Hadí princ

Hora jménem Andělská

January 1993 •Czech

Alvina, an English princess, flees the royal court with her beloved, Ursin, a foundling, to distant Bohemia. However, Ursin soon finds his estate on Angel Mountain too small, and the princess is no longer the only woman who interests him... When the English king discovers where his daughter is, he sets out with his army to conquer Angel Mountain. He wants to get back what is most precious to him, his daughter Alvina. This thrilling story, inspired by an old, little-known legend about Angel Mountain in the Karlovy Vary region, is a captivating spectacle for all who love mysterious and unusual stories.

Král a zloděj

December 1991 •Czech

The King and the Thief: one is a rich ruler, the other is a poor gardener named Lešek, who loves his Jolanka. But her father doesn't want to give her to him as his wife unless she brings him a ring and a bag of gold coins. And then Leška meets the devil and offers him a magic hat that will make him invisible, and a feather that will open any closed safe. It's hard to resist and not steal. But, as the devil says, everyone can decide for themselves whether to choose the path to hell. You can see how it turned out for Lešek and who the devil took away in this fairy tale based on Polish folk motifs.

Lutung Kasarung

February 1983 •Indonesian

This legend from West Java is told thus: In heaven, among the gods, Minda's teacher, who later became Lutung Kasarung, was penned by his own mother, Sunan Ambu, for wanting to be a human being and a wife as beautiful as her mother. So he turned into a langur. He will turn into a human again when he later meets a woman who loves him.

Tops and Roots

September 1974 •Russian

A working man went to the forest garden to plant a turnip, where he met a very lazy and, as it later turned out, foolish bear. The man managed to outwit the beast twice without giving him a single gram of the crop.

Pentos a Iola

October 1967 •Czech

Beowulf

March 1999 •English

Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.

Beowulf & Grendel

September 2005 •English

The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.

Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy

December 1966 •German

A young hero defeats a dragon to find acceptance to the court of burgundy.

O Petruškovi

January 1979 •Czech

Poklad

January 1979 •Czech

Jak čert láskou shořel

January 1966 •Czech

The Legend of Loch Ness

January 1976 •English

A documentary exploring the existence of the legendary "Nessie," an aquatic dinosaur that is supposed to exist in the depth of Loch Ness, Scotland.

Do nebíčka

March 1997 •Czech

After her mother's death, twelve-year-old Johana lives only with her father, who is clearly unable to raise her on his own. Therefore, she is sent to spend her holidays with her uncle, who lives alone on a rural farm. Johana, who is attracted to everything mysterious, discovers a mysterious German man living in an old tower in the neighborhood. Together, they search for the secret of a medieval legend about a gateway to other worlds. During their search, not only is their shared "Dänikenian" belief confirmed, but they also learn more about each other.

Clash of the Titans

June 1981 •English

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

February 2002 •Inuktitut

Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.

Jason and the Argonauts

June 1963 •English

Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.

O čertovi a jednom vojákovi

November 1979 •Czech

Pocahontas

June 1995 •English

Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

Achilles Returns

Invalid date •English

After many years, with help of Thetis and negotiations between Zeus and Hades, an aged Achilles is released from the Underworld into a modern world.

Faust

October 1926 •German

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.