Zdeněk Ornest Movies

Czechoslovak counter-espionage intercepts a coded message from the West German secret service ordering death for an unknown person on Czech territory.

A directors autobiography about his debut during the rise of socialism.

It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác...

In this fairy-tale comedy, a clumsy second-rate wizard, Rumburak, gets stuck in the world of humans. He has forgotten the spell that allows him to...

In the era of normalisation, a number of (pseudo)historical films were made, even described as reconstructions, which glorified the world-building...

A story about an everyday life of an inflectional department of Prague hospital.

The main characters of the film, inspired by director Soukup's own experiences at the Škodovka factory in Pilsen, are two inseparable friends...

A young waiter named Michal gets into trouble when he is robbed of his daily takings, which he was supposed to deliver to the bank. He's on...

A Czechoslovak TV film based on Swedish crime novel.

February 1948. The struggle of decisive social forces for the heart of Europe.

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

Biography of Karel Čapek.

Tomáš, an unscrupulous Prague taxi driver who is involved in stealing antiques and smuggling them abroad, lives with his devoted...

Adaptation of Vladimir Paral's comic novel, which criticizes consumerism as an attitude of life.