01 Jan 1985
The Demise of Paľo Ročka
A television production based on Bozena Slančíková-Timrava's short stories about social and moral conditions in a Slovak village in the 1930s.
Zvláštní případ
Lieutenant Vasátko is spending Christmas vacation in a mountain cabin where a diverse group of people have gathered. The painter Horác and two married couples, the director Skorkovský and his wife and his new discovery, the not very clever Jájinka and her husband. There is a murder and an unusual denouement.
Top Billed Cast
Radovan Lukavský Nadporučík Vašátko
Josef Kemr Malíř Horác
Jana Hlaváčová Růža
Helga Čočková Lída
Jorga Kotrbová Jája
Josef Somr Skorkovský
Ivan Vyskočil Kopeček
Jaroslav Moučka Brož
Zdeněk Tůma Fanda
Zdeněk Hodr lékař
Ladislav Kazda Vrba
Similar movies
The Demise of Paľo Ročka The Demise of Paľo Ročka Síť na bludičku 
Síť na bludičku 15 Oct 1983
Síť na bludičku
No overview found
The Death of Black King 
The Death of Black King 31 Mar 1972
The Death of Black King
Prague in the 1930s. A young, pretty girl gets on a crowded tram. She immediately catches the attention of a young man who not only appreciates the girl's charm, but also tries to steal her handbag discreetly. And so we meet one of the main characters of the film, a swindler, pickpocket and generally strange being Josef Kořínek alias Pépi. In addition to him, the story is populated by other characters from the Prague outskirts. Of course, the film also features the shrewd councilman Vacátko and his inseparable investigators Brůžek and Bouše. They have a sad duty - to track down the murderer of the collector Krále, who was found dead and who lost a sum of money on the way from the bank that could interest many people from his surroundings...
Pälsen 
Pälsen 26 Dec 1966
Pälsen
Doctor Henck is having bad day, and borrows a fur from a friend. It gives him new confidence, and his day immediately gets better. Hjalmar Söderberg's rejected 1911 movie script, filmed in 1966 for TV as a silent film with a piano soundtrack, to match the time in which it was written for.
Jindabyne 
Jindabyne 20 Jul 2006
Jindabyne
Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.
Guys and Dolls 
Guys and Dolls 23 Dec 1955
Guys and Dolls
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
The Santa and the Fox 
The Santa and the Fox 23 Dec 2019
The Santa and the Fox
It's Christmas time. The fox is starving and tries to kill the chickens in the henhouse. Animated short based on a book by Astrid Lindgren.
Guilt Guilt 17 Feb 1990
Guilt
The film is set in the 1840s. A charming village girl, Rozina, falls in love with a farmhand, Martin. However, a local madwoman, who secretly loves Martin, reveals the location of their meetings to Rozina's father, who banishes Martin and marries Rozina to the son of a rich farmer against her will. Disappointed, Martin joins a gang of smugglers. The fates of all the characters inevitably lead to tragedy...
Shanghai Express 
Shanghai Express 12 Feb 1932
Shanghai Express
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
Come Along with Me 
Come Along with Me 16 Feb 1982
Come Along with Me
Newly-widowed Mabel Lederer, who has psychic and mediumistic abilities, sells her house and belongings, changes her name, and moves to a new town. There she rents a room in a boarding house and holds a seance with the other tenants, with comical results.
Duel 
Duel 13 Nov 1971
Duel
Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the California desert. A simple trip turns deadly, as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
Mute 
Mute 07 Feb 2012
Mute
Monette, a middle-aged salesman, picks up a deaf/mute hitchhiker on the road. The hitchhiker falls asleep and Monette vents his problems knowing they fall on deaf ears. He rants about his wife’s infidelity and her embezzlement from her employer. Monette thinks nothing of this encounter until two days later his wife and her lover are found murdered.
Malka Malka 01 Jan 1968
Malka
The story of the television film takes place in the picturesque scenery of the Slovak mountains, amidst beautiful nature. It is a balladic story about the relationship of two young people, about human dreams, desires, and passions.
Katera Katera 01 Jan 1981
Katera
No overview found
Duch soudce Pauknera Duch soudce Pauknera 03 Jul 1983
Duch soudce Pauknera
No overview found
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint 
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint 24 Dec 2021
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of of an unknown country house with an imposing facade, a sweeping lawn - and, just perhaps, something else.
Gun Crazy 
Gun Crazy 20 Jan 1950
Gun Crazy
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.
Akce Býčí oko Akce Býčí oko 24 Jul 1976
Akce Býčí oko
No overview found
Death and the Compass 
Death and the Compass 05 Aug 1992
Death and the Compass
In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate a insane crime lord. (Re-released in 1996 as a feature film, 86 minutes.)
Meet Me in St. Louis 
Meet Me in St. Louis 26 Apr 1959
Meet Me in St. Louis
A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.