List of Czech films of the 1950s
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A List of Czech films of the 1950s.
Films by year
1950
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Opportunity | Karel Michael Wallo | Vlasta Chramostová, Vladimír Smeral, Jirí Vrstála | Drama | |
| Steam Above a Pot | Miroslav Cikán | |||
| Temno | ||||
| The Trap | Martin Frič | Vladimír Ráž, Vlasta Chramostová | War/drama | Entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival[1] |
1951
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DS-70 nevyjíždí | ||||
| The Struggle Will End Tomorrow | Miroslav Cikán | Elo Romančík, Vladimír Petruška | Drama | |
1952
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dovolená s Andělem | Bořivoj Zeman | Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Kemr, Vladimír Ráž, Jana Dítětová | Comedy | |
| Operation B | Josef Mach | Antonie Hegerlíková, Vlasta Chramostová, Josef Bek | War drama | |
| The Proud Princess | Bořivoj Zeman | Vladimír Ráž, Alena Vránová, Stanislav Neumann | Fairytale | Based on a novel by Božena Němcová. |
| We Love | Václav Kubásek | František Peterka, Jaroslav Průcha, Frantisek Hanuš | Drama | |
1953
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna proletářka | Karel Steklý | Marie Tomášová, Josef Bek, Jana Dítětová | Drama | |
| Měsíc nad řekou | Václav Krška | Dana Medřická, Alena Vránová | ||
| Olověný chléb | ||||
| A Warning | Miroslav Cikán | |||
1954
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byl jednou jeden král | Bořivoj Zeman | Jan Werich, 37.Vlasta Burian, Milena Dvorská | Fairy-tale | Based on the novel Sůl nad zlato by Božena Němcová |
| Cirkus bude | ||||
| Dva mrazíci | Jiří Trnka | Jan Werich-voice, 38.Vlasta Burian-voice | Animated | |
| Komedianti | Vladimír Vlcek | Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival[2] | ||
1955
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muž v povětří | Miroslav Cikán | Vlasta Burian, Alena Vránová | Comedy | |
| Na konci mesta | Miroslav Cikán | |||
| Cesta do pravěku (Journey to primeval times) | Karel Zeman | Vladimír Bejval, Petr Herrmann, Josef Lukáš, Zdeněk Husták | Sci-fi | |
| Anděl na horách | Bořivoj Zeman | Jaroslav Marvan, Josef Kemr, Vladimír Ráž, Jana Dítětová | Comedy | |
| Psohlavci | Martin Frič | Vladimír Ráž, Miloš Nedbal, Miloš Kopecký | Historical/drama | Entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival[3] |
| Nejlepší člověk | Václav Wasserman, Ivo Novák | Vlasta Burian | Comedy | |
1956
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalibor | Václav Krška | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival[4] | ||
| Ztracenci (Lost Children) | Miloš Makovec | Stanislav Fišer, Radovan Lukavský, Alena Vránová | War/drama | Entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival[5] |
| Muž v povětří | Miroslav Cikán | |||
| Robinsonka | ||||
1957
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florenc 13:30 | Josef Mach | Josef Bek, Dana Medřická | ||
| Jurásek | Miroslav Cikán | |||
| Škola otců | ||||
1958
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (Vynález zkázy) | Karel Zeman | Lubor Tokoš, Arnošt Navrátil | Sci-fi | Combined feature and animated film. Winner of numerous international prizes including the French Academy Crystal Award, Grand Prix du EXPO 58,[6] 1962 Hugo Award nominee[7] |
| Suburban Romance | Zbyněk Brynych | Jana Brejchová, Eduard Cupák, František Kreuzmann | Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival[8] | |
| Páté kolo u vozu | Bořivoj Zeman | |||
| Desire | Vojtěch Jasný | Jana Brejchová, Vlastimil Brodský | 1959 Golden Palm nominee & "best selection" winner[9] | |
| St. Peter's Umbrella | Frigyes Bán | Mari Törőcsik, Sándor Pécsi | Drama | Co-production with Hungary |
1959
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Král Šumavy | ||||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Jiří Trnka | Animated, English language (Richard Burton - Narrator) | 1959 Golden Palm nominee & "best selection - short film" winner[10] | |
| Kam čert nemůže | Zdeněk Podskalský | Miroslav Horníček, Jana Hlaváčová, Vlastimil Brodský | Entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival[11] | |
| Útek ze stínu | Jiří Sequens | Entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival | ||