Jiřina Švorcová

Blues o mrtvém vrabci (2005)

This documentary by director Štěpán Kačírek offers a glimpse into the life of poet, playwright, illustrator, photographer, and, paradoxically, communist and jazz musician Josef Kainar. Despite his artistic versatility, poetry remains the focus of his ...

Visaci zamek 1982 - 2007 (1993)

Než poznáš první úsměv (1989)

The Great Movie Robbery (1987)

The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the nationalisation of the Czechoslovak film industry, to be held at the Prague U Hybernu venue. The protagonists of the piece are comedians Oldrich Kaise ...

Anynka a čert (1984)

Putování Jana Amose (1983)

The distressing fate of the Czech great Jan Amos Komenský, forced to leave his homeland after the White Mountain disaster. It depicts his encounters with various European personalities of the 17th century - the Queen of Sweden, artists and scientists. It ...

Paní Marjánka, matka pluku aneb Ženské srdce (1980)

Poslední koncert (1980)

Silvestr na přání aneb Čí jsou hory Kavčí (1977)

Jakou barvu má láska (1974)

Cyril Dadák (Václav Postránecký), a TV reporter falls in love at first sight with a young engineer Milena (Jaroslava Obermaierová) while he makes a reportage in a chemical factory. Milena has been dating for several years with a test driver Pavel (Rud ...

Člověk není sám (1972)

A dedicated chairwoman of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in cooperation with a StB major clears a politically immature researcher of the charge of aiding subversives... ...

Odnes’ to všechno čas? (1968)

Horoucí srdce (1963)

The years 1851-1856: events from the life of the writer Božena Němcová, who, because of her free-thinking views and strong patriotic feelings, comes into conflict with the society, the church and the Austrian authorities... A cold, too readable version ...

Reportáž psaná na oprátce (1962)

Screen adaptation of Julius Fucik's story about communist fighters. ...

Tereza (1961)

Ing. Bernard announces that his wife has not returned from visiting relatives in Berlin. Lieutenant Tereza Machátová, who together with Captain Landa is investigating the matter, puts the facts into connection with the discovery of the drowned woman's bo ...

Pouta (1961)

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

Hermína Týrlová (1961)

Skid (1960)

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

Tragic Monday (1960)

Three nine-year-old boys are ridden with guilt after chasing their classmate into a busy street, causing him to get hit by a truck. ...

Neprovdaná paní Rosita (1960)

No Entrance (1960)

Two stories from the lives of border guards. In the story "The Pursuit", an experienced border guard and his young and inexperienced colleague follow the tracks of ski boots in a snowstorm. The second story, Wandering, is about a frontiersman whose wife wa ...

King of the Sumava (1959)

A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Sumava". ...

Fučík (1956)

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 ...

Nad námi svítá (1953)

Way Leading to Happiness (1951)

Despite her father's protests, Vlasta Tomešová wants to become a tractor driver. However, before her first plowing, she falls in love and has to face the pitfalls of a rich farmer who does not want to join the cooperative. ...

Temno (1951)

The Counter-Reformation period: Myslivec Machovec is forced by representatives of the Jesuit order to flee his home for his religious beliefs. His teenage children Helenka and Tomáš do not give up the faith and traditions of the Czech Brethren despite th ...

People and Sausages (1948)

If you think shopping malls are crowded, you probably haven't experienced a Prague canteen in the late 1940s. Two thousand hot dogs sold every day, two thousand human faces and destinies. This film essay presents Prague's vending machines, snack bars, and ...