Jan Němec Movies

The film tells the life story of its director, Jan Nemec, one of the most known and important filmmakers of Czech New Wave.

The Soviet advance met with fierce, idealistic resistance. We join the hundreds of students as they man barricades constructed from overturned...

Two stories from the lives of border guards. In the story "The Pursuit", an experienced border guard and his young and inexperienced colleague follow...

Jan Nemec, a leading filmmaker of the Czech New Wave, creates an original portrait of one of the most provocative artists of the 20th century: Toyen...

The sincere and innocent amorous outburst of a mining apprentice clashes with the insensitive misunderstanding of adults...

By the end of the second World War, three prisoners wish to escape from the train carrying them from one concentration camp to another. To make it...

The subject of this film, which takes an analytical look at the life of all of us with an analytical eye, is the evil microbe that has slowly...

A visit to Prague by the most powerful man in the world coincides with Jan Němec's heart operation. He captures both events in a philosophical...

Story of a man who, at the end of the 1940s, attempted to cross the Czechoslovak border illegally like many others to escape the communist regime and...

It's nighttime in Prague, 21 August 1968. Soviet troops and tanks are occupying the city - random attacks, soldiers shooting, bodies lying dead on...

The construction of the new dam deprived the ferryman Ryba of his trade. The new dam replaced the ferry. However, Ryba's ancestors were ferrymen and...

An adaptation of Franz Kafka's classic story about Gregor Samsa, a man who awakes and sees himself suddenly turned into a repulsive insect.

The unique and enigmatic journey of the writer Milan Kundera: from communist Czechoslovakia to exile in Paris, from his quest for glory to his...

Medallion of the extremely successful star of the 1960s Marta Kubišová.

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...

Set in a village, the story of a simple-minded, not-so-responsible young man who still manages to take care of his younger siblings after their...

Karel Gott and his band sing songs in a natural Slovak scenery, without accompanying words or connecting story.

Student demonstrations in Strahov are shown in this illegally made film by a film professional with access to 35mm cameras and collaborating...