood. However, the witty Sorfarina eventually convinces the prince that she is the best wife for him, and so the fairy t ...

Řád (1994)

Set in 1776, this historical film by Petr Hvizd concerns an army deserter who takes refuge within the walls of the Convent of St. Claire. The investigation to find him soon becomes a question of morality concerning the value of human life in the context of ...

Don Juan (1993)

Světýlka z blat (1993)

A Chod folk tale in which the evil Markyta envies her friend Marjánka her husband and especially the pub they share. One day, on her way back from the fair, he drowns her and takes her place. In time, when she starts to resent Marjanka's son, she drowns h ...

Ariadnina nit (1992)

Tajemství (1991)

Anyone who claims that you can't live with half a heart should be invited to a fairy tale about a king who once gained a crown in exchange for half his own heart. He gained a crown for part of his heart, but he lost much more – himself, his wife and his ...

Jak Vojtěch pro princeznu do ohně skočil (1990)

Bludiště (1990)

Putování po Blažených ostrovech (1990)

Berenika (1989)

The romantic fairy tale tells the story of a royal family haunted by the curse of the cruel Arx, the lord of ruin. According to this curse, the royal siblings, Prince Bernard and little Noemi, are bound together by magical power. On the day of one of them' ...

Bludiště cest (1988)

Viktor Veliký (1988)

Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker (1987)

Fairy tale about young cobbler Jíra, who had fashioned wings from leather in order to rescue princess Jasnenka from the tower of the royal castle, where her father had closed her to to save her from the evil witch and her daughter Cernava. ...

Písničky Na zábradlí (1986)

Výsledek testu (1986)

Cizí holka (1985)

Čarovná rybí kostička (1984)

14. patro, 14. rok (1984)

Modré z nebe (1984)

The fantastic world of little Thomas, who conjured up beauty and happiness. ...

Hodina splněných přání (1984)

Smrt krále Václava IV. (1983)

Hrátky (1983)

Sixteen-year-old Magda and Jakub, who is the same age, are in love. Nothing wrong with that, love is part of youth. But one day, Jakub invites Magda to a cottage instead of a disco. And the romance of the most beautiful sunsets for two is quickly replaced ...

A Yellow Flower (1982)

A poetic story about eleven years old girl who is mostly sitting at home on her wheelchair but with the help of a green balloon is able to find new friends. ...

Škola hrou (1982)

Jitka, a librarian, is tasked with replacing an injured seventh-grade teacher at an elementary school. Despite her husband's resistance, she faces marital tensions, a dysfunctional classroom, and disgruntled parents. When a minor dereliction of duty leads ...

Zločin na poště (1981)

A report of embezzlement is made against Helenka, a popular clerk at the village post office. The investigation reveals that she is 200 crowns short and the girl commits suicide. Her protector and friend, the gendarmerie sergeant Brejcha, does not believe ...

Bratři Karamazovi (1981)

In 1976, the Czech New Wave philosopher and director Evald Schorm came to the Na zábradlí Theatre. He stayed there for twelve years, until his death. He raised a generation of actors who were aware of their own personalities. In The Brothers Karamazov, t ...

Měsíční tónina (1981)

Bílá kočička (1980)

What could the fairies be missing, anyone who sees those three lovely elderly ladies living happily in their castle in the middle of a beautiful garden would think. And yet something was missing. They longed for someone to cheer them up, to care for them. ...

Julek (1980)

The future communist journalist Julius Fučík had a stimulating childhood and youth in a working-class environment, when his moral maturity was already showing. The authors of the film recall that the young Julek was a star of the suburban operetta scene, ...

Triptych o láske (1980)

TV movie "Triptych of love" was created by short stories by famous Slovak writer Ladislava Nádaši - Jégeho. Historical themes in his works have an ambition to bring over to look attractive environment and time bygone era strong dramatic stories and exci ...

