Movies by Vilém Besser

Kronika žhavého léta

Kronika žhavého léta

Olověný chléb

Olověný chléb

Slasti Otce vlasti

Slasti Otce vlasti

The young Prince Charles (Jaromír Hanzlík), the future King of his country Charles IV, is being educated at the French court in the company of his fiancée Blanche (Daniela Kolárová). One day he receives a summons from his father John of Luxembourg (Milos Kopecký) in Italy. He leaves for Italy accompanied by a deputation from Bohemia. On the way the prince's company fights a battle with armed Milanese against heavy odds. Thanks to Charles's perspicacity, the prince's almost naked soldiers win through. In Lucca in Italy Charles joins his fathe...

Pasťák

Pasťák

Poslední etapa

Poslední etapa

That Instant, That While

That Instant, That While

Autumn 1944. A doctor is accused in the collaboration with the Nazis and found guilty...

Tři zlaté vlasy děda Vševěda

Tři zlaté vlasy děda Vševěda

Shoesmachine

Shoesmachine

The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.

Pracka v láhvi

Pracka v láhvi

Madame Sans-Gène

Madame Sans-Gène

Zločin na Zlenicích hradě

Zločin na Zlenicích hradě

Na semaforu zelená

Na semaforu zelená

O hradu Zásadce a turecké vojně

O hradu Zásadce a turecké vojně

Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

Set in World War 2 as the Germans occupy Czechoslovakia, teenage Emilka's father is murdered by the Nazis, but she is selected for special treatment by virtue of being blonde. She is billeted with the commandant of a concentration camp near the Baltic coast, where his kindness towards her provokes his wife's jealousy, but is compromised when Emilka witnesses his brutality towards the prisoners.

Psí kůže

Psí kůže

Záchvěv strachu

Záchvěv strachu

The Day the Tree Blooms

The Day the Tree Blooms

Based on a novel by Maria Majerova, this well-photographed but routine romantic drama is directed and co-scripted by Vaclav Krska. Set in a more old-fashioned time, the story centers around Lenka (Suzana Fisarskova), a young woman with a domineering, psychologically abusive father. When Lenka falls in love she suffers the ultimate injustice when her father and her family forbid her to marry the man. They see no advantage in such a union and want her to marry a wealthy local landowner instead, for obvious reasons. But Lenka is not as submissi...

Rudá záře nad Kladnem

Rudá záře nad Kladnem

Oddělení zvláštní péče

Oddělení zvláštní péče

Parcela 60, katastr Lukovice

Parcela 60, katastr Lukovice