Jaromír Šofr Movies

An old man is wandering round a badly signposted and as yet mostly under construction Prague housing estate looking for the high rise block into...

In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes...

Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they...

Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Now he is playing time from time to rich...

Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original...

Documentary about the making of Vera Chytilová's film DAISIES

Biography of Karel Čapek.

An opera troupe in a small town decides to perform Mozart's Don Giovanni. The view behind the scenes uncovers the world of opera without the glitter....

Three detective stories, three different views of life and death... Collection of three horror short stories.

When he returns to Prague from a stint in the Army, Lada does not seem to fit in anywhere, and he cannot get the hang of the system of deliberately...

Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.

Carefree young nurse Marta learns upon her husband's death that he was involved in all manner of criminal activity, which puts her life in danger.

Documentary about Barrandov studios.

Adaptation of Vladimir Paral's comic novel, which criticizes consumerism as an attitude of life.