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- A children's fantasy comedy about little Lucie, the nasty leader of the boys' party Osvald and two magical characters from the plasticine. Lucie is a six-year-old girl who can't wait to go to school for the first time. And since all her friends are still on holiday, she has no one to play with. Osvald's fifth-grade group doesn't care about little girls. Unless she proves her mettle by shoplifting. Lucie goes to the department store and reaches for a box of plasticine. And this is the beginning of an extraordinary adventure, for out of the box come two magical plasticine figures who become Lucie's mythical friends with whom she will have the most wonderful adventure at the end of the summer. Directly followed by ...a zase ta Lucie! (1984).
- A portrait of a Nazi officer, the commander of a concentration camp, touches on the contradictory sides of his personality - on the one hand, a caring, nurturing family man, on the other, a ruthless Nazi, applying a policy of extermination without restraint. It is this man, who takes on 13-year-old Emilka, a Czech girl destined for "re-education"; through her eyes, we then see the imposed family, the complex formation of relationships with a man who tries to treat her kindly. The little girl goes through a painful discovery of true reality. During her stay in Germany, she tries not to forget her real home and believes that she will meet her mother once more in her life and return.
- Lieutenant Commander Izidor Vlk and Lieutenant Commander Herkules Drátek are applying for the position of Criminal Service Commander. When Vlk fails due to his stupidity, his assistant is determined to help her chief to the post by cutting the brake lines of Drátek's car. However, the newly appointed crime chief orders Wolf to ride in the car with him, and the two end up crashing. The condition of both wounded is serious, and both need transplants. In the end, only Wire survives. A few months later, Major Prubner, Drátek's subordinate, is summoned with his team, his colleague Skálová and detectives Rorýs and Dymák to the murder case of Katerina Starablazková. Starablazková had an axe stuck in her head and a large sign on the furniture in her apartment said ATSMOP. However, Prubner and his people also found the same sign in the case of the suicide of Kozina Sladky, who jumped from the 123rd floor of a block of flats, and in the case of the murdered former head of the criminal police, Horváth. The perpetrator also put police psychologist Kmonícková into deep hypnosis. She too had a strange sign in her office.
- Once upon a time, there was a band of robbers, ruled by Lotrando, the robber of robbers. He took from the poor and the rich, and gave generously to his cronies. His son had long since outgrown his childhood shoes, so Lotrando decided that his son would get a good education. At the same time, by the Sargasso Sea in the Sultanate of Soliman, the Sultan is agonizing over the mysterious illness of his beautiful daughter Zubeida. Will the princess recover with the arrival of Lotrando and his new friend, the double doctor Drnec, or not?
- One morning on his way to school, Cestmír Trnka tripped over the Blue Stone and suddenly found himself on the Planet of Flowers. He experienced incredible things there and brought back seeds from which he grew flowers whose scent gave him the ability to age and fly. Such a possibility, as you will recognize, Cestmír had to take advantage of.
- Helenka, a textile student, invents the ideal man, who is the envy of all her friends. The dreamy and brooding Helenka defends herself against her complexes with an imaginary lover, her more realistic friend Zuzka would also prefer the dream Patrik, but in the end she will probably be happy with the less ideal Honza, and the self-confident vulgar nymphomaniac Sylva flits like a butterfly from one lover to the next, only to end up waiting for the dream Patrik.
- The four best friends are confident, smart, having fun, discussing men, relationships and sex. But they're also taking care of kids, or they just had kids, or they're pregnant. Sara has a nice ass, so she started taking pictures of it and living in the world of social media. Hedvika lives in a bit of a golden cage, her workaholic husband isn't home much, so it's no wonder she's charmed by the young busker David. Zuzana, after her break-up with Kamil, is penniless, just a worked-up and hurried mother of two. Slovak immigrant Eliska, on the other hand, has a great boyfriend, unbearable parents, is pregnant and is sick of everything.
- Osvald, stripped of honor of being leader of children's party, prepares a terrible revenge.
- A cult Czech musical from director Ladislav Rychman has remained popular with generations of Czech viewers for its sympathetic portrayal of young rebellion, timeless humor, and catchy songs courtesy of Jirí Malásek, Jirí Bazant and Vlastimil Hála.
- A certain Mr. Mlácen is brought to the madhouse for wanting to to sell two church bells. He claims to have received them as an inheritance from his uncle, but does not know what to do with them. But no one wants to buy them. Because of this, he was sent to an insane asylum. A psychiatrist, who believes that Mr. Mlácen is suffering from some kind of fixed idea and is mentally ill, promises to buy his two bells.
- The three main characters are Michal, an airplane mechanic, Marie, a fashion designer, and ten-year-old Honzík, who form a seemingly happy, well-adjusted family. Michal goes out with his son to fly aeronautical models, while his mother works on her designs and they spend weekends together at the cottage by the pond. However, the first moments of unrest, caused mainly by the workload of the ambitious Marie, start to creep into the peaceful relationship. She is currently preparing the costumes for a stage play. It is her first job for the theatre and since she wants to make a name for herself in this field, the result is important to her. She finds it hard to bear that her designs have not been received with enthusiasm, and she is slowly starting to get into a time crunch.
- Third wine session, this time with a computer. 'Young Wine' was made in direct relation to the audience success of the previous two: 'Stormy Wine' and 'Ripe Wine'. In the comedy-oriented story, the computer is an important element, around which all the events actually revolve. Its future lies in the hands of those who do not yet know how to use it.
- Michal, a young waiter who works in a restaurant, gets into trouble when he is robbed of the proceeds he was supposed to deliver to the bank on his boss's orders. Since he is on probation, he realizes that no one will believe him and pretends that everything is fine. At the same time, he asks for help from his friend, Tomás, a taxi driver, who borrows sixty thousand crowns from Adamec, a dangerous extortionist. Since the loan is only for a week and at twenty percent interest, they both start looking for money.
- Three unmarried sisters, Katka, Eliska and Magda, go for an extended wellness weekend to a luxury hotel in Spindleruv Mlyn. Katka, the oldest, hates her job, where she spends so much time that she has no chance to make friends. Magda is a tattooed free-thinker and the youngest, Eliska, who thought up the whole trip, is quite a successful model. The ladies plan to ski and pick up some rich men. However, there was a mistake in the booking system and all three end up in alternative accommodation, which is far from luxurious.
- On the banks of the Otava River stands a manor house, which a group of boys find very mysterious. After visiting it, the boys discover that there is nothing here but an old lady with her granddaughter. The group splits into two camps and "hot" fights ensue, but they don't last long.
- A truck driver Charvát returned from prison six months ago. His colleagues know his past, but in front of his landlady and her 10-year-old son, Charvát comes across as a man of integrity and reliability. One weekend night, the man gives a lift to two female students who missed the last train. Unable to control his repressed desires, he rapes one of the girls and murders them both in a remote location. Their bodies are disposed of in a large dump. But the corpses are discovered the next day by an old forester, and the search is on.
- Fascist Slovak State, Christmas Day 1944: regardless of this important Christian holiday, cruel Nazi repression is taking place in Slovakia. Men, women and children are executed by the hundreds by the Germans for taking part in the Slovak National Uprising and for merely helping the partisans. The Kubis family tries to survive the war as best they can, even if it means collaboration. Son Marian is a commander of the fascist guards, his cynical brother-in-law Palo runs a business and tries to keep a low profile as much as possible. Palo's wife Angela has begun an affair with Nazi Major Brecker, who is staying with the Kubis. However, a serious threat to everyone, including the grandparents, comes from their nineteen-year-old son Juraj, who fought with the partisans and managed to escape execution. The young man arrives home with an injured leg. While the Germans carry out house-to-house searches for the fugitive, Juraj waits in the attic for medical help and begins to delirious with fever. An "idyllic" Christmas Eve dinner takes place downstairs, to which Major Brecker himself has invited himself.
