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Pavel Juráček was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU. Although not as famous as Miloš Forman or Jiří Menzel, he was an exponent of the Czech New Wave as well. He worked at Prague Barrandov Studios; however after his satirical movie Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) was shelved, his movie career came to an end.
Total trailers found: 27
28 September 1966
Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.
04 October 1963
Three separate short stories by Jan Drda from the collection The Dumb Barricade: The Dynamite Watchman, Hatred and Traces.
01 January 1969
The television adaptation of Jaroslav Hašek's satirical short story.
27 May 1969
Diane is married to Julien, an architect. The two met in Czechoslovakia before marrying and moving to France.
10 November 1978
Second movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu
01 January 1959
Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia's unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short.
03 July 1970
Lemuel Gulliver has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot.
30 December 1966
Two teenage girls embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world around them.
04 September 1964
The story is about Harold, an isolated figure in an overwhelming world of totalitarian bureaucracy. Harold tries to find the elusive Joseph Kilian, an old acquaintance, in Prague.
13 May 1966
Jurácek's feature debut is shot in two parts. In the first, a corporal accompanies a new recruit with a sore Achilles tendon for his physical, and all the girls or young women they see are played by the same actress (Ruzickova).
26 July 1963
The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB 1 embarks on a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront the effects of a malignant dark star, the destructive legacy of the 20th century and, ultimately, the limits of their own sanity.
26 January 1979
Third movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu
01 February 1990
In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.
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.
01 November 1990
Set in a bleak, filth-ridden provincial hospital, a disillusioned doctor begins to find the philosophical ramblings of a mental patient more stimulating than the company of "sane" society.
31 July 1970
An experimental retelling of the story of Adam and Eve which then progresses into an allegorical depiction of the loss of innocence.
18 December 1964
An anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years' War. It follows ploughman Petr, recruiter Matěj and country girl Lenka who get caught up in both sides of the war and experience many adventures before they find happiness.
28 April 1967
A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress born before the war, eventually stumbling into the company of a lonely old man.
24 September 1970
The female employees of the poultry-processing factory find relief from their monotonous work in chatting about weddings and marriages.
15 March 1962
The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost completely without hearing her voice.
08 September 1978
First movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu, based on the works of Eduard Štorch and directed by Jan Schmidt.
04 February 1966
A successful art historian who has trouble telling people difficult truths, finds himself in an inescapable situation when a small lie quickly gets out of hand.
28 December 1962
A character from a musical film falls into the real world in this short, predating similar films by Woody Allen (The Purple Rose of Cairo) and Wojciech Marczewski (Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema).
01 September 2002
A Czech director wrestles with problems personal and political during the Prague spring of 1968.
14 January 1971
Kinoautomat was the world's first interactive movie, conceived by Radúz Činčera for the Czechoslovak Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal.
