Movies by Jiří Adamíra

Čtverec mizení

Čtverec mizení

Putování Jana Amose

Putování Jana Amose

A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova

A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova

A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they are to be traded to the American army for several SS officers. However, these hostages are being required to pay bribes for their "transportation costs." In order to ensure that the businessmen will be more cooperative in paying up, a beautiful female singer is placed in their midst as a bargaining chip. The group of hostages are then placed on a train which is supposed to take them to the ship that will deliver them to freedom, but a series of...

Studie jednoho strachu

Studie jednoho strachu

Akce Rys

Akce Rys

Flowers of Reverie

Flowers of Reverie

The seeming hopelessness of combatting an all-powerful government that will not tolerate political dissension is the focus of this excellent historical drama set in the mid-19th century in Hungary. In the opening scenes, Hungary has just lost its bid for independence from Austria and a Magyar officer, unable to bear the tragedy of defeat and what it means, says an affectionate good-bye to his beloved horse and then shoots the animal and himself. Two years later, Ferenc (Gyorgy Cserhalmi) is trying to eke out a living for his wife and her fam...

Horolezci

Horolezci

Bratři Kipové

Bratři Kipové

Poslední koncert

Poslední koncert

Bahno

Bahno

Sign of the Virgin

Sign of the Virgin

Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvořák

A documentary about the composer who made Czech music famous all over the world.

Radúz a Mahulena

Radúz a Mahulena

Radúz, the son of a Magurian king, has lost his way hunting in the territory of the Tatra King Stojmír. He learns from his loyal servant Radovid the reason behind the two countries' conflict. When Radúz's mother Nyola married his father, the rejected wooer Stojmír married the evil Princess Runa. Runa out of jealousy continually incites hatred for Maguria. Radúz and Radovid have only just crossed the border when an army commanded by Runa detains them. The white deer that Radúz has killed belongs to the youngest of Stojmír's three daughters, t...

Romanetto

Romanetto

A young woman from an old patrician family in Prague collapses and is institutionalized in a psychic ward. The non-linear narration unveils here fortunes one by one. The prose of Jakub Arbes is the basis for this experimental film poem. The storyline is uncovered in a mosaic of pictures in a purely visual form, without a single word.

Svědectví mrtvých očí

Svědectví mrtvých očí

Květy a kořeny

Květy a kořeny

Kořist

Kořist

Waterloo

Waterloo

Červánková královna

Červánková královna

The House of Lost Souls

The House of Lost Souls

An escaped inmate of a mental home, Franz Moose, has been found shot dead in the forest. In the course of their investigation, District Commander Havel (Jirí Adamíra) and Lieutenant Mares (Miroslav Zounar) slowly work their way through the complicated case. Havel learns from the employees' testimonies that Moose was facing trial for war crimes before he was finally sent to the hospital. There he shared his room with Kozdera, spent his time painting, and made several attempts to escape. Havel wants to interrogate Kozdera but the unfortunate p...