Zdeněk Kutil

O mrtvých jen dobře (1986)

Podivná přátelství herce Jesenia (1986)

Dramatic fates of people hidden behind a theatrical mask. ...

Záhada zamčeného pokoje (1986)

Výjimečná situace (1986)

Šílený kankán (1983)

During the First World War, the crooks Scholef and Krumka sell weapons on the black market. After the collapse of the monarchy they try their hand at speculation on a grand scale. ...

The Death of a Talented Cobbler (1983)

Captain Exner solves another detective mystery - this time while he's on vacation. The most elegant of Czech crime novelists has chosen a quiet town called Opolná as his place of well-deserved rest. But just as he arrives, the local shoemaker Rambousek, a ...

Mature Wine (1981)

A loose sequel to the 1976 comedy Stormy Wine. The screenwriters and the director recreate on screen a number of characters from the South Moravian town of Pálavice, characterised by their different attitudes and approaches to work and private life. A num ...

Něco je ve vzduchu (1981)

The urn supposedly containing the remains of Alice's grandfather falls out of the window and breaks. To Alice's great surprise, the urn is empty and the girl learns that the grandfather didn't die but disappeared under mysterious circumstances on the 2nd S ...

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 ...

Můj nezdolný lev (1980)

Dark Sun (1980)

A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit. Engineer Prokop creates the devastating explosive "Krakatit" and soon confronts manipulative agents and imperialist conspiracies. Realizing his invention's threat, he fights to prevent its misuse, ris ...

Drsná Planina (1980)

Chronicle of frontier division Czech police (SNB) in the years 1946 - 1949. ...

Postavení mimo hru (1979)

The psychological story of a young top athlete - hockey player, showing the downside of the all-round care that top athletes enjoy. On the one hand, there are the exceptionally favourable living conditions, but on the other, human envy, the fickleness of t ...

The Secret of Steel City (1979)

The film is a metaphor for the Cold War. It depicts two neighbouring nations: peace loving Fortuna and the not so peaceful land of the Steel City. ...

House Call (1979)

Third movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu ...

On the Great River (1978)

Second movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu ...

Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978)

Ondrej lives on a farm outside a small town with his family. One day a group of men arrive at the family's house and the harmonious life they've led so far changes drastically for the worse. ...

Jak se zranit ve službě (1978)

Vítězný lid (1978)

February 1948. The struggle of decisive social forces for the heart of Europe. ...

The Liberation of Prague (1977)

On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) discuss ...

Historie lodě Bečky (1977)

Čas lásky a naděje (1976)

A colour-printed melodramatic selanca from the beginnings of the organised labour movement in Bohemia... Antonín Zápotocký, the second workers' president, is the author of the literary novel Rozbřesk - the plot is said to be inspired by the fate of his ...

The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes (1976)

Exotic, yet lyrically aimed fairy tale about a young gypsy Pista in search of a beautiful, gentle and faithful bride. An old man told him where to find a girl with those qualities, so Pista sets out on a journey to find the girl of his dreams without knowi ...

Mys Dobré naděje (1976)

World War II is slowly coming to an end. On the German side of the border, panic slowly breaks out and the local commander orders the local port to be mined. The Czech boatmen take advantage of the sudden confusion and decide to carry out a crazy plan: ste ...

Wine Working (1976)

It is the summer of 1968 and also in South Moravian Pálavice appear political clashes. The so far peacefully farming Unified farmers' cooperative starts splitting. Some of the farmers have found the cooperative called Vidrupa and want to deal with wine in ...

Sova sídlí v dutém stromě (1976)

Za volantem nepřítel (1975)

Summer 1968: The crisis is reaching its peak. The director of the Prague taxi service, Mudroch, rejects the drivers' absurd demands for a pay increase. The taxi drivers decide to go on strike and seek support against Murdoch from trade unionists and enemie ...

Zbraně pro Prahu (1975)

In May 1945, Czech revolutionaries used several armoured trains in the fighting - partly captured, partly assembled from whatever the railway brought. One of them was commanded by the shunter Jan Chýň, who managed to bring weapons from the ammunition dep ...

Gunshots in Mariánské Lázně (1974)

In May 1945, a woman in Marienbad reports a murder - committed in 1933 against the German emigrant Professor Lessing. She also names the murderer. Against the wishes of his superior, who does not feel responsible for this case - it was a fascist femicide - ...

Poslední dopis (1973)

Velikonoční dovolená (1972)

Soldier Honza Marek got a three-day leave. Marta, whom he dated before the war, did not wait for him, but she prefers him again to her new admirer, the impractical and still dreamy Ivan... ...

Klíč pod rohožkou (1972)

One of Them Is the Murderer (1971)

Marek (Jirí Holý), formerly a driver of a long-distance lorry, has served his term for smuggling art works abroad and is released from jail. Years ago, he sacrificed himself and confessed his guilt on behalf of his companions - the drivers Krása, Jelín ...

Panenství a kriminál (1970)

An attractive and challenging 16-year-old girl has no shortage of admirers, but she becomes the cause of a small-town problem when she accuses her charming uncle of rape after trying in vain to seduce him. The bitter comedy, the only film directed by actor ...

Slasti Otce vlasti (1969)

The young Prince Charles (Jaromír Hanzlík), the future King of his country Charles IV, is being educated at the French court in the company of his fiancée Blanche (Daniela Kolárová). One day he receives a summons from his father John of Luxembourg (Mi ...

