Karel Škvor

Most Popular Karel Škvor Trailers

Total trailers found: 79

Konec strašidel Trailer (1953)

14 August 1953

The story of a group of little boys from a border town in Western Bohemia who help catch marauders.

Žalobníci Trailer (1961)

12 May 1961

The young generation is not very at peace with the morality of their parents. In a story set in a Moravian village, the otherwise contented cooperators indulge in stealing from the common property without seeing anything wrong with such actions.

Posel úsvitu Trailer (1951)

28 September 1951

A biographical film about a Czech mechanic and designer who was the first in the Czech lands to construct a steam car.

Zelené obzory Trailer (1962)

07 September 1962

A young agricultural expert fails as the manager of a cattle farm on a state farm in the borderlands.

Zaostřit prosím! Trailer (1956)

25 December 1956

A Czech satirical comedy, filmed according to a script by the State Prize laureate Jiří Marek based on several of his satirical short stories.

The Night Guest Trailer (1961)

29 September 1961

When a man stops at a motel one evening in 1961, his tormenting behavior drives one of the people present at the motel to remember his experiences in a concentration camp during WWII.

Golden Queen Trailer (1965)

22 October 1965

A man returns to his native village in search of renewed faith and his old girlfriend. But she, now a middleaged woman, does not recognise him and he goes home, more disillusioned than ever.

The Best Man of All Trailer (1954)

25 December 1954

A Czech satirical comedy set around 1900. The inhabitants of the small town of Pětice are excited by a mysterious package that is to be delivered to the best person in the village.

První parta Trailer (1960)

19 February 1960

The unfortunate 1930s also befell the student Standa Půlpán. For existential reasons, he had to abandon his studies and entered the mines.

Občan Brych Trailer (1959)

20 February 1959

František Brych, a principled lawyer, refuses to back the new Communist regime at his factory and grows increasingly alienated, even as his former love Irena, unhappily married to factory owner Ondřej Ráž, seeks his understanding.

Lemonade Joe Trailer (1964)

16 October 1964

A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lemonade and convinces everyone else in town (with his gun skills) that all "real men" drink ONLY lemonade!

Adrift Trailer (1971)

12 February 1971

A fisherman saves Anada, a woman adrift, from drowning. He takes her to his home, and protects her. Eventually, she occupies a larger place than was to be expected.

Romance for Bugle Trailer (1967)

03 March 1967

A lyrical story about first love, death and disappointment, based on a poem of the same title.

Probuzení Trailer (1960)

12 February 1960

Delinquent youths wander aimlessly and commit mischief. Few, however, manage to break free from the influence of such a gang.

Jan Žižka Trailer (1956)

05 February 1956

The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.

Higher Principle Trailer (1960)

23 November 1960

During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot.

Poklad byzantského kupce Trailer (1967)

21 July 1967

A detective story revolving around an ancient treasure from the ninth century, believed to have been destroyed during World War II, takes place in an archaeological environment.

Skid Trailer (1960)

28 October 1960

Spy film about a man with a face lift who gets recruited by western organisations.

Nad námi svítá Trailer (1953)

27 March 1953

Labyrint srdce Trailer (1961)

21 November 1961

It is 1955 and the government in Czechoslovakia has declared an amnesty for post-war emigrants. Many of them returned to their families, only young Pavel Kocián's single mother waits in vain for him.

Happy End Trailer (1967)

01 September 1967

A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth.

Pohled do očí Trailer (1961)

01 September 1961

Olga Valentová, whose father was a communist resistance fighter and died during the occupation, works in the export department of Tatrovka.

The Shop on Main Street Trailer (1965)

24 June 1965

In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie.

Sunday Father Trailer (1971)

17 September 1971

A divorced engineer is preparing "accidental" meeting between his eleven years daughter and his fiancé.

Jarní píseň Trailer (1944)

17 November 1944

Wolves' Lairs Trailer (1948)

25 December 1948

This drama from the times of Slovak National Uprising is situated in a small Slovak village. It is the tragical story of a widow and her four sons who fight alongside the partisans against the German occupants.

The Devil's Trap Trailer (1962)

20 April 1962

A small town is one day visited by a priest who is there on a secret mission. He is a member of the Inquisition sent to investigate the activities of a local miller.

The Golden Fern Trailer (1963)

29 August 1963

Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they fall in love.

I Dutifully Report Trailer (1958)

03 January 1958

A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War I.

Puppies Trailer (1958)

21 March 1958

Explores young adults' fears of being conscripted by the communist government into working outside of Prague, a relative oasis of creativity and freedom of thought.

Men Without Wings Trailer (1946)

25 October 1946

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.

