Movies: Josef Bělský

  • 1955
    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955)

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    81955HD

    A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three daughters to name the measure of their love for him. When one of them says, "more than salt", he banishes her...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
  • 1946
    Magical River

    Magical River (1946)

    Magical River

    7.51946HD

    Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now has nothing to do compared to his energetic wife. He's growing old and troubled by the fact that he betrayed his first love Emča and his beloved river Sázava where he spent his childhood and ...

    Magical River
  • 1941
    A Charming Man

    A Charming Man (1941)

    A Charming Man

    6.81941HD

    The main hero of the story is the editor Viktor Bláha, who likes to invent crazy mystifications, during which he has a good time at the expense of those around him. Not only friends pay for his jokes, especially his roommate Jan Valtera, but also com...

    A Charming Man
  • 1940
    The Girl in Blue

    The Girl in Blue (1940)

    The Girl in Blue

    6.31940HD

    A painting of a girl from another time comes to life for it's buyer in this costume comedy....

    The Girl in Blue
  • 1932
    Ballad-Singer

    Ballad-Singer (1932)

    Ballad-Singer

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    Ballad-Singer
  • 1940
    The Catacombs

    The Catacombs (1940)

    The Catacombs

    7.71940HD

    The title refers to the office of records in the basement of a large company... sort of the place where a troublesome employee may be dumped in a dead end job. If fact, the story is a simple romantic comedy, with Burian as the kindly old stick-in-the...

    The Catacombs
  • 1952
    Mikoláš Aleš

    Mikoláš Aleš (1952)

    Mikoláš Aleš

    51952HD

    A biographical film about the famous Czech painter Mikoláš Aleš, portrayed as part of the vanguard of the working class and a spokesman for the oppressed, who asserts himself despite the opposing bourgeoisie and reactionaries of all kinds. The film f...

    Mikoláš Aleš
  • 1949
    Year of the Revolution 1848

    Year of the Revolution 1848 (1949)

    Year of the Revolution 1848

    01949HD

    The Czech revival movement is divided at the end of the first half of the 19th century. While the older generation, such as František Palacký, urges restraint, students lean towards radical positions. A report on the revolutionary events in Paris pro...

    Year of the Revolution 1848
  • 1939
    Veselá bída

    Veselá bída (1939)

    Veselá bída

    01939HD

    Two young composers offer their operetta in vain - it is rejected before anyone reads it. By a coincidence, when its text ends up in the wrong briefcase, it ends up with a popular singer who, on the contrary, likes it very much, but has no idea who w...

    Veselá bída
  • 1938
    Slečna matinka

    Slečna matinka (1938)

    Slečna matinka

    7.71938HD

    The owner of a fashion factory, Rafael Klučina, is desperately looking for an imaginative advertising campaign that would attract the public and raise the profile of his business. However, the head of his advertising department, Filip Muška, seems un...

    Slečna matinka
  • 1953
    Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička

    Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička (1953)

    Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička

    51953HD

    A story about the conditions in Bohemia in the second half of the nineteenth century, when small-town officials, such as Hrdlička, succumbed to the predators of the emerging large financial and industrial bourgeoisie, represented by Jestřáb....

    Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička
  • 1939
    Kristian

    Kristian (1939)

    Kristian

    7.31939HD

    Alois Novák (Oldrich Nový), a minor clerk in a travel agency and the husband of a dowdy housewife Marenka (Natasa Gollová), lives a run-of-the-mill, dull life. In his soul, however, there resides an inextinguishable desire for adventure. And so once ...

    Kristian
  • 1942
    Valentin Dobrotivý

    Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)

    Valentin Dobrotivý

    6.71942HD

    A very hardworking but also very naive insurance company clerk, Valentin Plavec, becomes the target of endless pranks, jokes and recessions from his colleagues Bejšovec and Voborník. However, their last successful trick somewhat gets out of hand. The...

    Valentin Dobrotivý
  • 1949
    The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire

    The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)

    The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire

    6.51949HD

    Elén, a girl living with her mother and stepfather in a secluded forest, has a great singing talent. On her twenty-first birthday, she runs away from home and on the train, millionaire René falls in love with her. Their paths soon diverge, only to be...

    The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire
  • 1932
    Small-sided musketeers

    Small-sided musketeers (1932)

    Small-sided musketeers

    01932HD

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    Small-sided musketeers
  • 1940
    The Masked Lover

    The Masked Lover (1940)

    The Masked Lover

    71940HD

    A romantic story of a noble lady who wanted to live without the bonds of marriage, but her desire for a child led her - carefully disguised - into the arms of a young nobleman. Only years later did she believe in his love and make herself known....

    The Masked Lover
  • 1939
    Lízino štěstí

    Lízino štěstí (1939)

    Lízino štěstí

    41939HD

    Zdenka Sulanová has grown from a leggy frog into an attractive young lady in the two years since the success of Líza's Flight to Heaven. It is no wonder that Václav Binovec decided to guide her through the further pitfalls of the life of the orphan L...

    Lízino štěstí
  • 1939
    Mořská panna

    Mořská panna (1939)

    Mořská panna

    41939HD

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    Mořská panna
  • 1941
    The Blue Star Hotel

    The Blue Star Hotel (1941)

    The Blue Star Hotel

    8.11941HD

    It all begins when Zuzanka, the new young owner, arrives at the dilapidated Blue Star Hotel. Determined to put the declining inheritance back on its feet, she starts chasing three young men, including the composer Jirka, who, dressed in a waiter's ta...

    The Blue Star Hotel
  • 1941
    Turbina

    Turbina (1941)

    Turbina

    5.51941HD

    The imperial councilor Ullik decides to modernize his old mills by installing a new turbine. His eccentric brother-in-law Artuš tries to prevent this, as the construction work disrupts the statics of the tower in which he lives. Ullik's older daughte...

    Turbina