Jan Němec Movies

The unique and enigmatic journey of the writer Milan Kundera: from communist Czechoslovakia to exile in Paris, from his quest for glory to his...

The Soviet advance met with fierce, idealistic resistance. We join the hundreds of students as they man barricades constructed from overturned...

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 surprise, he...

Based on a novel by Maria Majerova, this well-photographed but routine romantic drama is directed and co-scripted by Vaclav Krska. Set in a more...

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

By the end of the second World War, three prisoners wish to escape from the train carrying them from one concentration camp to another. To make it...

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

A neon heart installed above Prague Castle illuminated the city for the last three months of Václav Havel’s presidency in an...

A visit to Prague by the most powerful man in the world coincides with Jan Němec's heart operation. He captures both events in a philosophical...

In this fourteen-minute film from 1993, director Jan Němec pays tribute to author Arnošt Lustig, whose work he adapted for Loaf of Bread...

Student demonstrations in Strahov are shown in this illegally made film by a film professional with access to 35mm cameras and collaborating...