Jan Oliva Movies

A model Communist village is visited by a flying saucer.

In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a...

A story about an everyday life of an inflectional department of Prague hospital.

A story about young girl Hanka who doesn't have parents and is forced to spend most of her time in a hospital bed.

Three short stories. Prague finally sees the approval of the subway construction. Thousands of individuals took part in preparing, course and...

Marta (Lucie Patikova) was blinded in an accident brought on by her careless and indulgent younger sister. Now in a school for the blind, Marta keeps...

Comedy about a group of village boys and in one selfless father who wants his players to do the real football.

Young script-writer Frantisek (Petr Cepek) is hired to write a film script based on the successful novel Looking Back. He meets with the novel's...

In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes...

Seven days, or rather evenings and nights, in the life of Jenka (Stanislava Bartosová), a young good-looking nurse. Jenka is attractive to men...