Directing
Vladimír Drha
Born — Died
1944-05-07 — 2017-06-21
Known for
Directing
Credits
51 titles
Known for
1.2No synopsis available yet.
Velmi křehké vztahy
2007
No synopsis available yet.
Zlá minuta
2005
6.2No synopsis available yet.
My Companions in the Bleak House
1992
6.5In the 1950s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years later, he tries to get his revenge by seducing Helena, the wife of one of his accusers.
The Joke
1969
4.5Director's memoirs of his childhood in a lively tenement house, in particular one hot summer day in 1949 when all tenants gathered to celebrate the wedding of the landlord's daughter. Small details slowly reveal that the narrator's recollection of the events may not be altogether correct.
The Conception of My Younger Brother
2000
One of the immediate consequences of the "temporary stay" of the Warsaw Pact troops on the territory of Czechoslovakia. The garrison of the Czechoslovak People's Army was suddenly transferred to Slovakia in the autumn of 1968, and a unit of the occupying Soviet Army was deployed in its place. The age-old symbiosis of soldiers with the adjacent village is completely disrupted, distrust and fear are beginning to spread among the villagers.
Village
1969
Film credits
2000s · 3 titles
No synopsis available yet.
Zlá minuta
2005
NRThe third installment in a loose series featuring the character Renáta Soukupová. Renáta is on the threshold of her thirties and is determined to conquer Bohemia back, to find her permanent and certainly beautiful existence here. And, of course, love, because she left France partly due to a failed romantic relationship. However, things do not turn out as the young woman imagines.
Krásný čas
2006
A young Czech boy, living and surviving the Czech Revolution of 1989 with his favorite TV series Knight Rider and riding around on a BMX bike.
Did Michael Knight End the Cold War?
2009
1990s · 2 titles
4.4The film tells the story of an enthusiastic young man who joins a textile factory in the late 1950s and assumes that a promising career awaits him - the protagonist is therefore constantly comparing himself to his favourite literary model, the equally ambitious Julian Sorel from Stendhal's fresco The Red and the Black. The result, however, lacks the necessary conviction, the ability to draw the viewer into his world, and remains too contrived, as the chosen period has become a mere non-committal backdrop for amorous games.
Muka obraznosti
1990
9.0Sad love story about Martin, who is sent to a psychiatric hospital for observation after displays of hooliganism, and Markéta who is recovering from post-traumatic shock after her mother's suicide.
Dead Beetle
1998
1980s · 3 titles
8.0The relationship between a teenage daughter and her mother is not an easy time in the life of either of them. But for Jana Burešová and her Simona, it means digging deep into their consciences and searching for sensitive places where the past can be revealed and a path to the future can be found. It is at her forty-fifth birthday party that a devastated Jana learns from the police that her daughter has secretly given birth. The next day, she visits her daughter in the maternity ward, but she refuses to talk to her because she cannot forgive her mother's lack of interest, the fault of which is that she did not even know her daughter was pregnant.
Citlivá místa
1988
Ivan is shooting a documentary for the film school. His subject- girls and women working in the local beauty salon. Among them is his childhood friend Eva, who needs to find a model for the upcoming hairdresser contest.
Touches
1989
Viktor Mezek, a respected mentor to apprentices, invites his orphaned apprentice Laco for Christmas when his relationship with Hana falters. After the holidays, Laco is taunted over rumors of a homosexual relationship with Mezek and beats a fellow apprentice, risking expulsion, then disappears. Mezek searches the town, his son meanwhile visits and Hana shows them old home footage, until Viktor locates Laco hitchhiking and tries to stop him.
Mezek
1986
Series credits
Behind the camera
4.5Director's memoirs of his childhood in a lively tenement house, in particular one hot summer day in 1949 when all tenants gathered to celebrate the wedding of the landlord's daughter. Small details slowly reveal that the narrator's recollection of the events may not be altogether correct.
The Conception of My Younger Brother
2000
4.5Director's memoirs of his childhood in a lively tenement house, in particular one hot summer day in 1949 when all tenants gathered to celebrate the wedding of the landlord's daughter. Small details slowly reveal that the narrator's recollection of the events may not be altogether correct.
The Conception of My Younger Brother
2000
One of the immediate consequences of the "temporary stay" of the Warsaw Pact troops on the territory of Czechoslovakia. The garrison of the Czechoslovak People's Army was suddenly transferred to Slovakia in the autumn of 1968, and a unit of the occupying Soviet Army was deployed in its place. The age-old symbiosis of soldiers with the adjacent village is completely disrupted, distrust and fear are beginning to spread among the villagers.
