Mr. Prokouk, The Inventor

Mr. Prokouk, The Inventor 1949

6.00

After a hard day at work, Mr. Prokouk decides to invent a machine to ease his labor. But inventing is work too, and Mr. Prokouk spends more time dreaming about inventions than actually inventing anything. Can he find an easy solution?

1949

Sirius

Sirius 1975

6.40

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 against the rebellious populace.

1975

30 Maidens and Pythagoras

30 Maidens and Pythagoras 1977

4.30

A musical starring Jiří Menzel (whose part is sung by Achilles Michailidis) as a math and physics teacher employing innovative teaching methods.

1977

Skořepiny

Skořepiny 1950

1

Documentary film about the use of new methods in the construction of the shell roof of the tannery hall in Gottwaldov.

1950

The Legend of the Silver Fir

The Legend of the Silver Fir 1973

6.70

According to one Beskydy Mountains legend, if you do a good deed you will see silver trees. Little Ondra knows trees like that. In his family's cottage hangs a picture showing silver firs, a person falling from a height and a watch. In art lessons Ondra paints trees of the same kind. - One day Lojzek Hojgr, a man who climbs fir trees to gather the seeds, comes to see Ondra's parents. Long-ago Ondra's father has had such a job and Lojzek is his long-time friend. Hojgr moves into a half-ruined wood cabin. Ondra's father takes him on a visit to Lojzek and both demonstrate the beautiful but dangerous work of seed-gathering to the boy.

1973

Bricks

Bricks 1950

1

A documentary film about the history of brick production and its production in a modern brick factory.

1950