Movies by George Voskovec

The Bravados

The Bravados

Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.

Somewhere in Time

Somewhere in Time

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.

Affair in Trinidad

Affair in Trinidad

A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes them and the people running with them. Opened on Broadway in 1935, it became one of the Group Theatre's most controversial plays and Odets' favorite.

Paní Katynka z vaječného trhu

Paní Katynka z vaječného trhu

The Nativity

The Nativity

The story of the courtship of Joseph and Mary, and of the events leading up to the first Christmas.

Pohádka máje

Pohádka máje

A lyrical tale of the pure, vernal romance between a diffident, somewhat naive girl from a rural backwater and a fairly dissolute, but kind-hearted law student from Prague.

The World Belongs to Us

The World Belongs to Us

One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be directly named due to censorship: Gangsters with gray hats stir up trouble in what is obviously the Sudetenland.

Dcerušky paní Petersenové

Dcerušky paní Petersenové