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
  • 1984
    Katapult

    Katapult

    Katapult

    21984HD

    Adaptation of Vladimir Paral's comic novel, which criticizes consumerism as an attitude of life.

    Katapult
  • 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
  • 1963
    The Dynamite Watcher

    The Dynamite Watcher

    The Dynamite Watcher

    01963HD

    The Dynamite Watcher
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1979
    The Young Man and Moby Dick

    The Young Man and Moby Dick

    The Young Man and Moby Dick

    41979HD

    Good-looking Edita Beningerová (Jana Brejchová) arrives at a chemical factory in the North Bohemian town of Ústí nad...

    The Young Man and Moby Dick
  • 1988
    O Háderunovi a víle Elóře

    O Háderunovi a víle Elóře

    O Háderunovi a víle Elóře

    01988HD

    O Háderunovi a víle Elóře
  • 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
  • 1993
    Helimadoe

    Helimadoe

    Helimadoe

    71993HD

    Helimadoe
  • 1982
    Opera ve vinici

    Opera ve vinici

    Opera ve vinici

    01982HD

    Opera ve vinici
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1990
    Jestřábí moudrost

    Jestřábí moudrost

    Jestřábí moudrost

    01990HD

    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...

    Jestřábí moudrost
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1985
    Věčný Faust

    Věčný Faust

    Věčný Faust

    01985HD

    Věčný Faust
  • 1974
    Královský gambit

    Královský gambit

    Královský gambit

    01974HD

    Královský gambit
  • 1983
    Incomplete Eclipse

    Incomplete Eclipse

    Incomplete Eclipse

    61983HD

    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...

    Incomplete Eclipse