Village
1969
One of the immediate consequences of the "temporary stay" of the Warsaw Pact troops on the territory of Czechoslovakia. The garrison of the Czechoslovak People's Army was suddenly transferred to Slovakia in the autumn of 1968, and a unit of the occupying Soviet Army was deployed in its place. The age-old symbiosis of soldiers with the adjacent village is completely disrupted, distrust and fear are beginning to spread among the villagers.
Village
1969
Family visit turns wild.
Ceremoniál
1966
Family visit turns wild.
Ceremoniál
1966
4.3In the hot summer, a young man, Tomáš Sinek, is about to go "strawberry picking" in England. It seems that the family - father, mother and grandmother have no other worries than to send their offspring on the trip, although - as it seems - not everyone agrees with his decision. However, the situation is not so simple. It is Czechoslovakia in 1968. Tomáš spends a night with his friends and his girlfriend Tanya before their departure. In the morning, however, his father's suspicious phone calls with his colleague Vrana begin, full of secret information, his mother is making supplies and his grandmother is crying. Tomáš rushes to the station, but Prague is deserted and no trains are running. He doesn't consider the situation to be serious, so he is not too worried about the delay for a day. But on that August morning, the fate of thousands of people changed radically. It was August 21, 1968, and in a few moments the life of Tomáš, his family and his friends would turn around.
English Strawberries
2008
NRSometimes it's hard to understand what's important in life... The main character of the story, young Magda, works in a small textile factory in North Bohemia. She has no big goals in life, only girly ones. He wants to have fun and, most importantly, make some money fast and get married. In his new environment he has eternal conflicts with an old worker who hates sloppy work. Magda falls in love with a young railwayman, but love doesn't turn out as she hopes...
Holka na krátkou trať
1985
No synopsis available yet.
Bydlela v hotelu U Andělů
1992
A Czechoslovak army documentary depicting the first military marriage performed in a remote eastern Slovakian village.
Color Wheel
1969
A Czechoslovak army documentary depicting the first military marriage performed in a remote eastern Slovakian village.
Color Wheel
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Senoseč
1991
No synopsis available yet.
O princezně, která nesměla na slunce
1997
NRIn 1920s Czechoslovakia a boy named Stephen is treated for leukemia by famous physician of internal medicine Josef Thomayer.
Simple Cruelties
1994
A Czechoslovak army documentary that follows the wives of military officers transferred to eastern Slovakia on a Ministry of Defense-sponsored junket.
34 Women
1969
A Czechoslovak army documentary that follows the wives of military officers transferred to eastern Slovakia on a Ministry of Defense-sponsored junket.
34 Women
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Paroháči
1973
No synopsis available yet.
Kozel a Zahradníček
1985
No synopsis available yet.
„Na krásné vyhlídce“
1995
No synopsis available yet.
„Na krásné vyhlídce“
1995
4.4The film tells the story of an enthusiastic young man who joins a textile factory in the late 1950s and assumes that a promising career awaits him - the protagonist is therefore constantly comparing himself to his favourite literary model, the equally ambitious Julian Sorel from Stendhal's fresco The Red and the Black. The result, however, lacks the necessary conviction, the ability to draw the viewer into his world, and remains too contrived, as the chosen period has become a mere non-committal backdrop for amorous games.
Muka obraznosti
1990
In his feature debut, Dneska přišel nový kluk (A New Boy Started Today) from 1981, the director Vladimír Drha set the tone for a number of Czech films, which critically depicted the state of society from the perspective of young protagonists. Although, Drha primarily found scope for his work in television, he returned to the world of a “working youth” in his second film Mezek (The Mulish Victor, 1985) – albeit following him from the point of view of an educator. NFA.CZ
A New Boy Started Today
1981
In his feature debut, Dneska přišel nový kluk (A New Boy Started Today) from 1981, the director Vladimír Drha set the tone for a number of Czech films, which critically depicted the state of society from the perspective of young protagonists. Although, Drha primarily found scope for his work in television, he returned to the world of a “working youth” in his second film Mezek (The Mulish Victor, 1985) – albeit following him from the point of view of an educator. NFA.CZ
A New Boy Started Today
1981
A Czechoslovak army documentary depicting the transfer of soldiers from several bases in Prague to eastern Slovakia
Lesson
1968
A Czechoslovak army documentary depicting the transfer of soldiers from several bases in Prague to eastern Slovakia
Lesson
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Báječní Češi na létajících strojích
2006
No synopsis available yet.
