Ladislav Štaidl

A Rosy Story (1990)

After her mother had passed, Darinka lives with her grandma. In her fantasy she lives her own version of Sleeping Beauty. Her musical talent helps her to cope with illness and fulfill her dreams. ...

Království stromů (1989)

Nejlepší kšeft mýho života (1989)

Vltavská víla (1988)

Many corners of Prague are perfect for fairy tales. They thrive the most in Kampa, but there is one in Podskalí too. The ferryman's son Tomáš fell in love with the beautiful Vltava fairy there. She made sure that Tomáš became a wise, hard-working ferr ...

Sychravé království (1987)

Není sirotek jako sirotek (1987)

Princezny nejsou vždycky na vdávání (1985)

If the conceited Princess Hortensia, the lazy, sleepy Princess Julienka and the cunning Princess Melanie had known what the bell hanging above the door to the royal chamber would reveal about them, they would never have come to the castle to woo her. But t ...

Stalo se jedné neděle (1985)

O nosaté čarodějnici (1984)

There was a greengrocer who had a son, Jakub, who was selling at a market. And since he was her only son, she literally saw herself in him. But Jakub was a pretty spoiled little boy who was proud of his pretty face and only liked people with a good appeara ...

Nejdelší návrat (1984)

Síť na bludičku (1983)

Princezny na trvalou (1983)

Každému jeho nebe (1982)

The life of cabaret and theater actress Xena Longenová. ...

Začalo to karafiátem (1982)

Don't Take the Sweater Off (1981)

A young Czech couple are terrorized by their funny family. ...

Half a House Without a Groom (1981)

The Francs with their daughters Olina and Jirina are building a villa in the village of Rezkovice. Father Franc (Vladimír Mensík) doesn't allow himself a minute's respire and restlessly forces to work his wife, both daughters and Zdenek, Jirina's suitor. ...

Panenka (1981)

Five-year-old Anne Sachs was playing with her Treperenda doll in her room when she heard a scream from the next room. Someone had hurt her mother. Unbeknownst to the girl, she had become a witness to a murder. Detective Steve Carella is on the trail of the ...

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. ...

Tchán (1980)

The hard-working head of the farm machinery maintenance crew, Lawrence, is always in control. He knows how to keep everyone around him busy, and he loves to meddle in the affairs of other members of his large family. Above all, he has high hopes for his pr ...

Dívka světových parametrů (1980)

Jindra is a carefree young man, always surrounded by a bevy of girls. He has two small siblings, whom he has to take care of when his parents go abroad. But his little brother misses him, so Jindra tries to find a replacement for his mother. Unfortunately, ...

Kdo přichází před půlnocí (1980)

The accountants at a agricultural cooperative near Prague have completed the calculation of wages. The driver with the cashier are leaving for a bank in Prague to withdraw the cash amounting to over one million crowns. On returning back, an oncoming heavy ...

Hezký Štědrý večer (1979)

On the morning of Christmas Eve, Daddy was supposed to go to the cottage with his little son and stop on the way to pick up Mommy, who still had to go to work. But the crazy daddy, with all the packages, luggage and suitcases, had forgotten the dear little ...

Lustr (1979)

Tvář za sklem (1979)

Alienation between the closest relatives is always a serious disorder of family judgment. Father and son not only do not see each other, but one does not even recognize the other when they meet by chance. No wonder, since the father has been in prison for ...

Chased and Suspected (1979)

Late at night Eva Trojanová returns home to an agitated husband; three days later, her body is found with bruises on her neck. Her spouse, missing after a business trip, becomes the prime suspect and flees to northern Bohemia. When investigators learn he ...

The Young Man and Moby Dick (1979)

Good-looking Edita Beningerová (Jana Brejchová) arrives at a chemical factory in the North Bohemian town of Ústí nad Labem together with her young assistant Nada (Zlata Adamovská). She is hoping that her ex-husband, outstanding practical chemical engi ...

