Karel Hovorka Movies

  • 1963
    Death Is Called Engelchen

    Death Is Called Engelchen

    Death Is Called Engelchen

    61963HD

    Pavel is a Czech partisan fighter in the waning days of the war. Just as peace is declared, Pavel is shot in the spine and sent to the hospital...

    Death Is Called Engelchen
  • 1966
    Closely Watched Trains

    Closely Watched Trains

    Closely Watched Trains

    7.2291966HD

    At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity....

    Closely Watched Trains
  • 1969
    The Cremator

    The Cremator

    The Cremator

    7.7921969HD

    In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

    The Cremator
  • 1975
    The Day That Shook the World

    The Day That Shook the World

    The Day That Shook the World

    5.91975HD

    An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in...

    The Day That Shook the World
  • 1955
    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    81955HD

    A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
  • 1965
    If a Thousand Clarinets

    If a Thousand Clarinets

    If a Thousand Clarinets

    7.31965HD

    A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music instruments. Great mystery is immediately...

    If a Thousand Clarinets
  • 1968
    Capricious Summer

    Capricious Summer

    Capricious Summer

    6.61968HD

    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...

    Capricious Summer
  • 1988
    How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives

    How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives

    How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives

    6.31988HD

    Zatímco Kendy se jako pomocný režisér vrací do rodného města natáčet s televizním...

    How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives
  • 1979
    Brother for All the Money

    Brother for All the Money

    Brother for All the Money

    5.31979HD

    Honza and Zuzana are very young husband and wife. They have a little daughter of whom willingly occasionally take care the grandparents and Honza's...

    Brother for All the Money
  • 1966
    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

    71966HD

    In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person's dream on a screen; disaster soon follows when...

    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
  • 1977
    A Nice Plate of Spinach

    A Nice Plate of Spinach

    A Nice Plate of Spinach

    6.41977HD

    The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.

    A Nice Plate of Spinach
  • 1970
    Devilish Honeymoon

    Devilish Honeymoon

    Devilish Honeymoon

    4.31970HD

    Black comedy about a genius inventor and two young, smart and beautiful women. Both of them putting all their effort into getting the one man. This...

    Devilish Honeymoon
  • 1957
    The Good Soldier Švejk

    The Good Soldier Švejk

    The Good Soldier Švejk

    7.71957HD

    Good-natured and garrulous, Schweik becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I --...

    The Good Soldier Švejk
  • 1990
    Larks on a String

    Larks on a String

    Larks on a String

    6.91990HD

    In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is...

    Larks on a String
  • 1969
    Men About Town

    Men About Town

    Men About Town

    6.71969HD

    Three blue collar workers have a night out in big city Prague.

    Men About Town
  • 1980
    How to Dupe a Lawyer

    How to Dupe a Lawyer

    How to Dupe a Lawyer

    4.51980HD

    Attorney Horic is a specialist for cases connected with motoring. He approaches to his work unconventionally, he does not hesitate to search for...

    How to Dupe a Lawyer
  • 1972
    The Secret of a Great Narrator

    The Secret of a Great Narrator

    The Secret of a Great Narrator

    4.31972HD

    The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and...

    The Secret of a Great Narrator
  • 1982
    Víkend bez rodičů

    Víkend bez rodičů

    Víkend bez rodičů

    01982HD

    Víkend bez rodičů
  • 1980
    Escape Home

    Escape Home

    Escape Home

    61980HD

    A twelve-year-old is looking for his biological parents after discovering the fact that he was adopted.

    Escape Home
  • 1975
    How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

    How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

    How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

    6.61975HD

    There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need...

    How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer