Jaroslav Plesl

Líba has only one birthday wish every year. She insists that the whole family come together for her celebration, which they all always do. That is, until this year's birthday. Her son Petr has other plans for this year, so he pretends to be sick in front of the family. This year, for the first time, he wants to spend his birthday with his friend Karl, who has a birthday on the same day. And Karel is Peter's long-hidden secret for the rest of the family. However, Líba is not going to give up her celebration so easily. She decides to surprise Peter and move in with the whole family. An unexpected visit forces Peter to quickly improvise. In front of your family, turning your friend Karel into a colleague from work and his sister Veronika into your girlfriend is basically a piece of cake. But Petr doesn't know yet that this is just the beginning and today will be one big rollercoaster ride.

The real fate of Jiří Arvéd Smíchovský, a prominent hermeticist, occultist, believer in black magic and an exceptionally well-educated person with a brilliant memory. This avid book lover had doctorates in law, theology and philosophy and was fluent in five languages. He was interested in occult teachings, practiced magical ceremonies, was in contact with the Freemasons, but at the same time he was a member of the National Fascist Community while being homosexual. During the war he cooperated with the Nazis, after the war with the communist StB.

When a train unexpectedly changes directions, a group of eccentric passengers must work together to reach their destination safely.

Jaroslav is a handsome and seemingly good-natured son, father and decent husband. But in fact he is pathologically jealous of his wife Blanka and very much afraid that she will leave him one day with their three children. Jaroslav and his family do not hesitate to employ violence, deceit and terror against others, which ultimately leads to a family tragedy.

Urban, um órfão, serve como aprendiz a um ganancioso mestre relojoeiro. Quando Urban cresce, apaixona-se pela filha do relojoeiro Laura e quer casar com ela. Antes que isso aconteça, o mestre envia seu aprendiz ao mundo com a tarefa de procurar um relógio mítico que possa alertar sobre a morte. Ninguém sabe se o relógio existe, mas se Urban não o trouxer de volta, Laura nunca será sua esposa. Assim, o aprendiz de relojoeiro inicia uma longa jornada cheia de dificuldades, que deve superar com bravura, habilidade e bom coração.

35-year-old Eliska has a wedding and is waiting for her big moment. Instead of his "yes", the groom says "no" and runs away from the altar. Fortunately, overwhelmed Eliska has a great friend with a clear recipe for what needs to be done. She herself alternates boys as socks and therefore immediately bases her profile on a dating site. She doesn't like it very much, but she is middle-aged, she's single and she's afraid the train won't miss her. And she wants to take life more firmly in her hands. She therefore throws herself into a blind date and tries to find new love between a series of catastrophic meetings. At the same time, she has to move quickly and the only option is to live with her half-brother, a weirdo who grows bees on the roof and who does not want her at home.

Happiness is often found unexpectedly, so what? A lesbian couple raise their two children in perfect harmony when a man from the past intervenes. Violent psychopath demands the custody of his daughter, while his ex-wife suffers his terror. Two teenagers simply run away and a devout man does not have the strength to protect his love.

This fascinating historical drama looks at the life of "the Czech Schindler," Zdenek Toman, a controversial figure who was an unsavory politician and dubious entrepreneur, but also the savior of hundreds of Eastern European Jews.

A writer gets into a rehab where he meets a lot of successful men who destroyed their lives with alcohol.

Em uma pequena cidade tcheca, um quarteto de cordas é formado por Robert, Simona, Tomas e Funes, todos insatisfeitos com suas vidas. Enquanto ensaiam para o próximo concerto, eles vão passar por situações estranhas e mal-entendidos, o que fará emergir os melhores e os piores sentimentos uns dos outros, prejudicando seu futuro como banda e como amigos.

Oddsockeaters are small invisible creatures, responsible for socks that go missing when we only have one left from a pair. But unlike them, Seed’s gang wants to have a pair. In the end, they began their fight between two sets of values.

Czech Television's epic historical film draws on the breathtaking dramatic life of the great of Czech history, King Charles IV.