- A comedy about what one summer storm, one city ordinance, a set of golf clubs, rock and roll and one very angry daughter can do.
- Who knows how it happened that Kája Berka forgot to take his pajamas with him to visit his grandfather and grandmother in Rosebach. His great-grandmother willingly lent him her great-grandfather's nightgown, who was said to have been a ridiculous dreamer and inventor of nonsensical objects. Only my great-grandmother considered her late husband, a professor at the local high school, to be an unacknowledged genius. Kája, after sleeping through the night in his great-grandfather's nightgown, gave his grandmother the full benefit of the doubt. Not only did he experience a trip to prehistoric times in his great-grandfather's class, but he learned an important piece of information here. His older brother Radim, a designer for a large automobile company, had long been struggling with a groundbreaking invention. His great-grandfather tells Kája that he himself once worked on a similar invention, a car that would run for free and without harmful emissions, and buried the important documentation in the garden.
- Three Fates come to the castle to predict the fate of little Prince Leopold. On the way they stop at the commander of the guards, who has also just had a son. His prediction is not very glorious. Hynek is supposed to be a mischievous boy who will think mainly of food. Little Leopold is predicted by the Fates to marry the daughter of a neighboring king. The prince and princess hate each other as children from the first moment, but their parents insist on fulfilling the prophecy. On the day of their marriage, Leopold and Josephine discover a way to thwart it. They steal the magical watch from the Fates and use it to go back to the time of the prince's birth to prevent the Fates from making the prediction. They succeed in doing so, but on their return they discover what they have done not only to themselves, but to the kingdom as a whole.
- The story about the love of 19-year-old Ondrej and 17-year-old Alena. Ondrej's parents want to meet the girl of their beloved son, so Alice goes to the visit. Unfortunately, the seemingly peaceful visit of the girl to Ondrej's parents takes a completely unexpected turn, thanks to his mother, and a quarrel breaks out between the women and Alena leaves. Ondrej does not want to give up his love and apologizes to Alena for his parents' behavior. Despite the reluctance of Ondrej's parents, the young people even start planning a future together and even a wedding. However, the protest that the young hero of the story wanted to make suddenly turns against his best interests and the tempting chance that presents itself.
- Helenka, a popular clerk at the village post office, is accused of embezzlement. A check reveals that she is 200 crowns short and the girl commits suicide. Her protector and friend, gendarme constable Brejcha, does not believe that the girl is capable of any crime and investigates how the theft of the money actually took place. Apparently someone stole the money from her when she turned away from her window. A new clerk after Helenka provides him with further clues.
- Alice reports to the police that she has been raped. However, her statement first arouses distrust among the police and then the doctors. Investigator Petra takes up her case and, as part of her investigation, begins to uncover disturbing facts and suspects that spiritual guru Marek, whom Alice accuses of rape, has committed sexual violence against dozens of women with the help of his female co-worker Klára in the context of a would-be therapeutic yoga class. He must be stopped, prosecuted and brought to justice as quickly as possible. In addition to the investigation process itself, the story also reveals Alice's private life, her long-term unfavorable living situation and her constant struggle for her young daughter Emma with her ex-partner Radek. It becomes clear that Alice's past behavior in the relationship was not ideal, which further undermines the trust of those around her in Alice's version of what should have happened to her and the other women.
- Matej Hurka, an eighteen-year-old bricklayer's apprentice and volunteer fireman who lives with his grandmother in a picturesque village, loves nature and would like to be a forester. In addition, however, he experiences his first love for the pretty Barca Cupalová, who has returned to her parents after a long stay in a distant county town. Matej is too shy, however, and before he can get his groove on at the dance that evening, Barca is taken away from him by the sovereign dude Evzen. And while his grandmother is wondering how to announce to her grandson, whom she is raising alone after his mother's death, that she is going to marry the energetic pensioner Vokurka, Matej is struggling with his own love problems and other rather delicate difficulties. A meeting of the cooperative's board of directors addresses his transgression against morality when he took an evening swim in a forest pond and "clashed" with the girls, who were also bathing, naked of course.
