Bohumil Šmída Movies

Three short stories. Prague finally sees the approval of the subway construction. Thousands of individuals took part in preparing, course and...

In the morning twilight of Prague, the dead body of the safe-breaker Toufar is found floating on the river Vltava with a knife in his back. Police...

Françoise, a French sociology student, moves to Czechoslovakia to write her thesis. She falls in love with Pavel, a professor. But the events...

A satire about trying to please "those at the top".

A crime story set in the second half of the 19th century. Krasl, a Prague schoolteacher, is searching for a statue of the Golden Buddha, which is...

This exemplary "psychological drama" depicts the difficulties with which a new socialist mindset is born. Director Jiří Sequens warns...

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

Pacific Island - 1945. Five American soldiers were sent to reconnoiter the Japanese rear. Surrounded by unpredictable jungle and terrible heat, they...

Jana is forced to live in a foster home and always dreams about family reunion.

A colour-printed melodramatic selanca from the beginnings of the organised labour movement in Bohemia... Antonín Zápotocký, the...

An outdated fireclay factory is due to close, but its long-time employees can't imagine stopping what has fed them all their lives and what they do...

A short story film depicting the three different faces of crime. In the short story "The Weekend", Karas kills a woman he raped some time ago in...

A fictionalized account of Czech soldiers who fought for the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam.

Five short stories: The Master and the Twentieth Disciple; Every Week is Sunday; It's Boniface's Fault; The Raggedy Song; The Spider's Web.

“A bored housewife, a husband who married her for show, and a stupid boy who is full of himself because he is dating a Swiss woman.” The...

An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells the story of what happens when a series of mysterious events take place, including the...

Young prisoner Jan, nicknamed Roughboy (Petr Cepek), tries to commit suicide. He was imprisoned for a fight in which he injured a functionary of the...

A poignant overview of how short life can be, this interesting drama from Czech director Vojetch Jasny is divided into four separate segments. In the...

A man returns to his native village in search of renewed faith and his old girlfriend. But she, now a middleaged woman, does not recognise him and he...