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Adopted from the CSSR, the surreal film deals with the increase in sexually transmitted diseases, especially among young people between the ages of 18 and 25, and presents the problem of sexually transmitted diseases.

Cupid fires an arrow at a woman only to find that's she's cold as ice. He tries everything he can to woo her, but when he eventually realises it's a lost cause he reaches into his head for a cassette recorder. He rewinds to the moment just before he shot his arrow at her and then...

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.

A recruitment film telling young male school-leavers about work in the Vítkovice ironworks. It takes them through the entire production process and acquaints them with the metallurgists, many of whom are exemplary Shock Workers. The movie ends with a call for young men to devote themselves to the metallurgical profession, thereby helping fulfil a five-year plan with their work.

Puppet film-fairy tale in an entertaining form teaches viewers to ski correctly, to overcome steep hills.

A silent version of Cinderella.

“And I say unto you, ask and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you”. This quote from the Gospel of Luke is read out loud by one of the characters in Tam na horách. It will manifest itself in the destinies of the two protagonists, in the story of an unmarried mother from a mountain village, who becomes a great opera singer and toast of the city salons, and in the story of her seducer, a successful painter. The fate of the two lovers offers a double perspective. One of the advertising slogans for Tam na horách was “The first Czech film of international production”, which helped to rise the audience’s expectations.

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

Princess Magdalena is not having an easy time. Her mother, the queen, has died and her father, the king, has remarried. When Magdalena has grown into a pretty girl, her stepmother begins to make life hell for her. She doesn't want the king to notice that the princess is already an adult and even in love, so with the help of a treacherous flower, she enchants the girl into an obedient puppet. In the end, however, all the queen's intrigues turn against her and the young princess will be happy alongside her beloved prince...

A child's toy is transformed into a Golem that goes on a rampage

In Burlesque, the young journalist and film critic Kucera concocted a playful mixture of Surrealist trick shots and newsreel material to express his pacifist sentiments through hidden poetic associations.

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.