Movies: Václav Vodák

  • 1969
    The Cremator

    The Cremator (1969)

    The Cremator

    7.71969HD

    In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism....

    The Cremator
  • 1969
    The End of a Priest

    The End of a Priest (1969)

    The End of a Priest

    6.11969HD

    A verger, who likes to dress as a priest, is invited, by one of the villagers, to be the pastor at a vacant church. The atheist teacher resents the pastor, and tries to embarrass him in various ways, including being caught with the local girl, Majka....

    The End of a Priest
  • 1967
    Martyrs of Love

    Martyrs of Love (1967)

    Martyrs of Love

    5.21967HD

    This three-part ballad, which often uses music to stand in for dialogue, remains the most perfect embodiment of Nemec’s vision of a film world independent of reality. Mounting a defense of timid, inhibited, clumsy, and unsuccessful individuals, the t...

    Martyrs of Love
  • 1966
    A Report on the Party and the Guests

    A Report on the Party and the Guests (1966)

    A Report on the Party and the Guests

    6.91966HD

    A picnic is rudely transformed into a lesson in political hierarchy when a handful of mysterious authority figures show up....

    A Report on the Party and the Guests
  • 1979
    The Ninth Heart

    The Ninth Heart (1979)

    The Ninth Heart

    6.81979HD

    Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to Martin or anyone else, the princess is actually under the spell of the powerful magician Andlobrandini, wh...

    The Ninth Heart
  • 1972
    Morgiana

    Morgiana (1972)

    Morgiana

    7.21972HD

    Jealous of her vapidly "good" sister's popularity, poisonous Viktoria doses pretty Klara's tea with a slow-acting fatal substance. As the latter grows hysterically weak, the former finds success increasingly compromised by guilt, blackmail, and the p...

    Morgiana
  • 1971
    Oil Lamps

    Oil Lamps (1971)

    Oil Lamps

    6.11971HD

    In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work or to consummate the marriage, and then his health steadily de...

    Oil Lamps
  • 1998
    Prague Duet

    Prague Duet (1998)

    Prague Duet

    61998HD

    Dr. Lauren is staying in Prague for a conference and falls in love with Czech writer Jiri Kolmar....

    Prague Duet
  • 1970
    Nevěsta

    Nevěsta (1970)

    Nevěsta

    01970HD

    The female employees of the poultry-processing factory find relief from their monotonous work in chatting about weddings and marriages. The very young Zdena (Marta Vancurová), too, dreams about a white veil and an entourage of bridesmaids. On her ret...

    Nevěsta
  • 1968
    The Limping Devil

    The Limping Devil (1968)

    The Limping Devil

    41968HD

    A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic couples of lovers. He only fails at the swimming pool. Zuzana (Jana Sulcová), the good-looking blonde...

    The Limping Devil
  • 1992
    After the Dream

    After the Dream (1992)

    After the Dream

    51992HD

    Amós is a sailor and owner of a ship. He is impatient with the arrival of his uncle who returns from the Soviet Union, after having exiled there after the Civil War. They have no time to meet because the old man unexpectedly dies. Amos knows, thanks ...

    After the Dream
  • 1977
    Day for My Love

    Day for My Love (1977)

    Day for My Love

    5.91977HD

    The sore and tender hearts of a young couple with a toddler are explored in this drama. The little girl, four years old, is not aware that she is doing anything distressing while she ambles about the house on the day after a post-examination celebrat...

    Day for My Love
  • 1969
    A Matter of Days

    A Matter of Days (1969)

    A Matter of Days

    31969HD

    Françoise, a French sociology student, moves to Czechoslovakia to write her thesis. She falls in love with Pavel, a professor. But the events of the "Prague Spring" begin and Pavel decides to collaborate. Françoise returns to France and meets up with...

    A Matter of Days
  • 1967
    Sign of the Cancer

    Sign of the Cancer (1967)

    Sign of the Cancer

    4.71967HD

    A murder in a hospital run by incompetents....

    Sign of the Cancer
  • 1971
    Tvář pod maskou

    Tvář pod maskou (1971)

    Tvář pod maskou

    01971HD

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    Tvář pod maskou
  • 1975
    Night of Orange Fires

    Night of Orange Fires (1975)

    Night of Orange Fires

    01975HD

    Petr Rynes (Svatopluk Matyás) is celebrating his forty-fifth birthday in the company of his friends. He is happy with his wife, and his abilities at work have been rewarded with the medal For Outstanding Work. But a few short seconds are enough to ch...

    Night of Orange Fires