Bohumil Hrabal

Bohumil Hrabal is associated with: Too Loud a Solitude

Movies Made By Bohumil Hrabal (13)

Too Loud a Solitude (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. ...

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I Served the King of England (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 di ...

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Too Loud A Solitude (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. ...

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Angelic Eyes (1994)

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

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Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age (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. ...

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The Gentle Barbarian (1990)

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

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Larks on a String (1990)

In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is a young man who pines for a female convict. ...

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The Snowdrop Festival (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 ...

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Cutting It Short (1981)

Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come t ...

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Closely Watched Trains (1966)

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher's apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening an ...

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Pearls of the Deep (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. Based on stories by the legendary writer Bohumil Hrabal, the shorts range from the surreally chilling ...

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The Junk Shop (1965)

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

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A Boring Afternoon (1965)

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

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Movies Starring Bohumil Hrabal (9)

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

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Too Loud A Solitude (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. ...

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Dr. Hrabal (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. In addition to Hrabal, it features director Jirzi Menzel, who talks a ...

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Prague, March ’92 (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 annivers ...

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Košatý strom plný pozorných očí (1988)

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