Josef Hořánek
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The Proud Princess (1952)
It's very human and nice story about lofty princess (her father is amiable but incapable - unforgettable performance of S. Neumann) and good, nice,...

Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
A very hardworking but also very naive insurance company clerk, Valentin Plavec, becomes the target of endless pranks, jokes and recessions from his...

Humoreska (1939)
Dvořák's well-known composition reappears again and again in the serious moments of the lives of the father and son Hupeks - talented...

The Strike (1947)
In late 19th century Czech-speaking Bohemia, oppressed workers at German-owned mines and foundries revolt against their harsh working conditions....

Jarka a Věra (1938)
Student Jarek Pšenička worries teachers and parents in this Czech comedy. He is in his second year of sixth form and is facing another...

Warriors of Faith (1947)
After the Battle of Lipany, the remnants of the Hussite troops concentrated under the leadership of Jan Roháč of Dubé at Sion Castle....

Za tichých nocí (1941)
Jana's beautiful niece arrives in Prague to live with two spinster aunts. Both women wish to marry her off. The son of the court councilor Petr is...

Madla zpívá Evropě (1940)
Folk song collector Dr. Šerk arrives in the remote village of Lesov. He is enchanted by the singing of sixteen-year-old Madla Satranová...

Dceruška k pohledání (1940)
Czech-American professor Johny Novák takes over his father's inheritance. The estate reveals that Johny is the father of a girl who lives with...

Chyťte ho! (1925)
Painter Johnny Miller bets his friends he can find his house blindfolded. But he stumbles into a bandits' camp, and being mistaken for one of them,...

The Trap (1951)
The course of an organized strike by workers from North Moravian steelworks in 1931 to resist mass layoffs during the economic crisis.

Action B (1952)
Film shows the struggle of the Czechoslovak armed forces against groups of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) under command Burlak, who tried to pass...

The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová (1926)
The film depicts the adventures of Kacenka (Zdena Kavková) and Vincek (Vlasta Burian), two innocent country bumpkins who live in a Czech small...

Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
František Procházka was retired early because his soldiers sang a forbidden song about a c. and k. field marshal. Since he is a soldier...

Líza Soars to the Skies (1938)
The orphan Eliška Irovská, nicknamed Líza, arrives in her native village of Ptačice. As an orphan she is housed in the local...

Nikola Shuhai (1947)
At the end of the First World War, Nikola Shuhai and his friend from the army desert. On the way home, to the village of Kolochava, they both find...

The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
Elén, a girl living with her mother and stepfather in a secluded forest, has a great singing talent. On her twenty-first birthday, she runs...

To byl český muzikant (1940)
Teacher František Kmoch is suspended because he plays at dances or composes at night. He forms a band in Kolín and his supporter Baron...

Rukavička (1941)
A lost lady's glove that connects several human destinies. The focus here is not on the lost part of the wardrobe, but on piano virtuoso Arne Brant,...

From the Bohemian Mills (1941)
You will meet the family of the miller Kaliba, who is proud not only of his mill, but also of the family tradition, according to which the milling...

Melchiad Koloman (1920)
In his search for the Philosophers' Stone which would enable him to understand the mysteries of the production of gold, Professor Dobner goes in...

Man from the Unknown (1939)
While in Bohemia, an American industrialist named Craigs goes missing. In Prague, the police have arrested a man without identification, who bears a...

The Hard Life of an Adventurer (1941)
A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.

Turbina (1941)
The imperial councilor Ullik decides to modernize his old mills by installing a new turbine. His eccentric brother-in-law Artuš tries to...

Muži nestárnou (1942)
In 1911, Stáňa Járský was giving music lessons to little Jiřina Horníková and fell passionately in love with his...

Velká přehrada (1942)
Young engineer Petr Pavelec works on a dam plan on the Loučnica River. He meets Irena, the daughter of an unscrupulous construction entrepreneur...

A Dead Man among the Living (1947)
Human bravery can take many forms, just as ideas about it can. Small-town public opinion begins to despise a postal clerk because he gave cash to...

Three Pals (1947)
Young men Štěpán, Ludvík and Karel became friends abroad, where they fought during World War II. Now they have returned home...

Lost in the Suburbs (1949)
Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War II

Veliká příležitost (1950)
An optimistic collective drama from the life of the workers on the construction site of the Youth Track. An amnestied prisoner wants to atone for his...

Karhanova parta (1951)
A construction comedy about the labor struggle of two groups of workers in a Prague factory. The old group is led by the grinder Karhan, while the...

Racek Is Late (1950)
Baker Jan Racek (Vladimír Repa) is a very hard-working and sensible man. His great passion is pigeon-keeping and also, for many years, Ruzenka...