Jiří Štěpnička

Girl America (2024)

A little girl and a socialist orphanage. It is a strict children's institution. How to overcome fears, insecurity and loneliness? To do this, the girl creates another self to talk to and argue with. And, of course, the dream of America where everything is ...

The Compatriot (2024)

On New Year's Eve in 1944, two men meet in the middle of a snowstorm in a cottage cut off from civilization - a widower, Petr Bernat, and an SS officer, Konrad Neumann. The only thing the two men have in common is their Sudeten origins. At first, their con ...

Jackpot (2022)

Two friends set out on a journey from Ostrava to Prague to claim a winning lottery ticket — but they're not the only ones looking to cash in. ...

Eyewitness (2021)

"A documentary anatomy of mass murder for one monitor and 34 talking heads." These are the words the filmmakers use in the credits to describe their project, which thematises the execution of more than 260 Carpathian Germans, Hungarians and Slovaks by Czec ...

Případ dvou sester (2019)

Captain Vašátko of the criminal police and Horác, a painter, bohemian, and amateur detective, are searching for the murderer of Daniela Jásková, an emancipated young woman who excelled at her job and also excelled at changing lovers. When she is found ...

Svatojánský věneček (2015)

Princess Verunka's marriage is supposed to save the kingdom, which has been impoverished by the crazy ideas of its ruler. And she has several suitors! The poet Alexander Alexandrovich, who would make even Pushkin pale with envy, the two-headed baron, milit ...

Jan Hus – Cesta bez návratu (2015)

David Zeisberger – apoštol indiánů (2014)

Modelky s.r.o. (2014)

A crazy comedy from the high fashion modeling environment in the style of The Devil Wears Prada and Zoolander tells the story of two rival modeling agencies led by two icons of the Czech fashion scene, former friends, but for 40 years implacable rivals. In ...

Lord Hoven (2013)

A real story about finding the most famous non-soldier of a college whose life was in such shit when he had to start filling up all the toilet cabins with them. Officer Arnošt will do anything to trick them and solve this seemingly banal and bizarre case. ...

In the Shadow (2012)

In the former Czechoslovakia, 1950s, police captain Hakl investigates a jewelry robbery. An opened safe deposit leads to a known burglar. What seems an easy case soon starts to tangle. When he is called off the case, he continues on his own. The investigat ...

Tři životy (2007)

Three soldiers desert and take refuge in an ancient, crumbling castle where three veiled maidens welcome them with a sumptuous feast, on the sole condition that they neither lift a veil nor lay a hand on their hosts during the night. Only one, Jakub, keeps ...

O malíři Adamovi (2006)

Young painter Adam longs to paint a masterpiece, so he sets off into the world to gain experience. He hopes that Princess Almína, whose beauty he has heard about, could be the subject of his painting. However, after Almina's father dies, a devious prime m ...

Povodeň (2005)

It was a fateful August, and devastating floods ravaged Bohemia. Mrs. Gabriela lived alone in a spacious apartment near Prague. Perhaps she just wanted to help, or perhaps she wanted something more: either way, she called the news station to offer accommod ...

O svatební krajce (2003)

A romantic fairy tale about a disobedient princess who stopped having bad luck when she realized that she alone was the architect of her own destiny. ...

P.F. 77 (2003)

The story of a teacher, a famous actress, and her students set against the backdrop of the harsh normalization period, a time when, after the Soviet occupation, most people tried to survive in the gray zone, and only a handful of brave souls were willing t ...

Pekelná maturita (2003)

The devil's school is similar to a human school in many ways. Restless students, a strict and constantly frowning headmaster, an indulgent class teacher who won't let his students down. The trio of high school graduates from our fairy tale are given an ext ...

Bride with big legs (2002)

This fairy tale, based on an old French legend, takes place in the Middle Ages at the court of King Pepin. The king wants to marry and, on the advice of Duke Akilon, decides to court the Hungarian princess Bertha. Although the princess has a physical flaw� ...

Victims and Murderers (2000)

Two half-siblings Jana and Miroslav are ineffectually trying to escape their mutual attraction and break free from their fatal relationship. Two time levels, presence and 1970s, inter-mesh in the film. ...

Smůla (1999)

When misfortune befalls the prince and the fairy, what will happen to their love? What will happen if misfortune befalls us...? But what exactly is luck and what is misfortune? Who knows? Prince Lukáš is convinced that luck is beauty. The beauty of image ...

