Jan Oliva Movies

In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a...

The harsh reality of a home for abandoned children blends with episodes of youthful fantasy and slapstick comedy in this story of an orphan girl....

A passionate communist worker is discouraged by the changing political climate and the failure of his peers to live up to his ideals.

A story about young girl Hanka who doesn't have parents and is forced to spend most of her time in a hospital bed.

Seven days, or rather evenings and nights, in the life of Jenka (Stanislava Bartosová), a young good-looking nurse. Jenka is attractive to men...

Lieutenant VB, disguised as a laborer, is looking for a young woman killer among the staff of a wheel loader. But which of the possible motives found...

In the forest near the village of Drahovice, a nurse from the local health center is found murdered. Three months ago, another young woman died...

In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes...

The late summer of 1918. Paul, Willi and Heinrich from an age-old German town are good friends, although there is a great deal that divides them....

A model Communist village is visited by a flying saucer.

Pohádka o mladém ševcovském tovaryšovi Jírovi, který si vyrobil z jemné kůže...