Josef Škvorecký Movies

A verger, who likes to dress as a priest, is invited, by one of the villagers, to be the pastor at a vacant church. The atheist teacher resents the...

A picnic is rudely transformed into a lesson in political hierarchy when a handful of mysterious authority figures show up.

Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with the murder case...

Based on true events. USSR, 1950s. As the reach of the oppressive communist regime escalates,

The story of student love in the most difficult times, because even during the Protectorate, young people liked to have fun, dance, and fall in love....

At the centre of the story is Miss Lenka Stříbrná. An attractive, but a little strange young woman. The gym teacher Vasek is shy...

The theft of a pearl necklace and subsequent murder took place at the Tartaros cabaret. All this could compromise the minister, who is an admirer of...

Songs about eternal love, American vagabonds, cowboys and desperadoes, with the romance of railways and trains speeding into the distance are...

Detective Lieutenant Boruvka (Lubomír Lipský) is called to the State Scientific Library to investigate the loss of a precious...

The lacking attitude of a conscripted university graduate places him at odds with the power and doctrine of his military superiors. His secret...