Jan Schmidt

A fairy tale of three brothers who try to save a princess kidnapped by an evil wizard.

A fairy tale of three brothers who try to save a princess kidnapped by an evil wizard.

In the fifites the 10 year old boy Honza lives with his single mother in Prague. The mother is a dedicated communist in the beginning but she changes her mind when a show trial is held. She speaks about her dissatisfaction with the government and is immediately arrested. Honza is given to another family.

Third movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu

Second movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu

First movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu

Young teenager Bo is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth. Lonely and scared, he finds a soulmate in the headmaster's son Kim with whom he forms a bond of friendship... that slowly grows into something more.

Exotic, yet lyrically aimed fairy tale about a young gypsy Pista in search of a beautiful, gentle and faithful bride. An old man told him where to find a girl with those qualities, so Pista sets out on a journey to find the girl of his dreams without knowing that she is special: an hour a day human and rest of the day a chicken...

세계 대전이 있은 지 수년이 지난 후 문명세계는 멸망했다 자연은 시간이 지나자 회복하여 맑은 공기와 무수한 동물들의 낙원을 만들었지만 인류의 문명은 망가진 채로 방치되었다 전쟁 전 세상을 기억하는 늙은 여인은 전쟁 후 새롭게 태어난 소녀들과 함께 사라져버린 '남자'라는 생명체를 찾고 있다 늙은 여인은 아이들에게 생존에 필요한 지식을 알려주지만 문명 없는 세상에서 소녀들은 소녀가 아닌 야만에 길들여진 생명체일 뿐이다 그러던 어느 날 소녀들은 들판의 젖소를 사냥하다 늙은 남자를 만나게 된다 늙은 남자는 늙은 여자와 소녀들을 자신의 거처인 오존호텔로 안내한다

세계 대전이 있은 지 수년이 지난 후 문명세계는 멸망했다 자연은 시간이 지나자 회복하여 맑은 공기와 무수한 동물들의 낙원을 만들었지만 인류의 문명은 망가진 채로 방치되었다 전쟁 전 세상을 기억하는 늙은 여인은 전쟁 후 새롭게 태어난 소녀들과 함께 사라져버린 '남자'라는 생명체를 찾고 있다 늙은 여인은 아이들에게 생존에 필요한 지식을 알려주지만 문명 없는 세상에서 소녀들은 소녀가 아닌 야만에 길들여진 생명체일 뿐이다 그러던 어느 날 소녀들은 들판의 젖소를 사냥하다 늙은 남자를 만나게 된다 늙은 남자는 늙은 여자와 소녀들을 자신의 거처인 오존호텔로 안내한다

카프카의 이미지를 활용한 이 단편은 「성」과 「소송」의 한 대목들을 빌려와 주인공의 억압적인 상황들을 그려낸다. 감독은 잘 짜인 스토리로 표현하기 보다는, 주인공들이 겪는 이상한 상황들을 연속적으로 제시한다. 1963년의 체코에서 제작된 이 작품은 억압적인 사회상을 은유적으로 깔고 있기도 하다. (14회 전주국제영화제)

카프카의 이미지를 활용한 이 단편은 「성」과 「소송」의 한 대목들을 빌려와 주인공의 억압적인 상황들을 그려낸다. 감독은 잘 짜인 스토리로 표현하기 보다는, 주인공들이 겪는 이상한 상황들을 연속적으로 제시한다. 1963년의 체코에서 제작된 이 작품은 억압적인 사회상을 은유적으로 깔고 있기도 하다. (14회 전주국제영화제)

While a woman is in the hospital preparing to deliver her child, her husband has all day to reflect upon his wife and their relationship. As he tends to his job as a television repairman, Slavek fondly remembers how he first met Ivana and the days they spent getting to know one another. Slavek also grows increasingly aware of the environment that surrounds him and questions the society his new child will be entering. Loaded with a repeated plea for social change, this is the first feature from Czech writer/director Jaromil Jires.

A group of jolly young people work in the Prague Tesla factory, also spending most of their leisure time together. One of them, guitar player Zdenek, begins to shun his friends' company. He has fallen in love with Vera, who does not belong to the group. The happy-go-lucky young man already has several acquaintances and has his own method to get a girl: to take his motorcycle, his guitar and a bottle of wine and take her to a rented houseboat. Vera, however, is different and gets angry at Zdenek. But she is fond of him and thus eventually spends a whole evening with him on the houseboat. At a preventative medical examination, the doctor tells Vera she is pregnant.

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).

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).

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.

This lyrical comedy story takes place in two hot days in the small South Bohemian village. On the shore of a small pond, summer guests and local youth meet. As is typical of the works of Hrubín, it is a conflict of youth and age, life and death, represented by the medical student Zuzana and her beloved Jirka.

Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia's unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short.

Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia's unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short.