Jan Němec Movies
- 1966
Pearls of the Deep
Pearls of the Deep61966HD
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...
- 1966
A Report on the Party and the Guests
A Report on the Party and the Guests6.8861966HD
A picnic is rudely transformed into a lesson in political hierarchy when a handful of mysterious authority figures show up.
- 1970
Murdering the Devil
Murdering the Devil5.81970HD
Comedy with fairy-tale touches, about Kate, who wants to marry, and Mr. Devil, who is not interested in the heart or soul of this passionate and...
- 1961
The Day the Tree Blooms
The Day the Tree Blooms71961HD
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...
- 1964
Diamonds of the Night
Diamonds of the Night7.11964HD
A tense, brutal story of two Jewish boys who escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Ultimately, they are...
- 2005
Searching for Ester
Searching for Ester02005HD
Ester Krumbachová - a costume designer, screenwriter, director; one of the boldest personalities of the Czech New Wave. She worked in theatre,...
- 2000
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)02000HD
A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to...
- 2023
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History82023HD
The unique and enigmatic journey of the writer Milan Kundera: from communist Czechoslovakia to exile in Paris, from his quest for glory to his...
- 1968
Oratorio for Prague
Oratorio for Prague7.11968HD
Filmmaker Jan Nemec and his crew risked their lives to create this historic documentary account of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The...
- 1991
Flames of Royal Love
Flames of Royal Love4.21991HD
In 1992, Prague is the capital of a small kingdom. The prince is supposed to choose his bride to be at a royal ball. But to everybody's surprise, he...
- 2010
Heart Beat 3D
Heart Beat 3D02010HD
A visual dreamscape of Prague streets, a hallucinatory vision of a world from the operating table for robotic heart surgeries, collaged together with...
- 1966
An Occasion to Speak
An Occasion to Speak01966HD
Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.
- 1969
Proudy lásku odnesou
Proudy lásku odnesou01969HD
- 1996
Code Name: Ruby
Code Name: Ruby4.51996HD
This controversial feature blends documentary, archival footage and fiction into an elliptical narrative in which two young people in Prague, an...
- 1968
Seven Days to Remember
Seven Days to Remember71968HD
The Soviet advance met with fierce, idealistic resistance. We join the hundreds of students as they man barricades constructed from overturned...
- 1968
Čas slunce a růží
Čas slunce a růží01968HD
- 2016
Deckname Holec
Deckname Holec4.752016HD
Young director Honza David films the Russian invasion in in Prague in August 1968. With Eva the love of his life he tries to get out of the country....
- 2003
Late Night Talks with Mother
Late Night Talks with Mother02003HD
Taking a cue from Franz Kafka's "Letter to My Father," this highly personal film follows Czech director Jan Nemec as he attempts to engage in a...
- 1988
'68
'683.4291988HD
'68 covers exactly one year (January 1st through December 31st) in the lives of Zoltan Szabo and his family, Hungarian immigrants, working hard to...
- 2016
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street3.32016HD
The film tells the life story of its director, Jan Nemec, one of the most known and important filmmakers of Czech New Wave.