O zlé a dobré vodě (1998)

When the princess rejected the Lord of Evil Water, she had no idea how cruel his revenge would be. Water disappeared from the kingdom, and its inhabitants now realize how great a treasure clear, clean water is. You will learn about the courage it took to b ...

Rok na vsi (1997)

How to Deserve a Princess (1995)

A fairy tale of three brothers who try to save a princess kidnapped by an evil wizard. ...

Rudá Divuše (1991)

Zachýsek, zvaný Rumělka (1991)

The fairy from the Beautiful Rose gave Zachýsek an unusual gift. Who knows why he was gifted with the talent to appropriate the abilities and merits of other people and thus gain undeserved honors and general sympathy. Was it possible to recognize what Za ...

Duch času (1991)

A fairy tale about a magic key that can be used to control time. How many times a day do we think about time and would like to do something with it - if only we had the power! Fortunately, we don't have it, because who knows what would happen if we could c ...

Dlouhé dopoledne (1991)

Démantový déšť (1990)

This romantic fairy tale is based on a story by German writer Theodor Storm. It tells the story of two young children, Kristian and Elke, who, thanks to their bravery and honesty, manage to overcome the Fire Lord, the evil Iris, to free the Rain Fairy and ...

Pot, lesk a potlesk (1990)

Romance o vodníkovi (1989)

Rubín má barvu krve (1989)

Restorer Rauch, who lives in an unsettled relationship with his wife, is assigned to appraise a rare collection of antiques. When he is supposed to take the items to the commission, his wife borrows a car and secretly drives off with her lover to a cottage ...

Stupně poražených (1988)

The top sport was also closely monitored in the communist era, and officials were naturally bothered that the pentathlon team failed to win the World Championships. But the measures that should have ensured redress were caught up in a web of behind-the-sce ...

Opožděná vražda (1988)

Tísňové volání (1986)

A dramatic patrol car weekend on the streets of Prague's city centre. Lieutenant Josef Kabát and his colleagues drive through the centre of Prague every day in a patrol car. He loves his neighbourhood more than anything and wouldn't trade it for a more co ...

Podivná přátelství herce Jesenia (1986)

Dramatic fates of people hidden behind a theatrical mask. ...

Caught by Night (1986)

A communist journalist from Prague is sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp. ...

Nebožtík si nepřál květy (1986)

Hamlet (1986)

The production of Shakespeare's Hamlet with František Němec in the title role (premiered at the Smetana Theatre in 1982) was far from enthusiastic at first. To some viewers, it seemed superficially unimpressive. On the spare stage of J. Svoboda, director ...

O Rozárce a zakletém králi (1985)

The fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" has been adapted countless times. For example, as a ballet or as a famous French film. The writer F. Hrubín retold it for children, and a television story about the brave Rozárka and the cursed king was also created ...

How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (1985)

A story about a young medical school student and his adventures. ...

Cizí holka (1985)

Modrý kosatec (1984)

The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley (1984)

In 1947 by the Beskid mountains, the traces of war still linger, destroyed tanks dispersed throughout the farmland creating an eerie backdrop. This film follows a ten-year-old boy and the strange visions he encounters, his world of fantasy exacerbated with ...

Karel Hynek Mácha (1983)

Daleko od stromu (1983)

Tonda is a sixteen-year-old boy who has a talent for sports. His father, who is also a coach, would like Tonda to focus on javelin, but his son is drawn to football. Despite his father's reluctance, he moves to Prague so that he can practice his dream foot ...

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 ...

Spor dramaturga Stroupežnického (1982)

Začalo to karafiátem (1982)

Soví hnízdo (1982)

The opening image that begins the suspenseful story is marked by a tragic event: an eight-year-old girl is brutally murdered in the forest and the dog that accompanied her is shot. The crime sets in motion an extensive search operation. Time is running out ...

Střecha pod vodou (1981)

Hodina života (1981)

It is 1883 and Josef Hibes, a social democrat, is organising a strike of textile workers. The main demand is a reduction in working hours... ...

Hra o královnu (1981)

A comedy about the love of the Czech nobleman Záviš of Falkenštejn for the Hungarian princess Kunhuta, who later married Přemysl Otakar II and became the Czech queen. ...

