Karel Kachyňa Trailers
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Karel Kachyňa (1 May 1924 – 12 March 2004) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. His career spanned over five decades.
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Total trailers found: 64
Hanele Trailer (1999)
04 November 1999
Based on an autobiographical novella by Ivan Olbracht, the film tells the story of Hanele Safarová, who grows up just after the First World War in a little Ruthenian schtetl which, in true Hassidic fashion, awaits the arrival of the Messiah.
Love Trailer (1973)
21 September 1973
Sixteen-year-old students of a grammar school are supposed to write essays on "Love". The class best student Andrea (Jaroslava Schallerová) writes about a patriotic love to a country as she has no experience with a partner love.
Crooked Mirror Trailer (1956)
01 January 1956
A satirical military "Fashion Show" instructing Czechoslovak soldiers how and how not to dress.
Škaredá dědina Trailer (1975)
21 November 1975
The economic crisis in the early 1930s also affected the inhabitants of the distinctive Moravian-Slovak countryside.
Rainbow Kulick Trailer (1985)
23 December 1985
Little boy Milan is going to visit his grandfather in the countryside - for a first time.
King of the Sumava Trailer (1959)
25 December 1959
A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Sumava".
Kožené slunce Trailer (2002)
08 September 2002
As the name suggests, the movie is about football. It is not about big league soccer, making huge money.
Sestricky Trailer (1984)
01 March 1984
A Czech psychological film about the school of life, its sorrows and beauties. The main character is a young aspiring nurse Marie Sahulová, who, after a trouble in the hospital - she secretly brought a boy to her boarding school - is transferred to a rural health centre, where together with an old doctor and a peculiar nurse she has to travel around twenty-five villages and a number of solitudes in the harsh environment of the neglected villages of the 1950s.
Fools and a Girl Trailer (1988)
10 October 1988
A coming of age drama about a young boy Jirka who lives in Prague.
The Secret of a Great Narrator Trailer (1972)
28 April 1972
The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and in addition to the screenplay he also wrote a three-part TV play about Dumas (starring Vladimír Menšík).
The Hope Trailer (1964)
17 January 1964
A group of outcasts, including a vagabond and a prostitute, gather at the outskirts of the industrial area of a large Czech city, one of the things that helps some of them survive is alcohol.
The Cow Trailer (1996)
11 January 1996
Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother's life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was mentally injured.
The Nun's Night Trailer (1967)
15 December 1967
A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the mass closure of monasteries and convents.
Golden Eels Trailer (2007)
08 February 2007
A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War.
Attention, Rounds! Trailer (1982)
23 April 1982
A story about an everyday life of an inflectional department of Prague hospital.
Městem chodí Mikuláš Trailer (1995)
07 October 1995
Set in a small-town hospital, the film tells the story of the great suffering of a small rascal, nicknamed “Lies and Steals“, who promises his little partner that he will bring St Nicholas - a traditional figure of Czech Advent - to the hospital room.
Robinson Girl Trailer (1974)
27 December 1974
Blazenka likes to imagine she is on a desolate island and has to find a way how to survive. After the death of her mother she stays together with her baby brother and has to take care of the family.
A Ridiculous Gentleman Trailer (1969)
28 November 1969
When a noted professor receives a new treatment for his heart ailment, his outlook on life changes. Despite doctor's orders, he is determined to live out his final days on his own terms and fulfill his fantasies.
Dobré světlo Trailer (1986)
01 October 1986
Viktor Průcha, a successful small-town architect, lives well but knows his comfort rests on compromises.
Vertigo Trailer (1963)
08 February 1963
Psychological study of country girl Jitka and her blossoming love for an older man afraid of her youth and spontaneity.
Pavlínka Trailer (1974)
11 October 1974
Albrechtice near Jablonec. Sixteen-year-old Pavlínka Linková lives with her grandmother Barbara, a local midwife who raised her after the death of the girl's parents.
Christmas with Elisabeth Trailer (1968)
22 November 1968
Surly solitary truck driver is given an assistant for his daily rounds: a young woman with a fondness for mini-skirts and boys, fresh out of prison.
The Elementary School Trailer (1991)
08 August 1991
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo.
Cesta byla suchá, místy mokrá Trailer (2003)
24 January 2003
The film reflects on how to live life to the fullest and why the journey of life is not always smooth sailing, but rather accompanied by setbacks, uncertainty, obstacles, and failures, and why it is often painful and difficult.
Love Between the Raindrops Trailer (1980)
23 May 1980
Set in Prague during the years leading up to World War II, this family saga tells the story of a cobbler named Vincenc Bursik (Vladimir Mensik), who uproots his clan from the country to the city, only to suffer the loss of his wife and the failure of his shoe business within months.
