Jan Kohout Movies

A film in five episodes, all based on an attempt to show the life of young people today, their feelings and relationships, their behaviour in public...

The North Bohemian town of Chudoplesy in the middle of the 19th century: the only local industry is the domestic production of reed goods. The poor...

Inspector Cadek from the 13th police station should keep an eye on the released safe-cracker nicknamed The Cat. He rightly suspects that Cat will go...

A spring is hidden in the Iron Mountain but the people of Arzen cannot get to it and they are suffering from thirst.

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

Dog's Heads (Czech: Psohlavci) is a 1955 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič, based on the novel of the same name by Alois Jirásek....

Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War II

Ríša, a student of law, neglects his studies in favour of parties and pranks. His angry father refuses to continue helping him out of...

Ordinary man making his dirty actions in the small town and his coming to the right side.

Venice Film Festival 1937

Slightly ironic comedy of wretches, who come to understand the rich and are able to accept charity, and also about how love and work prevail over the...

One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be directly named due to censorship: Gangsters with gray hats...

Venice Film Festival 1955