Karel Čapek Movies

In early 20th century Czechoslovakia, a gravely ill chemist recalls his discovery of a powerful explosive and how it landed in the hands of...

Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.

In a country whose people have just been successfully persuaded of their superiority and the justification for military expansion by the fiery...

Many years after a nuclear war, the human survivors have created a new society where much of the work done by androids, referred to derisively by...

The Dung Beetle is late, the Parasite is asleep and Mrs Larva is more interested in her knitting than the director’s instructions. It’s...

On 26 September 1928, Karel Capek and President T.G. Masaryk meet in the gardens of Topolcianky castle to decide about the fate of their joint...

Venice Film Festival 1938

The beginning of the 20th century. Famous singer Emilia Marty arrives on tour in a European city. At the same time, the Supreme Court intends to...

Czech comedy fantasy directed by Jiri Krejcik et al.

A young woman visits the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots to emancipate the robots from capitalist exploitation, with catastrophic results.

A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit.