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1. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
2. R.U.R.
Sci-Fi | Filming
A young woman visits the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots to emancipate the robots from capitalist exploitation, with catastrophic results. Based on the famous 1920 play by Karel Capek, a satire ever more potent for today.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Mallory Jansen, Lindsay Farris
3. Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
Stars: John Conte, Peter Hansen, Sarah Churchill, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 133
4. Television Theater (1953– )
Drama
Series of television plays.
Stars: Jerzy Trela, Krzysztof Globisz, Krystyna Janda, Jan Englert
Votes: 92
5. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
6. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
60 min | Drama
BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
Stars: Brian Rix, Joby Blanshard, Cyril Luckham, John Bennett
Votes: 132
7. R.U.R. (1938 TV Movie)
35 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Technological progress, in the shape of Rossum's Universal Robots, threatens to dominate and wipe out mankind.
Stars: Derek Bond, Harvey Braban, William Lyon Brown, Cherry Cottrell
Votes: 19
8. Lotrando a Zubejda (1997)
106 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Once upon a time, there was a band of robbers, ruled by Lotrando, the robber of robbers. He took from the poor and the rich, and gave generously to his cronies. His son had long since ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Smyczek | Stars: Jirí Strach, Barbora Seidlová, Pavel Zednícek, Arnost Goldflam
Votes: 543
9. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
10. Insect (2018)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Amateur actors rehearsing "Pictures from the Insects' Life". The actors find themselves living out their characters' roles and hallucinating insects. "Insects", is intercut with the ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Jirí Lábus, Jan Budar, Pavel Nový, Norbert Lichý
Votes: 524
11. R.U.R.: Genesis (2013)
7 min | Short, Action, Drama
Set in the style of a sexy, alt-history 1969, this adaptation depicts a world populated by genetically engineered workers ("artificials") -- perfect, made-to-order people who lack fundamental rights.
Director: James Kerwin | Stars: Chase Masterson, Kipleigh Brown, James Ellis Lane, Amara Cash
Votes: 32
12. Krakatit (1948)
97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After an accidental explosion in the lab, its inventor slips in and out of dream-like hallucinations, realizing that he had given the formula to one of his colleagues, who he tries to stop before it is too late.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Karel Höger, Florence Marly, Eduard Linkers, Jirí Plachý
Votes: 479
13. Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
"The White Sickness", a leprosy-like disease, ravages the world during a war.
Director: Hugo Haas | Stars: Hugo Haas, Bedrich Karen, Zdenek Stepánek, Václav Vydra
Votes: 383
14. Temné slunce (1980)
135 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
A remake of the 1948 atomic-age film, "Krakatit", by the same director. A scrupulous scientist is in the throes of a serious ethical dilemma after creating a highly-efficient explosive which may bring immeasurable suffering to mankind.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Radoslav Brzobohatý, Rudolf Hrusínský, Magda Vásáryová, Jerzy Kamas
Votes: 58
15. Loss of Feeling (1935)
85 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume assembly-lines, and soon finds his ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Andriyevsky | Stars: Sergei Vecheslov, Vladimir Gardin, Mariya Volgina, Anna Chekulaeva
Votes: 182
16. Musical TV Theater (1970– )
Musical
Stars: Sándor Palcsó, György Melis, Péter Korcsmáros, Dénes Gulyás
Votes: 15
17. Zlocin na poste (1980 TV Movie)
43 min | Crime, Drama
Helenka, a popular clerk at the village post office, is accused of embezzlement. A check reveals that she is 200 crowns short and the girl commits suicide. Her protector and friend, ... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Dudek | Stars: Vladimír Mensík, Milena Steinmasslová, Pavel Zednícek, Josef Abrhám
Votes: 17
18. The Newt Congress (2022)
16 min | Short
For years now, giant talking newts have been used both for their labor and as laboratory animals. The Newt Congress takes place at a conference building surrounded by nature where ... See full summary »
Directors: Immanuel Esser, Matthias Sahli | Stars: Ursula Benz, Manuela Biedermann, Tobias Bienz, Peter Hottinger
Votes: 29
19. Hordubal (1980)
92 min | Drama
After five years of hard work in America Juraj Hordubal (Anatoliy Kuznetsov) returns back home. He is looking forward to his wife Polana (Libuse Geprtová) and his little daughter Hafie. The... See full summary »
Director: Jaroslav Balík | Stars: Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Libuse Geprtová, Klára Pollertová, Sándor Oszter
Votes: 25
20. Spectacle d'un soir (1964–1979)
105 min
A Swiss dramatic anthology television series, which features French language productions of original teleplays or local adaptations from existing pieces of writing. Films from France, Belgium, Italy or Spain are also sometimes broadcast.
