Alois Vachek Movies

  • 1966
    Closely Watched Trains

    Closely Watched Trains

    Closely Watched Trains

    7.31966HD

    At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity....

    Closely Watched Trains
  • 1990
    Larks on a String

    Larks on a String

    Larks on a String

    71990HD

    In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is...

    Larks on a String
  • 1968
    Capricious Summer

    Capricious Summer

    Capricious Summer

    6.7041968HD

    Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It...

    Capricious Summer
  • 1970
    Witchhammer

    Witchhammer

    Witchhammer

    7.71970HD

    In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal...

    Witchhammer
  • 1966
    Pearls of the Deep

    Pearls of the Deep

    Pearls of the Deep

    61966HD

    A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s...

    Pearls of the Deep
  • 1970
    Case for a Rookie Hangman

    Case for a Rookie Hangman

    Case for a Rookie Hangman

    6.91970HD

    Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he...

    Case for a Rookie Hangman
  • 1976
    Secluded, Near Woods

    Secluded, Near Woods

    Secluded, Near Woods

    7.41976HD

    The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the...

    Secluded, Near Woods
  • 1977
    A Nice Plate of Spinach

    A Nice Plate of Spinach

    A Nice Plate of Spinach

    6.41977HD

    The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.

    A Nice Plate of Spinach
  • 1973
    Miss Golem

    Miss Golem

    Miss Golem

    4.61973HD

    It is the 1920's. The good-looking hostess Věra demonstrates household robots to visitors of the Futurum exhibition. Young inventor Petr comes...

    Miss Golem
  • 1978
    Past na kachnu

    Past na kachnu

    Past na kachnu

    31978HD

    Taxi driver Koukal (Miroslav Machácek) is stopped by the police for a routine traffic check. In the boot of his car the police find the body...

    Past na kachnu
  • 1979
    Those Wonderful Movie Cranks

    Those Wonderful Movie Cranks

    Those Wonderful Movie Cranks

    6.41979HD

    Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte, an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his beautiful daughter Aloisie...

    Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
  • 1972
    The Secret of a Great Narrator

    The Secret of a Great Narrator

    The Secret of a Great Narrator

    4.31972HD

    The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and...

    The Secret of a Great Narrator
  • 1968
    Crime in the Night Club

    Crime in the Night Club

    Crime in the Night Club

    5.91968HD

    A black comedy set in a Prague cabaret.

    Crime in the Night Club
  • 1966
    Crime at the Girls School

    Crime at the Girls School

    Crime at the Girls School

    6.41966HD

    Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with the murder case...

    Crime at the Girls School
  • 1976
    Boty plné vody

    Boty plné vody

    Boty plné vody

    51976HD

    Three short stories ("Zelenáči 1945", "Silvestr 1948" and "Zimní vítr 1951") about members of the SNB units guarding the...

    Boty plné vody
  • 1967
    The Unfortunate Bridegroom

    The Unfortunate Bridegroom

    The Unfortunate Bridegroom

    8.21967HD

    A comedy about two bumbling policemen investigating an alleged rape in a small Czech town. One of the alleged rapists is supposed to get married the...

    The Unfortunate Bridegroom
  • 1976
    Profesoři za školou

    Profesoři za školou

    Profesoři za školou

    01976HD

    Profesoři za školou
  • 1968
    How to Get Rid of Helenka

    How to Get Rid of Helenka

    How to Get Rid of Helenka

    61968HD

    Radio announcer Petrícek reads the evening news in a studio. Viki, the female editor of a woman's program, is annoyed by the stereotypical...

    How to Get Rid of Helenka
  • 1972
    Návraty

    Návraty

    Návraty

    01972HD

    Návraty
  • 1974
    Who Looks for Gold?

    Who Looks for Gold?

    Who Looks for Gold?

    51974HD

    When he returns to Prague from a stint in the Army, Lada does not seem to fit in anywhere, and he cannot get the hang of the system of deliberately...

    Who Looks for Gold?