Jan Pivec Movies

Mirko, bored with his extravagant life, decides to spend his vacation alone, far from the company of his Prague friends. He even makes a bet with a...

A young farmer, Jan Aleš, is drafted from his native Pošumaví to join the army. Since he likes his new environment, he stays...

"Román s basou" is another short by master a stop-motion puppet-animator Jiri Trnka. The story is based on Anton Chekhovs story "Roman s...

The life story of a prominent Slovak scientist, soldier, diplomat and politician who contributed to the creation of conditions for the formation of...

Four short stories by the greatest Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek. "Soup for Poor Children" tells the story of how Prince Robert himself cooked...

A Czech satirical comedy, filmed according to a script by the State Prize laureate Jiří Marek based on several of his satirical short...

A detective comedy about ex-cashiers who - except for one - have improved and lead a proper and peaceful life and mostly desperately resist the...

An elderly couple is planning a big family gathering. The husband is thinking about what he can do to make his wife happy. While walking around town,...

The first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957). The...

The story of a Czech national revivalist, writer and author of a famous cookbook... The story takes us to Litomyšl in 1836. The local...

A tragicomedy set in wartime Germany. The protagonist is 16-year-old Bruno, who is considered by everyone to be an uneducated goofus. But he hates...

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

An unknown gang has again broken into a van containing money from the European bank. Banker Sam Hamilton decides to use an armoured car for the next...

Slightly ironic comedy of wretches, who come to understand the rich and are able to accept charity, and also about how love and work prevail over the...

Country man Josef Bezoušek has gone to Prague for an extended visit to his lawyer son's family. His son, daughter-in-law and granddaughters...