Oldřich Velen Movies

When a comet passes the Earth at close range, it pulls a small part of North Africa with it. Carried along are a bunch of people, among them...

In autumn 1941, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich’s brutal rule in occupied Bohemia and Moravia fuels Czech resistance. In spring 1942, the...

A historical film that takes place on the eve of the thirty year war combines aspects of fairy-tales with historical dramas, fencing with a child...

A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an...

The lives of 7 friends in a small Czech town from 1945 to some time after 1958.

In one royal forest, where coal miner Patočka lives and works, the friendly dragon Mrak settles down. The king's lackeys come across him while...

Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with the murder case...

The main character of the story is Professor Trojan, the head of a Prague clinic, who is not experiencing the happiest of times. His cat has been...

A directors autobiography about his debut during the rise of socialism.

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...

Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Loosely based on the novel by...

A sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he buys a computer made horoscope with biorhythms charts,...

A political drama dealing with the issues of contemporary construction and highlighting the various relationships within the party apparatus.

Criminal comedy, a fourth movie from the "Chief" series.

Two young returnees from the First World War face a difficult future because they cannot find work. One eventually finds a job as an electrician, the...

Ondrej lives on a farm outside a small town with his family. One day a group of men arrive at the family's house and the harmonious life they've led...

Princess Julia doesn't want to marry an old prince Hubert so she runs away from home. She meets two old magicians and join the circus, where she...

Dana Martinová, a young woman of loose morals, dies at the hands of a mentally unstable young man, Pavel Zach. In a fit of jealousy, he could...

The news that the television is going to make a film about the cooperative's leisure activities leads the locals to extraordinary social and sporting...

A crime story set in the second half of the 19th century. Krasl, a Prague schoolteacher, is searching for a statue of the Golden Buddha, which is...