Jaromil Jireš Movies

  • 1970
    Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

    Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

    Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

    6.91970HD

    Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the...

    Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
  • 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
  • 1969
    The Joke

    The Joke

    The Joke

    6.51969HD

    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...

    The Joke
  • 1980
    Payment in Kind

    Payment in Kind

    Payment in Kind

    5.31980HD

    In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes...

    Payment in Kind
  • 1966
    Pearls of the Deep

    Pearls of the Deep

    Pearls of the Deep

    5.9831966HD

    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...

    Pearls of the Deep
  • 1963
    The Dynamite Watcher

    The Dynamite Watcher

    The Dynamite Watcher

    01963HD

    The Dynamite Watcher
  • 1959
    Uncle

    Uncle

    Uncle

    6.51959HD

    In this six-minute short, a man’s attempt to burgle a home is interrupted by a child.

    Uncle
  • 1974
    People from the Subway

    People from the Subway

    People from the Subway

    3.51974HD

    Three short stories. Prague finally sees the approval of the subway construction. Thousands of individuals took part in preparing, course and...

    People from the Subway
  • 1988
    O Háderunovi a víle Elóře

    O Háderunovi a víle Elóře

    O Háderunovi a víle Elóře

    01988HD

    O Háderunovi a víle Elóře
  • 1964
    The Cry

    The Cry

    The Cry

    6.91964HD

    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...

    The Cry
  • 1977
    Flying Saucers Over Our Village

    Flying Saucers Over Our Village

    Flying Saucers Over Our Village

    4.51977HD

    A model Communist village is visited by a flying saucer.

    Flying Saucers Over Our Village
  • 1991
    Labyrint

    Labyrint

    Labyrint

    01991HD

    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...

    Labyrint
  • 1993
    Helimadoe

    Helimadoe

    Helimadoe

    71993HD

    Helimadoe
  • 1972
    And Give My Love to the Swallows

    And Give My Love to the Swallows

    And Give My Love to the Swallows

    4.71972HD

    This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she...

    And Give My Love to the Swallows
  • 1987
    Lion with a White Mane

    Lion with a White Mane

    Lion with a White Mane

    51987HD

    The film tells the exciting life of the great Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928), also known by the thick silver hair that crowned his...

    Lion with a White Mane
  • 1966
    An Occasion to Speak

    An Occasion to Speak

    An Occasion to Speak

    01966HD

    Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.

    An Occasion to Speak
  • 1985
    Extended Time

    Extended Time

    Extended Time

    61985HD

    Extended Time
  • 1999
    Double Role

    Double Role

    Double Role

    71999HD

    An intimate psychological film which elaborates the Faustian theme about the dispute between the body and the soul - a study on human identity. Two...

    Double Role
  • 1958
    A Box of Film

    A Box of Film

    A Box of Film

    01958HD

    A film about filmmaking.

    A Box of Film
  • 1995
    Učitel tance

    Učitel tance

    Učitel tance

    6.81995HD

    Učitel tance