Jana Švandová

An overburdened working mother temporarily leaves her family and rents a spare room from a taxi driver she just met to sort out her chaotic life.

35-year-old Eliska has a wedding and is waiting for her big moment. Instead of his “yes”, the groom says “no” and runs ...

Eva, a driven pastry-shop owner and single mother with a meddlesome but well-meaning mother, is thrown for a loop when her ex-husband Janá, whom ...

The lavish musical brings to life the legendary Egyptian queen through an original score by Michal David and evocative book and lyrics by Zdeněk ...

The film follows Marie, Jirka and their wealthy parents, as well as murderer Jiří Tichý. The film takes place mostly in southern Moravia.

Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales – glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light – make up this Czech collection of ...

The bachelor’s thesis tells an original story about how children have great imaginations and their playfulness can cause all sorts of fun ...

Set over a two-decade period in a tiny Central European village, this drama not only chronicles a couple’s tragic star-crossed love, it ...

Who is this confident man who, with unusual elegance and surprising professionalism, began working at the reception desks of the highest ...

Children’s games will affect the lives of two young women years later.

The short story film based on the book of the same name by Karel Pecka depicts the atmosphere of the Lesser Town in the 1980s.

Jakub’s life arrived at a dead-end. He leaves his job, and gets into conflict with his father. The trouble just grows by his relation with ...

This comedy starring Miroslav Donutil tells the story of an American of Czech origin who returns to his homeland in the 1990s. At his ...

A young poet and dreamer, poor as a church mouse, discovers that he is to inherit a vast fortune from his very wealthy, dying uncle. However, ...

This international co-production, shot at Barrandov Studios with international cast including Czech actors is an attempt to create a sci-fi ...

An American tourist lands in a Slavic prison run by a twisted woman and the U.S. ambassador.

Jazz musician and trumpeter Beno is originally Slovak, but has been living in Prague for a long time. As a true bohemian, he does not recognize ...

The story of the pied piper, the German legend of the rat catcher of Hameln, retold as a punk invasion of a Polish small town.

Beata, Bożena and Magdalena are waiting for their husbands-seamen in the Tri-City.

The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls apart. ...

A thrilling detective story based on a short story by writer Hana Prošková takes place shortly after the war in a castle, where a group of ...

The true story of a little boy who was taken from his grandmother’s care during the war by a court decision at the request of his father ...

A Czech film about love and marital crisis as a work injury.

Antony is obsessed with the idea of a happy family life, but his young daughter has to be cared for by the parents of his wife, who died in a car ...

The two heroes of the film’s story – the decent but dry engineer Zárub and the marriage swindler Majer – are granted this wish ...

The fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” has been adapted countless times. For example, as a ballet or as a famous French film. The ...