Stars: Claire Dominique, Marcel Vidal, Yves Vincent, André Faure
21. R.U.R. (1948 TV Movie)
60 min | Sci-Fi
A story of robots leading a revolution against their human creators. It explored dehumanization through technology and the failure of a technologically driven utopia.
Director: Jan Bussell | Stars: Anthony Eustrel, Eugene Leahy, Derek Tansley, Maurice Bannister
22. Retsept yeyo molodosti (1983)
92 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical comedy based on the play by K. Capek "The Makropulos Affair". A fantastic longevity story of a famous actress. She looks 30 - in fact, about three hundred. The secret of her youth is in a special potion invented a long time ago.
Director: Evgeniy Ginzburg | Stars: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oleg Borisov, Aleksandr Abdulov, Anatoliy Romashin
Votes: 90
23. Hovory s TGM (2018)
80 min | Biography, Drama, History
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 literary work. Their fiction film dialogue is ... See full summary »
Director: Jakub Cervenka | Stars: Jan Budar, Martin Huba
Votes: 176
24. Sredstvo Makropulosa (1979 TV Movie)
126 min | Comedy
The Makropulos remedy is an elixir of longevity, the possibility of which becomes for the heroes of the play a test of their human viability.
Directors: Maya Markova, Vladimir Monakhov | Stars: Nelli Kornienko, Vladimir Kenigson, Aleksandr Ovchinnikov, Eduard Martsevich
Votes: 16
25. R.U.R. (1976 TV Movie)
Sci-Fi
Technological progress, in the shape of Rossum's Universal Robots, threatens to dominate and wipe out mankind.
Director: László Marton | Stars: Péter Balázs, Karola Csürös, Judit Halász, Gábor Mádi Szabó
26. Hordubalové (1938)
95 min
Juraj Hordubal returns after eight years from America, where he has made enough money for improvements on his farm. His daughter Hafie does not recognize him and even his wife Polana displays no visible joy at his return.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Jaroslav Vojta, Suzanne Marwille, Palo Bielik, Mirko Eliás
Votes: 18
27. Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1954)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
This syndicated show presented adaptations of Broadway shows.
Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Edward Everett Horton, Melville Cooper, Ernest Truex
Votes: 37
29. Spravedlnost pro Selvina (1968 TV Movie)
70 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A dark comedy about a man who, against his will, dedicated his life to the fight for justice.
Director: Jirí Weiss | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Jirina Sejbalová, Míla Myslíková
Votes: 41
30. Banditska prikazka (1993)
39 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Director: Dimitar Sharkov | Stars: Nikola Atanasov, Valeri Drennikov, Dimitar Georgiev, Ivaylo Hristov
31. Capek's Tales (1947)
106 min | Crime, Drama
Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Jaroslav Prucha, Jaroslav Marvan, Lída Chválová, Frantisek Kovárík
Votes: 70
32. Krakatit (2017 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
About a chemist who is able to produce exceptionally powerful explosive. He calls it "Krakatit," after the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa. A special feature of Krakatit is that erupts seemingly without cause.
Directors: Blazena Honcarivová, Alice Nellis | Stars: Karel Hábl, Zuzana Krónerová, Klára Lidová, Lenka Smídová
33. Kanón (2016)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Based on the novel "Adam Stvoritel" by Karel Capek: angry at the world for its imperfections, Adam destroys everything except himself. God, as punishment, lets Adam rebuild the world to his whim and will.
