Martin Štrba

After a painful divorce, 50-year-old Nadia finally finds a good flat for reasonable price for her and her daughter. Too good to be true, and soon, albeit too late, she comes to understand the reason for the bargain. Her close neighbour in the house is mentally ill Valika who terrorises everyone around her. Piussi’s film creates a string of absurd encounters with increasingly menacing effects, but it is – at its core – a fantastically precise film about humanism, its consequences, its possible limits.

An actor called Šnajdr is given an opportunity to make his debut as a director. He doesn’t think twice about leaving Prague and dashing off to Olomouc, where he is met by the grumpy director of the town’s cultural centre and his eccentric grandma, who is to be the star of his production and who's perfectly attuned to his sense of humour and mystification… A bittersweet comedy directed by Miroslav Krobot and starring Pavel Šimčík and Iva Janžurová.

Josef is a writer aged sixty, who thinks that nothing can surprise him any more. One evening, though, his phone rings and he finds himself caught up in a series of events that turn his world upside-down. His best friend – also a writer – tries to commit suicide; his young girlfriend Katka tells him she’s pregnant; and the man with hare ears – his alter ego from one of his stories – appears to him in everyday situations.

20세기 초 체코슬로바키아, 약초로 사람을 치유하는 기적 같은 의술을 가진 얀 미콜라섹. 공인 약초 전문가로 불리는 그는 타고난 재능과 뛰어난 실력으로 곧 유명해지고, 하루에도 수백 명의 환자들을 치료하며 부와 명성을 얻게 된다. 얼마 후, 정권이 교체되고 온갖 훼방으로 모든 걸 잃을 위기에 놓인 그는 수많은 난관을 겪게 되는데…

Liesel Landauer and her friend Hana are linked by a lifelong relationship and an exceptional house built by the architect Von Abt for Liesel and her husband Viktor in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s.

80세의 통역사 알리 웅가는 자신의 부모님을 죽인 나치 전범의 집을 찾아간다. 하지만 그는 이미 세상을 떠났고, 그의 아들 게오르크가 살고 있었다. 아버지가 저지른 만행을 외면하기만 했던 게오르크는 아버지의 흔적을 찾겠다며 웅가에게 통역사로서 동행하자고 제안한다. 정반대의 성격을 가진 두 사람이 함께 여행을 떠나고, 그 길에서 만난 전쟁을 겪었던 당사자와 그들의 자식들에 의해 참혹했던 당시의 참상이 드러나는데...

나치 점령 기간에 고문과 투옥 생활을 견뎌내었으나 1950년대 초 체코슬로바키아에서 여성으로서는 유일하게 정치적 재판의 사법 살인 희생자인 변호사이자 정치인 및 여성 권리 운동가였던 밀라다 호라코바에게 영감을 받아 제작된 영화이다. 영화는 도덕적 원칙을 중요시하는 한 여자의 1937년에서 1950년 사이에 관한 이야기이다. 이 사람은 도덕적 원칙을 너무 중요시하여 자기 자신과 가족들을 희생하면서까지 마음보다는 신념을 따랐다. 당시 체코슬로바키아 대통령은 알버트 아인슈타인, 윈스턴 처칠 그리고 엘리너 루스벨트와 같이 저명한 인물들로부터 자비를 베풀라는 요청을 받았지만 결국 밀라다 호라코바는 1950년 6월 27일에 처형되었고 자유와 민주주의를 위한 투쟁의 상징이 되었다.