- Over the course of a single night, the drama of two people who have never seen each other before unfolds in an empty house. An unknown man kidnaps a lonely woman and assaults her in her apartment. Why did he do it? We follow a man who has decided to commit the perfect crime. Perfect because he has no motive.
- Mr. Vanek, an actor of small roles, is rehearsing the role of the ghost of Hamlet's father while at home dealing with a burst water main. The plumber arrives and the actor drops in to rehearse for television. He has a lot to do - he has to rehearse Hamlet's ghost and the fly in the fairy tale Goldilocks. He's simply on a roll, so he's looking forward to making coffee at home.
- This retro crime story revolves around a bottle of French cognac that was used to kill the charming Dana Matousová in a high-end Prague establishment. All the threads of the intricate case, which involves gambling and in which both the hotel staff and the guests, including a mysterious Persian diplomat, gradually fall under suspicion, are skillfully untangled by police councilor Vacátko and his colleagues. The intricate charade is mainly the responsibility of the hotel's manager, Hnízdo, who tries to preserve the hotel's reputation at all costs.
- The two heroes of the film's story - the decent but dry engineer Záruba and the marriage swindler Majer - are granted their wish to be someone else by the mysterious forces of the Moon. The two men change their appearance, but this contrasts sharply with their unchanged characters and voices. The incomprehensible swap naturally becomes the source of many comic situations.
- In the monotonous surroundings of a luxurious hotel in Karlovy Vary, an equally monotonous charade takes place in which several foreign agents show interest in a famous Austrian scientist, the discoverer of artificial proteins. Fortunately, the endangered man does not even notice the nets that have been spun around him, for his protection has been entrusted to the mysterious Madame Elizabeth, known among the agents as 006.
- The tailor Florian Kerzl is immersed in the Middle Ages. When he spoils the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the founding of the town of Zdislavice, he is banished from the town. So he moves in his armor to the nearby ruins of a medieval castle. Where Florian has several interesting adventures and even falls in love with the film extra Hanni. Eventually he finds a treasure in the cellars of the old castle, containing the will of the former castle lord.
- A young window cleaner turns into an apartment burglar tipster. Will he be able to start a new, more honest life?
- Renata is the happy mother of a seven-year-old daughter and she and her partner, journalist Ivan, live in a First Republic wooden cabin on the bank of a flooded quarry. The place is idyllic, but the relationship between Renata and Ivan is more complicated. Ivan is now a forgotten curmudgeon, while Renata, who has become a director, is at the height of her powers. She meets a new and fierce love and must painfully decide this unexpected problem.
- Matej, a likable shepherd, has a good heart, cleverness to spare and, apart from puzzles, he also likes Majdalenka, the daughter of the farmer he works for. Majdalenka reciprocates his love, but her father has already chosen another groom for her, Jakub, the son of the town clerk. Nothing is lost, however, because Matej has rescued a white pigeon, who in return has brought a magical strawberry, thanks to which he and his beloved understand the language of birds. When the peasant throws Matej out, the young man goes to the castle, where he is currently competing in a riddle for the hand of Princess Rosemary. Whoever guesses three will get to marry her. Unlike the others, Matej is not deterred when the king announces an amendment that those who fail to guess will lose their ears and nose.
- The old clerk, Official Borman, holds office in the basement offices of the Land Office along with other officials and actuaries. Among his colleagues is the young and handsome Dr. Marek, who is visited by his friend, the engineer Rudik. The object of their common interest is two young women appearing outside the window of the opposite house. One of them is Miss Irenka, the daughter of the director of their office, the other is Nastya, the director's girlfriend. When a gala party is held in honor of the president of the office, Dr. Marek is also invited due to the lack of men to keep the ladies company, and since the director is an avid gambler, Borman is also invited, as a third to the mariachi. While Marek makes a good impression on the director and his wife, and also catches the eye of Miss Nasta, a real card battle takes place at the table.
