Otakar Vávra Movies

  • 1957
    Against All

    Against All

    Against All

    6.11957HD

    After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the...

    Against All
  • 1949
    Year of the Revolution 1848

    Year of the Revolution 1848

    Year of the Revolution 1848

    101949HD

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

    Year of the Revolution 1848
  • 1956
    Jan Žižka

    Jan Žižka

    Jan Žižka

    7.31956HD

    The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.

    Jan Žižka
  • 1936
    Passage in the Paradise

    Passage in the Paradise

    Passage in the Paradise

    101936HD

    Orphan Petr lives with his dog Puntja with his aunt. His uncle Gustav wants to get rid of Peter and puts him in an orphanage. Peter escapes from...

    Passage in the Paradise
  • 1951
    Posel úsvitu

    Posel úsvitu

    Posel úsvitu

    81951HD

    A biographical film about a Czech mechanic and designer who was the first in the Czech lands to construct a steam car.

    Posel úsvitu
  • 1946
    The Adventurous Bachelor

    The Adventurous Bachelor

    The Adventurous Bachelor

    71946HD

    Even the pre-Blohemian times were not idyllic. Even a bachelor, invited by the consuls to Rakovník to elevate the local education system,...

    The Adventurous Bachelor
  • 1985
    Oldrich and Bozena

    Oldrich and Bozena

    Oldrich and Bozena

    4.51985HD

    At the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries Boleslav's kingdom fell apart in the fratricidal war between the Přemyslovci and the other clans the...

    Oldrich and Bozena
  • 1961
    The Night Guest

    The Night Guest

    The Night Guest

    81961HD

    When a man stops at a motel one evening in 1961, his tormenting behavior drives one of the people present at the motel to remember his experiences in...

    The Night Guest
  • 1949
    Vzbouření na vsi

    Vzbouření na vsi

    Vzbouření na vsi

    7.51949HD

    The new era brings with it progress, which must inevitably penetrate even the most remote corners. It has also reached the village of...

    Vzbouření na vsi
  • 1961
    Policejní hodina

    Policejní hodina

    Policejní hodina

    71961HD

    The story of a poor, disintegrating family of a mother Fišerová and her three children. It is set in the 1890s - a time when the poor...

    Policejní hodina
  • 1941
    Turbina

    Turbina

    Turbina

    6.71941HD

    The imperial councilor Ullik decides to modernize his old mills by installing a new turbine. His eccentric brother-in-law Artuš tries to...

    Turbina
  • 1935
    The Eleventh Commandment

    The Eleventh Commandment

    The Eleventh Commandment

    6.81935HD

    During the New Year's Eve celebration of the arrival of the twentieth century, three friends meet in a nightclub. Notary Jiří...

    The Eleventh Commandment
  • 1960
    První parta

    První parta

    První parta

    61960HD

    The unfortunate 1930s also befell the student Standa Půlpán. For existential reasons, he had to abandon his studies and entered the...

    První parta
  • 1953
    Nástup

    Nástup

    Nástup

    4.81953HD

    "The Rally" is based on a communist writer Vaclav Řezáč's well-written novel of the same name

    Nástup
  • 1935
    Maryša

    Maryša

    Maryša

    6.61935HD

    A village drama about the tragic culmination of a forced marriage. The film was financed by a Brno company, which required interventions in the...

    Maryša
  • 2018
    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    6.52018HD

    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...

    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
  • 1950
    Racek Is Late

    Racek Is Late

    Racek Is Late

    71950HD

    Baker Jan Racek (Vladimír Repa) is a very hard-working and sensible man. His great passion is pigeon-keeping and also, for many years, Ruzenka...

    Racek Is Late
  • 1940
    Pacientka dr. Hegla

    Pacientka dr. Hegla

    Pacientka dr. Hegla

    6.51940HD

    Pharmacist Janota's daughter, Karla, is about to get married to wealthy lawyer Jaroslav Kříž. On the day of the wedding, however,...

    Pacientka dr. Hegla
  • 1938
    Její pastorkyně

    Její pastorkyně

    Její pastorkyně

    71938HD

    Village drama. The widowed daughter-in-law of the old woman Buryjovka, called Kostelnička, is very proud of her pretty and well-bred ward...

    Její pastorkyně
  • 1939
    The Magic House

    The Magic House

    The Magic House

    6.71939HD

    When Vilem appears in the road with an unconscious young woman, it disturbs the peaceful life of three generations of the Balvínova family.

    The Magic House