Zbyněk Brynych — Director (9)
Oasis (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Oáza
other title: Höllentor Sahara 1943 / Oáza
The year is 1943. The war is raging between the Germans and the Allies in North Africa. A truck with a Czech crew, Lieutenant Navara and six soldiers, escapes from the Foreign Legion fortress. Their aim is to reach the Allies and fight against Nazism. The truck is destroyed by a German army plane, which is hit by enemy fire in its turn. One Czech soldier dies in the attack, the driver is badly wounded, and Navara has serious burns on his face. The group has very little water and must reach an oasis that is 60 km away.
Seventeen and Anxious (1970) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Oh Happy Day
other title: Oh Happy Day / O Happy Day
Anna, a 17-year-old girl from Munich, is searching for answers about her sexuality and identity. While living in her affluent world, she feels neglected by her distant parents and her reserved boyfriend, Robert. Her curiosity leads her to unexpected experiences, including a night in a hippie commune and her first night of sex with Robert. Despite these experiences, Anna remains uncertain about her future as she tries to reconcile her family's expectations with her own desires.
A Suburban Romance (1958) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Žižkovská romance
director: Zbyněk Brynych actor: Renata Olárová / Jiří Vala
other title: Les amants du faubourg / Žižkovská romance
A young, unmarried woman finds herself a "little bit pregnant" and she tries to hide this fact from her mother but it isn't long before the truth is obvious.
Transport from Paradise (1963) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Transport z ráje
director: 兹比涅克·布里尼赫 actor: 兹德涅克·斯捷潘内克 / 伊利亚·普拉哈
other title: 天国护照 / Transport z ráje
Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their hopes and dreams unfold against the perpetual threat of deportation (or worse) by the Nazis. Based on the novel "Night and Hope" by Arnost Lustig.
I, Justice (1975) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Já, spravedlnost
other title: Já, spravedlnost / Als Hitler den Krieg überlebte
At the year 1946, the time of the Nuremberg Process. One of the main actors of the Second World War, who reportedly committed suicide, Adolf Hitler is, however, missing. The Czech doctor Herman (Karel Höger) is kidnapped from Prague and driven to the sanatorium of Professor Rolf Harting (Jirí Vrstála). The sanatorium is a disguised military stronghold, most probably occupied by a Nazi garrison, with prison cells and an execution chamber in the basement. At night, Herman is taken to a patient in whom he, to his horror, recognizes Hitler (Fritz Diez).