Báječní Češi na létajících strojích
2006
No synopsis available yet.
Navždy do dálek Tichomoří
1984
4.3The heroes of the small-town story are former friends Standa Stuchlík and Robert Sura, who become arch enemies, and not only because of their classmate Zuzana, whom they both like. While Robert, the dude, has rich parents who spoil him and buy him everything he asks for, Standa has to earn a hard living playing in a rock band, working part-time in the boiler room and constantly defending his hobby against his parents' disdain. His only support is his uncle Edda, also a musician.
Do zubů a do srdíčka
1986
4.3The heroes of the small-town story are former friends Standa Stuchlík and Robert Sura, who become arch enemies, and not only because of their classmate Zuzana, whom they both like. While Robert, the dude, has rich parents who spoil him and buy him everything he asks for, Standa has to earn a hard living playing in a rock band, working part-time in the boiler room and constantly defending his hobby against his parents' disdain. His only support is his uncle Edda, also a musician.
Do zubů a do srdíčka
1986
No synopsis available yet.
Ticho v soudní síni
1987
NRA cheerful fairy tale about a prince whose parents wanted to cure him with a magic potion. The king and queen are very unhappy with their son's irresponsibility, as they would like to marry him off and hand over the reigns of power to him. They therefore invite the witch Valentina to the castle to prepare a magic potion of responsibility for Prince Hector. However, the potion is too strong, and so everything begins to unfold a little differently than the royal parents had imagined.
Čarodějné námluvy
1997
6.0A beautiful maiden lives with her father in an ancient castle. She has rejected all suitors so far. She herself does not yet know if she will ever love. To avoid marriage, she sets a condition that her hand will belong only to the one who wins a contest dressed in nothing but linen. She expects everyone to refuse, as fighting in only a linen shirt means certain death. However, one of the suitors agrees to the condition...
O třech rytířích, krásné paní a lněné kytli
1996
No synopsis available yet.
O malém světě
1968
No synopsis available yet.
O malém světě
1968
6.0In the middle of the pasture stands an old oak tree intertwined with a plane tree. Bětka, who grazes sheep, calls it the apple oak. It is her favorite place. It is as if her mother, whom both she and her father miss so much, is watching her from the tree's crown. And it is here that Bětka meets a young prince for whom military glory is the most important thing in the world. Although he likes the shepherdess, he sends her father to prison for his grumbling and aversion to senseless military conquests. He says he will release him when someone defeats him, the prince. Desperate, Bětka seeks solace at the apple oak tree, where she suddenly receives not only a miraculous caress, but also advice. She will be helped by someone whose head is fiery like an autumn tree, half gold and half scarlet...
Stříbrný a Ryšavec
1999
No synopsis available yet.
Příbuzenstvo
1979
5.7A fairy tale full of mystery, love, and heroic battles. A story about the love of Knight Cornelius and comedian Vendelin for a mysterious beauty, about whom legend says that when she cries, real pearls roll down her cheeks.
O perlové panně
1997
Young painter Adam longs to paint a masterpiece, so he sets off into the world to gain experience. He hopes that Princess Almína, whose beauty he has heard about, could be the subject of his painting. However, after Almina's father dies, a devious prime minister seizes power over the kingdom and intends to consolidate his position by marrying the rightful heir to the throne. But Princess Almina is not interested in such a groom; she has fallen in love with the kind-hearted Adam. The self-proclaimed king is not happy about this at all...
O malíři Adamovi
2006
7.5The hero of the opening story, the Postman Puppet (directed by Zdeněk Troška), works as a postman in the mountains. When his wife is taken to the maternity ward, he goes on his usual hike through the solitudes. Little Libor goes after the father of two girls (Petr Pospíchal), who longs for a son. Meanwhile, the weather on the ridges worsens sharply. An experienced mountaineer and his little friend spend the night in a makeshift shelter... The second episode of Hádanka (directed by Jan Ekl) has a criminal plot. A new father (Vlastimil Hašek) gets drunk with friends in a wine bar and the next day becomes a suspect in a murder. He doesn't remember the critical moments, but his testimony leads to the capture of the real perpetrator... The main character of the final short story True Love (directed by Vladimír Drha) is a frat boy (Pavel Zedníček) who spends whole days in pubs. He gets a harsh lesson from his wife, who refuses to let him see the baby...
How a Man Gives Birth
1980