Director: Mahiro Maeda
Votes: 38
35. Cintamani & podvodník (1965)
111 min | Comedy, Crime
In 'Chintamani and birds', we witness the collector's obsession of M.D. Vitásek, who discovers a unique Persian carpet in a junk shop. The journey to acquire it is more than a little ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Krejcík | Stars: Vladimír Smeral, Jarmila Kronbauerová, Josef Hlinomaz, Ludmila Roubíková
Votes: 69
36. Metoda rady Pitra (1958 TV Movie)
Comedy, Crime
Director: Jirí Jungwirth | Stars: Kveta Fialová, Frantisek Hanus, Gustav Heverle, Josef Kemr
37. Loupezník (1931)
Comedy
Mimi lives with her parents and the maid Fanka in a villa near the forest. One day, a gamekeeper comes to court Mimi when her parents are away. A plane has to make an emergency landing in ... See full summary »
Director: Josef Kodícek | Stars: Theodor Pistek, Marta Májová, Marta Trojanová, Jaroslav Gleich
Votes: 11
38. Alilot David (1998– )
60 min | Drama
Stars: Yigal Adika, Yehezkel Ozer, Lior Shefer, Dalia Babad
39. Vec Makropulos (1993 TV Movie)
115 min | Fantasy, Music
Director: Luca Ronconi | Stars: Raina Kabaivanska, José Cura, Mauro Buffoli, Laura Cherici
40. Rekordi (1973)
52 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Bullied Jotia throws heavy stone to an incredibly long distance and attracts the interest of the world records committee. But, the only motivation for wannabe record-holder is to be told swear-word again.
Director: Guram Pataraia | Stars: Goven Cheishvili, Manuchar Shervashidze, Eva Khutunashvili, Bigi Chkholaria
Votes: 117
41. Capek's Pockets (2010–2011)
27 min | Comedy, Crime
The series entitled Capek's Pockets represents a novel and unique student project in which talented young directors and experienced scriptwriters came together to produced their rendering ... See full summary »
Stars: Viktor Preiss, Václav Knop, Jan Vondrácek, Jan Hartl
Votes: 8
42. Robot-Girl Nr. 1 (1938)
Sci-Fi
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 commit a series of crimes in Prague.
Director: Josef Medeotti-Bohác | Stars: Wilma Tatzel, Wichell, Frl. Bringolf, Otto Böhm
43. Smrt Archimedova (1987 TV Short)
12 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Václav Postránecký, Karel Hábl, Roman Janousek
44. O vecech nadprirozených (1959)
104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Three short stories about the supernatural based on the work of writer Karel Capek.
Directors: Jirí Krejcík, Jaroslav Mach, Milos Makovec | Stars: Ladislav Pesek, Vlastimil Brodský, Felix Le Breux, Bohus Záhorský
Votes: 74
45. Smrt barona Gandary (1990 TV Movie)
32 min | Crime
Director: Pavel Hása | Stars: Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Teplý, Ludek Nesleha, Josef Abrhám
46. Foltyn zeneszerzö élete és munkássága (1983 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Judit Felvidéki | Stars: István Maszlay, Erika Bodnár, Dezsõ Straub, Vera Pap
47. Chelovek, kotoryy umel letat (1968)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tomshik once discovered that he could fly, and it gave him great pleasure. Scientists say that he is doing it wrong and begin to teach him.
Director: Evgeniy Sivokon | Star: Aleksey Polevoy
Votes: 12
48. Die gestohlene Akte (1963 TV Movie)
25 min | Crime, Mystery
Director: Alexander May | Stars: Anna Vankowa, Peter Oehme, Gustl Weishappel
49. Bolshaya koshachya skazka (1965 TV Movie)
91 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Director: David Karasik | Stars: Sergey Yurskiy, Izil Zabludovskiy, Nikolay Trofimov, Anna Lisyanskaya
Votes: 9
50. Plaché pribehy (1982)
86 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Directors: Zdenek Flídr, Tomás Tintera, Dabroslav Zborník | Stars: Jan Preucil, Zlata Adamovská, Mnislav Hofman, Lukás Hrabeta