Movies by Vladimír Hlavatý

Kosmas a paní Božetěcha

Kosmas a paní Božetěcha

Slingboy

Slingboy

A young Czech boy is freed from a concentration camp and now is working for the army against the Germans.

Shades of Fern

Shades of Fern

Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables of Josef’s older brother, the legendary Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek. Two young poachers, more boys than men, kill a gamekeeper when they are caught illegally hunting. Panicked, they retreat into a forest that grows steadily more forbidding and deadly as their fear for the future—and guilt over their action—mounts. Loosely based on hundreds of oral folk tales and legends that haunt ...

Noc bez úsvitu

Noc bez úsvitu

Johnny's Journey

Johnny's Journey

Five years old Johnny is going for his first journey with no parents.

Men Without Wings

Men Without Wings

After an attack against the guard of the Third Reich, Nazi repression intensifies, and the Czechoslovakian resistance's organized sabotage in an aircraft factory leads to Gestapo shootings.

Pan otec Karafiát

Pan otec Karafiát

Měšťáci

Měšťáci

Carlsbad Ponies

Carlsbad Ponies

Angelika, a ten years old daughter of a spa visitor Bachmann is terribly bored in Karlovy Vary spa. Her father enjoys different spa procedures, trying to lose some weight, but the little girl feels to be only waiting for something to enjoy. Moreover, she cannot speak any Czech unlike her father. Kája, a son of the hotel receptionist Vlasta, attempts to amuse her despite he cannot speak German. Both children make friends although there is the language barrier.

13th district

13th district

Inspector Cadek from the 13th police station should keep an eye on the released safe-cracker nicknamed The Cat. He rightly suspects that Cat will go and pick up his last loot which the police didn't manage to find and that he will want revenge on Karta who helped get him behind bars. At the hospital, Cat's ex-lover Fróny hopelessly falls for doctor Chrudimský and decides to start a new life. She still refuses to help the inspector in his search for The Cat and Karta.

The Goalkeeper Lives On Our Street

The Goalkeeper Lives On Our Street

A boy dreams of winning an ice hockey game. Meanwhile, a professional hockey star moves into the neighborhood, offering his services as a goalkeeper--leading two rival teams of Prague schoolboys, The Little Lions and The Devil Street Boys, to fall over themselves in order to gain his favor. The goalie's son, basking in his father's glory, is asked to replace a member of the Lions team, prompting the usual boyish rivalries and battles. Some of the Lions players are so preoccupied with the impending "big game" that their schoolwork suffers, to...

Náš dědek Josef

Náš dědek Josef

Svátek matek 1945

Svátek matek 1945

History of Philosophy

History of Philosophy

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

Nebožtíci na bále

Nebožtíci na bále

Dva ohně

Dva ohně

A socialist drama from the time of the February coup. The owner of the brickyard will use several workers before February in order to subvert worker solidarity and continue to do his black business. However, the vigilance of a young, aware worker prevents him from doing so.

Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce

Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce

Orphan Jirka lives alone with his grandfather by the river. He spends all his free time by the water and does not grow up with the other children. His biggest dream is to catch a big pike, which he knows that he can't do without friends. ► International Film Festival of Documentary and Experimental Films Montevideo - 1956 - 1st Main Prize (Distributor's Official Text)

Capek's Tales

Capek's Tales

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

Prague at Zero Hour

Prague at Zero Hour

Czech friends help refugees from Nazi Germany escape in 1939.

Chytrost má děravé šaty

Chytrost má děravé šaty