Karel Koloušek

Zpověď Dona Juana (1991)

Dědeček je lepší než pes (1990)

When little Jirka Novák and his classmate Zdeněk's family take part in a merry Santa Claus journey through the city, he has no idea how important a change in his life this evening will bring. The story of a ten-year-old boy who unexpectedly discovers his ...

Přátelská výpomoc (1990)

Útěk s Cézarem (1990)

Caesar is the name of the dog with which a little boy, only seven years old, sets out on a great quest to find his mother. She once gave him the dog before she emigrated. The boy does not agree with his father's intentions to remarry, even though the new m ...

Člověk proti zkáze (1990)

Biography of Karel Čapek. ...

Utopím si ho sám (1989)

The difference in personalities and lifestyles is the core of Zdeněk Svěrák's hilarious comedy. The story of two elderly gentlemen begins in a hospital, where they are both hospitalized. Former tram driver Havlík discovers that his new acquaintance Cho ...

Útěk ze seriálu (1989)

Čestné kolo (1989)

The theme is inspired by the real life stories of Czechoslovak cyclists Jan Vesely and Jan Kubro. It offers us a look behind the scenes of big races, conflicts with coaches and inner tensions in borderline situations. ...

Cena medu (1987)

Little Péťa visits his grandfather in the Krkonoše Mountains, where a swarm of bees settles on a tree. When Péťa disturbs it, the entire swarm attacks him, leaving him in a deep coma. Ordinary treatments fail, so Dr. Vrba insists on a beekeeper's bloo ...

Španělská paradentóza (1987)

Sardinky, aneb Život jedné rodinky (1986)

College student Marta decides to seal her relationship with Zdeněk with a secret wedding. All that remains is to announce this fact to both parents. The bride's parents are a very interesting couple - the strict mother, a teacher, is a big stickler for or ...

Mít někoho do deště (1986)

Území strachu (1986)

Všechno nebo nic (1985)

Approaches to important life values can vary: while the top athlete who has made it in cycling tries to monetise his talent, his brother cannot devote himself to his beloved sculpture because of his disabled arm and seeks alternative self-fulfilment. Moreo ...

Láska s vůní pryskyřice (1985)

The forest worker František Hrubý, a poor, hard-working man, lives with his granddaughter in a lonely cottage. Despite being in his sixties, he is still a furiant who does not let anyone talk to him, but talks to everyone himself. His desire to interfere ...

How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (1985)

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

Radical Cut (1984)

Detective Weiner probes the death of Tomáš Ruml, found in a ruined house. Son of the architect behind a planned gypsy-quarter demolition, Tomáš seems a revenge victim, until Weiner meets Naha and uncovers Tomáš' blackmail, rape and theft. Guided by b ...

Vrak (1984)

This naively filmed adventure story draws from Robert L. Stvenson's novel, but adapts it to its own devices. It tells the story of a young Czech who witnesses the deceitful actions of a ship owner. In fact, the villain is enriched by the plight of Bulgaria ...

Cizí lidé (1984)

Únos Moravanky (1983)

The popular Moravanka brass band performs at the fair. Vasek Pivoňka, the bandleader of the local brass band Kulatěnky, which broke up, decides to put the band back together. The village musicians are sceptical at first, but later they start rehearsing w ...

Když rozvod, tak rozvod (1983)

Young couple Hynek and Pavla are on the verge of divorce, largely due to Hynek's meddling mother. When Pavla's father unexpectedly visits, they pretend their marriage is intact, leading to awkward situations—especially after he lavishly gifts them a new ...

Slečna se špatnou pověstí (1982)

Zelená vlna (1982)

A short film about Prague, Prague residents, and the beginning of the weekend. ...

Víkend bez rodičů (1982)

Even great love does not necessarily overcome a difference of morals - although the young hero is very much in love, he still rejects the comfortable and easy existence he could lead thanks to the family of his future father-in-law. A tediously moralistic ...

Don't Call Me Major (1981)

A group of children is trying to solve a mystery related to the diamonds smuggling. ...

