Otakar Vávra Movies

A painting of a girl from another time comes to life for it's buyer in this costume comedy.

When a man stops at a motel one evening in 1961, his tormenting behavior drives one of the people present at the motel to remember his experiences in...

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

Otakar Vávra dedicated his latest film to events accompanying the devastation of the first World War. It takes place in representative centers...

Shown in Cannes 1946.

Ríša, a student of law, neglects his studies in favour of parties and pranks. His angry father refuses to continue helping him out of...

Slightly ironic comedy of wretches, who come to understand the rich and are able to accept charity, and also about how love and work prevail over the...

A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as well as economic, political, and social...

Prague, the beginning of the 17th century. Rozina falls in love with Italian glass worker Nikolo, but after returning home, she gets a message that...

Baker Jan Racek (Vladimír Repa) is a very hard-working and sensible man. His great passion is pigeon-keeping and also, for many years, Ruzenka...

A young doctor and a group of injured are hiding in an underground shelter and are liberated by Soviet soldiers.

"The Rally" is based on a communist writer Vaclav Řezáč's well-written novel of the same name

The doomed love of a city girl caught in the vise of poverty is detailed in Vavra’s fluid, romantic work, one of the most elegant creations of...