Czech Films Blog

Princess Jasněnka and the Flying Shoemaker is a magical Czech fairy tale film from 1987, directed by Zdeněk Troška. This enchanting story masterful...

You Are a Widow, Sir (Pane, vy jste vdova!) is a 1971 satirical comedy directed by Václav Vorlíček, one of the masters of Czech cinema. The film re...

The Seven Ravens (Sedmero krkavců) is a powerful Czech fantasy film inspired by Božena Němcová’s classic fairy tale of the same name. The story fol...

Darbujan and Pandrhola tells the story of Kuba, a poor coal miner, and his wife Markýtka, who have just welcomed their twelfth child. Struggling to...

The Line (Ciara), directed by Peter Bebjak, offers a thrilling and tense look into the world of cross-border smuggling on the Slovak-Ukrainian fron...

Last year’s Christmas fairytale, Klíč svatého Petra, may have slipped under the radar for some, but it’s time to bring this charming story back int...

The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti), directed by Štefan Uher, is a pioneering work of Slovak cinema that marked a turning point in Czechoslovak film h...

A Case for the Defence Attorney (Prípad pre obhajcu) is a 1964 Slovak film directed by Martin Holly ml., set in the intense world of the legal syst...

The Garden (Zahrada) is a poetic comedy that captures the essence of life's unexpected twists and turns. Directed by Martin Šulík, this 1995 film b...

A peculiar musical about peculiar times – this is how the film Smoke (Kouř), now available in a newly restored version on Blu-ray, can be succinctl...

Ball Lightning is one of those Czechoslovak comedies that has left an indelible mark on the history of cinema. This 1978 film, now available on rem...

The Ear is one of the most significant films in Czechoslovak cinema, rightfully standing among the classics that have left a profound impact on aud...