Ivo Gogál

Rochade

At the centre of Peter Patzak's existentialist film noir stands the hopeless struggle against the arms mafia in Czechoslovakia and its connections with Austria after the fall of the iron curtain.

Promise

Promise

The Physician of a Dying Time

Series about the life of Renaissance anatomist, scholar and politic Johannes Jessenius. Already legendary series today, was produced by Czechoslovak Television Bratislava, directed by Slovak director Miroslav Luther in the first half of 80's in Barrandov Studios in Prague. The story and screenplay of the series wrote Czech writer Vladimír Körner. Five-episodes epic historical narration is a biographical story of distinguished Renaissance scholar, anatomist and politic of Slovak origin, Johannes Jessenius (Ján Jesenský, 1566–1621). It displays his life from the first studies and successes. In 1594 he became professor of surgery and anatomy on Wittenberg University, which he had attended years before. From that moment, his life went through social and personal wins and losses, to the sad end on the Prague Old Town Square gallows, among 27 noblemen, knights and burgenses, after lose Bohemian Revolt in 1621. His destiny was coupled with key events of Czech history in the break of 16th and 17th century, when Renaissance and European humanism slowly fade out.

OKTOPUS

A Prague police unit reopens time‑critical cold cases before the statute of limitations runs out, pairing a seasoned loner with a principled young detective to re‑examine old evidence and pursue new leads across real city locations.

Smacznego, telewizorku

The TV-obsessed burgomaster of a Polish town and his equally addicted wife are literally sucked into their set, vanishing from the living room. Their three bewildered children must band together to pull Mom and Dad back out of the television before they’re lost forever.

Milenky

Dr. Dokonalý

Vina

The peaceful life in a picturesque and somewhat sleepy little town is disrupted by the brutal murder of an eleven-year-old boy. The investigation is taken on by a seemingly mismatched pair of detectives – Captain Mikušová and Adam Hanzel. Gradually, they begin to uncover clues leading to the murderer, as well as hidden secrets of the town...

Vina

The peaceful life in a picturesque and somewhat sleepy little town is disrupted by the brutal murder of an eleven-year-old boy. The investigation is taken on by a seemingly mismatched pair of detectives – Captain Mikušová and Adam Hanzel. Gradually, they begin to uncover clues leading to the murderer, as well as hidden secrets of the town...