Bohumil Hrabal

Most Popular Bohumil Hrabal Trailers

Total trailers found: 18

I Served the King of England Trailer (2007)

11 January 2007

Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion that to achieve his ambitious goal he must be diligent, listen and observe as much as he can, be always discreet and use what he learns to his own advantage; but the turbulent tides of history will continually stand in his way.

The Snowdrop Festival Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

This movie is based on texts of Bohumil Hrabal, world-known Czech prosaic. It's a story (in a form of a mosaic of short episodes and pictures) about the sadness and happiness of inhabitants of Kersko (Kersko is a small woody area full of cottages and roods).

Closely Watched Trains Trailer (1966)

18 November 1966

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity.

Angelic Eyes Trailer (1994)

20 January 1994

Charming, witty and smart men represent a fictitious insurance company who soon fall for an innocent-looking young woman smarter than she seems.

A Boring Afternoon Trailer (1965)

23 July 1965

Several parties—a prostitute, aging football players, working girls, two men playing pool, and a hedonistic young man—each coalesce in a tavern.

Cutting It Short Trailer (1981)

06 February 1981

Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town.

Pearls of the Deep Trailer (1966)

07 January 1966

A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors.

Too Loud a Solitude Trailer (2007)

26 October 2007

An elderly paper-crusher branded a fool in Prague secretly stashes condemned books, preserving their contents and extrapolating from them eccentric scenarios of wit.

Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age Trailer (1991)

17 August 1991

Speaking to a group of sunbathing women who remind him of lovers past, an elderly man unburdens himself of a lifetime’s worth of stories.

Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“ Trailer (2014)

10 April 2014

Larks on a String Trailer (1990)

01 February 1990

In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation.

About Cats, Beatniks and All Sorts of Other Things Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

Young people meet Bohumil Hrabal, who talks about anything but himself.

The Junk Shop Trailer (1965)

17 December 1965

Juraj Herz adapts Bohumil Hrabal's story about a man who works in a junk shop.

Dr. Hrabal Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

A film impression about Bohumil Hrabal - an encounter with the man and his literary work. The film was shot in places well known and close to the writer: in Prague and small Czech towns.

Too Loud A Solitude Trailer (1995)

30 March 1995

An elderly paper-crusher branded a fool in Prague secretly stashes condemned books, preserving their contents and extrapolating from them eccentric scenarios of wit.

Košatý strom plný pozorných očí Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

The Gentle Barbarian Trailer (1990)

01 September 1990

A commemorative and essayistic meditative piece on the Prague quarter Libeň during the 1950s.

Prague, March ’92 Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

Prompted by a seminar given by acclaimed German filmmaker Peter Nestler, Prague, March '92 combines 16mm footage shot over the course of a week in the title city with excerpts from Bohumil Hrabal's essay "The Magic Flute," which considers the 20th anniversary demonstrations in Prague to commemorate the death of Jan Palach, who immolated himself in January 1969 to protest the Soviet invasion.