David Novotný Movies

Salzburg, Germany, 2000. The elderly Czech actress Lída Baarová tells a journalist the tumultuous story of her rise to fame in 1930s...

Told from the perspective of man reflecting on his childhood in Prague in the early years of World War II and the eventual destruction of his family...

Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become...

In "Living Large," a 12-year-old boy faces bullying due to his weight and decides to take charge of his life by adopting a healthier lifestyle and...

Oddsockeaters are small invisible creatures, responsible for socks that go missing when we only have one left from a pair. But unlike them,...

Johanka and Matyáš have an unusual home. The two live among the animals and plants of an enchanted botanical garden in the middle of...

Whizzy is a little mouse, Whitebelly is a fox. They are naturally mortal enemies. One day, after an unfortunate accident, both meet in animal heaven....

Dostoevsky’s latter-day opus about the siblings and their father is among the masterpieces of world literature. It asks profound questions...

Based on the popular television series Okresní přebor. As the title suggests, the film features the legendary figure of licensed coach...

When sisters Jana and Anna meet their half-brother at their father's funeral, the siblings' lives entwine as they navigate relationships and setbacks.

The film's protagonists get an opportunity to make a wish. Consequently, their lives take the path they themselves ordained. Several "coincidences"...

Mrs. Zahrádková has a plan to convince the other co-owners of the flats to finally save the house in which they live together and which...

NON PLUS ULTRAS is a comedy with a social subtext. It takes a satirical look at a short stretch in the life of five "fans" of one Prague football...

The little man enjoys social life in the forest village, runs a forest kiosk with Majolenka, and has a band with his friends. The idyll is disrupted...

A look at the life, work and importance of Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman (1910-89), a genius of world cinema, a wizard of special effects, revealing...

A man who believes his days are numbered is saddled with more bad luck than he expects in this metaphorical comedy-drama from director Ivo Trajkov....

The story of a man who sees his past lives from before he was born after being declared dead for the second time.

A team of detectives bumbles and fumbles their way through an investigation that involves murder, blackmail and possibly someone they know.

Films for children gradually fell into the grip of expressive and content sterility, succumbing to exhortative, educational tendencies. This is also...

Young director Honza David films the Russian invasion in in Prague in August 1968. With Eva the love of his life he tries to get out of the country....