Juraj Herz Movies

A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic...

The family of a film screenwriter, who needs fresh air and, above all, peace and quiet for his creative work, moves to a small country farm for a...

In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an...

The director and choreographer from Prague are preparing a show performance "Oriental Fairy Tale" - a ballet on ice with the participation of vocal...

A man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.

A divorced single mother romances a young slaughterhouse worker, must to the chagrin of her ex-husband.

During the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the main characters of the story meet in a village pub. A traveling magician performs his variety...

After inheriting a villa from his uncle, Emil Tuma meets its strange inhabitants, getting him in trouble.

This forgotten detective story starring Svatopluk Beneš focuses on those ills of the past regime that were allowed to be glossed over - mainly...

Rambling Engelbert: 1973 Czechoslovakian T.V. movie musical

A romantic story of a young nobleman who sees a beautiful girl at the carnival who seems familiar to him. He feels that he saw her in an old castle,...

One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. He was not afraid to experiment and the...

The filmmakers revisit some of the shooting locations of THE CREMATOR with director Juraj Herz and chronicles the making of the 1969 film.

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most...

What is “Slovakia”? How to explain the notion of “Slovakia” of the past 20 years to an unknown stranger, a visitor from...