Zdeněk Štěpánek Movies

Year of the Revolution 1848

One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be directly named due to censorship: Gangsters with gray hats...

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

Concert master Karel Mašek is a drunk, as well as engineer Danda and other regular guests of the pub U Kroců. Mašek returns from...

Venice Film Festival 1940

Small town policeman Holms suffers from a rather unusual problem: Because of the low crime rate, there is simply not enough to do for him. Deadly...

Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War II

After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the...

In this reportage, film professionals offer the viewers a peek behind the scenes at the Barrandov studios. We see how sets are constructed and we...

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...