The suffocating conditions in a bourgeois family were depicted in several films in the second half of the 1950s - this one is one of the lesser known, although it achieves great emotional impact, free from the first ideological pressures. The title character, the owner of the tenement house Mrs. Dulská, controls her relatives and tenants with a firm and despotic hand. To achieve her goals, she masterfully combines tears, blackmail and insidious intrigues, or does not hesitate to abuse the trusting and handsome maid Hanka when she wants her son not to fool around. Everything suddenly turns around when Hank gets pregnant... But the appearance of a good reputation is more important to her than anything.

Lieutenant Patera, who unfortunately became involved in a scandalous affair in the highest circles o...

The film is about a slightly crazy botany professor Ducánek, who is so busy with his scientific expe...

A pair of circus clowns, played by Vlasta Burian and Jaroslav Marvan, take in an abandoned child and...

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company...

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, ...

In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues...

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexual...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a vi...

When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a...

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. A...

Sexual passion breeds violence in the Thomas Middleton and William Rowley written tale of a beautifu...

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though t...

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

The film tells a story about the extraordinary journey of the modest little girl Gerda. She is looki...

A vast public works project in West Africa. Horn, the construction site manager, and Cal, a young en...

Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains, but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can ga...