Karel Čapek Movies

Many years after a nuclear war, the human survivors have created a new society where much of the work done by androids, referred to derisively by...

In early 20th century Czechoslovakia, a gravely ill chemist recalls his discovery of a powerful explosive and how it landed in the hands of...

The Dung Beetle is late, the Parasite is asleep and Mrs Larva is more interested in her knitting than the director’s instructions. It’s...

Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.

In a country whose people have just been successfully persuaded of their superiority and the justification for military expansion by the fiery...

A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit.

On 26 September 1928, Karel Capek and President T.G. Masaryk meet in the gardens of Topolcianky castle to decide about the fate of their joint...

Czech comedy fantasy directed by Jiri Krejcik et al.

In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on...

Venice Film Festival 1938

For years now, giant talking newts have been used both for their labor and as laboratory animals. The Newt Congress takes place at a conference...

A woman admits that she is 300 years old, and yet, she looks incredibly young and attractive. Inspired by Karel Čapek’s play “The...

After five years of hard work in America Juraj Hordubal (Anatoliy Kuznetsov) returns back home. He is looking forward to his wife Polana (Libuse...