Švec Janek v pohádkové zemi (1979)

Zlodějská komedie (1979)

How to Get Daddy to Change (1978)

Adventures of the "How to Rip Whale Tooth" (1977) heroes continue... The story takes place in the countryside, where little Vashko's dad takes him and his mother, and where another surprise awaits them: not only an excellent holiday in the setting of a roc ...

Podezřelé okolnosti (1978)

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 ...

Holka modrooká (1978)

Rose Mary (1977)

How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth (1977)

Vasek, 8 years old boy is desperate to find a new "father" for his mother. ...

Skleník (1977)

Jak se ševcem šili čerti (1976)

Shoemaker Číč is a skilled craftsman, but a great mischievous and riddle-teller. Such that he tricks not only the king, but also Lucifer himself. He earns fame and wealth by doing so, but he hurts his poor neighbor Karafiátek. But still, a bad conscien ...

Chytrost má děravé šaty (1976)

Mlynářka z Granady (1975)

Údržbáři (1975)

Rytíř (1975)

Pavlínka (1974)

Albrechtice near Jablonec. Sixteen-year-old Pavlínka Linková lives with her grandmother Barbara, a local midwife who raised her after the death of the girl's parents. The charming girl experiences her first amorous outburst towards Pavel Žák, a young t ...

Hliněný vozíček (1973)

The Secret of the Gold Buddha (1973)

A crime story set in the second half of the 19th century. Krasl, a Prague schoolteacher, is searching for a statue of the Golden Buddha, which is supposed to contain compromising materials on the factory owner Riessig. ...

Morgiana (1972)

Jealous of her vapidly "good" sister's popularity, poisonous Viktoria doses pretty Klara's tea with a slow-acting fatal substance. As the latter grows hysterically weak, the former finds success increasingly compromised by guilt, blackmail, and the pesky n ...

Svatba bez prstýnku (1972)

At the end of the occupation, Vojta, a young worker, marries the daughter of a rich builder to protect her from being deployed to the German Reich. Vojta agrees because he secretly loves Alena. But when the newlywed's family learns that Vojta is suspected ...

Straw Hat (1972)

Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it seems, to marry Helen Nonankur - daughter of a wealthy farmer. At the last meeting with his mistress in a nearby forest Fadinar's horse eats straw hat which ...

Mrtvý princ (1972)

Růže a prsten (1972)

Once upon a time, a capricious witch conjured a rose and a ring and endowed them with magical properties. Whoever owns them arouses love in the opposite sex. And how will this fairy tale about the whims of love, based on the magic of a ring and a rose, end ...

Magnolia (1972)

King Černomysl has four daughters and one son, who is just celebrating his 17th birthday. The king intends to find him a bride, but the prince has fallen in love with the miller's daughter Rózinka. The king holds a ball, the jester brings him a new assis ...

Kamenný kvítek (1972)

Cyrano z Bergeracu (1971)

O Pomněnce (1971)

A fairy tale about a little girl so tiny that she could almost be hidden in the palm of your hand. But you wouldn't believe what she could do! A little girl suddenly appeared in a cottage, bringing joy and happiness with her. The mother was sad when the pr ...

Šest uprchlíků (1970)

A revue grotesque full of humour and surprises, awarded three main prizes at the Montreux Festival. ...

Manon Lescaut (1970)

A television adaptation of the poetic play by Vítězslav Nezval. The love story of the knight de Grieux and the sinful saint Manon was staged for the television screen with an extraordinary sense of poetic value in 1970. Poetic salons with many mirrors, d ...

The Great Unknown (1970)

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

Princezna Lada (1970)

Záhořanský hon (1968)

Crime in the Night Club (1968)

The theft of a pearl necklace and subsequent murder took place at the Tartaros cabaret. All this could compromise the minister, who is an admirer of the singer Clara. The real culprits must be found as soon as possible... ...

Capricious Summer (1968)

Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. Antonin runs the swimming bath with his portly wife Katherine... A m ...

Klec pro dva (1968)

A simple print worker selflessly cares for his sick mother. He spends all his free time with her and the only hobby he indulges in from time to time is model railways. But the arrival of a beautiful girl changes everything. The hero suddenly falls into a l ...