Movies

From the behavior, discourse, and appearance of individual actors, Vachek composes, in the form of a mosaic, a broad and many-layered film-argument...

A first-hand account of the tumultuous events of 1989 when a student-led revolution succeeded in overthrowing Czechoslovakia's repressive Communist...

A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to...

"A man is immortal as long as he lives in the memory of others,” said well-known Czech writer Arnošt Lustig with a wry smile. In...

The documentary explores the presidency of Václav Havel, a poet who unexpectedly became president. The film, starting in 1992, captures...

Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original...

Olga Havlová was the closest and most trustworthy companion of Václav Havel. A friend who was always generous with her time. She was an...

Documentary about Polish poet and Nobel Prize winner Wisława Szymborska.

Meet The Plastic People of the Universe, the avant-garde, jazz-rock, Sun Ra meets Velvet Underground, Czech revolutionaries. A tribute to the band...

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

A dissident Czechoslovakian playwright awaits trial for his activities against the current political regime.

Inspired by the idea that the greatest gift one generation can give to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, 'Wisdom' seeks to create...

Czech semi-documentary.

Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.

Five years after stepping down as President of the Republic, Vaclav Havel returns to the theater with a play that raises questions. A play that...

This time-lapse documentary follows the last years of former President Václav Havel's life, creating a multi-layered portrait of a...