Karel Čapek Movies

Many years after a nuclear war, the human survivors have created a new society where much of the work done by androids, referred to derisively by...

In a country whose people have just been successfully persuaded of their superiority and the justification for military expansion by the fiery...

In early 20th century Czechoslovakia, a gravely ill chemist recalls his discovery of a powerful explosive and how it landed in the hands of...

A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit.

The Dung Beetle is late, the Parasite is asleep and Mrs Larva is more interested in her knitting than the director’s instructions. It’s...

Czech comedy fantasy directed by Jiri Krejcik et al.

On 26 September 1928, Karel Capek and President T.G. Masaryk meet in the gardens of Topolcianky castle to decide about the fate of their joint...

A tramp falls asleep in the woods. He dreams of observing a range of insects that stand in for various human characteristics in terms of their...

This biographical film examines the multitalented personality of Karel Čapek and the context behind the creation of his works such as Krakatit,...

An inventor, Bubi, creates a female android he calls "Wera." Unfortunately, a gang of robbers finds out about Wera, steals her, and uses her to...

A story of robots leading a revolution against their human creators. It explored dehumanization through technology and the failure of a...