Prague Nights Trailer (1969)

06 June 1969

A stuffy middle-aged foreigner, a businessman named Fabricius, lonely and looking for a night's diversion, finds it in the form of a mysterious blonde.

Až se vrátíš... Trailer (1948)

23 January 1948

In an unsightly tenement house, the walls of which are as peeling as the souls of the tenants, an old woman waits for her son to return from prison.

Pětistovka Trailer (1949)

02 September 1949

The management of the Meteor motorcycle factory is forced by a representative of the central headquarters to accept the expensive design of a racing machine and abandon the unfinished prototype of a folk motorcycle of their own design.

Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ Trailer (1949)

23 September 1949

An innkeeper is grieving because his wife left him for a second-rate actor. His two nephews, who are not on speaking terms, have to take over the running of the establishment.

Romeo, Juliet and Darkness Trailer (1960)

15 April 1960

Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic.

The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire Trailer (1949)

01 April 1949

Elén, a girl living with her mother and stepfather in a secluded forest, has a great singing talent.

Jan Hus Trailer (1955)

29 April 1955

The first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957).

Transport from Paradise Trailer (1963)

15 March 1963

Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories.

Lost in the Suburbs Trailer (1949)

28 January 1949

Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War II

The Golem Trailer (1936)

06 February 1936

The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.

Against All Trailer (1957)

04 October 1957

After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor.

Witchhammer Trailer (1970)

23 January 1970

In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.

Playing with the Devil Trailer (1957)

26 April 1957

Two marriageable girls, Princess Disperanda and her maid Káča, sign a betrothal with their own blood in exchange for fairy-tale grooms.

Midnight Mass Trailer (1962)

24 August 1962

On Christmas Eve, 1944, in Nazi-occupied Slovakia, the Kubiš family grapples with survival amidst brutal reprisals.

Wolf Trap Trailer (1958)

23 May 1958

An orphaned young woman named Jana moves into the household of Robert and his older, possessive wife, Klára.

Straw Hat Trailer (1972)

24 March 1972

Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it seems, to marry Helen Nonankur - daughter of a wealthy farmer.

The Musician Trailer (1948)

21 May 1948

The Last of the Mohicans Trailer (1947)

05 September 1947

Antique dealer Kohout is not a bad person. However, he has an ideal: to be the unlimited master at home.

Wild Beasts Trailer (1948)

30 April 1948

Building a bridge is no simple matter. The city council has to decide between two competing proposals, one of which is submitted by villainous scoundrels and scoundrels who would like to enrich themselves everywhere.

Mikoláš Aleš Trailer (1952)

11 January 1952

A biographical film about the famous Czech painter Mikoláš Aleš, portrayed as part of the vanguard of the working class and a spokesman for the oppressed, who asserts himself despite the opposing bourgeoisie and reactionaries of all kinds.

Po noci den Trailer (1956)

02 March 1956

A Czech art film set in a modern village. The main character of the film is Karla Tolarová, a worker from a Prague printing house, who arrives for a harvest shift at a unified agricultural cooperative in Běšíčice at a critical time for the cooperative.

It was in May Trailer (1951)

01 June 1951

Worker Šebesta does not rejoice with the others in the May Day parade, as his boots are weighing him down.

Of Things Supernatural Trailer (1959)

09 January 1959

An anthology of three absurd, ironic tales inspired by Čapek’s “Tales from One Pocket” and “Fables and Side Stories,” each showing uncanny forces disrupting ordinary lives: in Krejčík’s “Glorie,” a gentle clerk is haunted by a sudden halo; the other two segments by Mach and Makovec similarly blend everyday routines with ironic, supernatural twists.

White Darkness Trailer (1948)

27 August 1948

A young doctor and a group of injured are hiding in an underground shelter and are liberated by Soviet soldiers.

Silvery Wind Trailer (1956)

30 November 1956

Second half of the 19th century. In a small town in South Bohemia, fifth-former Jan Ratkin is living through the confusions of first love together with his classmates.

Padělek Trailer (1957)

29 November 1957

Olga finds her husband Karel Brand, whom she has just divorced, shot dead after returning from the cinema.

Veliká příležitost Trailer (1950)

14 April 1950

An optimistic collective drama from the life of the workers on the construction site of the Youth Track.

Nadlidé Trailer (1946)

29 November 1946

Such an hour-long probe into the conditions in Czechoslovakia during the occupation. Here it is in the image of a small village, in which citizens simply adapt to the current situation.

Early Days Trailer (1953)

27 February 1953

Early Days follows the early life of famous Czech writer Alois Jirásek. Jirásek had already developed his own view of the history of the Czech nation while he was at grammar school in Broumov.