A couple embark on an early vacation. Left alone, their children cut loose until the boy gets caught for skipping school and things take an unexpected turn. Boasting exquisite camera work, the film is also unforgettable for its wholly original ending.

Baseado em uma história real. Em 1899, uma menina é brutalmente assassinada numa aldeia no interior. Num clima de crescente antissemitismo, um jovem judeu chamado Leopold Hilsner é preso.

A professora de alemão Maruna dirige o tasco lá do sítio. Não parece que algum dia se vá casar, já que não há muitos homens adequados na sua pequena aldeia. Mas um dia, algo inesperado acontece aqui, em lugar nenhum na Morávia.

Story follows two best friend on private investigation. They are going to their hometown to prove that Michals mother was killed by his stepmother.

The film's main theme is obsession. An obsession with love, with art, originality, copying, with success, money and... with oneself. Sooner or later, if we lose our rational upper hand over it and let ourselves be dragged down by it, every obsession leads to destruction. But it is only when being dragged down, in spite of all the cuts and bruises, that we find a unique DELIGHT, if only for a few short moments - and what else is life really about? It is like a drug. What at first seems to be weak and trivial is capable of expanding and growing into a serious problem that can appear to be absolutely incomprehensible and absurd to those who have never experienced anything like it.

Fogi is enjoying his never ending puberty. But simultaneously Fogi is also trying to live up to his family duties and bring up Véna, his son from the first marriage. He did not get married again but lives with Jana, a post office employee. Together they have little Anicka and they all live in a flat in a small town. At first, Jana is trying to tolerate Fogi's moods, but her patience is running out. Fogi loses his job. On top of that he starts to see himself in his adolescent son and realizes with horror that Véna repeats his own mistakes. The first fights, bans and mutual misunderstandings are approaching.

Film crew on the road: Director (Jaroslav Plesl), his Producer (Simona Babcáková), and their Director of Photography (Jirí Vyorálek) and Sound Arist (Johana Svarcova). Starving artists who already have a number of films to their names, Czech Lion award-winning films, excellent reviews and have been screened at numerous festivals, but they don't have audiences. Their next collaborative effort - the Director's lifetime dream - is quickly becoming oblivion because he failed to win a grant, which means it won't be made. And so the frustrated Director and his colleagues await their chance among record-holders of curious disciplines such as crawling with a squash racket or collecting four-leaf clovers. How will the collision of these two worlds end? What will the Director's next film be about?

Seis adolescentes abandonaram a sua cidade natal para ir a Praga depois de se formar no ensino médio. Agora, no seus trinta, fazem um balance das suas vidas. É tarde demais para uma mudança? Poderão os protagonistas encontrar um novo sentido em suas vidas vivendo juntos em uma fazenda idílica no campo?

Hynek Michánek wants to study medicine but fails his entrance exams five times. He starts a job as an orderly in a district hospital where one of the doctors on the examining board works as well. He feels no-one takes him seriously and he loathes the doctors, who treat him with disdain. When an old man begs him to end his pain and suffering by helping him to die, Hynek gives him a "liberating" injection. But now he has done it once, he finds he can't stop. He continues killing other patients, even though he knows he can't get away with it for long.

Private psychologist Jakub tries to help others, but he has his own problems. Then he gets to take care of his old father which starts a lot of funny situations due to fathers starting dementia. Then this new medication appears...

Based on actual events. Late 1941, Group Silver A are dropped into occupied Czechoslovakia on an SOE mission to set up a Radio communications centre for the resistance, and contact a German Army officer whom is forwarding information to the British.

Grandhotel je místo mezi nebem a zemí. Místo, kudy plují mraky a lidské touhy. Metaforický příběh je zasazený do slavného hotelu tyčícího se nad Libercem. V něm, jako strážný a vězeň zároveň, pracuje Fleischman, údržbář a amatérský meteorolog, který chtěl mít k nebi tak blízko, jak jen mu to život dovolí. A výš to už nejde.