Movies and TV shows set in czechoslovakia
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in czechoslovakia ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period piece, melancholic, historical drama, period drama, bleak and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with coming of age, cold war, satire, female nudity, nostalgia, communism, social commentary, world war two, bittersweet and bureaucracy plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and War genres shot in Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as czechoslovakia: The Fourth War (1990), Before Tonight is Over (1966), The Confession (1970), Hostage (2014), Sirius (1975), The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider (2008), Walking Too Fast (2009), Thirty Cases of Major Zema (1975), The Sound of Freedom (2010), The Black Barons (1992).
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List of movies set in czechoslovakia
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.
Style:
grindhouse, political thriller, political, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
cold war, border, spy, terrorism, winter, cold war era, world war two, iron curtain, 007, cannon, soldier, battles ...
Time:
80s
Place:
czechoslovakia, germany, vietnam, asia, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Hospital at the End of the City is a popular television series first released in Czechoslovakia in 1977, it featured an ensemble cast and received much viewer praise in central Europe. The series ran from 1977 to 1981 for a total of twenty episodes. ...
Style:
medical drama, realistic, emotional, period piece, inspirational
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
hospital, medicine, humanism, everyday life, social realism, intimate, patient, doctor, nurse, infidelity, physician, medical profession ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Pepe and Prengel, returning from war, meet Ester and both fall in love with the girl and live together in a deserted house. Fanatic communist, Zelmira, wants to turn their world upside-down.
Style:
tragicomedy, art house, romantic drama, black comedy, offbeat ...
Plot:
communism, love triangle, post war, satire, fanaticism, political conflict, female antagonist, power struggle, political satire, obsession, moral ambiguity, sexual tension ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, balkan, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two female clerks using up their savings to enjoy a few days of carefree life, two plumbers looking for an erotic adventure, a building contractor determined to drink away all wages of his workers and a former major who became an alcoholic due to ...
Style:
melancholic, period piece, realistic, poignant
Plot:
nightlife, frustration, alcoholism, nightclub, escape, slice of life, social realism, working class, alienation, regret, introspection, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s
Place:
czechoslovakia, eastern europe, slovakia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement by his blackmailers.
Style:
political, political thriller, cynical, sad, thought provoking ...
Plot:
politics, communism, interrogation, torture, spy, dictator, anti communist, dictatorship, solitary, cold war, trial, communist ...
Time:
year 1968, 1950s, year 1970, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
czechoslovakia, france, czech republic, central europe, prague ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tragicomic family film about the world of children heroes - particularly the son of a local communist officer and his friend, a little hostage of the regime, whose parents emigrated to the West, few years before "Prague Spring" and the ...
Style:
emotional, tragicomedy, period piece, historical drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
communism, grownups, friendship, coming of age, occupation, loss of innocence, innocence lost, children, social commentary, bittersweet, realism, family tragedy ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, prague, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
In SIRIUS, a young boy whose most cherished companion is his loyal German shepherd devises his own form of resistance when the Nazis arrest his father, then order the confiscation of local canines, including his pet, to be retrained as attack dogs ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, bleak, period piece, tragic ...
Plot:
world war two, human animal relationship, loyalty, german shepherd, nazi occupation, resistance, child protagonist, grief, empathy, political repression, loss of innocence, animal cruelty ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Albania, Czech Republic, Greece
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Český Šternberk, in then ...
Style:
romantic drama, historical drama, period piece, atmospheric, period drama
Plot:
melancholy, character study, forbidden love, longing, homesickness, cold war era, social commentary, infidelity, coming of age, identity crisis, jealousy, small town ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, prague, albania, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
The psyche of a ruthless secret agent in Cold War Czechoslovakia begins to unravel when he obsesses over the girlfriend of a suspected subversive he is tracking. This taut political thriller is a bleak and potent rendering of the emotional ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, neo noir, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
secret police, communist party, villain as protagonist, secret agent, obsession, cold war, paranoia, totalitarianism, male female relationship, agent, social problems, relationship problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
czechoslovakia, czech republic, eastern europe, central europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
TV show
Story:
Thirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the communist party. The series were filmed in the 1970s.
