Jiřina Pokorná-Makoszová

When Jan Werich wakes up as his seemingly deceased grandfather, he discovers that all the survivors are only interested in his property. That's why he decides to get married.

The dramatization of the Old Prague short story by the writer Ignát Herrmann is an acting concert by Jan Pivec. In this film from 1964, the actor let all registers of his mature acting sound, from outright comical positions to tones sounding with tragic undertones. And although the character of Vavřinec Konopka clearly dominates in this story, the great actor disciplinedly left enough space for his teammates, especially Jaroslav Marvan, Dana Medřická (her poisonous Petronila is an excellent figure), the modest Libuša Havelková and the bohemian Josef Kemr and everyone else. The director František Filip was actually the conductor here, who got a beautifully coordinated orchestra of soloists at his disposal... But let's go back to the century before last. Where is the dignified and rather burly official Mr. Konopka peláší? And even runs with a jet and without a hat…

A host of actors in the classic national fairy tale by A. Jirásek. Jirásek's "Lucerna" is the best-known and most performed of his plays. It was also used by television producers. In the second half of the 1960s, a successful transcription was created with a remarkably well-captured atmosphere of the realistic-fairytale motif of the original. The film captures the acting mastery of Jan Pivec in the role of the castle's headmaster, the musicians played by Bohuš Záhorský and Vladimír Menšík, Zdeněk Štěpánek and Josef Kemr in the roles of the watermen Ivan and Michal. The television version of Lucerna premiered on Christmas Eve 1967, and each rerun only confirms that it is an excellent production.

The fact that the man succumbed one morning to an irresistible urge to sit down at the piano and play the entire Chopin Sonata in B Minor would not have been so strange if it had not been for the fact that he had never played the piano in his life and he himself had no idea that he could.

The fact that the man succumbed one morning to an irresistible urge to sit down at the piano and play the entire Chopin Sonata in B Minor would not have been so strange if it had not been for the fact that he had never played the piano in his life and he himself had no idea that he could.

A little-known adaptation of Jaroslav Vrchlický's play is returning to the television screen, full of humorous plots, telling the story of the courage of two women in love who, because of their love, infiltrated Karlštejn Castle, where women are forbidden to enter by order of the monarch. It was created with a number of star actors eight years before the now legendary film adaptation by Zdeněk Podskalský. When it premiered in 1965, it aroused a stormy, positive and negative response. Quite naturally, because Filip's concept of this classic play, albeit in the authentic setting of Karlštejn Castle, was completely new and unconventional at the time. This adaptation of the classic original uses the melodies of popular Czech and foreign hits with lyrics by P. Kopta. For example, the ruler's arrival at the castle was announced by the melody of the popular song Jó, třešné zrály. However, professional singers mostly sing for the actors here.

The cheerful fairy tale takes us to the first category of hell, inhabited by mischievous devils, and the second category of hell with dirty devils. And this is where the village youth Kája Fousek falls as punishment for his arrogance... The devils decide to correct him. But one of them falls in love with Kája, and he falls in love with her.

A small television comedy about a revolutionary invention called a "transmutator" that allows a person to transform into an animal. An impractical scientist, played by Viktor Preiss, actually succeeds. Not only the lovesick secretary Jitka Molavcová is unhappy about this, but also the company director Petr Nárožný. How will the comical transformation situations turn out?

In the continuation of the story of the friend of the bandleader, entertainer and singer Milda Vaculík, the narrator returns to his favorite pub in a small town. They have just replaced the director of the largest local establishment, and everyone panics when they learn that he intends to come among them. Milda and the entire orchestra try to please the director with the power of mermo. After a wild dance with the singer, he orders ten bottles of red wine and the fun continues. The director shocks everyone with his immediacy and sincerity.

A fairy tale in which the devil can make hell for people on earth, but is powerless against common sense.

The King is very worried. His kingdom is not exactly brimming with wealth, and he has three daughters to marry. So he's going to solve both problems at once. The daughters must find rich grooms. What does it matter that Libenka has fallen in love with a cobbler, Rosie is in love with a gardener and Miládka spends her time with a nice cook. So the princesses go out into the world and the magical grandfather and his gifts help them in their search...

There was a greengrocer who had a son, Jakub, who was selling at a market. And since he was her only son, she literally saw herself in him. But Jakub was a pretty spoiled little boy who was proud of his pretty face and only liked people with a good appearance. So he didn't like it at all when one day a strange woman stopped by the greengrocer's stall and started poking her long and ugly nose everywhere... If he had known that she wasn't just any woman, but an experienced and somewhat malicious witch, he would have saved himself a lot of trouble. The witch punished Jakub for his arrogance...

Friends Hejbal and Kašík long for adulthood so they can do whatever they want, but when a unique chemistry experiment suddenly allows them to grow up, nothing seems as simple as it first seems...

At Plavaček's cradle, fortune-tellers predict his fate for a princess wife, the king's daughter.

If the conceited Princess Hortensia, the lazy, sleepy Princess Julienka and the cunning Princess Melanie had known what the bell hanging above the door to the royal chamber would reveal about them, they would never have come to the castle to woo her. But the bell did choose a good bride for Prince Marian. Madelenka, his childhood friend, was neither noble nor rich, but she was kind, hardworking and, most importantly, had long loved him.

Among the apprentices learning the confectionery trade is Honza Králíček, who is not enjoying it at all and would rather be working with cars. The fairy Cukřenka wants to help him and lends him a magic bag. Since then, Honza has been doing well and is also trying hard to study for his exams.

Many corners of Prague are perfect for fairy tales. They thrive the most in Kampa, but there is one in Podskalí too. The ferryman's son Tomáš fell in love with the beautiful Vltava fairy there. She made sure that Tomáš became a wise, hard-working ferryman, only then did she say yes to him.