Karel Kachyňa

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It’s Not Always Cloudy
5.1

It’s Not Always Cloudy

Oct. 15, 1950

It’s Not Always Cloudy

A film about life in the Czech border area after the expulsion of the Germans.
King of the Sumava
6.5

King of the Sumava

Dec. 25, 1959

King of the Sumava

A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called “King of the Sumava”. Release: Smugglers of Death ...
Sugar House
7

Sugar House

May. 22, 1981

Sugar House

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 ...
The Cow
7.5

The Cow

Jan. 11, 1996

The Cow

Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother’s life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was ...
The Ear
7.8

The Ear

Jan. 01, 1970

The Ear

Husband (senior ministry official) and wife find their house is riddled with listening devices put there by his own ministry. A harrowing night ...
Love Between the Raindrops
7.2

Love Between the Raindrops

Set in Prague during the years leading up to World War II, this family saga tells the story of a cobbler named Vincenc Bursik (Vladimir Mensik), ...
The Little Mermaid
7.1

The Little Mermaid

Nov. 22, 1976

The Little Mermaid

The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her ...
Carriage to Vienna
7.8

Carriage to Vienna

Nov. 11, 1966

Carriage to Vienna

A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate. ...
The High Wall
7.3

The High Wall

Jun. 19, 1964

The High Wall

After school, thirteen-year old Jitka likes to wander alone through Prague. The brisk girl also likes to sneak around the backyards surrounding ...
Slingboy
6.8

Slingboy

May. 06, 1960

Slingboy

A young Czech boy is freed from a concentration camp and ends up working for the army against the Germans. Release: Prace 1962 tt0054202 General: ...
Jumping Over Puddles
7.3

Jumping Over Puddles

May. 07, 1971

Jumping Over Puddles

A boy keeps his spiritedness and optimism in spite of polio. Release: Jumping Over Puddles 1971 tt0066515 General: mkv | 306 MB | 01:28:00 Video: ...
Long Live the Republic
7.4

Long Live the Republic

Nov. 05, 1965

Long Live the Republic

Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination of his side, and a wiry toughness ...
Fools and a Girl
6.8

Fools and a Girl

Oct. 10, 1988

Fools and a Girl

Zizkov in the 1950s. The communist system is beginning to tear in Czechoslovakia. The adolescent Jirka will be this worst, because the hormones ...
Vertigo
7.1

Vertigo

Feb. 08, 1963

Vertigo

Geologists looking for tin stay at a country hotel.The manager’s daughter experiences her first love. Release: Zavrat 1963 General: mkv | ...
Love
6.7

Love

Sep. 20, 1973

Love

Sixteen-year-old students of a grammar school are supposed to write essays on “Love”. The class best student Andrea (Jaroslava ...
Suffering
7.1

Suffering

Feb. 16, 1962

Suffering

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 ...
Golden Eels
7.4

Golden Eels

Oct. 20, 1979

Golden Eels

A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. There, the boy became friends with ...
Forbidden Dreams
7.6

Forbidden Dreams

Sep. 01, 1987

Forbidden Dreams

Leo Popper is a happy family man living in rural Bohemia in the years preceding the Nazi invasion. Out of economic necessity he moves with his ...
Waiting for the Rain
7.2

Waiting for the Rain

Oct. 01, 1978

Waiting for the Rain

It’s a hot holiday season in the city and Alena is pretty much left to her own little self, fantasizing and running her personal daily ...
The Last Butterfly
7.0

The Last Butterfly

Jan. 01, 1991

The Last Butterfly

Stage mime Antoine Moreau is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a “model” concentration ...