Jiří Melcher Movies

A film about various forms of drugs – American cinema, rock music, and heroin. Together with the protagonist, we experience the bohemian life...

A story of an extraordinary artist who has unintentionally signed a deal with a devil. Jiří Trnka was one of the biggest Czech artists of...

The devil's magic quill keeps a tight record of sins. But when this precious artifact is stolen, a demon must find a way to make things right again.

In a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud.

Ice hockey is a Czech national obsession, and the country's victory over Russia in the 1969 World Championships, the year following the Soviet...

Alice Nellis's small-scale debut tragicomedy spotlights small-town elections. The protagonist, a university student name Jana (Theodora...

On a quiet evening, the spectral White Lady Slavěna and her ghostly painter beloved Tomáš shelter the orphaned cook Fanynka from...

Czech Television's epic historical film draws on the breathtaking dramatic life of the great of Czech history, King Charles IV.

A poetic documentary about different sides of nature and city life.

A serial killer is on the loose in the small town of Petrovice, murdering students at the local high school. The police are searching for the...

A documentary based on the mutual experiences of a trio of directors, which portrays life in the border village of Bystré during the last year...

A documentary about the spiritual experience of a girl on Mount Zvir in Slovakia. On the afternoon of August 5, 1990, three children aged 10, 11, and...

Three men want to make their mark on Czech history. One filmmaker senses an opportunity. And among them is a girl determined to uncover the secrets...

A tragicomedy about a medium-sized Czech railway station in the summer. The railway workers deal with, or rather try to deal with, their small...

Two students from the Czech Film Academy commission a leading advertising agency to organize a huge campaign for the opening of a new supermarket...

"Situation of the Street" - An experimental study about Czech life, focusing on Prague's National Street, its businesses and the varied people who...

Across the Border is a polyglot portrait of ideas about borders at the beginning of the 21st century. In an episodic journey five directors from...

This film essay about mushrooms and their connections to other living things tries to use the structure of mushrooms to explain nature, science, and...

Life of Czech composer Smetana, his search for love and artistic inspiration despite hearing loss, and quest for his muse Eliska. Navigating personal...