Jiří Stivín Movies

Taking a cue from Franz Kafka's "Letter to My Father," this highly personal film follows Czech director Jan Nemec as he attempts to engage in a...

When a selfless king learns of a beautiful princess in a neighboring kingdom who callously turns down every suitor with an insult, he tries his luck...

A group of soldiers is supposed to ensure the smooth nighttime passage of the military convoy through Prague, but things turn out differently....

Children's film about a young boy who moves from the city to the country. At first he finds it difficult to make friends, until others discovers his...

Documentary about Barrandov studios.

Fati Farari, a black man from Africa, is completing his studies in classical piano at the Music Academy of Prague. It's the day before his first solo...

Set in the late 80s in a quiet, rural village headed by a suspicious, conspiring group of nasty leaders. Ewald has arrived there to measure water...

This quirky documentary follows Vaclav Havel on an eye-opening journey across his native Czechoslovakia in the days before he became president of the...

Bohouš Burda, a forty-year-old idealist disillusioned with city life and his failing marriage, abandons it all to run a mobile dental clinic...

Cast out by his father, young Ondrej joins the Order of the Teutonic Knights, where he is raised by strict monk Armin. After years of hardship,...

When a man stops at a motel one evening in 1961, his tormenting behavior drives one of the people present at the motel to remember his experiences in...

Cartoon tennis match, with players based on Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.

János is present at one of Tamás's concerts in the country. After the concert, he takes Tamás's son home in his car, while the...

A father/son get-together trying, in their inept way, to do some repair work to their home that they have out in the country.

Surreal short animation about a clever girl with an amazing memory. Things go well for her until she can't remember facts about polar bears for a...

A courtship journey of Mr. Pip

An 11-year-old boy is the only survivor of a tragic car accident in which both parents are killed. It's not until he meets a travelling student...