Movies by Jaroslav Marvan

Poslední mohykán

Poslední mohykán

Švanda dudák

Švanda dudák

Měšťáci

Měšťáci

School Is the Foundation of Life

School Is the Foundation of Life

Seventh form pupils at a grammar school in Přívlaky are preparing for a secondary school sports competition. Class creep Krhounek gives the class teacher Lejsal a copy of the seventh form’s magazine Roar. Most of the teachers insist on severe punishing the culprit. The author does not own up and consequently the whole class is punished by being banned from taking part in the schools competition. The most gifted pupil, Benetka, rather sharply criticises the school in a homework essay on a subject of his choice. The strict Czech language teach...

Bláznova smrt

Bláznova smrt

Existuje vlastně Mr. Johns?

Existuje vlastně Mr. Johns?

Pět z milionu

Pět z milionu

Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička

Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička

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 Way of the Cross

The Way of the Cross

Páter Vojtěch

Páter Vojtěch

Magical River

Magical River

Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now has nothing to do compared to his energetic wife. He's growing old and troubled by the fact that he betrayed his first love Emča and his beloved river Sázava where he spent his childhood and youth. A visit from an old friend Lebeda brings it all back to him. After a nervous breakdown Leopold secretly visits his home instead of going to the spa. A wandering tramp suggest Leopold should bathe in the magical waters of the Sázava, and slowly his youth returns to him.

Svátek věřitelů

Svátek věřitelů

Grandhotel Nevada

Grandhotel Nevada

The Borrowed Face

The Borrowed Face

It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration of human tissues after transplantation. His former colleague Rosen, now working as an assistant at the private clinic of surgeon Kirchenbruch, considers the research a mere utopia. The disappointed Bartos, trying to verify his theories, therefore accepts the outrageous proposal of Marion, owner of a brothel - to surgically replace the face of her lover, the wanted thief Cutter, with the face of...

The Good Soldier Schweik

The Good Soldier Schweik

A 1931 Czechoslovak black-and-white comedy film based on Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švejk.

Zdravý nemocný

Zdravý nemocný

Paklíc

Paklíc

The Death of Black King

The Death of Black King

Capek's Tales

Capek's Tales

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