Spalovač mrtvol / Cremator (1969)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Set in World War II, a demented cremator believes cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the world.
Starring: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Milos Vognic, Zora Bozinová
Director: Juraj Herz
Tajemství hradu v Karpatech / The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
In the 1800s, a baron, who is the owner of a castle known as The Devil's Castle and who is also an obsessed opera fan, keeps the body of his favorite diva preserved in a crypt in the castle. In order to keep away potentially nosy visitors, the baron's mad-scientist assistant, invents all sorts of spooky phenomena in order to give the castle a creepy reputation.
Starring: Michal Docolomanský, Evelyna Steimarová, Vlastimil Brodský, Milos Kopecký, Rudolf Hrusínský, Augustín Kubán, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Director: Oldrich Lipský
Darbuján a Pandrhola / Darbujan and Pandrhola (1960)
Comedy | Fantasy
A poor miner with 11 children seeks the help of a magic godfather in a fairytale with socialist overtones. Opposed to the miner Darbujan is the wealthy brewer Pandrhola.
Starring: Jirí Sovák, Rudolf Hrusínský, Václav Lohniský, Josef Hlinomaz
Director: Martin Fric
Vesničko má středisková / My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Comedy
Comedy about the people who inhabit a small town. For years the overbearing Pavek has endured Otik, the "town idiot," sharing his meals and the front seat of their dump truck. But Otik is such a sweet-natured fool that Pavek, exasperated as he becomes, always relents on his threats to find another partner. This Laurel and Hardy-like pair are at the heart of a comedy which finds humor in an abundance of everyday situations. The town doctor regularly wrecks his car because he's admiring the scenery, a romantic teenager develops a hopeless crush on his sister's schoolteacher, and an adulterous housewife and her boyfriend are just one step ahead of her suspicious, hot-headed husband.
Starring: János Bán, Marián Labuda, Rudolf Hrusínský, Petr Cepek, Libuse Safránková, Jan Hartl
Director: Jirí Menzel
Obecná skola / The Elementary School (1991)
Comedy | Drama | Family | History
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict – but also very just. His weakness is his interest in young women.
Starring: Jan Tríska, Zdenek Sverák, Libuse Safránková, Rudolf Hrusínský, Irena Pavlásková
Director: Jan Sverák
Kvaska (2007)
Comedy | Musical
Young man in the prison is obsessed with a singer who is to perform in a new musical its director is currently auditioning for. He escapes and through complex and often very funny series of events ends up being the main star of the musical, only to be discovered by the police the day before the premiere…OK, enough spoilers! The story keeps going on… Lots of great dialogs, awesome music and singing, and ever-twisting story (plus, the parallels between the play's script and the real story) makes this one of the most enjoyable Czech movies I've seen in years (and I've seen many)! Definitely check it out if you like comedy, drama, musicals, and theater.
Starring: Filip Tomsa, Lucie Vondrácková, Rudolf Hrusínský, Jirí Korn, Roman Pomajbo, Daniel Landa
Director: Mirjam Landa
Rozmarné léto / Capricious Summer (1968)
Comedy
Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. Antonin runs the swimming bath with his portly wife Katherine… A man appears with his horse-drawn caravan. He lays a striped pole across the river and walks over. With a handstand and a magic trick, Ernie the Conjuror invites everyone to that evening's performance… Ernie is a tightrope walker of only modest skill, but with a slim and beautiful assistant, Anna. Antonin speaks to her. The two spend the night in the change room by the river, Antonin massaging her feet all night long. Katherine decides to move into the caravan with Ernie. But now the major and even the canon sense Anna's attractiveness…
Starring: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Frantisek Rehák, Míla Myslíková, Jana Preissová, Jirí Menzel
Director: Jirí Menzel
Kulový blesk / Ball Lightning (1979)
Comedy
A comedy about an exchange of twelve apartments that its organizer, lawyer Radost, rightfully called Ball Lightning Event. To prepare, organize and carry out exchange of twelve apartments is a work worthy of the master. That's also who Dr. Radosta, who is excellently played by Rudolf Hrusinsky, is.
Starring: Rudolf Hrusínský, Karel Kalas, Josef Abrhám, Daniela Kolárová, Bedrich Prokos, Zita Kabátová, Milada Jezková
Director: Zdenek Podskalský, Ladislav Smoljak
Zlatí úhoři / Golden Eels (1979)
Drama
A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. There, the boy became friends with a local fisherman and learned to catch the golden eels. Eventually, his father and mother were arrested by the Nazis and the boy stayed with the fisherman.
Starring: Vladimír Mensík, Miroslava Hozová, Rudolf Hrusínský, Martin Mikulas, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Eliska Balzerová
Director: Karel Kachyna