Slingboy Trailer (1960)
06 May 1960
A young Czech boy is freed from a concentration camp and now is working for the army against the Germans.
The Last Butterfly Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
Stage mime Antoine Moreau is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a "model" concentration camp, to convince the Red Cross observers that the camp is truly what it seems.
The Little Mermaid Trailer (1976)
12 November 1976
The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her beautiful voice against a life on land.
An Uncertain Season Trailer (1988)
01 April 1988
The small group of actors have to face many problems while preparing a new performance.
Dissolved and Effused Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
A police inspector and inexperienced trainee search for a mysteriously disappeared manufacturer of ointments for hair growth.
Jumping Over Puddles Trailer (1971)
07 May 1971
This Czechoslovakian children’s film takes place during the last days of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Carriage to Vienna Trailer (1966)
11 November 1966
A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate.
The Ear Trailer (1970)
01 January 1970
Government bureaucrat Ludvik becomes suspicious after several colleagues disappear and he overhears something strange at a cocktail party.
Everything Ends Tonight Trailer (1955)
18 February 1955
The adventurous story of a young soldier, lance corporal Milan Pazdera, who falls in love with a beautiful young girl at a party who claims to be in the countryside on medical leave.
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel Trailer (2018)
16 September 2018
An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.
Where, Gentlemen, Where Are You Going? Trailer (1987)
31 July 1987
A story of Jan Kolvara, forty years old architect, who is a little bit too obsessed with women in his life.
Long Live the Republic Trailer (1965)
05 November 1965
Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat.
Fany Trailer (1995)
30 November 1995
Oligophrenic Fany (Bohdalová) lives with her aunt who suddenly manages to travel abroad. Fany has to move to her sister (Jirásková).
Pouta Trailer (1961)
22 September 1961
A young veterinarian, Jiří Klimeš, returns to his native village after graduation.
It’s Not Always Cloudy Trailer (1950)
15 October 1950
A film about life in the Czech borderlands after the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans.
Forbidden Dreams Trailer (1987)
01 September 1987
Leo Popper is a happy family man living in rural Bohemia in the years preceding the Nazi invasion. Out of economic necessity he moves with his family to the big city and becomes an enterprising vacuum cleaner salesman.
The High Wall Trailer (1964)
19 June 1964
Jitka is a 12-year-old girl who feels the first stirring of love. She becomes friends with a young man who is hospitalized with paralysis.
Sugar House Trailer (1981)
22 May 1981
In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with the Germans.
Fandy ó Fandy Trailer (1983)
01 December 1983
Little kids, little worries, big kids, big worries, sighs many a parent often. This is no different for the mother of eighteen-year-old Frantisek, who has just graduated from high school without much glory and is about to start his first job.
Appeal to Your Love Trailer (1989)
01 February 1989
A sad story about love between Czech boy and German girl during 1944.
Meeting in July Trailer (1978)
14 July 1978
A romantic story about Jakub, a student in the summer camp, and his teacher Klara.
Otec neznámý aneb Cesta do hlubin duše výstrojního náčelníka Trailer (2001)
09 May 2001
Comedy about soldiers.
Smrt mouchy Trailer (1977)
01 April 1977
Seventeen-year-old student Milan wants to get rid of his morbid fear of flies, which originated sometime in his childhood.
Tenkrát o vánocích Trailer (1958)
05 December 1958
A Czechoslovak battalion, led by Captain Hloušek, conquers a Slovak mountain village two days before Christmas Eve 1944.
Naše bláznivá rodina Trailer (1968)
07 November 1968
Twelve-year-old Jana returns from the hospital. She notices some changes at home and is worried that her parents are going to divorce.
Suffering Trailer (1962)
16 February 1962
This is an engaging drama by director Karel Kachyna about the growing pains of a young teen (Jorga Kotrbova) and the hardships of a noble steed mistreated by a cruel neighboring farmer.
Vlak do stanice Nebe Trailer (1972)
01 December 1972
The last winter of the Second World War in the Beskids. To escape the bombing, eight-year-old Dagmar is taken by her mother from Prague to a mountain village.
Waiting for the Rain Trailer (1978)
13 October 1978
It’s a hot holiday season in the city and Alena is pretty much left to her own little self, fantasizing and running her personal daily rituals, keeping most people at a safe distance, yet trying to get male attention.
Counting Sheep Trailer (1982)
24 December 1982
A story about young girl Hanka who doesn't have parents and is forced to spend most of her time in a hospital bed.
Ztracená stopa Trailer (1956)
15 June 1956
The border must be guarded against insidious intruders, of that the brave border guard has no doubt. He takes in a shot dog, gains its trust, and eventually, thanks to it, catches an enemy agent who wanted to disrupt the peaceful life of our progressive people.
