Karel Smyczek

The new television adaptation of Jan Otčenášek’s famous novella of the same name tells the story of the love between a teenage boy and a ...

Famed outlaw Lotrando sends his son to a strict Catholic boarding school to learn manners, but the boy becomes too polite to lead the band. When ...

The story begins in 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, few years before the end of Communist era. The band Pražský výběr (Prague’s selection) ...

A day in the life of Arnošt, a soldier staying in Josefov. A sense of desperation permeates the environment as well as the mind of the ...

The fate of an unlucky director of a dismantled cultural house who temporarily believes in the meaningfulness of his actions, exposed to the ...

People can be addicted to things, like high-calorie food. But the struggle against overweight and overeating is often futile, so the unfortunates ...

Why? (Czech: Proč?) is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 ...

The story of a music academy student Zdenek, who meets a charming girl, and without realizing also gets a son with her. Dealing with such a ...

A quarter century after the release of the original film, this sequel brings us a drama about platonic love, life retrospective and memories. ...

A story of two boys who during the summer at a recreation area become best friends despite being enemies at first.

Several big-city teenagers are falsely accused of vandalizing a valuable organ, casting light on the hypocrisy of the adult world.

The Czech film Svítalo All Night was made to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Army and is ...

A sensitively told story about the first hopes of love and harsh disappointments, about tender and impenetrable girls, but also about those who ...