Jan Potměšil Movies

Why? (Czech: Proč?) is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988...

The film is a metaphor for the Cold War. It depicts two neighbouring nations: peace loving Fortuna and the not so peaceful land of the Steel City.

Martin is an innocent lad from small-town Mlada Boleslav who comes to big-city Prague, hoping to exchange his krona for deutschemarks so that he can...

Unemployed and in search of work, a young man gets roped into a series of shady schemes that unite a former band of money launderers.

Pohádka o mladém ševcovském tovaryšovi Jírovi, který si vyrobil z jemné kůže...

Based on real event, Bolero is an excellent story of progressive recovery of a crime. The story surprises all the time, shows new connections, new...

Postwoman Mrs Skorepa, her husband the ambulance driver Mr Skorepa and their eleven-year-old twins Petr and Pavel live in Prague in Malá...

This controversial feature blends documentary, archival footage and fiction into an elliptical narrative in which two young people in Prague, an...

An overprotective mother plagues her daughter out of guilt over unintentionally scarring her daughter's cheek.

The 11-year old Jakub is living in a children's home, when he is picked up by his father. The father has been "away" for four years, the boys mother...