초대 체코슬로바키아 대통령의 아들이자 외교관과 외무부 장관이었지만 그 죽음은 아직도 비밀로 남겨져 있는 얀 마사리크의 삶을 담아내고 있다. 하지만 얀 마사리크의 삶에도 많은 비밀이 숨겨져 있다. 그는 후회없이 인생을 즐겼으며 여자와 음악을 사랑했다. 그의 마음에는 불타오르는 예술가의 혼과 외교관으로서의 도덕성이 계속 충돌했다. 이 극적인 이야기는 제2차 세계대전이 시작되기 직전으로 거슬러 올라간다. 30년대에 마사리크의 외교 경력은 최고조를 찍었다. 그는 영국에 거주하며 강대국들을 설득해 체코슬로바키아 편에 서서 독일의 침략을 막으려고 노력한다. 훌륭한 연설가, 평생 함께할 재밌고도 사랑스러운 동반자, 삶을 실컷 즐기는 사람으로 칭송받던 그도 어두운 면을 가지고 있었다. 그는 알코올, 약물 그리고 지속적인 자해로 자신의 이름이 주는 책임과 자신의 삶에서 도피하려고 한다. 당시 주영체코대사로 있던 그가 공식석상에 나타나지 않았으며 외교 관계자 및 친구와도 관계를 끊는다. 그렇게 몇 달간 미국 어딘가로 사라진다. 이 영화는 역사적인 배경을 바탕으로 매력적이면서도 불안정하고 자신의 삶을 망치는 남자와 조국의 미래를 위한 그의 헛된 투쟁에 관한 스릴 넘치는 이야기다.

A trio of rock-and-roll musicians arrives in the south of France for a sun-drenched summer of debauched fun and romance in this breezy comedy.

Comedy inspired by paperback crime novels tells the story of an adventurous search for a mysterious murderer who just after the end of the First World War has begun a rampage in Wilson City, a jerkwater town somewhere in Eastern Europe. The investigation is being led by an inhomogeneous pair of detectives - a greenhorn and local police cadet named Eisner and an experienced FBI officer Food, who has been sent to Europe by US President Woodrow Wilson himself.

Martin Štrba’s inventive documentary tells the remarkable story of a group of Slovak photographers whose groundbreaking work challenged Communist orthodoxy in the 1980ss.

Martin Štrba’s inventive documentary tells the remarkable story of a group of Slovak photographers whose groundbreaking work challenged Communist orthodoxy in the 1980ss.

Martin Štrba’s inventive documentary tells the remarkable story of a group of Slovak photographers whose groundbreaking work challenged Communist orthodoxy in the 1980ss.

Martin Štrba’s inventive documentary tells the remarkable story of a group of Slovak photographers whose groundbreaking work challenged Communist orthodoxy in the 1980ss.

A loose adaption of Bára Nesvadbová's novel of the same name. A novel that lacks a dramatic line and concentrates on the flow of emotions and feelings of two injured and beloved women, two women that the aging lothario Mára came between. The theme of the entire book is the degree and limit of love, a right and ability to love several people simultaneously while hurting them at the same time. Written by Czech Film Center

A wedding is supposed to be a joyous occasion, but things can go awry. When an uninvited guest turns up at the church and later at the reception as well, the newly-weds’ day turns sour. Shadows of the past can blight the most sumptuous of banquets and rend the most affectionate of embraces.

Romi (Gabriela Mícová), a prostitute, is anything but successful at her job: she is of far too gentle a nature for her clients. The more obstinately she is pushed to the streets by her pimp Franz (Stanislav Majer), the closer she is to a complete breakdown. One day Romi is addressed by a property speculator referring to himself as a "wealthy Jew" (Martin Finger). He does not demand any sexual services of her. He satisfies himself with Romi telling him stories, for which he lavishly rewards her. However, no one shares the sudden happiness with Romi. Her work-mates and current clients turn their backs on her, as does Franz, with whom Romi is in love. The whole story takes place in the setting of a dilapidated city, during the clean-up of which politicians openly split their profit with speculators and lobbyists, all under protection from the police.

Petr is a courier, a messenger as a matter of fact. He is one of those young men who believe that on their bikes they have become part and parcel of the atmosphere of modern cities. He is a non-conformist who refuses to settle into today‘s deformed society, he abhors its indolence, consumerism and lies, as well as its pseudo-truths, pseudo-feelings, pseudo-loves and pseudo-values. Petr’s untrammelled personality keeps causing more and more serious problems. And Petr is also one of those who will never admit to themselves that they might be at the end of their tether.

