Milan Stehlík

Garden Store: Suitor (2017)

In late-1950s Czechoslovakia, a young couple's new love is tested by their parents' expectations and the toll of the Communist regime. ...

Sluha dvou pánů (2001)

The Servant of Two Masters is a mature example of commedia dell'arte, featuring traditional characters and situations. It takes place within a close-knit family, where the main event is an engagement complicated by the servant Truffaldino, who is both cunn ...

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 ...

Rok na vsi (1997)

Hrad stínů (1994)

Prince Thomas longed to prove to himself and his royal parents that he was truly an adult. And on the day he came of age, his father gave him a unique opportunity—an opportunity called Blouzov. Blouzov, an old castle that the prince was to rule alone, wa ...

O zlatém pokladu (1994)

Young Mordechai Mayzl has long been in love with Sarah, the daughter of the Prague chief rabbi of the Jewish community. But Mordechai is very poor, so he can only dream of marrying the girl he loves. Or rely on a miracle. Fortunately, in the Rudolfine era ...

Světýlka z blat (1993)

A Chod folk tale in which the evil Markyta envies her friend Marjánka her husband and especially the pub they share. One day, on her way back from the fair, he drowns her and takes her place. In time, when she starts to resent Marjanka's son, she drowns h ...

Princezna za dukát (1991)

The princess couldn't choose a bridegroom for so long that the king ran out of patience. He threw the ducat out of the window and decided that the princess must marry whoever took the ducat. The choosy princess was married to a natotata. ...

Krásná čarodějka (1991)

The blacksmith Kale loves the beautiful Aranka, but his mother does not wish their love, because Aranka is a witch. During the evening festival, when young people jump over the fire, Aranka gets lost. At that time, Master John is driving through the countr ...

Princezna Slonbidlo (1990)

Clumsy as an elephant and long as a perch, one day she becomes Princess Felicia, called Feliška. Who's involved? The wicked and envious witch Vranimura, who does not wish the princess a handsome noble groom and bewitches Felice's feet. Thanks to her witch ...

O hloupé havířce (1990)

Havíř's wife Barbora is a bit of a fool. She believes everything she is told and thus prepares her patient husband for unenviable moments. In the end, the miner gets really angry! He decides to go out into the world to see if there is anyone more stupid ...

Perníkářka a větrný mládenec (1990)

A lyrical fairy tale of romantic mood tells of a girl who freed the Wind Young Man from the curse that punished him for his arrogance and violence. The fairy tale highlights the ennobling impulse and power of love, which can positively influence all human ...

Hádání s Hadovkou (1987)

Jak se princ učil řemeslu (1987)

Zatmění všech sluncí (1987)

The TV play tells the story of a woman who committed financial fraud at work. But she did not appropriate the money for herself; she was lured into the wrong act by dedication and a great, almost monkey-like love for her children. However, it is her teenag ...

Jubileum (1987)

Pohádka z Kampy (1987)

O Popelákovi (1986)

Who doesn't know the fairy tale "Cinderella". Josef Lada borrowed the story and, as only he could, humorously retold it as one of his original fairy tales inside out. ...

Čertův švagr (1984)

An evil and calculating stepmother chases her stepson out of the house. Petr tries in vain to find a job, but he is sent to hell everywhere. So he goes to serve in hell. As you will see, he could not have done anything better. ...

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 ...

Hodina splněných přání (1984)

Naši furianti (1983)

Děkuju, pane profesore (1983)

Předeme, předeme zlatou nitku (1982)

Anyone who would have guessed from the title that they would see a fairy tale about spinners would not have guessed. In this fairy tale, three godmothers spin the golden thread of fate for a noble prince and a gamekeeper's daughter from the cradle. These c ...

Prstýnek ze zlata kočičího (1981)

Loupežnická pohádka (1981)

O chudém královstvíčku (1979)

The mischievous princess Anka annoys her father and her surroundings with her original tricks. So as punishment, the devil Haramáš takes her to the robbers and she makes their pleasant life of robbery literally hell on earth. How the devils would like to ...

Sázka na třináctku (1978)

A mail truck is robbed near the small town of Kostelec, during which the perpetrators steal CZK 2.5 million. The local police fail to solve the case. After some time, a young and capable lieutenant Charvát arrives from the Prague CID. While he is getting ...

O líném Honzovi (1977)

Nezbedná pohádka (1977)

When you hear the word "Naughty Fairy Tale", you will undoubtedly think that it could not have been invented by anyone other than Josef Lada, a master of turning fairy tales inside out. And that's true. No brave prince, but Princess Máňa will free the in ...

Paličova dcera (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 ...

Chytrost má děravé šaty (1976)

Jak se Honza učil bát (1974)

Honza is a clever young man and a strong man who is not afraid of anything. Despite this, he cannot find friends in his village, and even the girls are just laughing at him. That is why he prefers to go out into the world to try his luck. He is not scared ...

O ševci Matějovi (1973)

The princess wants to get married. She wants the groom to be no coward, he must be free from fear and shame, so she orders all the men in the area to join the army. Only the shoemaker Matěj escapes from the recruiter. In the forest, he meets a fairy and o ...

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... ...

Zlatá hvězda na cestách (1971)

Svědectví mrtvých očí (1971)

When former criminal Gaudl discovers the strange behaviour of his son-in-law Professor Horacek, he becomes worried about his daughter Hedwig and starts to gather evidence. When his suspicions seem justified, he visits his former colleague and friend, Lieut ...

Království dne a noci (1971)

Klíčová dírka pro zvědavou princeznu (1970)

O kohoutovi, kose a kocourovi (1969)

O Honzovi a princezně Félince (1968)

The Seven Ravens (1967)

A fairy tale about the brave Bohdana, who underwent the most difficult trials to free her seven brothers from a curse that turned them into ravens. ...

Ta naše písnička česká (1967)

The Haszler songs of Prague, so popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, have not aged. They are still sung in pubs and on construction sites, in short, everywhere. They also have their place in the love stories from old Prague, so bea ...

Dobrodružství Toma Sawyera (1967)

Princezna Pampeliška (1967)

The king is broke, so he welcomes when a rich Spanish king asks about his daughter, Dandelion. But Dandelion does not love the king and prefers to run away from home. On the run, she meets the son of a poor moneylender, Honza, and they set out into the wor ...