Each episode encompasses one year, and ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspense, tense, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, political propaganda, police procedural, cold war, law and order, urban, corruption, biopic, communist propaganda, social commentary, moral ambiguity, police investigator ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 1950s
Place:
czechoslovakia, prague, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
Based on true events. USSR, 1950s. As the reach of the oppressive communist regime escalates,
Style:
detective, dramatic, exciting, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
dictatorship, spy, dictator, sex scene, communism, female nudity, jazz, political oppression, repression, resistance movement, young girl, jazz club ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
central europe, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Komedie vás přesvědčí o tom, že i na chmurné stránky naší historie je možné se dívat s nadhledem a humorem. Čo bolo, to bolo... Major Terazky vede svůj šik pétépáků od průšvihu k průšvihu vstříc světlým zítřkům. ...
Style:
satirical, period piece, tragicomedy, black comedy, historical drama ...
Plot:
army life, social commentary, political satire, authoritarianism, absurdism, cold war, outsider, camaraderie, political repression, dark humor, humiliation, farce ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
czechoslovakia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, France, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Telling the story of Archimedes, one of thousands of refugees who left Greece for Czechoslovakia at the end of the 1940s, as the Greek civil war meant many communist fighters sought refuge in communist countries. Told through the eyes of ...
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, melancholic
Plot:
socialism, greek civil war, refugee, uncle nephew relationship, communism, immigration, bittersweet, humanist, family drama, identity, exile, cold war ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s
Place:
czechoslovakia, greece
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Vera Chytilova wrote and directed this two-part story that took the Grand Prix at the Mannheim Film Festival. Part one deals with the rigorous training of Olympic champion gymnast Eva Bosakova. She contemplates retirement as she goes through a ...
Style:
experimental, avant garde, period piece
Plot:
feminism, housewife, gender roles, patriarchy, motherhood, female athlete, women's liberation, resentment, retirement, melancholy, gymnastics, introspection ...
Time:
60s
Place:
czechoslovakia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emil (Vaclav Chalupa as a teen, Ondrej Vetchy as an adult) has been naughty, and his family is at a loss about what to do with him. He's been dallying with the family maid. They decide to ship him off to spend time with his uncle Ernst Michel ...
Style:
heartbreaking, emotional, historical drama, touching, period piece ...
Plot:
anti semitism, coming of age, world war two, family drama, persecution, sacrifice, family love, loss, uncle nephew relationship, social commentary, grownups, class differences ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
czechoslovakia, prague, europe, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte, an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his beautiful daughter Aloisie to his care. In Prague they all take up their lodgings at the house At Blue Fish in which they ...
Style:
light hearted, surreal, black and white, satirical, melancholic ...
Plot:
film history, magician, friendship, nostalgia, circus, love triangle, jealousy, community, heartwarming, wanderer, renaissance, filmmaking ...
Time:
pre world war one, turn of the century, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, eastern europe
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Genre: Thriller, War
Country: Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, heroic
Plot:
world war two, battles, soldier, sacrifice, massacre, nazism, eastern front, frontline, atrocity, occupation, propaganda, trench warfare ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, czechoslovakia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mr Jiš managed to give his first script at Barrandov. Already in the preparatory phase, he discovers with horror that the filmmakers have completely bypassed his intention - instead of a probe into the life of a contemporary village, they are ...
Style:
satirical, meta, parody, black comedy, period piece
Plot:
film industry, irony, satire, social commentary, behind the scenes, village, media manipulation, village life, bureaucracy, culture clash, farce, political satire ...
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe
Is relevant?
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with the Jewish music critic Ernst Pollak, and starts a ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, concentration camp, female protagonist, persecution, marxism, communism, biopic, writers, journalism, feminism, political activism, identity ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
prague, vienna, czechoslovakia, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Arabela was a children's television series produced in Czechoslovakia which aired from 1979 to 1981. The series has 13 episodes and is in the Czech language.
Style:
fairy tale, light hearted, cult classic, suspense, metafiction ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
princess, parallel world, children, magician, kingdom, magic realism, villain, royal family, escape, family drama, quest, wizard ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, czech republic, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story, written by former George Stransky former political prisoners and today's chairman Pen Club is situated to 50 years and uranium camp of political prisoners in Pribram, where after the fall of the Stalinist cult comes at the end of ...
