Little Otik (2000)

Director: Jan Svankmajer

Starring: Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerova, Veronika Zilkova

Jan Svankmajer's darkly comic film, based on a Czech fairy tale, tells the story of a barren couple whose inability to conceive a child drives them to... Read more

Divided We Fall (2000)

Director: Jan Hrebejk

Starring: Boleslav Polivka, Anna Siskova

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this stark but sometimes humourous effort is set in a Czech town during World War II where the... Read more

Closely Watched Trains ( aka Closely Observed Trains ) (1966)

Director: Jiri Menzel

Starring: Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Bendova, Vladimir Valenta

An ironic, funny film about a young man on his first job in a small town railroad station, trying to get sexually initiated (in hilarious scenes) who,... Read more

The Firemen's Ball (1967)

Director: Milos Forman

Starring: Vaclav Stockel, Josef Svet, Josef Kolb

A milestone of the Czech New Wave, Milos Forman's first colour film "The Firemen's Ball" is both a dazzling comedy and a provocative political satire.... Read more

Kolya (1996)

Director: Jan Sverak

Starring: Zdenek Sverak, Andrej Chalimon, Libuse Safrankova

This warm and witty seriocomedy follows a down-and-out cellist and confirmed bachelor who agrees to a marriage of convenience with a friend's beautifu... Read more

Faust (1994)

Director: Jan Svankmajer

Starring: Petr Cepek, Andrew Sachs

Jan Svankmajer's follow-up to his acclaimed 'Alice' is an equally bizarre version of the myth of Dr. Faustus. Combining live action with stop-motion a... Read more

Voyage to the End of the Universe / Project Moon Base (1953)

Director: Richard Talmadge, Jindrich Polak

Starring: Donna Martell, Hayden Rorke, Ross Ford, Larry Johns, Radovan Lukavsky, Zdenek St...

Sci-fi double feature. 'Voyage to the End of the Universe' (1963) - A.k.a. 'Ikarie XB 1'. In the 25th century, a space crew aboard a research ship are... Read more

Nazi Medicine / The Cross and The Star (1992)

Director: John J Michalczyk

Two riveting documentaries by director John J. Michalczyk, which confront the horror of Hitler's Third Reich. "Nazi Medicine" studies the step by step... Read more