Movies by Karel Hlušička

Boty plné vody

Boty plné vody

Three short stories ("Zelenáči 1945", "Silvestr 1948" and "Zimní vítr 1951") about members of the SNB units guarding the Šumava border in the post-war years. Ivo Toman had artistic supervision over the debutants. The theme of the third short story was made in 1959 for the film "Entry Forbidden" by František Vláčil, who was also starting at the time.

Rubikova kostka

Rubikova kostka

Zbraně pro Prahu

Zbraně pro Prahu

Cesty mužů

Cesty mužů

Šumavská suita

Šumavská suita

Výstřely v Mariánských Lázních

Výstřely v Mariánských Lázních

Film by Toman and Gajer.

Jamamba

Jamamba

Modern Japan-inspired fairy tale movie story.

Zatykač na královnu

Zatykač na královnu

Jumping Over Puddles

Jumping Over Puddles

This Czechoslovakian children’s film takes place during the last days of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The young son of a horse trainer loves nothing more than riding his horse, until he is stricken by polio…

Počkám, až zabiješ

Počkám, až zabiješ

O začarované vlčici

O začarované vlčici

Celý svet nad hlavou

Celý svet nad hlavou

Mílaři

Mílaři

I Judge You by Love

I Judge You by Love

A sociological drama with a detective plot taking place in the period of industry and agriculture collectivization of the 1950s. Peter Lánik, a young lawyer, during a trial finds out that whom he thought to be his father is in fact only his stepfather. Little by little he learns about the tragic life of his parents as well as about the dramatical atmosphere of the forced cooperativization of village farms.

Horolezci

Horolezci

Poslední koncert

Poslední koncert

Sganarel lékařem

Sganarel lékařem

Zlý jelen

Zlý jelen

Focusing on the Turquoise Mountain

Focusing on the Turquoise Mountain

It tells about the collaboration of Mongolian-Czech geologists who are discovering treasure deposits in Mongolia, and shows the events that happen to them in a humorous tone.

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...