Otakar Vávra Movies

Jan Hus is a 1954 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is the first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most...

Saxony, devastated by the Thirty Years' War, is led by the comedy troupe of the principal Fortunato. The student Vavrinec has fled Bohemia and...

The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the nationalisation of the Czechoslovak film...

Otakar Vávra dedicated his latest film to events accompanying the devastation of the first World War. It takes place in representative centers...

A morally questionable lord comes to the aid of a working class man who is to be executed for speaking out about thieving rich scoundrels sticking it...

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

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

Year of the Revolution 1848

On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In...

A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as well as economic, political, and social...

A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit.