Movies by Juraj Herz
The Frog Prince
When a young princess, instead of being fully dedicated to her love, persists in running around like a tomboy and roaming the forests with her gang, and a young prince refuses to give up all his vices and mischief, an aquaphobic fairy takes their fate into her hands. The princess then falls in love with the prince, who declares eternal fidelity to her. When he however breaks this promise, the fairy turns him into a frog. With which the loyalty of the princess is being tested as well.
Nightmares
A horror film set in and around an opulent theater, featuring vampirism, ghosts, romance, and music.
The Magpie in the Wisp
Sweet Games of Late Summer
Impressionistic film based on a Maupassant story about five friends who fall in love with the same beautiful girl one summer.
Caught by Night
A communist journalist from Prague is sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp.
Oil Lamps
In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work or to consummate the marriage, and then his health steadily declines.
Fragile Relationships
A divorced single mother romances a young slaughterhouse worker, must to the chagrin of her ex-husband.
Dívka a kouzelník
A Touch of a Butterfly
A romantic story of a young nobleman who sees a beautiful girl at the carnival who seems familiar to him. He feels that he saw her in an old castle, where only the old countess and sister live. It is precisely in their salon in the city that she meets the girl again and learns her history
Sign of the Cancer
A murder in a hospital run by incompetents.
The Limping Devil
A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic couples of lovers. He only fails at the swimming pool. Zuzana (Jana Sulcová), the good-looking blonde, ignores the men whom the devil foists off onto her. She loves Honza (Václav Neckár) and the boy shares her feelings. The fiend is annoyed by the couple and tries to provoke a row. He sends heavy rain to force them into a hotel and then warns Zuzana's father by phone, but the young lovers manage...