Petr Stach

The Meaning and Mystery of Life (2023)

What is the meaning of life? What is love, humor, fear and death? Is it all just a dream? Who are we and where are we heading? Will we wake up, will we remember? ...

Radola Gajda, generál na odstřel (2023)

4000 dnů (2023)

Případ se štěnicí (2023)

Drug dealer Šárlí ended up with a knife in his liver during a drunken brawl as a group of teenagers left a pub late at night. Commissioner Vašátko, who is already enjoying his retirement, is drawn into the investigation by the young man's grandmother, ...

Můj život s Bohuslavem Martinů (2021)

It is a surprising mosaic of diverse environments and a colorful animal world... A huge lake. A world unto itself. The huge Lake Balaton was formed long ago in a world of volcanoes and ice ages. The largest inland lake in Central Europe lies in the heart o ...

Kryštof (2021)

The story of a barely grown man who lives as a fresh postulant before vows in a community of monks. He not only shares with his brothers their world of contemplation, but also, as a link in a long chain, he takes those persecuted by the communist regime ac ...

Charlatan (2020)

Born in the early 20th century, herbalist Jan Mikolasek became rich and famous after curing countless diseases with unorthodox means. A true emblem of Czechoslovakia before World War II, the healer became even more appreciated during the Nazi occupation an ...

11 Colours of the Bird (2020)

A behind-the-scenes look at the eleven-year process it took to make The Painted Bird. The narratives of director Václav Marhoul and actor Petr Kotlár weave their way through the various stages of the film's creation, offering their subjective views from ...

The Painted Bird (2019)

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II. ...

Wings of Steel (2018)

They returned home to Czechoslovakia, believing that the long-awaited peace would come. However, history decided otherwise. Over two and a half thousand pilots served in the uniforms of the British Royal Air Force. Heroes to the British, who helped decide ...

Nejlepší přítel (2017)

As punishment, the devil Matěj must grant the wishes of a poor young man named Ondra until he says he is completely happy. But can such happiness even be achieved? Hell has its doubts about this, and it seems that they are justified, as the other devils a ...

Charlie the Snowman's Christmas Wedding (2017)

Even amongst Christmas decorations a spark of fancy may appear. What to do though when merciless Fate (or the human hand) has placed our beloved right to the other side of the tree? No use crying when a decoration wants to achieve something - it must unhoo ...

Now or Never (2017)

Slíbená princezna (2016)

A modern fairy tale with an adventure story takes the viewer to an exotic island where lives a king who has twelve daughters. The youngest of them is courted by the dangerous pirate Za Bié Ocradé and the orphan George, who has been entrusted with this ta ...

Family Film (2016)

A couple embark on an early vacation. Left alone, their children cut loose until the boy gets caught for skipping school and things take an unexpected turn. Boasting exquisite camera work, the film is also unforgettable for its wholly original ending. ...

Laputa (2015)

What to do with life on an island threatened with rescue? Johanka is the owner of a café called Laputa, which—like the flying island of the same name from Gulliver's Travels—is her island. Will it be enough to make her feel complete and happy? Johanka ...

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. ...

Godfather's Story (2013)

Godfather's story is the story of the greatest of Czech post-revolutionary 'entrepreneurs'. His activities often crossed the edge of the law, and his life ended bullet assassin. ...

August Fools (2013)

An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover ...

Okresní přebor – Poslední zápas Pepika Hnátka (2012)

Based on the popular television series Okresní přebor. As the title suggests, the film features the legendary figure of licensed coach Josef Hnátek. Since this man appeared in the series only as ashes scattered on the Houslice football field, the filmma ...

The Butcher of Prague (2011)

Czechoslovakia, 1941. As the war continues, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Nazi-occupied Prague and establishes a regime of terror that will force freedom fighters to act. But the price to pay will be too high. ...

The Sound of Freedom (2010)

Back in 1950s, as the communist regime escalates, a group of Czech young people starts a resistance movement in an underground jazz club. ...

A Walk Worthwhile (2009)

The young couple Uli and Vanilla want to split up, but lust and money get in their way. ...

Tobruk (2008)

It is the story of Jiri and Jan, two Czech soldiers, battling alongside the allied forces against the Germans, during World War II in Tobruk, Libya. Jiri Pospichal, eighteen years old, signs up as a volunteer in the Czechoslovak army. His naive ideas about ...