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The story of an unhappy, childless princess, her loving husband and the poor villagers threatened by a terrible disease, who finally received help from above.

The conflict of the play is built on the confrontation of two different life attitudes - the attitude of a follower of military drill and uncompromisingly militaristic views, and the attitude of a person holding unpromising positions.

The tragic story of a village fool - hussar Ondráš Machuľa, who became a victim of a fabled love for a pretty farm girl, Zuzka Bezanova.

Olga Valentová, whose father was a communist resistance fighter and died during the occupation, works in the export department of Tatrovka. The young woman recapitulates her life and returns to her father's ideals.

Spring 1943: A three-member group of resistance fighters flies from a Soviet military airport into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia to establish contacts with an illegal communist center in the occupied territory.

A group of children are helping a good spirits who are living in a cave near school.

Three soccer fans are determined to do literally anything to get to the soccer match between Czechoslovakia and the famous representation team of Brazil. Reaching their goal to see the dream match live cannot he precluded neither by a sudden work task nor family obligations. However, there is one more obstacle in their way: for some time, their enthusiastic behavior during soccer matches has been monitored by the police. This time, it will not be easy for them to get to the stadium.

The eponymous castle is the setting for three stories that gradually intertwine. Castellan Vašek offers a place to stay at the castle to singer Jana, who is trying to hide from her angry boyfriend. He is jealous of her and sets out to look for her at the castle with his bandmates. Local man Olin is looking for his wife, who is rehearsing a folklore performance for the village anniversary and has not arrived home, and due to a misunderstanding, he also searches the castle. The last actor is a thief who tries to steal a rare painting from the castle and has to flee from a polar bear. How will this confusion turn out?

The fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" has been adapted countless times. For example, as a ballet or as a famous French film. The writer F. Hrubín retold it for children, and a television story about the brave Rozárka and the cursed king was also created based on his original work.

A poor fisherman catches the golden fish that promises him to fulfil three wishes if he sets her free again. He does so and the fish fulfils two of his three wishes. However, she refuses to fulfil the third one, the last one in which the fisherman’s wife wants to be equal to God.

Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.

A Grandfather recounts his life under communist rule, from apprentice miner to prisoner to pensioner.

A medium-length educational color film. Láďa, Honzík, and Karel wander around town, feeling a little bored. Then they meet an older man who offers them an adventure: flying back in time in a rocket. The boys gladly accept and climb into the time machine with little Zuzanka...

The dramatization of the Old Prague short story by the writer Ignát Herrmann is an acting concert by Jan Pivec. In this film from 1964, the actor let all registers of his mature acting sound, from outright comical positions to tones sounding with tragic undertones. And although the character of Vavřinec Konopka clearly dominates in this story, the great actor disciplinedly left enough space for his teammates, especially Jaroslav Marvan, Dana Medřická (her poisonous Petronila is an excellent figure), the modest Libuša Havelková and the bohemian Josef Kemr and everyone else. The director František Filip was actually the conductor here, who got a beautifully coordinated orchestra of soloists at his disposal... But let's go back to the century before last. Where is the dignified and rather burly official Mr. Konopka peláší? And even runs with a jet and without a hat…

A loose adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's play "Henry IV."