- The fairy tale tells the story of an orphan, Zito, whose life since birth has brought him many injustices, but only until the widowed devil Filistýna falls in love with him. She enables him to correct, through magic, the sinful deeds committed by commoners and rulers alike. Little does the boy know that the ability to cast spells has been bestowed on him by the devil in love only to trick him into hell, even on the day Zito is to marry his beloved Adelka. Will the tiny but clever Zito manage to get out of hell not only Adelka, himself, but also the herbalist who found and raised him as an infant in a field of rye?
- Two friends, Mirek and Vilém, grow weed for a living and get an offer they can't refuse. Sell all their weed supplies in one night. But when they strike a deal with a dangerous Bulgarian and his right-hand man, they discover that their grow room has been robbed. They have a few hours to save not only the deal of the year, but also their own little fingers. Two old-school cops have been suspended. The first one acts like a psychopath and the second one is burnt out, so when they come asking to return to the department, they are rejected by their superiors. In order to get their jobs and honor back, they decide to search for a suitcase full of precious goods on their own, and they certainly don't take any guff in the process. André is a rocker. But he has a problem. He has signed a contract in which he agrees to record three pop albums for teenagers. André looks like a star in public, but inside he's mad. He'd trade his apartment, his car and his fame for one night of rock and roll. And that's exactly what he gets when he accidentally takes someone else's suitcase at the airport.
- The teacher Václav goes every evening to watch the princess skating on the frozen lake, but he doesn't admit to himself that he is in love with her. One day, the star Denicka, the fiancee of the radiant Sirius, who was knocked down by the jealous Proxima, shows up at his house. Every star on earth is fading, but pure, selfless love can give it strength. When Denicka discovers that Václav loves the princess, she decides to help their love and thus save herself. But Proxima is determined not to give up and to do anything to shine next to Sirius instead of Denicka.
- Historical film with two shorts, "The Dirty Shot" and "The Wild Peacock", depicting famous duels of Alexander Pushkin and Casanova, the latter comically battling female seductions that inspired Mozart's Don Giovanni.
- One evening, two fairies - Worry and Fortune with their young assistant Mina - are walking through old Prague. As it is Fortune's birthday, she decides to give people a gift - she enchants quite ordinary slippers to fulfill the wearer's every wish. The slippers then change hands that evening and everything they have ever dreamed of suddenly becomes a reality. But what people wish for is often very tricky, and it may not always bring one the desired happiness. Rather, it happens to be misery. Even Fortune becomes convinced of this when she realizes that happiness is something everyone must earn for themselves.
- Drugs from West Berlin are smuggled into Karlovy Vary, through several arranged intermediaries. One of the prominent members of the criminal organization is the elegant Eva Krausová. However, even the Czech security officers have no idea that she is actually a member of Czech counter-intelligence. Thanks to her information, the criminals, led by Lieutenant Colonel Korán, can launch a massive operation against smugglers, traffickers and the drug addicts. However, the presence of undercover officers among the "ants" does not remain secret for long, and the head of the smuggling gang sends a hit man to Czechia, whose task is to disarm all those involved.
- Karla, a bar dancer, shoots her lover Mayer during a break-up. She hides from the police in pianist Pavel Ryant's apartment and promises to return when she leaves. The next day, however, Karla is arrested and convicted. In the penitentiary she meets the warden, Angelika, a nun who is very much like her. She begs Angelika to lend her clothes for a few days and leaves the prison as a nun.
