Jana Krausova Movies

A little girl growing up in a house full of drama lets her imagination get the better of her in this comedy-drama written and directed by Maria Prochazkova. Terezka (Dorotka Dedkova) is a six-year-old girl who loves the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood." Terezka insists that her mother (Jitka Cvancarova) read it to her every night, even though it gives her nightmares that reveal new layers of meaning in the story. Things are already a bit scary in Terezka's household; Mother is a tense woman resentful that she gave up a budding career as a singer to become a housewife, Father (Pavel Reznicek) is loving but more interested in his work than his home, and Grandmother (Jana Krausova) is convinced Mother would be best off leaving her husband and getting back together with her former beau Patrik (Martin Hofmann), who has become a star in classical music. In Kindergarten, Terezka is best friends with Simon (Matous Kratina), and they've both become fascinated with aliens and what they're doing on Earth. As Terezka and Simon compare notes, he becomes convinced that one of her parents is actually from another world; the real story is not as curious but almost as surprising. Kdopak By Se Vlka Bal (aka Who's Afraid Of The Wolf) was an official selection at the 2009 BFI London Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Deep in the urban jungle, mental decay and sensory overload wear at a man weary from the ever-strengthening tide of images and emotions that wash over him in on a daily basis in director Maria Procházková's expressionistic character study. To walk by Mr. Seman (Oldrich Kaiser) on the street would be to walk by your average, slightly disheveled middle-aged man to most city dwellers, but a closer look reveals a troubled soul unable to cope with the increasingly intrusive outside world. Relishing in the company of a sympathetic neighbor and her kindly daughter and eager to chat up strangers on the street in the daytime hours, Mr. Seman spends his nights constructing wondrous creations from the neighborhood trash. While his friendly demeanor endears Mr. Seman to those willing to stop on the sidewalk and give him a moment of their precious time, the hallucinations that plague Mr. Seman's vision and the so-called "shark in his head" prompt concerned officials to consider the prospect of institutionalization. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

In 1936, Jakub Vilda was a championship professional boxer from Czechoslovakia. He was in Munich, battling his German rival Kurt Schaller, when his manager called off the match. Puzzled and angry, he returned to Prague to train for another match and to find a new manager. When he learns that the Nazis were pressuring his manager to get him to lose, he becomes even more upset. Meanwhile, his old girlfriend has left him for someone else, and he takes up with a German woman who is a popular actress in Czech films. At the time of the rematch, he wins with great difficulty, but he wins. Unfortunately, his new girlfriend was under orders from the German government to cause him to lose, and the results for her are fatal. This drama is directly based on actual events. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi