Evald Schorm Movies

In the 1950s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he...

A story about the uproar caused by the arrival of a new, young and, by local standards, too energetic zookeeper in a village JZD. Her name is Maya...

A group of the bourgeois head for a prominent figure's birthday party. As they venture through the woods and have a picnic, they're suddenly...

Artistic reportage from the construction of the Orlík Reservoir. One day on the large-scale construction site and the roles of individual...

Dostoevsky’s latter-day opus about the siblings and their father is among the masterpieces of world literature. It asks profound questions...

Showing his own original footage of Prague Spring, director Evald Schorm describes the atmosphere these days in 1968.

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

Mr. Dezső and Rezső are selecting the heroes for their new operetta. They represent different tastes and styles, and keep arguing about the...

An overprotective mother plagues her daughter out of guilt over unintentionally scarring her daughter's cheek.

A synagogue service in Bohemia, where the Torah scrolls are ceremoniously taken out and read, intercut with images of a Jewish cemetery.

A short documentary about the work of railwaymen and life on the railway.

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

An exploration of the declining birth rate in the Czechoslovakia.

A dialogue between judge and convict, winner and loser, which offers the viewer a reflection on the relativity of guilt, heroism and crime in the...

The popular folk singer Jaro Zárubecký, a former waiter, follows the motto "A man is not what he is, but what people think of him", and...

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