Ferdinand Krůta

Larks on a String

In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work…

Když se čerti rojili

Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!

After a night of partying together, the groom-to-be and his friend wake up to find that the wedding …

Pearls of the Deep

A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expre…

Closely Watched Trains

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to…

Pushchik Goes to Prague

A friendship made at the international pioneer camp in Artek is sealed by the gift of a live bear cu…

Začít znova

Young Jan Stehlík signs up for a job to build a new mine. On the train he meets the pretty Alena, wh…

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Prague at Zero Hour

Czech friends help refugees from Nazi Germany escape in 1939.…