Movies: Antonín Soukup

  • 1947
    Nikola Shuhai

    Nikola Shuhai (1947)

    Nikola Shuhai

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    At the end of the First World War, Nikola Shuhai and his friend from the army desert. On the way home, to the village of Kolochava, they both find refuge with baby Jaga. Jaga mixes them a drink to protect them from the deadly bullets. The bachelors m...

    Nikola Shuhai
  • 1956
    Kam s ním?

    Kam s ním? (1956)

    Kam s ním?

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    Based on Jan Neruda's column of the same name, which depicts the troubles of an old straw man. The film is introduced by poet Jaroslav Seifert with a speech about Jan Neruda and his work....

    Kam s ním?
  • 1951
    Posel úsvitu

    Posel úsvitu (1951)

    Posel úsvitu

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    A biographical film about a Czech mechanic and designer who was the first in the Czech lands to construct a steam car....

    Posel úsvitu
  • 1944
    The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice

    The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)

    The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice

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    The bickering of envious mistresses, the criminal intentions of fraudsters and the love of two young people are at the center of events, in the middle of which unfolds the fate of the city executioner Jiří, who longs to break free from his destiny an...

    The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice
  • 1948
    Až se vrátíš...

    Až se vrátíš... (1948)

    Až se vrátíš...

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    In an unsightly tenement house, the walls of which are as peeling as the souls of the tenants, an old woman waits for her son to return from prison. However, her neighbors believe that she is hiding a large fortune in her tattered suitcase, which she...

    Až se vrátíš...
  • 1955
    Návštěva z oblak

    Návštěva z oblak (1955)

    Návštěva z oblak

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    The achievements of socialism must be protected by all means - and it can even be fun. The Svazarmov paratroopers convince the casual cooperative members that the military education of the population must not be underestimated; they simply carry out ...

    Návštěva z oblak
  • 1968
    „Rakev ve snu viděti...“

    „Rakev ve snu viděti...“ (1968)

    „Rakev ve snu viděti...“

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    The Ronov castle has been changed into a hotel, offering stylish facilities to its guests: weddings in the torture chamber, a Black Lancer kidnapping brides, a night's lodging in a family tomb etc. The reformed petty swindler Felix Pacínek (Bohumil S...

    „Rakev ve snu viděti...“
  • 1974
    Joachim, Put It in the Machine

    Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)

    Joachim, Put It in the Machine

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    A sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he buys a computer made horoscope with biorhythms charts, marked according to his date of birth, there are trappy, precarious, unsuccessful and even critical da...

    Joachim, Put It in the Machine
  • 1936
    Jízdní hlídka

    Jízdní hlídka (1936)

    Jízdní hlídka

    6.51936HD

    The war drama The Horse Patrol is an adaptation of the play of the same name by writer and military doctor František Langer. It takes place in 1919 in Russia and depicts the conflict between members of the Czechoslovak legions and Soviet agitators wh...

    Jízdní hlídka
  • 1946
    Právě začínáme

    Právě začínáme (1946)

    Právě začínáme

    5.51946HD

    The shopkeeper František Diviš offers cheap goods at the fairs, while the co-owner of the traveling variety show Bohouš Vosáhlo offers unpretentious folk entertainment. They therefore meet very often. Neither of them earns a comfortable living from t...

    Právě začínáme
  • 1962
    Dva z onoho světa

    Dva z onoho světa (1962)

    Dva z onoho světa

    51962HD

    A musical comedy about two indistinguishably similar siblings who love music, but each of them is completely different. Pavel Fořt is a professor of classical music at a pedagogical institute, his brother is a jazz musician and plays music in America...

    Dva z onoho světa
  • 1947
    Warriors of Faith

    Warriors of Faith (1947)

    Warriors of Faith

    51947HD

    After the Battle of Lipany, the remnants of the Hussite troops concentrated under the leadership of Jan Roháč of Dubé at Sion Castle. However, he had no prospects of victory against the soldiers of the Lordship. Sion was conquered, Roháč of Dubé was ...

    Warriors of Faith
  • 1961
    The Day the Tree Blooms

    The Day the Tree Blooms (1961)

    The Day the Tree Blooms

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    Based on a novel by Maria Majerova, this well-photographed but routine romantic drama is directed and co-scripted by Vaclav Krska. Set in a more old-fashioned time, the story centers around Lenka (Suzana Fisarskova), a young woman with a domineering,...

    The Day the Tree Blooms
  • 1953
    Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička

    Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička (1953)

    Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička

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    A story about the conditions in Bohemia in the second half of the nineteenth century, when small-town officials, such as Hrdlička, succumbed to the predators of the emerging large financial and industrial bourgeoisie, represented by Jestřáb....

    Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička
  • 1962
    Králíci ve vysoké trávě

    Králíci ve vysoké trávě (1962)

    Králíci ve vysoké trávě

    51962HD

    Ten-year-old Martin attends religion at school and is always an altar boy at church. That's the wish of his mother Anci, a bigoted believer. However, Martin encounters hypocrisy at every turn and begins to doubt that God exists. His older brother Eda...

    Králíci ve vysoké trávě
  • 1937
    Děvčátko z venkova

    Děvčátko z venkova (1937)

    Děvčátko z venkova

    7.51937HD

    Orphaned Zdeňka Štěpánová helps her foster parents in Moravia at an inn. One day she learns that she is to be taken in by the owner of a toy factory, Miloš Kavan, who will fulfill her father's last wish. At the same time that Kavan and his housekeepe...

    Děvčátko z venkova
  • 1938
    Ideál septimy

    Ideál septimy (1938)

    Ideál septimy

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    Jindřich Tůma, a partner in the gas mask shop "Asana", has a very energetic wife who promotes a vegetarian diet. The real soul of the company is Ing. Ivan Kareš, who also leads civil defense exercises. On the street, during a practice air raid warnin...

    Ideál septimy
  • 1962
    Don't Take Shelter From The Rain

    Don't Take Shelter From The Rain (1962)

    Don't Take Shelter From The Rain

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    A youthfully enthusiastic teacher tries to raise the standard of living of the residents of a declining border village... A sympathetic young man with a suspended sentence was Josef Abrham's first big role. Miroslav Horníček often told a funny story ...

    Don't Take Shelter From The Rain
  • 1948
    The Portrait

    The Portrait (1948)

    The Portrait

    6.51948HD

    People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon Jordán and asks him to paint his portrait. Simon agrees but as he progresses with the work his mind conjures ...

    The Portrait
  • 1963
    Tarzanova smrt

    Tarzanova smrt (1963)

    Tarzanova smrt

    5.51963HD

    In the era of the rise of Nazism in Germany, a strange man, exhibited in a circus for the amusement of the audience, is found to be the heir to a large fortune. The new owner must learn social behaviour and resist the advances of those who would like...

    Tarzanova smrt