Jiří Stivín
Know for: Sound
Born: 1942-11-23
Place of birth: Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
Also know as:
Joseph Kilian (1964)
The story is about Harold, an isolated figure in an overwhelming world of totalitarian bureaucracy. Harold tries to find the elusive Joseph Kilian,...
The Night Guest (1961)
When a man stops at a motel one evening in 1961, his tormenting behavior drives one of the people present at the motel to remember his experiences in...
Prague Blues (1963)
African student Omar would like to return home to Angola, but he is enrolled in a three-year postgraduate research fellowship at a clinic in Prague....
Fugue on the Black Keys (1965)
Fati Farari, a black man from Africa, is completing his studies in classical piano at the Music Academy of Prague. It's the day before his first solo...
The Valley of the Bees (1968)
Cast out by his father, young Ondrej joins the Order of the Teutonic Knights, where he is raised by strict monk Armin. After years of hardship,...
Kouzelný kopec (2023)
Documentary about Barrandov studios.
Late Night Talks with Mother (2003)
Taking a cue from Franz Kafka's "Letter to My Father," this highly personal film follows Czech director Jan Nemec as he attempts to engage in a...
Players (1982)
Cartoon tennis match, with players based on Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.
Mr. Pip's Courtships (1985)
A courtship journey of Mr. Pip
Questions for Two Women (1985)
Film director Drahomíra Vihanová is preparing some interviews with two women. The women are at first sight opposites, but in reality...
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1984)
A bachelor named Faun with a Don Juan complex, seized with a hypochondriac's fear of the ineluctable approach of death, enters a race against time's...
Boomerang (1997)
The story, written by former George Stransky former political prisoners and today's chairman Pen Club is situated to 50 years and uranium camp of...
Boy's Vacation (1988)
A father/son get-together trying, in their inept way, to do some repair work to their home that they have out in the country.
About Dressy Sally (1976)
Sally, a dressy little girl, receives a lesson from a sorcerer about lying and happiness.
The Glass House (1982)
A story about a life of a group of children in the foster home.
King Thrushbeard (1984)
When a selfless king learns of a beautiful princess in a neighboring kingdom who callously turns down every suitor with an insult, he tries his luck...
King Thrushbeard (1984)
When a selfless king learns of a beautiful princess in a neighboring kingdom who callously turns down every suitor with an insult, he tries his luck...
Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation (2006)
This quirky documentary follows Vaclav Havel on an eye-opening journey across his native Czechoslovakia in the days before he became president of the...
The Tinderbox (1987)
A modern version of a classical fairy-tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a veteran who got rich thanks to a magic flint and thus he could marry a...
Tandem (1985)
János is present at one of Tamás's concerts in the country. After the concert, he takes Tamás's son home in his car, while the...
The Fortress (1994)
The evils of totalitarianism provide the central message of this Czech-French drama. The film is set in a quiet, rural village headed by a...
Matylda and her Spare Head (1985)
Surreal short animation about a clever girl with an amazing memory. Things go well for her until she can't remember facts about polar bears for a...