Jaroslav Průcha Movies

Based on a true story

In early 20th century Czechoslovakia, a gravely ill chemist recalls his discovery of a powerful explosive and how it landed in the hands of...

In a country whose people have just been successfully persuaded of their superiority and the justification for military expansion by the fiery...

A fiction piece centered around the Czech resistance to the Nazis.

Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.

Dog's Heads (Czech: Psohlavci) is a 1955 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič, based on the novel of the same name by Alois Jirásek....

Seventh form pupils at a grammar school in Přívlaky are preparing for a secondary school sports competition. Class creep Krhounek gives...

The title of this highly-regarded Czech drama translates as Wolf Trap. Set in the 1920s, the story revolves around an ambitious young provincial...

Mist on the Moors examines fates of just about a few people. Their stories are outlined in a short space of time and are a symbolic representation of...

Joint montage of the first three silent films about Švejk: Good Soldier Švejk (1926, director: Karel Lamač), Švejk on the...

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.