Based on a true story, Operation: Daybreak (1975) follows a group of Czech resistance fighters who are tasked with assassinating Reinhard Heydrich, one of the key architects of the Holocaust. As they carry out their mission, they face betrayal, danger, and the ultimate sacrifice.
In the eve of World War II, a Czech scientist and a British secret agent must escape from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on a night train to Munich, facing danger and intrigue along the way.
The story of Antonio, an Italian clarinetist, and Martina, a Czech violinist, who fall in love with each other during the World War II, in Prague.
In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a schoolteacher becomes caught up in a web of betrayal, vengeance, and international relations as he navigates life under the oppressive regime. Based on a true story and featuring a courageous teenage protagonist, Higher Principle explores the themes of occupation, resistance, and the power of education.
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness is a melodramatic tragedy that takes place in Nazi-occupied Czech Republic during World War II. The story revolves around a young Jewish girl and her interactions with a classmate, the schoolteacher, and her father-in-law. The film portrays the struggles and heartbreaks of the characters as they navigate their lives in a time of turmoil and tragedy.
In the snowy Giant Mountains at the end of the German occupation, a group of child heroes rescue a downed French pilot. Their actions resemble the principle of the well-known 'telephone game' – the pilot is passed between mountain villages like a secret message – secret delivery – at school. But the children play a highly risky game. They are confronted by deadly soldiers of the occupying army, they must outwit traitors and informers and, last but not least, survive in the harsh conditions of winter in the mountains.
Autumn 1944. A doctor is accused in the collaboration with the Nazis and found guilty...
The first animated picture made by Jiří Trnka for adults. It is a comic story of a legendary chimney-cleaner who, with the help of a spring from an old lounge-chair, became the terror of the Prague-occupying SS troops in World War II.
A gripping drama based on the true story of the Czech resistance fighters who assassinated Reinhard Heydrich, the notorious Nazi leader. The film explores the brutality of war, the sacrifices made by the resistance fighters, and the devastating consequences of their actions.
It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.
A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. There, the boy became friends with a local fisherman and learned to catch the golden eels. Eventually, his father and mother were arrested by the Nazis and the boy stayed with the fisherman.
Das Attentat - Heydrich in Prag (1967) is a compelling war movie set in the Czech Republic during the year 1942. The film tells the story of the brave Czech resistance fighters who plot and carry out the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, a high-ranking Nazi officer. Fueled by revenge and the desire to free their country from Nazi occupation, the resistance fighters face brutality and repression as they execute their dangerous mission. With firearms and hand grenades, they aim to strike a blow against the Nazi regime and inspire hope in the Czech people.
Jan Zika is the legendary hero of the communist resistance movement during World War II and leading functionary of the second underground Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
Czech friends help refugees from Nazi Germany escape in 1939.
In 1939, during the German occupation of Prague, a German man discovers the ancient myth of the Golem and its connection to the Jewish community. As he delves deeper into the mystery, he becomes consumed by dark forces and is pulled into a world of supernatural horrors.
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