Movies by Magda Vášáryová

Skrytý prameň

Skrytý prameň

A Gentle Spirit

A Gentle Spirit

Krotká is a 1967 Slovak black-and-white produced by TV a psychological drama directed by Stanislav Barabas on based a short story A Gentle Creature by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Fair Play

Fair Play

Tereza lives and works in Prague. She meets a handsome man, Tommie, speaking in a language incomprehensible to her. It seems that he is the manager of the Finnish ice hockey team. A love story starts to blossom. When the coach of the Czech ice hockey team tries to use Tereza to retrieve information about the strategy of the Finnish team, Tommie leaves Tereza. Will Tereza be able to clear up this misunderstanding?

Werther

Werther

Jules Massanet's lyrical opera is transformed into a superb film production by Petr Weigl, shot on location in Prague, with music conducted by Libor Pesek. First produced by the Vienna Opera in February 1892, "Werther" rapidly confirmed Massanet's position on the French opera scene and achieved enormous popularity outside France, notably in Italy, America and England. The tragic story tells of Werther's intense passion for Charlotte, who has married his best friend, Albert, fulfilling a pledge to her now deceased mother. But Werther's letter...

Záhradníkov pes

Záhradníkov pes

Second Love

Second Love

Parížsky život

Parížsky život

Rusalka

Rusalka

Three arias from Antonín Dvořák´s fairytale opera Rusalka turned in to a movie, sung by Gabriela Beňačková (Rusalka), Libuše Márová (Witch), René Tuček (Hunter).

To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, István Szabó and others.

Uzlíky nádeje

Uzlíky nádeje

Social ballad. Three short stories – "Uzlík tepla", "Chlapec a pánboh" and "Rubári" – depict three different human stories, the common denominator of which is suffering and existential threat.

Statky zmätky

Statky zmätky

Záveje

Záveje

Horacius

Horacius

Ľahučký dych

Ľahučký dych

Nečakaná návšteva

Nečakaná návšteva

Faidra

Faidra

Listy Juliane

Listy Juliane

Zenovo vedomie

Zenovo vedomie

Television adaptation of the novel by the Italian writer Italo Svevo. His hero is Zeno Cosini, the son of a merchant in Trieste. He is a type of useless person, defeated by life and incapable of action. The ironic insight with which the author draws a picture of the townspeople of Trieste at the turn of the century sounds like an accurate diagnosis of a social class that is doomed with its entire lifestyle and morality.

The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora

The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora

A man changes his behavior according to the term of the year.

Die Nacht aus Blei

Die Nacht aus Blei

A surreal movie by peter Weigl starring Michael Biehn and Lubomir Kafka.