Jan Oliva Movies

In the forest near the village of Drahovice, a nurse from the local health center is found murdered. Three months ago, another young woman died...

Young script-writer Frantisek (Petr Cepek) is hired to write a film script based on the successful novel Looking Back. He meets with the novel's...

In the thick woods at the edge of the Bohemian Forest, two border guards are keeping watch - rifleman Kucera (Rudolf Jelínek) and dog handler...

The harsh reality of a home for abandoned children blends with episodes of youthful fantasy and slapstick comedy in this story of an orphan girl....

A story about young girl Hanka who doesn't have parents and is forced to spend most of her time in a hospital bed.

Three short stories. Prague finally sees the approval of the subway construction. Thousands of individuals took part in preparing, course and...

Little Vendulka receives a birthday gift of a seemingly innocuous children's book. Little she knows that the book is actually a portal into the...

In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a...

A model Communist village is visited by a flying saucer.

A twelve-year-old is looking for his biological parents after discovering the fact that he was adopted.

Michal's father and his friends are stigmatized by their war experience and the post-war social deformations in which they took part either directly,...

In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes...

The late summer of 1918. Paul, Willi and Heinrich from an age-old German town are good friends, although there is a great deal that divides them....

Comedy about a group of village boys and in one selfless father who wants his players to do the real football.