The best Ladislav Pešek’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Ladislav Pešek’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Ladislav Pešek.
Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet
7.4/10
When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy, the Gardener, who supposedly died years ago in a swamp...
Jan Hus
6.9/10
Jan Hus is a 1954 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is the first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most famous works of the Czechoslovak director, completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957).
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
7/10
Jan Žižka
6.8/10
The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.
Dog's Heads
6.2/10
Dog's Heads (Czech: Psohlavci) is a 1955 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič, based on the novel of the same name by Alois Jirásek. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.
A Charming Man
7.5/10
Transport from Paradise
7.1/10
Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their hopes and dreams unfold against the perpetual threat of deportation (or worse) by the Nazis. Based on the novel "Night and Hope" by Arnost Lustig.
O princezně, která pořád vařila
May Stars
6.7/10
May 1945. On the outskirts of Prague, ordinary people meet Soviet soldiers-liberators with tears of joy in their eyes. In the early days of the lull, someone sadly recalls a pre-war life; someone unexpectedly meets his love; someone is returning from enemy dungeons looking hopefully into the future; and someone, having moved from a tank into a Czech tram, warmly recalls his craft as a car driver... These days, all those who survived the Great War fire swear an oath to keep peace on Earth forever, honoring the memory of those who gave their lives for simple human happiness.
Happy Journey
7.4/10
Filmed during the Nazi occupation, this panoramic drama set in a Prague department store follows the divergent destinies of four female coworkers, each of whom seeks happiness in a different way.
Kasaři
5.9/10
Armádní dvojčata
7.1/10
Komediantská princezna
5.2/10
Playing with the Devil
7.7/10
Battalion
7/10
Venice Film Festival 1937
The Blue Star Hotel
7.5/10
Lucerna
Josefina
Žalobníci
5.7/10
The Girl Robinson Crusoe
5.8/10