Style:
reflective, period piece, melancholic, atmospheric, grim ...
Plot:
prisoner of war camp, oppression, character study, social commentary, guilt, justice, memory, totalitarianism, authoritarianism, reconciliation, moral ambiguity, forgiveness ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
czechoslovakia
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
The series entitled Capek's Pockets represents a novel and unique student project in which talented young directors and experienced scriptwriters came together to produced their rendering of Tales from One Pocket and Tales from the Other Pocket ...
Style:
anthology, satirical, captivating, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
literary, crime investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, forensics, investigation, private detective, satire, sleuth, police investigation, social satire, irony ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, prague
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In September 1989, more and more GDR citizens fled to the West German embassy in Prague. Among them were Stefan and Bettina, who were spending their honeymoon in Czechoslovakia. When Stefan briefly returns to the GDR to fetch their young son, he ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, tense, period piece, political drama ...
Plot:
iron curtain, cold war, desperation, siege, border crossing, desertion, claustrophobia, moral dilemma, social realism, solidarity, civil unrest, mistrust ...
Time:
80s
Place:
east germany, prague, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The nurse Helga meets Baltic nobleman Arno when he's wounded in the Russo-Finnish war. They have a short but passionate affair before Arno is called back to the front and dies. Helga has a daughter, Dorli, as a result of the affair and they ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, bleak, dramatic, period piece ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, tragedy, survival, loss, secret police, post war, political persecution, war trauma, torture, humiliation, exile, occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 60s, 50s
Place:
czechoslovakia, africa
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Slovak musicologist Agata Schindlerová, now settled in Dresden, has spent years mapping out the forgotten destinies of Jewish musicians whose lives were irrevocably marked by the advance of nazism. Scenes from the lives of several of them are ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, atmospheric, tragic, period drama
Plot:
musician, pianist, composer, train conductor, memories, oppression, holocaust, nazism, memory, persecution, anti semitism, biopic ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
germany, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An artist's studio is descended upon by a group of retired men and a young mother who agree to model in the nude for money. Comedy ensues as the students and the local bureaucracy react to the models, all in need of extra money. Several running ...
Style:
satirical, slapstick, period piece, lighthearted, black comedy ...
Plot:
student, satire, bureaucracy, art school, social commentary, misunderstanding, humanism, sculpture, professor, jealousy, sexuality, slice of life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
eastern europe, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Occupied by family problems, a 13 year old Vojto takes every responsibility around the house. One day while on a train to school, he sees this girl, Kajka, and falls madly in love with her. Despite his busy life, he decides to win her heart by any ...
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
first love, coming of age, young love, grownups, childhood love, domestic drama, responsibility, working class family, slice of life, train station, small town life, intimate ...
Place:
czechoslovakia
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Genre: Family, Adventure
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Roman Hlava grew up with his diplomat parents in Latin America where he had been home-schooled by his over doting mother. The over indulgence of affection and praise has given the boy an over confidence. This is quickly squashed by his new peers ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
nature, friendship, childhood, coming of age, children, school, camp, personal growth, self discovery, self confidence, innocence, adolescence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, mexico, europe, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a small town still occupied by the Germans as World War II's tide is turning toward the Allies, apprentice train-watcher Milos is oblivious to the war. Instead, he is obsessed with having his first sexual experience. Despite the favors of ...
Style:
erotic, atmospheric, talky, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, satire, resistance, storytelling, stallion, politics, occupation, communism, village life, wartime life, partisan ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1966, 1930s
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, europe, czechoslovakia, prague ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jurácek's feature debut is shot in two parts. In the first, a corporal accompanies a new recruit with a sore Achilles tendon for his physical, and all the girls or young women they see are played by the same actress (Ruzickova). In the longer ...
Style:
lighthearted, humorous, period piece, black and white, melancholic ...
Plot:
soldier, youth, barracks, male bonding, military, basic training, friendship, coming of age, slice of life, character study, sexual tension, boys and girls ...
Time:
60s
Place:
czechoslovakia, eastern europe
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