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This edition contains preserved film documents of the Czechoslovak army-in-exile during World War II. It focuses onoverlooked materials shot by Czech filmmakers, from the framing documentary We Will…

This release contains all preserved Czech animated films from the years 1925–1945. In 2013, the original edition was awarded the prestigious “Best Rediscovery” award at Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna.…

This collection contains all the preserved films by Jan Kříženecký, the first films in the history of Czech cinema. Thanks to the digitisation, we can present these pioneering works in a form that…

Digitally restored films based on Karel Čapek's novels

This movie (and its sequel) are the best adaptations of the classical Czech book The Good Soldier Svejk to date. Story follows the mishaps of the simpleminded soldier Svejk in the beginning of the 1st…

The year is 2163 and the spaceship Ikarie XB 1 is en route to the star Alpha Centauri. The uneventful flight is suddenly interrupted by a warning signal indicating that the ship has crossed paths with…

Digitally restored films by director and screenwriter Pavel Juráček.

Always ready for everything, famous American detective, Nick Carter, arrives in the picturesque city of Prague to solve a mysterious disappearance. Accompanied by police commissioner Ledvina, he…

It is the end of the war and the tables of power have turned. Lieutenant Chotovický is returning to his homeland to recover – physically and emotionally. He isolates himself, seeking calm, yet…

The film depicts a tragic fate of Dr. František Uher, the “advocate for the poor”, who descends into ruinous alcoholism. One of the milestones of Czech silent cinema stands out for its so- cially…

Miloš Forman’s feature debut and one of the defining works of the Czechoslovak New Wave comes out in a digitally restored version. A humorous sociological exploration of youth’s everyday life in the…

Internationally acclaimed film by Gustav Machatý, renowned for its unique sensual imagery. The movie stars a future Hollywood actress Hedy Kiesler whose performance embodies an ideal of female…

An extensive collection of informational and educational films from the years 1948-1959 reflects the changes in Czech society in the 1950s in terms of working habits and leisure activities.The films…

Director and animator Hermína Týrlová (1900–1993) is one of the most important figures of Czech animation of the second half of the 20th century. Her talent to tune in to children’s fantasy and ap-…

Stylistically outstanding historical drama from middle ages period and justly acknowledged milestone of Czech cinema is now making its comeback in digitally restored format.

A crazy comedy, in which Vlasta Burian tries to duck out of marrying Anny Ondráková.

Miloš Hrma, a bumbling dispatcher’s appretnice at a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that…

The works of Petr Skala defy everything that had happened in Czechoslovak cinematography from the 1960s to the 1980s. In his experiments, Sklala drifted far from the mainstream into the realm of…

The exhibition Truth and Lies: Filming in the Ghetto Terezín, 1942–1945, which has been put together by the Jewish Museum in collaboration with the National Film Archive in Prague, focuses on three SS…

More than fifty years have passed since the premiere of this most famous of Czech musicals, which uses the setting of the hop picking summer work brigades to tell the story of a youthful first love…

Excellent stop-motion animation film from one of the best Czech filmmakers, Jirí Trnka. It tells the ancient story of Czechoslovakia, how it was founded by Czech, the Forefather, and a series of…

This detailed psychological portrait of an obstinate Communist functionary Arnošt Pánek is one of the recently deceased director Ladislav Helge’s masterpieces. Formerly associated with the Prague…

Such is Life presents the tragic story of an aging washerwoman, whose debauched husband – a ruffian and alcoholic – lives off of her hard work. This psychological drama, whose social themes draw on…

The first Czech feature film with post-synchronised sound tells a story of a country girl who struggles to make a living in the city and eventually falls to the bottom of society.