Radost až do rána (1979)

A psychological story about dissatisfied individuals who despise the stereotypes of others, but create their own. Kazan, a vagabond through life, and Viola, who always settles for the ideal, form a disparate pair who eventually find the one. ...

Když kluci drží basu (1978)

A telephone mechanic secretly pursues his passion for hunting, deceiving his wife and enlisting friends to cover for him. After a successful hunt, he mistakenly climbs onto the wrong balcony and is apprehended by police, but his disguise prevents identific ...

Řemen (1978)

The comedy tells the story of a lonely mother of a small, naughty and immediate son who sometimes unwittingly does some mischief. Not for nothing does the mom say that in a family where they have such a boy, they would need a belt. The perceptive Petřík ...

Babička je ráda (1978)

Mrs Rokos is a grandmother in her age, lives with her son's family and feels useless, that no one needs her. Therefore, she decides to move from Prague to the countryside with her friend Tuzar... ...

Plácek (1978)

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 ...

Flying Saucers Over Our Village (1977)

A model Communist village is visited by a flying saucer. ...

30 Maidens and Pythagoras (1977)

A musical starring Jiří Menzel (whose part is sung by Achilles Michailidis) as a math and physics teacher employing innovative teaching methods. ...

Our Gang (1977)

Energetic Dr. Alice Váňová becomes the pit doctor at Mír Mine and spearheads a silicosis prevention study requiring miners to drink milk regularly. The miners, led by a tight-knit group, stubbornly refuse public participation. Determined union chair Ja ...

Na rohu kousek od metra (1977)

Romance for a Crown (1975)

A musical comedy about a date between boy and girl which started badly but continued very unexpectedly... ...

A Star Is Falling Upwards (1975)

Švand, a room painter from Strakonice, begins a dizzying career as a pop music star, but he soon discovers that fame is not the most important thing in life or what he is looking for and what he longs for in life. ...

Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)

Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house and confides in her closest friend the owl. When she comes across three magical acorns, she's granted a single wish for each one of them. ...

Sie liebten sich einen Sommer (1972)

The young medical student Claudia falls in love with the unknown but talented painter Stefan, whom she helps to get an assignment in Rome. They both get married before Stefan travels to Rome. When Claudia visits him there, they both spend the most wonderfu ...

Čas slunce a růží (1968)

Karel Gott and his band sing songs in a natural Slovak scenery, without accompanying words or connecting story. ...

Oratorio for Prague (1968)

A unique document of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, what began as a documentary about the liberalization of Czechoslovakia evolved into a record of the entry of Russian tanks into Prague. ...

Seven Days to Remember (1968)

The Soviet advance met with fierce, idealistic resistance. We join the hundreds of students as they man barricades constructed from overturned lorries to try to halt the advance. Sparsely armed, they fight fiercely, driven by a belief in their new and bett ...

Karel Gott v Lucerně (1989)

Síť na bludičku (1983)

Zpěváci na kraji nemocnice (1982)

Muzika pro dva (1980)

Dr. Lorenc selects excerpts from older Czech films for a symposium on laughter. ...

Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti (1979)

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

Radost až do rána (1979)

A psychological story about dissatisfied individuals who despise the stereotypes of others, but create their own. Kazan, a vagabond through life, and Viola, who always settles for the ideal, form a disparate pair who eventually find the one. ...

Romance for a Crown (1975)

A musical comedy about a date between boy and girl which started badly but continued very unexpectedly... ...

A Star Is Falling Upwards (1975)

Švand, a room painter from Strakonice, begins a dizzying career as a pop music star, but he soon discovers that fame is not the most important thing in life or what he is looking for and what he longs for in life. ...

...Den začíná i končí... (1970)

Čas slunce a růží (1968)

Karel Gott and his band sing songs in a natural Slovak scenery, without accompanying words or connecting story. ...

Sedm písní a pochybnost (1967)

Television recital of Karel Gott. ...

If a Thousand Clarinets (1965)

A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music instruments. Great mystery is immediately found by TV station. And soon the military base becomes a stage for huge TV show. ...