Bohumil Vávra Movies

An overprotective mother plagues her daughter out of guilt over unintentionally scarring her daughter's cheek.

A communist is released from prison in 1935 Hamburg. He tries to link up with the Party again, but is unsure as to who he can trust, and has...

First movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu, based on the works of...

A fairy tale of three brothers who try to save a princess kidnapped by an evil wizard.

The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls...

The construction of a gigantic facility such as the Dukovany nuclear power plant requires only the most capable experts. Such is the engineer...

Taxi driver Koukal (Miroslav Machácek) is stopped by the police for a routine traffic check. In the boot of his car the police find the body...

Late at night Eva Trojanová returns home to an agitated husband; three days later, her body is found with bruises on her neck. Her spouse,...

Princess Julia doesn't want to marry an old prince Hubert so she runs away from home. She meets two old magicians and join the circus, where she...

In 1869, while investigating gruesome murders, a detective allies himself with a success-hungry newspaper editor.

The story of a juvenile delinquent who, despite society's efforts to reform him, irrevocably ruined his life.

A parable for the end of totalitarianism. Three protagonists - a high official, a secretary, and a border guard - representative of three...

In the fifites the 10 year old boy Honza lives with his single mother in Prague. The mother is a dedicated communist in the beginning but she changes...

The future communist journalist Julius Fučík had a stimulating childhood and youth in a working-class environment, when his moral...

Films for children gradually fell into the grip of expressive and content sterility, succumbing to exhortative, educational tendencies. This is also...

People can be addicted to things, like high-calorie food. But the struggle against overweight and overeating is often futile, so the unfortunates...

Set in a vagabond and petty bourgeois environment, the three stories deal with the pitfalls of love, the petty and insidious betrayals of trust.

The film was based on the novel "Milión" by Karel Štorkán. The book and the film depict the events surrounding the great...

1945. Peace still bears the traces of war everywhere. There meet the animated girl Xenia and the former boxer Henry. Being together gives them a...