All My Good Countrymen (1969)

The lives of 7 friends in a small Czech town from 1945 to some time after 1958. ...

Marathon (1968)

It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda ( ...

Záhořanský hon (1968)

Windstorm (1967)

A worker steals bits and pieces of building materials from work to construct a new home for himself and his girlfriend. When he discovers that she's having an affair with his boss, he devises one elaborate plot after another to murder the rival, each time ...

Prodej (1967)

Marketa Lazarová (1967)

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abduc ...

Poklad byzantského kupce (1967)

A detective story revolving around an ancient treasure from the ninth century, believed to have been destroyed during World War II, takes place in an archaeological environment. Its main character is, alongside Captain Exner, who is investigating a strange ...

Dobrodružství Toma Sawyera (1967)

The Murderer Hides His Face (1966)

In the forest near the village of Drahovice, a nurse from the local health center is found murdered. Three months ago, another young woman died nearby and a sexual motive was proved in the case of her murder. In the case of the nurse, the motives are not s ...

Škola hříšníků (1966)

Pavlata, the director of an educational institution for juvenile offenders, will push for the early release of Pepík Adamec, whom he respects for his sincere efforts and good work record. However, the boy bears the dishonest and dishonourable behaviour of ...

The Pearl Necklace (1965)

For nine-year-old Saša, the end of the Second World War is an adventure in which he and young neighbour friend Mařenka compete over who will spot the first Soviet soldier. But the boy causes problems when he lets two German snipers enter a house in which ...

The Five Sinners (1964)

The short story explores the often tragic impact of prejudice or suspicion that relies on the appearance of the human face. Guests in a remote pub recount their own experiences of such cases, furthermore influenced by their experiences in the First World W ...

Deváté jméno (1964)

Ancient crimes are once again encroaching on a man who failed during the occupation. So he wants to cover his tracks with another murder... ...

Lucie (1964)

The leader of the fast-track workers' party is appointed worker director of the unprofitable Lucie mine. The wrong decisions he makes to increase production at any cost and to fulfil an unrealistic plan lead to a catastrophe in which his son is accidentall ...

The Dynamite Watcher (1963)

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

Fortress on the Rhine (1962)

During the Second World War, an old fortress is transformed into a detention camp for arrested allied generals who the Germans provide with every possible comfort. In the nearby garrison camp, however, hundreds of captured private soldiers try to survive h ...

Malý Bobeš ve městě (1962)

A loose sequel to the film Little Bobes, it catches up with the title child hero in the town where he and his parents have moved. However, the expectations of a better existence are disrupted by the ever worsening social conditions in the 1930s, and living ...

Zelené obzory (1962)

A young agricultural expert fails as the manager of a cattle farm on a state farm in the borderlands... The attempt at a realistic view of the problems of nationalised agriculture did not exceed the average of the time. ...

The Devil's Trap (1962)

A small town is one day visited by a priest who is there on a secret mission. He is a member of the Inquisition sent to investigate the activities of a local miller. The miller and his son are the descendants of an old family whose ancestral home burned do ...

Reportáž psaná na oprátce (1962)

Screen adaptation of Julius Fucik's story about communist fighters. ...

Hledá se táta! (1961)

It all starts when two men arrive at the asylum. Mr. Houdek, who goes to see little Honzik Slavata, the illegitimate child of his colleague, whom he wants to adopt, and young Standa Hurych, who takes up a position as a driver. The pretty nurse Magda mistak ...

Pouta (1961)

A young veterinarian, Jiří Klimeš, returns to his native village after graduation. ...

Black Saturday (1961)

In this crime story, surprisingly, neither the all-powerful criminals nor the spies or saboteurs are pursued, as was once common. The plot is almost mundane: someone unwittingly siphoned off alcohol from a tanker, unaware that it was deadly methyl alcohol, ...

Chlap jako hora (1960)

We learn that the greatest virtue of socialist competition is collective cooperation. This is what the young, physically fit assembler refuses to understand. He suspects his co-workers of overlooking his merits out of jealousy. And it takes him a long time ...

I Survived Certain Death (1960)

Telling the prisoners of a death camp. Boxer Tony Majer, who got into a concentration camp for a fight with the Gestapo, remembers the murderous work in quarries, on the cruel torture of the Nazis and prison solidarity that helped him survive. ...

No Entrance (1960)

Two stories from the lives of border guards. In the story "The Pursuit", an experienced border guard and his young and inexperienced colleague follow the tracks of ski boots in a snowstorm. The second story, Wandering, is about a frontiersman whose wife wa ...

Letiště nepřijímá (1960)

The conflicts in one pilot's fractured marriage come to a head just as Soviet jets are introduced to international airliners. Naive psychological drama is embraced here with naive admiration for the most advanced aviation technology. ...

Desire (1958)

A poignant overview of how short life can be, this interesting drama from Czech director Vojetch Jasny is divided into four separate segments. In the first skit, a young child's impressions are observed as his newborn baby sister becomes a part of the fami ...

I Dutifully Report (1958)

A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War I. I Dutifully Report: In the introduction to the second part of the film adaptation of Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švějk presents his main character ...

September Nights (1957)

The commander of the military training camp, newly promoted Major Cibulka, keeps his subordinates in line. Because of an unexpected emergency, he refuses to give leave even to the young lieutenant Zabran, whose wife is due to give birth any day. In additio ...