Discoveries from Czechoslovakia World Cinema

A cartoon in the form of a comic describes the process of development of human thought.

On a freezing February Saturday night, three soldiers are returning to the barracks from a dance party. They have missed their train, so they are now wading through deep snow. They have drunk a lot of alcohol, and Zdeněk, who keeps falling asleep, has to be supported by his comrades with all his might...

Story of a high-schooler who fails to gain a place at university and necessarily finds herself having to take a job behind the counter at a buffet.

Set in Czechoslovakia in the summer of 1938, about two children who play together and who are great friends. However their days of friendship are numbered...

A comedic story of a young village boy, a gifted musician, on the threshold of adulthood, searching for himself. After an unsuccessful public concert performance, he decides to abandon his studies at the conservatory and take a job as an auxiliary worker.

The only film to be both conceived and directed by Miroslav Štěpánek, using folk art from old market shooting galleries as the basis for a totalitarian parable.

The trusting birds Kohác fall into a trap set by a cunning cat. Will they manage to escape?

Besides presenting an actual exhibition, this film about a Monument of National Literatuře also presents an interpretation of the history of Czech literature that was subject to the mores of that time. It looks at the exhibition chronologically, it comments on documents from the beginnings of the national literature up to the 1950s, emphasises the importance of the relationship of the present time with the national cultural tradition. It labels the museum itself as a “people’s university” and draws attention to its educational role.

A film portrait about the deserved master of sports, four-time European champion, three-time world champion and Olympic champion Ondrej Nepela.

A waiter who monitors the number of calories in restaurant customers’ meals is not a feature of a new app, but the hero of a popular science film produced by the Ministry of Health in the mid-1950s about healthy eating. The human body is presented as a power plant that must be supplied with the appropriate amount of recommended fuel, and the film’s guide ensures that well-fed citizens can feed the collective spirit of socialism with their energy.

About a plowman who tries in vain to plow a new furrow in human thinking.

Animated film from the cycle of Slovak children's folklore, this time on the theme of the arrival of spring.

The mole finds a carpet.

Miroslav Janek, a well-known documentary filmmaker, cameraman and editor, also created his own short films in the 1960s and 1970s. This film was inspired by Franz Kafka's short story of the same title.

Young people meet Bohumil Hrabal, who talks about anything but himself.

In the hall of the Central Station, by a coincidence of unpleasant circumstances, the couple meet. They were both supposed to be somewhere else at the time. She at training, he at home. But they both have somewhat illegitimate interests. She's waiting for an admirer, he's accompanying his girlfriend to a cottage. A diplomatic duel ensues, so as not to reveal more than necessary...

A musical and entertainment program about children's dreams with puppets by members of the Modus group.

The princess wants to get married. She wants the groom to be no coward, he must be free from fear and shame, so she orders all the men in the area to join the army. Only the shoemaker Matěj escapes from the recruiter. In the forest, he meets a fairy and other creatures and sews them shoes for free. As a reward, he receives a magical mustache...