Jarmila Kurandová

Nudity (1990)

Following an unsuccessful suicide attempt, a young inmate is granted a five-day holiday to find his mother's grave. During this leave, he crosses paths with a traumatized country teacher. ...

Panter čeká v 17,30 (1972)

Teenage Peter doesn't get along with his strict father. And when his father sells his beloved bitch Irina, he feels lonely. Therefore, he easily falls under the influence of an older young man, Panter, who gets his money by fraud and theft. He also involve ...

Granny (1971)

A tale based on novel by Czech writer Bozena Nemcova. ...

Dokud jsou ryby němé (1971)

Barometr (1969)

Josefina (1968)

Alcestin návrat (1966)

Deváté jméno (1964)

Ancient crimes are once again encroaching on a man who failed during the occupation. So he wants to cover his tracks with another murder... ...

Tři zlaté vlasy děda Vševěda (1963)

There are fairy tales that appear on TV screens every Christmas and there are fairy tales that have somewhat fallen into oblivion and few people remember them anymore. This is one of the lesser known ones. Its plot certainly needs no further introduction. ...

Čas jeřabin (1963)

A poetic story about a man who returns to his mother's home village at Christmas. Stirred by his memories and his reunion with his mother, he tries to help a drunk he met by chance on the way... ...

Pouta (1961)

A young veterinarian, Jiří Klimeš, returns to his native village after graduation. ...

Hrdinové okamžiku (1961)

Higher Principle (1960)

During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo. ...

Skid (1960)

Spy film about a man with a face lift who gets recruited by western organisations. ...

Rychlík do Ostravy (1960)

A significant event in the life of the Ostrava assemblers. Private matters take a backseat as preparations are being made to fit the high-rise chimney with an extension for burning kycht gases. The challenging installation is to be carried out by helicopte ...

Darbujan and Pandrhola (1960)

A poor miner, Kuba Dařbuján, cares for his wife Markýtka and eleven children. When a newborn arrives, he seeks a godfather and, finding only Death fair to all, accepts a pact: as a doctor whom Death accompanies at the foot of a patient's bed, he can hea ...

The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)

A Czech fairy tale about a princess named Lada who runs away from home in a mouse fur disguise in order to escape an unwanted and forced marriage. ...

Life for Jan Kaspar (1959)

The bridegroom Jan Kaspar is an officer in the Klement Gottwald's Nová Hut rolling-mill. After bidding farewell to his freedom, he accidentally takes a sip from the bottle of tetrachlore which he stores at home. He disregards the dizziness, but the next d ...

Zlatý pavouk (1957)

A man was killed while trying to leave Czechoslovakia. One and a half kilograms of gold was found on him - not in coins, not in jewelry, not in bars - but in the form of plates used to make teeth... ...

Advent (1957)

A ballad story from the life of the inhabitants of the Moravian Beskydy Mountains. The heroine is a young woman, Františka Plesníková. Františka's lover was killed by a falling tree before he could marry her, and the girl faced the bitter fate of a "ro ...

Sons of the Mountains (1956)

The story of a friendship for life and death captures a real event that took place in the snowy Krkonoše Mountains in 1913. The actors of the drama were Bohumil Hanč, one of our first ski racers, and his friend Václav Vrbata. The film's plot takes place ...

Neporažení (1956)

As Nazi troops prepare to occupy the already truncated Czechoslovak Republic, a small military garrison made up of communists defies orders to abandon their post. ...

A red glow over Kladno (1956)

The year is 1918. Toník returns home from the front. In Kladno, where he arrives, things are seething with discontent. The Social Democrats are in government, but nothing has changed. Socialization has not been implemented, there is hunger and food is sti ...

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. ...

Shoesmachine (1954)

The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy. ...

Přicházejí z tmy (1954)

In a South Bohemian village in 1951, the local rich organize acts of sabotage and try to stop the establishment of an agricultural cooperative with threatening letters and arson. A kulak's son even secretly returns from the West to terrorize the village wi ...

Konec strašidel (1953)

The story of a group of little boys from a border town in Western Bohemia who help catch marauders. ...

Early Days (1953)

Early Days follows the early life of famous Czech writer Alois Jirásek. Jirásek had already developed his own view of the history of the Czech nation while he was at grammar school in Broumov. When he becomes the supply teach in Litomyšl, he has already ...

The Proud Princess (1952)

It's very human and nice story about lofty princess (her father is amiable but incapable - unforgettable performance of S. Neumann) and good, nice, kind and well-principled young king (prince) who tries to make tender her calm heart to get married with her ...

Usměvavá zem (1952)

Posel úsvitu (1951)

A biographical film about a Czech mechanic and designer who was the first in the Czech lands to construct a steam car. ...

Vstanou noví bojovníci (1951)

The leader of the emerging organized labor movement in the 1880s, Ladislav Zápotocký-Budečský, is exiled to his native village, where he works as a tailor and continues to raise social awareness among members of the working class. ...

Dva ohně (1950)

A socialist drama from the time of the February coup. The owner of the brickyard will use several workers before February in order to subvert worker solidarity and continue to do his black business. However, the vigilance of a young, aware worker prevents ...

Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky (1949)

The plump, punctual and slightly despotic Mr. Tříška worked as a housing officer, which completely damaged his psychological resilience, he is short-tempered and easily angered. The intended rest in the countryside, where he went with his whole family, ...

Conscience (1949)

Karel Doležal, insurance clerk and exemplary father of a family, leaves for a business trip with his secretary Vlasta. After spending the night together, they both return home. However, thanks to a small moment of inattention, they run over the boys. Kare ...

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 ...

Ves v pohraničí (1948)

The family of Prague greengrocer Pavlas was among the first immigrants to settle in the border village of Severov. Together, the new residents manage to harvest their first harvest on time and successfully - but they will have to uncover a German saboteur ...

Čtenáři a jejich svět (1947)

A Week in the Quiet House (1947)

A sometimes humorous, sometimes more serious look at the hustle and bustle of a house in Lesser Town with a diverse array of tenants living there, and often petty quarrels that break out between them. Behind the facade of the house in Lesser Town "U dvou s ...

Pancho se žení (1946)

The foolish Pedro is supposed to marry the beautiful Rosita, who is also attracted to the adventurer Pancho - during his journey to see her, Pancho finds himself in prison, where he is tricked by a cunning desperado who decides to win Rosita for himself. ...