Karel Hovorka 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
  • 1969
    The Cremator

    The Cremator

    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
  • 1990
    Larks on a String

    Larks on a String

    Larks on a String

    7.0381990HD

    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
  • 1955
    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    81955HD

    A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
  • 1966
    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

    6.91966HD

    In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person's dream on a screen; disaster soon follows when...

    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
  • 1957
    The Good Soldier Švejk

    The Good Soldier Švejk

    The Good Soldier Švejk

    7.71957HD

    Good-natured and garrulous, Schweik becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I --...

    The Good Soldier Švejk
  • 1971
    You Are a Widow, Sir

    You Are a Widow, Sir

    You Are a Widow, Sir

    6.8961971HD

    After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill...

    You Are a Widow, Sir
  • 1965
    If a Thousand Clarinets

    If a Thousand Clarinets

    If a Thousand Clarinets

    7.31965HD

    A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music instruments. Great mystery is immediately...

    If a Thousand Clarinets
  • 1967
    The Return of the Prodigal Son

    The Return of the Prodigal Son

    The Return of the Prodigal Son

    5.81967HD

    Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via...

    The Return of the Prodigal Son
  • 1975
    How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

    How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

    How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

    6.7271975HD

    There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need...

    How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
  • 1979
    Brother for All the Money

    Brother for All the Money

    Brother for All the Money

    5.31979HD

    Honza and Zuzana are very young husband and wife. They have a little daughter of whom willingly occasionally take care the grandparents and Honza's...

    Brother for All the Money
  • 1972
    The Death of Black King

    The Death of Black King

    The Death of Black King

    51972HD

    The Death of Black King
  • 1981
    Hra o královnu

    Hra o královnu

    Hra o královnu

    31981HD

    Hra o královnu
  • 1969
    Slasti Otce vlasti

    Slasti Otce vlasti

    Slasti Otce vlasti

    61969HD

    The young Prince Charles (Jaromír Hanzlík), the future King of his country Charles IV, is being educated at the French court in the...

    Slasti Otce vlasti
  • 1974
    A Night at Karlstein

    A Night at Karlstein

    A Night at Karlstein

    7.61974HD

    No Woman is allowed into Karlstejn Castle! Yet the enamoured Daniele Kolářová and the equally enamoured Jana Brejchová...

    A Night at Karlstein
  • 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
  • 1968
    Capricious Summer

    Capricious Summer

    Capricious Summer

    6.71968HD

    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
  • 1975
    This Is How Love Begins...

    This Is How Love Begins...

    This Is How Love Begins...

    01975HD

    This Is How Love Begins...
  • 1982
    Mezičas

    Mezičas

    Mezičas

    21982HD

    Mezičas
  • 1990
    The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night

    The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night

    The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night

    4.31990HD

    An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells of what happens when a sequence of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance...

    The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night