Quite possibly the first student film, a whimsical romance shot in 1916 by law students from Washington University in St. Louis.
An artist is so consumed with painting a portrait of the women he loves that he doesn't notice she is dying until it's too late. Shot as a silent film.
Adaptation of a Kafka short story, believed lost for more than 60 years.
Short film adaptation of Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'.
The Moșilor Fair is an exercise by a student director who used his film before he had managed to finalize the originally planned movie. The result is a fascinating experimental montage, without music or sound of any kind, showing details of a legendary fair in the capital.
A film about filmmaking.
In this six-minute short, a man’s attempt to burgle a home is interrupted by a child.
A poetic documentary portrait about czechoslovakian painter.
By the end of the second World War, three prisoners wish to escape from the train carrying them from one concentration camp to another. To make it happen, they need to get food first.
In a rare instance of literary adaptation, Chytilová was inspired by Franz Kafka’s writings. Mr. K stashes stolen jewelry away at home and seldom allows his wife to wear it. A nosy neighbour, Mr. B, drops in. A cat observes it all.
A rainy-night clash in a boarding-school dorm forces a swaggering teen to confront his insecurities and the price of rebellion.
A short documentary about the production of movie marquee art for cinemas in Prague.