Mateji, proc te holky nechtejí? (1981)

Matěj Hůrka, a teenage bricklayer's apprentice, a young man who is delicate in matters of love, lives with his grandmother in a country cottage. He struggles with love problems, but waits in vain for some advice as his vivacious grandmother remarries an ...

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... ...

Zakázaný výlet (1981)

Based on a real event - the shooting of a group of working-class children on 20 April 1930 in Radotín. Thirteen-year-old Boženka's mother works as a laundress, and Boženka and her two younger siblings are not living on a bed of roses. ...

Don't Look Back, There Is a Horse Behind Us (1981)

Postwoman Mrs Skorepa, her husband the ambulance driver Mr Skorepa and their eleven-year-old twins Petr and Pavel live in Prague in Malá Strana (Lesser Town), one of the Prague's historical and oldest quarters. The boys are crazy about cars and everything ...

Na koho to slovo padne... (1980)

A political drama dealing with the issues of contemporary construction and highlighting the various relationships within the party apparatus. ...

Oddělení zvláštní péče (1980)

Čas pracuje pro vraha (1980)

Vera, wife of the plumber Simandl (Josef Somr), is found murdered in the cinema next to the IDOC (Information and Documentation) agency where she worked. Police captain Marha (Frantisek Nemec), who is leading the investigation, is informed by Simandl that ...

Death of Hitch-Hikers (1979)

Maniac, a driver, sits on the track women, which then rape and kill. For loved ones, he is an ordinary person who has a wife and child. When exposed, he does not stop before killing his wife and takes his son hostage, under the guise of which he is trying ...

Leť, ptáku leť! (1979)

Even a strict and not very popular teacher can achieve extraordinary popularity with his pupils. When their favourite teacher breaks his leg just before a bicycle trip, he is replaced by his strict colleague. Although his involuntary charges are not enthus ...

Lvi salónů (1978)

A marquee stands on a sprawling Prague housing estate and is home to two young bricklayers, who have all sorts of life experiences waiting for them in the city. Around the two rural bricklayers absorbed by the big city, the entertainment is more than a lit ...

Čistá řeka (1978)

A film about a young sanitation worker who tries to prevent the pollution of a river, but pays the price... ...

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 ...

The Moravian Land (1978)

The reason for making this film is clear: it was to cover up Vojtěch Jasný's famous chronicle "All the Good Natives", an account of the tragic consequences of forced collectivisation. The pro-regime director Antonín Kachlík also focuses on the socialis ...

Noc klavíristy (1977)

The problematic protagonist is the head designer of a housing association who wants to make a profit at any cost. His unwitting opponent is a bar pianist who accidentally witnesses the murder of a young man and sets out to investigate on his own. An old-wo ...

The Liberation of Prague (1977)

On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) discuss ...

Wine Working (1976)

It is the summer of 1968 and also in South Moravian Pálavice appear political clashes. The so far peacefully farming Unified farmers' cooperative starts splitting. Some of the farmers have found the cooperative called Vidrupa and want to deal with wine in ...

Hřiště (1976)

Civil engineer Luděk Turna accepts an attractive offer from a Prague design office. He tries to get ahead even at the cost of deception, but he recovers in time and voluntarily leaves to build a motorway... ...

Tobě hrana zvonit nebude (1975)

At the end of August, a young woman is chased by an angry mob of hooligans under the windows of a bus because she decides to tear down a poster grossly insulting her husband, the staunch communist and deputy Balcar. She only gets a defence from the prosecu ...

Král Honza (1975)

Kdo hledá, najde (1974)

Svět otevřený náhodám (1972)

An unemployed young man in the second half of the 1930s, he tries various ways of making a living and, under the influence of a group of communist youth, eventually goes to Spain as an inter-brigadista... ...

Neklidnou hladinou (1963)

The journey of the Třeboň paddlers to the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Helsinki (1952). ...

Ve světě kolejí (1960)

Fools Among Us (1955)

and a Czechoslovakian movie ...