1930s Movies

A tale of torn loyalty and love between SS officer Nikolaus Fuhrich and his first love, Jewish violinist Elisabeth Soloviechik. From two befriended...

Czech friends help refugees from Nazi Germany escape in 1939.

This production of Ostrava TV Studios was inspired by actual events which occurred in the Ostrava region of Moravia during the 1920s and 1930s. A...

The Comedian Harmonists sing various German folk songs in a picturesque landscape.

Poetic story of a proletarian couple's relationship in the years of economic crisis and unemployment.

A photographer goes on a business trip for three days. His helper (Karl Valentin) and the apprentice (Liesl Karlstadt) would prefer it to close the...

A teacher in a remote village gets hindered by zealot members of the community who still believe in old superstitions.

A melodramatic story that takes place in a nostalgic spring day in 1937. A concert of a famous singer on the seafront becomes a tragedy that will...

The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.

Poor countryside girl Elza has been unsuccessfully looking for a job in Riga before she gets help from an acquantance. After that, fortune seems to...

A ruthless thief has a change of heart after being mortally wounded and wants to carry the town's cross on the Way of the Cross in order to save his...

This Traveltalks short showcases the Paris International Exposition of 1937. It features a tour of the pavillions of several nations, as well as the...

Czech drama film.

A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film...