Václav Helšus Movies

When Jonáš, a water sprite, and Karolínka, the miller's daughter, fall in love, they don't have it easy. Jonáš's...

The juxtaposition of animals locked in cages in a zoo and people shackled by the confinement of the city has not lost its impact to this day. The...

This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she...

A family film from two legends of Czech children film, Vera Plívová-Simková and Drahomíra Králová. The...

A parable for the end of totalitarianism. Three protagonists - a high official, a secretary, and a border guard - representative of three...

Young director Honza David films the Russian invasion in in Prague in August 1968. With Eva the love of his life he tries to get out of the country....

Three brothers leave their home to see the world. During their journey, young men as by miracle enter into famous fairy tales (Little Riding Hood,...

Little Péťa visits his grandfather in the Krkonoše Mountains, where a swarm of bees settles on a tree. When Péťa...

A man who believes his days are numbered is saddled with more bad luck than he expects in this metaphorical comedy-drama from director Ivo Trajkov....

A television film about the life and times of Slovak emigrant Štefan Banič, who was granted a patent in the United States for the...

Roman Hlava grew up with his diplomat parents in Latin America where he had been home-schooled by his over doting mother. The over indulgence of...

Eugene, an aging man, leads a double life - one real, the other in his dreams. He goes to see a psychoanalyst, who tries to interpret the meaning of...

Two brothers head to Russia to help a group of priests smuggle $200 million worth of sacred relics out of the country in order to keep them out of...

A 17-year-old student unexpectedly gives up her newborn for adoption and must confront the emotional fallout, family tensions and societal shifts of...

Dreaming of creating a Czech musical theater, not recognized in his homeland, Josef Navratil, under the pseudonym of Iosif Ratili, one day comes on...