Jan Němec

Filmmaker Jan Nemec and his crew risked their lives to create this historic documentary account of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. ...

This three-part ballad, which often uses music to stand in for dialogue, remains the most perfect embodiment of Nemec’s vision of a film ...

An adaptation of Franz Kafka’s classic story about Gregor Samsa, a man who awakes and sees himself suddenly turned into a repulsive insect. ...

A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the ...

In 1992, Prague is the capital of a small kingdom. The prince is supposed to choose his bride to be at a royal ball. But to everybody’s ...

Czech author and poet of Czech cinema Jan Nemec presents his unique vision inspired by life and art of surrealist painter. Release: Toyen 2005 ...

This controversial feature blends documentary, archival footage and fiction into an elliptical narrative in which two young people in Prague, an ...

In Jan Němec’s surreal fable, a picnic is rudely transformed into a lesson in political hierarchy when a handful of mysterious authority ...

By the end of 2nd World War, three prisoners wish to escape from the train. To make it real, they need to get food first. Release: A Loaf of ...

Diamonds in the night is the tense, brutal story of two Jewish boys who escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to ...