Movies by Jaroslav Moučka

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Krabat, a beggar boy, is lured to become an apprentice to an evil, one-eyed sorcerer. With a number of other boys, he works at the sorcerer's mill while learning black magic. Every Christmas one of the boys has to face the master in a magical duel, where the boy never stands a chance because the master is the only person who is allowed to use a secret spell: The Koraktor.

Hamernická povídačka

Hamernická povídačka

The Octopuses from the Second Floor

The Octopuses from the Second Floor

While on vacation with their bickering parents, young Eva and her little brother Johnny find in a polluted lake two strange friendly sentient octopuses made of strange material that attracts electricity. They take them as pets.

Wine Working

Wine Working

It is the summer of 1968 and also in South Moravian Pálavice appear political clashes. The so far peacefully farming Unified farmers' cooperative starts splitting. Some of the farmers have found the cooperative called Vidrupa and want to deal with wine in private trade. Michal Janák, chairman of the farmers' cooperative is a deliberate man and refuses the latent return to the capitalism. As an excellent farmer he continues preparing planting out new vineyards. His adversaries do not agree - the returns will come many years later. Jozka Hrdli...

Lucie

Lucie

Merry Christmas Octopus

Merry Christmas Octopus

Eva and her younger brother Johnny own two sentient octopuses made out of strange matter. Will their parents divorce and ruin Christmas? Will a scientist find a way to use their pets as fuel? Live action film with stop-motion octopuses.

Muzika pro dva

Muzika pro dva

Čas lásky a naděje

Čas lásky a naděje

Čert a Káča

Čert a Káča

Dalskabáty, hříšná ves aneb Zapomenutý čert

Dalskabáty, hříšná ves aneb Zapomenutý čert

The Nun's Night

The Nun's Night

A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the mass closure of monasteries and convents.

Zatykač na královnu

Zatykač na královnu

The Dynamite Watcher

The Dynamite Watcher

Bečička

Bečička

Nebožtíci na bále

Nebožtíci na bále

A Killer on the Tracks

A Killer on the Tracks

An escort composed of three people transports a huge amount of new one-hundred crown banknotes in a special railway car. At the 196th kilometer, a village girl is waiting at the railway crossing and spots two men removing some packages from the track. The scene is immediately followed by the report of a gun and the unwanted witness is shot dead. Soon afterwards, on the 201st kilometer, the train explodes. Only one of the escorts Lenk (Radoslav Brzobohatý) survives the explosion, taken to hospital with serious injuries. Criminologist Major Ka...

Granny

Granny

A tale based on novel by Czech writer Bozena Nemcova.

Jak se peče štěstí

Jak se peče štěstí

Fučík

Fučík

Dlouhé dopoledne

Dlouhé dopoledne