Jiří Suchý Movies

The word recital was supposedly coined by the piano virtuoso Ferenc Liszt for a solo performance. In the introduction, lyricist Jiří...

A 50-year-old foreign trade executive meets a 20-year-old student at a trade fair in Brno. The relationship triggers confrontational memories of his...

Young blacksmith Mikeš sets out into the world for an adventure, accompanied by the miller's assistant Matěj and the boy Ondra. On their...

In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the...

A dreadful story about a pub keeper's daughter named Kacenka who liquidates a herd of robbers and so revenges for the death of her father. The...

At the beginning, the newly arrived soldiers form a musical theatre troupe to escape the humiliation of the older ones. They vow that they will be...

On Saturday, October 12, 1996, Miroslav Donutil welcomed a sold-out crowd to Prague's Lucerna Hall, bringing his guests and friends onto the stage...

Jonáš, an aging comedian, wanders the restored Semafor theater lost in memories of his glory days. He finds unexpected inspiration in...

Depiction of Czech students in the 1950s. The kids are less interested in communism than in rock n’ roll. Czech authorities deemed the work...

A social comedy about a wealthy man in his prime, for whom marital infidelity is just a pleasant and regular sport. A young flower shop owner, to...

A legendary New Year's Eve special featuring Vladimír Menšík... Televised New Year's Eve programs hold a legendary status in the...

Story of a high-schooler who fails to gain a place at university and necessarily finds herself having to take a job behind the counter at a buffet.

A celebration of Czech music. This is a concert featuring the biggest names on the domestic pop scene. Dozens of singers paid tribute to Karel Gott,...

Jiří Suchý recalls two of the most prominent artistic and creative figures in Czechoslovak culture of the last century:...

A short animated movie from 1970 depicting a "grotesque image of the eternal longing for adventure and romance".