At the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries Boleslav's kingdom fell apart in the fratricidal war between the Přemyslovci and the other clans the main profiteer of this being the German emperor. At that time it seemed as if the Czech state and the lineage of its princes was awaiting its end..." It is with these words that the tale of this film begins, whose narrative is based upon the the play by František Hrubín of the same name.

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with...
The commander of the military training camp, newly promoted Major Cibulka, keeps his subordinates in...

Jarvala's daughter Aliina and the miller Jalmari Hurttia are in love with each other. Jarvala's fath...

Set in the 1890s, Anna-Liisa and Johannes are young lovers. She agrees to his proposal because she i...

An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run ...

The proud widow of Sillankorva falls in love with her young neighbor, Jaakko Hallan, whom she offers...

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to...

The son of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-si...

Before her death, Anu's mother promises her daughter to the wealthy Junu of Ukonmäki. Anu loves the ...

In his will, Assessor Walter Timelius acknowledges that he is the father of his former housekeeper I...

Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead h...

During an inquest after a woman is killed, the judge suspects his own son. The woman's lover had bee...

In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled y...

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 w...

Esko is going to a neighboring village to marry Kreeta after her father arranged the marriage with E...

Joe Brooks is taken advantage of by his employer, Captain Williams, who is a jealous former suitor o...

In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experime...

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boa...

Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge b...

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from ...