Otakar Brousek Movies

Prague in the 1870s. Work in Smolík's sulphur factory is hard and dangerous to health. The poorly paid workers resemble torches because their...

The years 1851-1856: events from the life of the writer Božena Němcová, who, because of her free-thinking views and strong patriotic...

A poor miner, Kuba Dařbuján, cares for his wife Markýtka and eleven children. When a newborn arrives, he seeks a godfather and,...

A water sprite settled in a mountain stream. He stops the water and catches fish. So the frightened villagers try to persuade him to move to the...

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 life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and...

This primarily comprises a defence reportage that nonetheless uses elements of instructional and promotional film at the same time. On the one hand,...

A crime story set in the second half of the 19th century. Krasl, a Prague schoolteacher, is searching for a statue of the Golden Buddha, which is...

The Czech revival movement is divided at the end of the first half of the 19th century. While the older generation, such as František...

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...

Technical school student Pavel Brychta, arrives at a youth correctional facility located within a chateau in Konečno. He is an atypical, but not...

This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot),...