Vilém Besser Movies

A broadly drawn ideological epic set in the summer of 1947 in the borderlands of northern Bohemia: reactionary elements plot to undermine postwar...

Autumn 1944. A doctor is accused in the collaboration with the Nazis and found guilty...

Set in World War 2 as the Germans occupy Czechoslovakia, teenage Emilka's father is murdered by the Nazis, but she is selected for special treatment...

Based on a novel by Maria Majerova, this well-photographed but routine romantic drama is directed and co-scripted by Vaclav Krska. Set in a more...

First movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu, based on the works of...

It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác...

In the era of normalization, even seemingly buried agent stories came back. This one takes place in the immediate post-war years and tells the story...

February 1948. The struggle of decisive social forces for the heart of Europe.

A biographical film about a Czech mechanic and designer who was the first in the Czech lands to construct a steam car.

The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.

František Brych, a principled lawyer, refuses to back the new Communist regime at his factory and grows increasingly alienated, even as his...

Experiences of a Tatra factory driver during demanding load tests of Tatra 148 trucks in extremely harsh climatic conditions during the construction...

A young teacher is sent to a rural reform school, where he is faced with brutality of the inmates.