Movies by František Čáp
Sand, Love and Salt
Love story between a fisherman of the Adriatic coast and a young girl of the village.
White Darkness
A young doctor and a group of injured are hiding in an underground shelter and are liberated by Soviet soldiers.
Men Without Wings
After an attack against the guard of the Third Reich, Nazi repression intensifies, and the Czechoslovakian resistance's organized sabotage in an aircraft factory leads to Gestapo shootings.
We'll Meet Tonight
A student of music education comes to the music festival where organizers mix him up with the conductor. He accepts the role which creates lots of comic situations.
Jan Cimbura
Grandmother
"Grandmother" is a highly romanticized autobiographical novel by a Czech 19th century writer, Bozena Nemcova. It's a classical, compulsory reading in Czech schools, about a wise, working-class woman, happier in her simplicity and good heart than the nobles whom she serves.
X-25 Reports
Resistance member is sent to infiltrate Nazi intelligence during WW2.
The Musician
Wally the Vulture
Panna
Adventure in Berlin
The plot revolves around a gang of criminals, mostly former guards of Auschwitz, who print and distribute counterfeit U.S. currency in Berlin after World War II.
Mist on the Moors
Mist on the Moors examines fates of just about a few people. Their stories are outlined in a short space of time and are a symbolic representation of the drama of life, struggle for justice, human cognizance and the healing power of love. One of the most important components of the film is the nature, which ceases to be a mere stage for its plot—it serves almost as an autonomous plot agent. The movie landscape is a precisely defined and localized one. Only the South Bohemian ponds can serve as the right environment for development of such ea...
Nocturnal Butterfly
Venice Film Festival 1941
The Door Remains Open
A juvenile delinquent escapes the hall and responses to ad of the parents who lost their son in WWII. After being accepted with much love and care, he reconsiders his initial plan to rob the family.