Movies: Jiří Holý

  • 1970
    Witchhammer

    Witchhammer (1970)

    Witchhammer

    7.71970HD

    In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects....

    Witchhammer
  • 1965
    Assassination

    Assassination (1965)

    Assassination

    7.51965HD

    The assassination of Heydrich in Prague during WWII....

    Assassination
  • 1964
    The Jester's Tale

    The Jester's Tale (1964)

    The Jester's Tale

    7.51964HD

    An anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years' War. It follows ploughman Petr, recruiter Matěj and country girl Lenka who get caught up in both sides of the war and experience many adventures before they find happiness. The film combines live ...

    The Jester's Tale
  • 1998
    Sekal Has to Die

    Sekal Has to Die (1998)

    Sekal Has to Die

    6.31998HD

    ComiBaran, a protestant blacksmith arrives in the little village of Lakotice to kill Sekal, a cruel Nazi collaborator....

    Sekal Has to Die
  • 1971
    The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon

    The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon (1971)

    The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon

    5.21971HD

    In a suburban villa, a woman of means is murdered. Police Superintendent Zdychynec from the Prague Liben neighborhood reports the case to Police Councilman Vacátko, upon whose order an investigation is launched immediately. Zdychynec begins to suspec...

    The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon
  • 1966
    Searching

    Searching (1966)

    Searching

    5.11966HD

    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, or watched them cowardly and in silence. They are trying to repress their feelings of guilt and just...

    Searching
  • 1962
    Ceiling

    Ceiling (1962)

    Ceiling

    5.11962HD

    The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost completely without hearing her voice. It is seldom that Marta gets the space to speak, instead she is most...

    Ceiling
  • 1975
    The Day That Shook the World

    The Day That Shook the World (1975)

    The Day That Shook the World

    5.91975HD

    An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914....

    The Day That Shook the World
  • 1959
    King of the Sumava

    King of the Sumava (1959)

    King of the Sumava

    4.71959HD

    A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Sumava"....

    King of the Sumava
  • 1980
    Dark Sun

    Dark Sun (1980)

    Dark Sun

    4.81980HD

    A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit....

    Dark Sun
  • 1975
    Sokolovo

    Sokolovo (1975)

    Sokolovo

    41975HD

    The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German tro...

    Sokolovo
  • 1973
    Princess Goldilocks

    Princess Goldilocks (1973)

    Princess Goldilocks

    6.81973HD

    A princess was so beautiful and had such golden hair that she was known as Pretty Goldilocks. A neighboring king fell in love with her from her description, but much to the king's disappointment, she rejected his ambassador, saying she had no wish to...

    Princess Goldilocks
  • 1985
    Hubert the Smart Boy

    Hubert the Smart Boy (1985)

    Hubert the Smart Boy

    5.91985HD

    Hubert Hrabe, known as Smart Boy, is a Prague dandy who is always skirting the edge of the law. Like every likable rogue, he has a worthy adversary - Police Inspector Mourek, who has long been trying in vain to put him behind bars. However, this defe...

    Hubert the Smart Boy
  • 1964
    The Hope

    The Hope (1964)

    The Hope

    6.41964HD

    A group of outcasts, including a vagabond and a prostitute, gather at the outskirts of the industrial area of a large Czech city, one of the things that helps some of them survive is alcohol....

    The Hope
  • 1964
    Conquerors of Arkansas

    Conquerors of Arkansas (1964)

    Conquerors of Arkansas

    4.61964HD

    Based on the novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film, set entirely in the state of Arkansas, tells of the conflict of interests between the local townspeople and homesteaders on the surrounding land, miners arriving during the gold rush, cowboys and ...

    Conquerors of Arkansas
  • 1982
    The Last One Will Go to Hell

    The Last One Will Go to Hell (1982)

    The Last One Will Go to Hell

    4.81982HD

    A historical film that takes place on the eve of the thirty year war combines aspects of fairy-tales with historical dramas, fencing with a child heroes who find themselves in great dangers. We are in the year 1611 and mercenaries that had previously...

    The Last One Will Go to Hell
  • 1968
    Dialogue 20-40-60

    Dialogue 20-40-60 (1968)

    Dialogue 20-40-60

    5.31968HD

    "Using the same, three times repeating dialogue – dramatic conversation between man and woman – Jerzy Skolimowski from Poland, Slovak director Peter Solan and Czech director Zbynìk Brynych shot three different stories. The result was an extraordinary...

    Dialogue 20-40-60
  • 1971
    One of Them Is the Murderer

    One of Them Is the Murderer (1971)

    One of Them Is the Murderer

    5.71971HD

    Marek (Jirí Holý), formerly a driver of a long-distance lorry, has served his term for smuggling art works abroad and is released from jail. Years ago, he sacrificed himself and confessed his guilt on behalf of his companions - the drivers Krása, Jel...

    One of Them Is the Murderer
  • 1973
    Days of Betrayal

    Days of Betrayal (1973)

    Days of Betrayal

    51973HD

    This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from ...

    Days of Betrayal
  • 1968
    Spravedlnost pro Selvina

    Spravedlnost pro Selvina (1968)

    Spravedlnost pro Selvina

    41968HD

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    Spravedlnost pro Selvina