Vlastimil Brodský Movies

Closely Watched Trains

77/100

An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform.

Frühling im Herbst

76/100

Terminal prankster Frantisek Hána refuses to grow up and take certain responsibilities, despite his wife Emilie's constant badgering to do so. Even faced with his own looming death and an ... See full summary »

Lerchen am Faden

76/100

Set in the late 1940s, the film concerns the treatment of suspect "bourgeois elements", a professor, a saxophonist, and a milkman, who are put to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.

Jacob the Liar

73/100

A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central ... See full summary »

Capricious Summer

72/100

Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. ... See full summary »

The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

76/100

In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpathians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera.

Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea

73/100

Jan is a decent, boring man, living a decent, boring life as a rocket designer. When his adventurous twin brother dies in a breakfast accident, Jan decides to impersonate him, unwittingly becoming a part of a Nazi time travel conspiracy.

Wenn der Kater kommt

73/100

Some people with a strange cat arrive in a small village. The cat wears glasses, and when someone takes them off, she can colour people, according to their nature and mood. The grown-ups of... See full summary »

All My Compatriots

77/100

Various scenes in the life of a tight-knit community in Czechoslovakia exploring the human spirit in the backdrop of the political changes that they experience.

Long Live Ghosts!

77/100

Trespassing gang of boys encounter a ghost in the ruins of a castle. When they rescue the ghost who is caught in a trapset, they become allies in a fight to prevent ruins from being turned into mushroom farm by the city authorities.

Eine Nacht auf Karlstein

74/100

Charles IV, Czech king and Holy Roman Emperor, has built Karlstejn castle to house the crown jewels. More importantly, it is a place of relaxation and meditation, so no women are permitted,... See full summary »

Svetáci

81/100

Skopec, Prouza, Petrtýl are three country plasterers who are working on the renovation of houses in Prague...

Bílá paní

74/100

This castle has its own ghost - a mysterious White lady. She emerges from the painting on the wall when someone speaks out magic formula. White lady is good ghost, she can make someone's ... See full summary »

Lucie, postrach ulice

69/100

The End of a Priest

72/100

A verger, who likes to dress as a priest, is invited, by one of the villagers, to be the pastor at a vacant church...

Crime in the Night Club

67/100

Crime in the café-concert is both a comedy and a detective anti-totalitarian allegory set in a Prague's old cabaret. The star is a local singer who has fallen in love with the Minister of ... See full summary »

Passen wir zusammen, Liebling?

63/100

Marta (Jana Brejchová) and Viktor (Vlastimil Brodský) celebrate the tenth anniversary of their wedding half-heartedly. They both think they don't suit together. While visiting Marta's ... See full summary »

Pan Tau - Alarm in den Wolken

69/100

In defiance of all the laws of physics Mr Tau is walking on the wing of an aircraft flying close to Prague. Young Alenka is enthusiastic, but the other passengers are horrified. The ... See full summary »

30 Jungfrauen und Pythagoras

63/100

Thirty female students in a second-year grammar school are resisting the efforts of old professor Machacek to teach them Pythagoras' theorem. But then, via a collective classroom vision, ... See full summary »

The King of Kings

68/100

During his work assignment in Tamani Kingdom, Czech worker Lojza saves a local man from dying in the desert...

Freonový duch

61/100

Allzu laute Einsamkeit

56/100

Of Things Supernatural

74/100

Mit lachendem Auge

72/100

Herr Tau nimmt Abschied

72/100

Mr Tau, the quiet and kind magician with a bowler hat and an umbrella, shows up unexpectedly on the wings of a plane during flight. The terrified crew contact the airport security service. ... See full summary »