Václav Borovička

Zánik Československa v parlamentu (2024)

Vezmu-li to, oprátka mne nemine (1995)

The House of Mother Theresa (1994)

About the help of man to man, about the residence of people in need in the House of Mother Theresa. ...

Pictures from a Trip Beyond the Madhouse Fence (1994)

The film acquaints us with the work of the senior consultant of pavilion 11 in the Bohnice mental house who endeavours to build up a complex rahabilitation and re-socialising programme for patients with chronic mental illness. One part of her treatment pro ...

Hudba Jiří Šust (1994)

Kdo je chudý a kdo bohatý... (1994)

Kam panenky... (1993)

New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood (1992)

From the behavior, discourse, and appearance of individual actors, Vachek composes, in the form of a mosaic, a broad and many-layered film-argument about Czechoslovak democracy in the period of its rebirth, all administered with the director's ini­mitable ...

Daily I Appear Before Your Face... (1992)

The story of an ethnic German living in the Czech border region of the Orlik mountains in Eastern Bohemia. His life story, recounted in film with humility, faith, and love, becomes a personal view of the history of the 20th century. ...

Svítí slunce? (1970)

Don Juan (1969)

The age-old story of Don Juan, played by giant puppets. ...

Houslista (1969)

Elective Affinities (1968)

Documentary showing the Czechoslovakian political landscape in March 1968, when president Antonin Novotny, a hardline Stalinist, stepped down and moderate communist Ludvik Svoboda was elected. Five months later, in August 68, the Prague Spring would end wi ...

Respice finem (1968)

"A refined film essay about the loneliness, wisdom and humility of old women. The film, most valued by Jan Špáta, was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, the Trilobit Award and Special Mention at the IFF in Kar ...

O malém světě (1968)

Carmen Not Only According to Bizet (1968)

This is funny or rather crazy adaptation of classical opera Carmen inspired by famous czech theatre Ypsilon play of the same name shot at various bizarre locations such as airport, botanical garden and winter forest. ...

Reflection (1966)

A leading director of the Czech film renaissance provides a philosophical meditation on life and death, set amidst complex hospital apparatus and the sadness, hope, or resignation of the patients. Existentialist rather than optimist, the approach is one of ...

Mlha (1966)

The work of actors on a stage makes a dreamlike parallelism between artistic immagination and the concreteness of everyday life. ...

Jak Sammy o kalhoty přišel (1966)

A festively set table with a cake indicates that an important guest is expected. Hostilet joyfully welcomes Sammy the chimpanzee, who has a holiday today. The birthday boy receives a watch, lunch and cake... ...

Občané s erbem (1966)

Gregor Mendel (1965)

J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor (1965)

A man plays the Bach piece of the title on the organ, accompanied by images of stone walls with cracks and holes that grow and shrink, intercut with images of doors and wire-meshed windows. ...

Rain (1965)

Moravian Hellas (1964)

Karel Vachek's graduate film offers us a documentary essay which is both a light-hearted and aggressive little piece and also a parody of investigative film journalism. The Strážnice folk festival, backed by the cultural Party apparatus of the time, for ...

Návraty (1964)

Hledá se toxin X (1963)

A Bagful of Fleas (1963)

Eva is a new member of a girl's boarding school and textile factory. She looks up to the free-spirited Jana who struggles against conformity and discipline. Jana's conflicts with the staff and other girls have consequences for all. ...

Okamžik, spojím! (1961)

A Quiet Week in the House (1969)

A man, apparently on the run, takes shelter in a dilapidated house. Every day, he drills a hole through a wall and looks into one of the rooms, each time seeing a different surreal vision. ...

The Garden (1968)

Frank visits his friend Josef, who introduces him to his pedigree rabbits and his wife Mary. Frank is more interested in the slightly unsettling fact that Josef and Mary's garden fence is entirely made up of living people holding hands. ...