Karel Kachyňa Movies

A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the...

As the name suggests, the movie is about football. It is not about big league soccer, making huge money. It is about football, which lives just from...

A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Sumava".

A film about life in the Czech borderlands after the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans.

Set in a small-town hospital, the film tells the story of the great suffering of a small rascal, nicknamed “Lies and Steals“, who...

A young Czech boy is freed from a concentration camp and now is working for the army against the Germans.

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most...

Psychological study of country girl Jitka and her blossoming love for an older man afraid of her youth and spontaneity.

In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with the Germans. After the funeral, the widow (Jana...

This is an engaging drama by director Karel Kachyna about the growing pains of a young teen (Jorga Kotrbova) and the hardships of a noble steed...

When a noted professor receives a new treatment for his heart ailment, his outlook on life changes. Despite doctor's orders, he is determined to live...

Jitka is a 12-year-old girl who feels the first stirring of love. She becomes friends with a young man who is hospitalized with paralysis. Jitka...

A satirical military "Fashion Show" instructing Czechoslovak soldiers how and how not to dress.