Karel Čapek Movies

In Czechoslovakia, in the early 20th century, a seriously ill chemist recalls how he discovered a powerful explosive and how it ended up in the hands...

Many years after a nuclear war, the human survivors have created a new society where much of the work is done by androids, referred to derisively by...

Famed outlaw Lotrando sends his son to a strict Catholic boarding school to learn manners, but the boy becomes too polite to lead the band. When they...

The Dung Beetle is late, the Parasite is asleep and Mrs Larva is more interested in her knitting than the director’s instructions. It’s...

A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit. Engineer Prokop creates the devastating explosive “Krakatit” and soon...

Based on the novel “Adam Stvořitel” by Karel Čapek: angry at the world for its imperfections, Adam destroys everything except...

Against the petty, which places its own glory above honest work and honest human relationships. Čapek's Foltýn is from the family of...

A story of robots leading a revolution against their human creators. It explores dehumanization through technology and the failure of a...

What makes us human? What do robots bring to us? Seiji Nozoe directs this masterpiece by the Czech national author and playwright Karel Capek. This...

Who would have thought that the magician Magiáš would need a doctor! But when it came to it and Magiáš lost his voice,...

The beginning of the 20th century. Famous singer Emilia Marty arrives on tour in a European city. At the same time, the Supreme Court intends to...

On 26 September 1928, Karel Capek and President T.G. Masaryk meet in the gardens of Topolcianky castle to decide about the fate of their joint...

A young woman visits the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots to emancipate the robots from capitalist exploitation, with catastrophic results.

Commissioner Bartošek is visited by Dr. Goldberg, who reports the disappearance of his friend, the famous actor Benda. From the flimsy...

High school teacher Jiří is torn from his solitude and everyday life by an unexpected nighttime visit from his beloved younger sister,...