Discoveries from Czechoslovakia World Cinema

The mole from Prague is hired as an actor by a major film studio. His acting performance is extraordinary, so he becomes a celebrity. However, stars also have many obligations, and these soon become too much for him.

A tragicomic adaptation of Darwin’s theory of evolution. An earthworm becomes man, goes through all historical epochs until the present day, and in the end happily slips back underground as an earthworm.

A courtship journey of Mr. Pip

A profile on the benefits of communal dining at work reveals the ambivalent emancipatory dimension of company canteens. Experts supervise the composition of the menu and the hygienic conditions during food preparation so that female employees do not have to spend hours at the stove. Instead, they can take on routine and lower-paid jobs after men who are moving on to more important activities.

Health campaigner encourages children to live a healthy lifestyle. The film combines live action with puppetry and animated dolls.

Associate Professor Čuhel is planning a vacation with his wife, son, and grandmother. To his wife's disappointment, not to the sea, but to the Tatras. However, at night, he is overcome by a microsleep while driving and drives the car into the water. So the family has to stay in the cottage of the willing Mr. Dorňák until the car is repaired.

Based on the short story of the same name by Dobroslav Chrobák, which deals with the return of Ondrej Baláž from the war after 17 years.

Based on Ota Pavel’s collection, the film is set in Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia. In a small village, Leo Popper’s pond is taken away because of his Jewish origin, not knowing the worst is yet to come.

One of Brdeček's works in the trilogy "Moravian Folk Ballads". The script is based on Moravian folk songs and the chosen visual form also refers to traditional folk art practices. This story tells of a girl who is waiting for her beloved, who has been drafted into the Seven Years' War.