Ladislav Potměšil Movies

Inspired by two fairy tales by Jan Drda, this film tells the story of young Matěj, who enjoys a good riddle. When he is chased off by a farmer for fal...

A woman attempts to cover up the thefts committed by the manager at the shop she works at.

The story of a practical education environment without superficiality, clichés and affectations. The film is based on a real basis and shows what happ...

Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribula...

A car deliberately runs down a young man on a road by a small border town. The locals recognize the dead man as one of the students who were there on...

Leo Popper is a happy family man living in rural Bohemia in the years preceding the Nazi invasion. Out of economic necessity he moves with his family...

A movie directed by Zbynek Brynych.

Chronicle of frontier division Czech police (SNB) in the years 1946 - 1949.

Life in communist Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s and the punishments for going against the state.

A beautiful, underachieving, 18-year-old orphan considers various suitors, ponders philosophy, and takes a young girl under her wing.

The film is a metaphor for the Cold War. It depicts two neighbouring nations: peace loving Fortuna and the not so peaceful land of the Steel City.

The year is 1943. The war is raging between the Germans and the Allies in North Africa. A truck with a Czech crew, Lieutenant Navara and six soldiers,...