기득권층에는 증오의 대상이었고 평민들에게는 의적이었던 야노식의 일대기. 잔혹하고 혹세무민의 시대였던 17세기 동유럽에서 압제에 대한 저항의 상징이었던 야노식의 일대기를 보여주며 비록 그는 처참하게 처형당했지만 민중에게 남았던 그의 정신을 기리기 위해 만들어진 영화.

Komedie O rodičích a dětech chce navázat na nejlepší tradice české filmové komedie. Vtipné dialogy, výjimečné herecké výkony a humor spojující diváky napříč generacemi. Příběh filmu vychází ze zdánlivě banální situace. Syn (David Novotný) jde na procházku se svým otcem (Josef Somr)... Syn je zralý čtyřicátník a žije spokojeně se svou přítelkyní. Otci je přes sedmdesát. Je bývalý vědec-biolog. Klasický intelektuál v dobrém slova smyslu. Zdánlivě jediné, co tyto dva muže spojuje, je to, že se jdou jednou za měsíc společně projít Prahou. Nicméně jsou svázáni poutem čtyřiceti let společného života. V brilantně vedeném dialogu se před námi odkrývají dějiny dvacátého století a všechny absurdity s ním spojené. Odhalují se ta nejhlubší místa lidských vztahů. Odtajňují se staré resty, trápení a radosti. Na scéně se objeví Vnuk, o kterém Syn neměl přes dvacet let ani tušení. A některé chyby se opakují znovu a znovu.

A Czech director wrestles with problems personal and political during the Prague spring of 1968.

A bittersweet comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodský as Fanda, an old man who refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife who wants him to make serious decisions about the future, Fanda ignores the nagging and spends his days seeking amusement and adventure.

A drug dealer named Mikes, who lives in Prague and longs to escape his own clichéd life.

Ten short unrelated stories that move chronologically through Slovakia's twentieth-century history as seen from the perspective of life in small towns and villages.

One of the best Polish comedies of the late 1990s, "Boys Don't Cry" is a satirical look at the gangsters of Poland and some teens who accidentally get involved with them.

ComiBaran, a protestant blacksmith arrives in the little village of Lakotice to kill Sekal, a cruel Nazi collaborator.

Dark satire about bare-knuckled capitalism in the immediate post-Cold War era. Set just as the Communist government is collapsing, the film focuses on the brutish Racz, the handyman in a Bratislava hotel. Knowing that his job is insured for life, Racz turns off the building's heat and demands food, money, and sex to have it restored. The film is narrated by a pimp named Urban who explains that people in the former Czechoslovakia were so used to being abused that they simply put up with Racz's corruption. By the end of the film, Racz's fortunes have changed considerably. Instead of being a lowly worker, he is now a ruthless and wealthy businessman, unafraid to kill or kidnap those who get in his way.

It is April 1945, spring begins and ends the war. German transport heading away from Bohemia.

In Slovakia, the sixteen year-old Terezka is discharged from her school with a letter to her mother. Along her surrealistic journey to find her mother, Terezka entwines reality and fantasy and meets a man that is hired to burn clothes; a woman buried on the ground; a young bride that is marrying the forty and something year-old widow of his brother to support her family as a tradition in their village; her younger brother that is intern in a special school; a decadent TV comedian and his wife; a powerful mobster in the kitchen of a restaurant; one lover of her mother in her former address; and finally her promiscuous mother that advises her to travel through the world.

Jakub's life arrived at a dead-end. He leaves his job, and gets into conflict with his father. The trouble just grows by his relation with a married woman. Breaking out, Jakub realizes the pleasures of the countryside in the old garden of his grandfather. He finds true love with an angel, and encounters various exciting moments of his new free life. Strange visitors arrive, and he wont get back to town anymore.

A film about the uncertainties faced by a man in post-Communist Slovakia, his relationship with a teenage son and English teacher girlfriend who's soon to return home to England.

A Grandfather recounts his life under communist rule, from apprentice miner to prisoner to pensioner.