Jaromil Jireš Movies
- 1970
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders6.91970HD
Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the...
- 1984
Katapult
Katapult21984HD
Adaptation of Vladimir Paral's comic novel, which criticizes consumerism as an attitude of life.
- 1980
Escape Home
Escape Home61980HD
A twelve-year-old is looking for his biological parents after discovering the fact that he was adopted.
- 1963
The Dynamite Watcher
The Dynamite Watcher01963HD
- 1966
Pearls of the Deep
Pearls of the Deep5.9831966HD
A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s...
- 1969
The Joke
The Joke6.51969HD
In the 1950s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he...
- 1979
The Young Man and Moby Dick
The Young Man and Moby Dick41979HD
Good-looking Edita Beningerová (Jana Brejchová) arrives at a chemical factory in the North Bohemian town of Ústí nad...
- 1988
O Háderunovi a víle Elóře
O Háderunovi a víle Elóře01988HD
- 1977
Flying Saucers Over Our Village
Flying Saucers Over Our Village4.51977HD
A model Communist village is visited by a flying saucer.
- 1993
Helimadoe
Helimadoe71993HD
- 1982
Opera ve vinici
Opera ve vinici01982HD
- 1991
Labyrint
Labyrint01991HD
Film makes the creative process visible by letting its narrative flow in the mind of a foreign director who is researching a film about Franz Kafka...
- 1964
The Cry
The Cry6.91964HD
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...
- 1990
Jestřábí moudrost
Jestřábí moudrost01990HD
A gloomy tale about a king whose pride robbed him of love, friends and power. A cruel curse is at the beginning of the story of this fairy tale based...
- 1966
An Occasion to Speak
An Occasion to Speak01966HD
Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.
- 1959
Uncle
Uncle6.51959HD
In this six-minute short, a man’s attempt to burgle a home is interrupted by a child.
- 1980
Payment in Kind
Payment in Kind5.31980HD
In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes...
- 1985
Věčný Faust
Věčný Faust01985HD
- 1974
Královský gambit
Královský gambit01974HD
- 1983
Incomplete Eclipse
Incomplete Eclipse61983HD
Marta (Lucie Patikova) was blinded in an accident brought on by her careless and indulgent younger sister. Now in a school for the blind, Marta keeps...