- Alois Randa, the manager of the mountain hotel, is overwhelmed with worries: he is expecting a large number of tourists, he cannot cook and his only employee, Miluska, the maid, is packing her bags. She won't stand Bohous any longer. Bohous is Randa's giant St. Bernard who refuses to respect Miluska's privacy. So the maid is gone, but the first guest arrives, hungry as a St. Bernard. The proud owner of the St. Bernard makes a bizarre bet with him - if the guest manage to eat more courses than Bohous, he will be guaranteed a free week's stay. If he fails, he'll be hotel's new maid for a week.
- Hlavsa, the widely respected manager of a small-town pawn shop, commits embezzlement because of his whimsical and dissolute wife, and when the situation cannot be saved, he shoots himself. His mother, a simple village woman, takes in her widowed daughter-in-law and teenage grandson on the condition that they both help her make up for all the damage. For the city lady, the hard village work is an ordeal. The same for young Borík, a gifted pianist who finds it hard to give up his dreams of a career as an artist.
- Young Teacher Králícek is delighted not to be caught up in the turmoil of the First World War, when he's chosen as a home tutor for the General's son Max instead. He tries to fulfill his new position according to his principles and to the complete satisfaction of the estate. Little does he know, however, that his ward is a mischievous little bird who, among other naughty things like throwing darts, plants an explosive under the teacher's desk. In addition, the mistress general, who suffers from the absence of a man, dictates her specific demands to him.
- The first Slovak feature film made after the Second World War. Before the First World War, many Slovaks emigrated to America in search of a better life, because Slovakia was oppressed by the ruling Hungarian government and people could not find work. Like others, Ondrej Muranica, a young mountaineer, goes overseas to find work and earn money for his family in the New World of his dreams. However, his dreams and hopes for a better life are dashed by a mining disaster. Ondrej is saved, but loses his memory. He is declared missing and when he accidentally regains his memory years later, Ondrej decides to return home. Only after returning to his homeland does he discover that his wife Eva has married his best friend Miso. As if on cue, disaster looms.
- After three failed marriages, the wealthy landowner Orlický is a sworn enemy of women. He demands the same attitude from all his employees. His nephew Rísa, who lives on the farm as an adjunct, is no exception. But Rísa regularly goes behind his uncle's back to meet his neighbor's daughter. Orlický soon becomes suspicious and decides to bring the young man to his senses. So he provides him with competition. He invites another of his nephews, the cabaret singer Ada Bártu, who has a diploma from the economic school, to the farm. Orlický had only a vague idea of Ada's existence, but he remembered them thanks to his picture in the newspaper. Orlický has no idea that Ada is in fact a girl who only performs on stage in a man's costume. And that she falls in love with Rísa.
- Mr. Jost, a 33-year-old young engineer, has a beautiful wife and a young daughter. But he finds it hard to bear that everything is the same every day. He has an unexciting job and a family where the same scenes are repeated and the same sentences are uttered every day. No wonder he wants to break the vicious circle at any cost. Five women, selected by computer on the basis of an advertisement, enter the scene.
- Arthur Putnam is a writer of psychological-crime novels who is beginning to feel his literary inspiration drying up. His latest novel is supposed to be his swan song. However, as is often the case with people for whom a heightened imagination is almost daily bread, it is often difficult to separate fiction from reality.
- The last meeting with the magical Pan Tau in a story that is not only for children. Its hero is the actor Rudolf Karásek, who fifteen years ago was a famous representative of the children's beloved Pan Tau. Today, he only remembers his former glory and seeks solace in alcohol. One day, however, a Barrandov Studios employee appears at his villa, where he lives with his daughter Hanka and her two sons, and hands him the script for a new film about Pan Tau. During rehearsals, however, it becomes clear that Karásek is not up to the difficult role. The director starts looking for a replacement or a double. His assistant Alena brings him Mr Novák, who seems to have fallen out of Pan Tau's eye. He handles all the difficult scenes with aplomb. Karásek becomes jealous of the double's success and his popularity with the children who play him in the film.
- Two inseparable teenage friends are experiencing their first year after successful graduation from an industrial school and both have to deal with a number of private problems.