Juraj Herz Movies

This forgotten detective story starring Svatopluk Beneš focuses on those ills of the past regime that were allowed to be glossed over - mainly...

Michail Forman, a successful business manager, gets stuck in a traffic jam. The weather is lousy, his car breaks down and he forgot to buy a present...

A comedy set in a circus setting. Artist Ivan Brabec visits the variety artist Bellinzon to ask for the hand of his daughter Dana. However, the old...

A divorced single mother romances a young slaughterhouse worker, must to the chagrin of her ex-husband.

A romantic story of a young nobleman who sees a beautiful girl at the carnival who seems familiar to him. He feels that he saw her in an old castle,...

A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic...

The series of children's films about Detective Martin, who intervenes in cases involving children, begins with this film. It consists of two short...

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most...

After inheriting a villa from his uncle, Emil Tuma meets its strange inhabitants, getting him in trouble.

Rambling Engelbert: 1973 Czechoslovakian T.V. movie musical

Managers at the construction of a big hydro plant are accused of having embezzled money.

The filmmakers revisit some of the shooting locations of THE CREMATOR with director Juraj Herz and chronicles the making of the 1969 film.

A comedy about Simon, an honest, clever confectioner. In practical life, the humble bachelor becomes an easy prey to his boss, his mother, and hordes...

One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. He was not afraid to experiment and the...

During the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the main characters of the story meet in a village pub. A traveling magician performs his variety...