Strach má velké oči (1980)

Three intrepid young men set off into an enchanted forest to free a captive girl. We can't reveal how their adventurous trip will turn out yet, but the names of the main characters in the fairy tale suggest that it will be a journey of joy rather than horr ...

Poprask na silnici E 4 (1980)

Car transport of the locomotive is difficult, as the cargo is bulky. The three-man crew of the tractor therefore experiences many difficulties on the long journey across Bohemia... ...

Fragile Relationships (1980)

A divorced single mother romances a young slaughterhouse worker, must to the chagrin of her ex-husband. ...

Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti (1979)

A New Year's Eve television variety show from late 1979. ...

Hastrmanská povídačka (1979)

The waterman Puškvorec fell in love with the pretty gingerbread woman Rozárka and it took him a while to understand that happiness awaited him in the pond alongside the gingerbread woman Leknička... ...

Hněv (1978)

Sunday in September 1977, a celebration of the Miners Day. The old Hepnar is sitting at the cemetery and is recalling events from ten years ago. That time the representative of the ministry Barvír announced at the miners meeting that mining in the mines w ...

Nikola Šuhaj loupežník (1978)

The merging of reality with legend, the image of reality (Ruthenian Verkhovyna in the 1920s) and its reflection in people's minds - this is what characterizes the story of the modern Transcarpathian bandit Nikola Šuhaj, who "took from the rich and gave to ...

Quiet American in Prague (1978)

In the era of normalization, even seemingly buried agent stories came back. This one takes place in the immediate post-war years and tells the story of the discovery of a spy network that an American diplomat was spinning on Czech territory. He was unsucce ...

Rose Mary (1977)

Jak zničit vlastní mužstvo (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 ...

Ivanka a Marijka (1976)

Až bude padat hvězda (1976)

Ženich uvízl (1976)

A mix-up of names and people causes initial confusion with the moving of a very bulky musical instrument, which – together with the recently broken elevator – provokes the residents of an ordinary apartment building to unprecedented activity. It gives ...

Pan Selichar se osvobodil (1976)

Mlynářka z Granady (1975)

Život není sen, moje milá (1975)

Nultý kilometr (1974)

Chroust (1974)

Matka (1974)

Zbojníci a žandáři aneb Jánošík (1974)

Stříbrný rytíř (1973)

Kamenný kvítek (1972)

Boží soud (1972)

Krkonošské hromování (1971)

Pretty Aninka is terribly lazy, she just wants to sleep, her mother tries in vain to get her to do any work. Even Toník, her boyfriend, cannot convince her that she cannot just lie in her blankets all the time. There is a storm coming, everyone is trying ...

Svatby pana Voka (1971)

Czech nobleman Petr Vok of Rozmberk (Milos Kopecký) is no longer so young, but his amatory adventures continue to arouse the envy of men and the indignation of respectable ladies. In his "female retinue" at the chateau in Bechyne he has twelve comely girl ...

Long White Yard (1970)

The relationship between a mother and daughter living in a village, the confrontation of two lives - the life that is ending and the life that is beginning. The daughter is not a mere observer of her mother's life, but rather watches it, criticizes it, war ...

Slasti Otce vlasti (1969)

The young Prince Charles (Jaromír Hanzlík), the future King of his country Charles IV, is being educated at the French court in the company of his fiancée Blanche (Daniela Kolárová). One day he receives a summons from his father John of Luxembourg (Mi ...

Ta třetí (1969)

At the funeral of his schoolmate, the nearly-fifty-year old architect Jirí Mánek (Václav Voska) meets his former close acquaintance - physician Jarmila (Blanka Bohdanová). They both are still single. Jarmila has recently returned to Prague after years ...

Marathon (1968)

It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda ( ...

The Limping Devil (1968)

A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic couples of lovers. He only fails at the swimming pool. Zuzana (Jana Sulcová), the good-looking blonde, ign ...

Kočky neberem (1967)

A smiling holiday story about an old car named Cleopatra and its four-member, all-male crew... ...

Škola hříšníků (1966)

Pavlata, the director of an educational institution for juvenile offenders, will push for the early release of Pepík Adamec, whom he respects for his sincere efforts and good work record. However, the boy bears the dishonest and dishonourable behaviour of ...

Tažní ptáci (1961)

A bunch of old friends reunite for the start of the rail tunnel construction. The miner Vojta Balvín is a dedicated worker, but at the same time a stubborn man. It is only a work accident that clarifies relations between him and the other workers... ...