Viola Zinková

Halt, Or I'll Miss! (1998)

It is April 1945, spring begins and ends the war. German transport heading away from Bohemia. ...

Zdivočelá země (1997)

After World War II, fighter pilot Antonín Maděra returns from England to his native village in the Ore Mountains to forget the hardships and horrors of war and to "live, work, and love his neighbors," as he himself says. But Svatý Štěpán, which his f ...

Král Ubu (1996)

A cruel picture of the ways in which human beings acquire power and then cling to it. The story of Father Ubu, an idiot who climbs over the bodies of the dead to his royal post, is presented with a touch of the grotesque where naive comic elements meet bla ...

Jakub a Modřínka (1996)

Carpenter Jakub is preparing a gift for his bride Bára – a carved chest. On the advice of his grandmother, a herbalist, he goes into the forest to find a twig from a magical larch tree so that the chest will blossom. In the nighttime forest, he is helpe ...

Kulihrášek a zakletá princezna (1995)

A cheerful fairy tale about how love can grow all the way to heaven... An enchanted princess and the brave young man who rescues her, cowardly princes and a confused king, scary robbers and an ugly sorcerer who has his eye on half the kingdom, and above al ...

Narcisový dům (1994)

This two-part television film tells the story of family ups and downs and the relationships between parents and their adult daughter, whose views on life, dreams, and plans differ greatly. ...

Vojtech, Called the Orphan (1990)

Symbols and political analogies abound in this dramatically frustrating first work by a recent film-school graduate. In the story, Vojtech has survived World War II in a Czech prison following an unjust sentence. Now he is free, and the world is full of po ...

Horká kaše (1989)

In the 1980s, a number of films were made about teenagers. At first they dealt with the confusing search for life orientation, the difficult entry into adult life - and gradually the interest shifted to delinquent youth. This film charts the conditions in ...

Přezůvky Štěstěny (1985)

Letní pohádka (1985)

The Halftime of Happiness (1985)

Fifty-year-old Ondřej Bozděch delivers coal around Prague's Žižkov district and he loves it more than anything. He has spent his whole life here and knows all the cellars. He lives his ordinary life among the Žižkov tenement houses, enjoying the joys ...

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. ...

Hodina před ránem (1983)

Jak Jaromil ke štěstí přišel (1983)

The classic fairy tale, based on the original by Božena Němcová, tells the story of a young coal miner who must overcome many obstacles to win the hand of the desired girl. ...

Spor herečky Kvapilové (1982)

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 ...

The Island of the Silver Herons (1977)

The late summer of 1918. Paul, Willi and Heinrich from an age-old German town are good friends, although there is a great deal that divides them. Heinrich comes from an officer's family with an army tradition and is preparing to enter cadet college. Paul's ...

Královna Černá růže (1972)

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different ...

Princezna Lada (1970)

Talisman (1968)

How to Get Rid of Helenka (1968)

Radio announcer Petrícek reads the evening news in a studio. Viki, the female editor of a woman's program, is annoyed by the stereotypical information he provides as well as by the speaker's melodious voice and his heart-felt performance. Then she gets an ...

Čintamani & podvodník (1965)

Two short stories by Karel Čintamani a ptáci An avid collector of carpets, MUDr. Vitásek discovers a unique piece in Mrs. Severýnová's junk shop - a Persian carpet with a pattern of birds. As a connoisseur, he knows that there are only three of these ...

Tři sestry (1964)

The Dynamite Watcher (1963)

Three separate short stories by Jan Drda from the collection The Dumb Barricade: The Dynamite Watchman, Hatred and Traces. ...

Tereza (1961)

Ing. Bernard announces that his wife has not returned from visiting relatives in Berlin. Lieutenant Tereza Machátová, who together with Captain Landa is investigating the matter, puts the facts into connection with the discovery of the drowned woman's bo ...

How a puppy wanted little puppies (1961)

The puppy wakes up at night due to strange unpleasant noises. The sounds don't stop, but eventually the puppy manages to fall asleep. In the morning he goes to see what it was and on the way to the pond he meets a hen sitting on eggs... ...

Darbujan and Pandrhola (1960)

A poor miner, Kuba Dařbuján, cares for his wife Markýtka and eleven children. When a newborn arrives, he seeks a godfather and, finding only Death fair to all, accepts a pact: as a doctor whom Death accompanies at the foot of a patient's bed, he can hea ...

How sun gave puppy its water back (1960)

The sun is shining bright today! The Puppy would like to drink some water to cool off, but his bowl is empty! He goes to question the farm animals to find out where he can quench their thirst. ...

Kruh (1959)

The mother is trying to prevent the break-up of a marriage of many years. She knows about her husband's infidelity, but fears his leaving the family with the teenage children. But the crisis seems inevitable... ...

Pět z milionu (1959)

Five short stories: The Master and the Twentieth Disciple; Every Week is Sunday; It's Boniface's Fault; The Raggedy Song; The Spider's Web. ...

How the Mole Got His Trousers (1957)

A short animated film about a mole who longed for canvas pants and got them through his own diligence and with the help of other animals. ...

Johnny's Journey (1957)

Five years old Johnny is going for his first journey with no parents. ...

Nemoc z nemytých rukou (1954)

O kolečku, peru a vařiči (1950)

A film about the history of a new stroller that broke, a fountain pen that doesn't write and an electric stove that burns fuses every time it's turned on, and the problems that Mr. Husička, Pepíček and Miss Boženka had with them. ...

Distant Journey (1949)

Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, their romance turns into a struggle for survival. ...

Wild Beasts (1948)

Building a bridge is no simple matter. The city council has to decide between two competing proposals, one of which is submitted by villainous scoundrels and scoundrels who would like to enrich themselves everywhere. Although the film was made before the c ...