Jan Oliva Movies

Little Vendulka receives a birthday gift of a seemingly innocuous children's book. Little she knows that the book is actually a portal into the...

Young script-writer Frantisek (Petr Cepek) is hired to write a film script based on the successful novel Looking Back. He meets with the novel's...

Michal's father and his friends are stigmatized by their war experience and the post-war social deformations in which they took part either directly,...

In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a...

In the thick woods at the edge of the Bohemian Forest, two border guards are keeping watch - rifleman Kucera (Rudolf Jelínek) and dog handler...

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...

Comedy about a group of village boys and in one selfless father who wants his players to do the real football.

The late summer of 1918. Paul, Willi and Heinrich from an age-old German town are good friends, although there is a great deal that divides them....

A story about young girl Hanka who doesn't have parents and is forced to spend most of her time in a hospital bed.

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