Jaromíra Kolárová
Writing
Biography
Czech novelist, playwright, and screenwriter.
Known For

A communist journalist from Prague is sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp.
Caught by Night

Life in communist Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s and the punishments for going against the state.
Jen o rodinných záležitostech

Thirteen-year-old Vendula dozes off at school and dreams about her parents riding in a carriage dressed in their wedding clothes. The young teacher is angry with the girl who has already failed a year, and has no idea that she is looking after three younger half-brothers. They all have a different father and their mother comes home noisy and drunk every day, often accompanied by a man...
Girl with Shells

The fifteen year old Maruska starts as a new staff in the porcelain warehouse. For the boss Svetla it is the last straw. She asked to extend her staff consisting of four girls and a retired lady by a man, not a child. The kind and ever fussy Svetla, battling in vain with overweight decides to leave her position and to take another one in the office. As soon as she finds out that the position will be taken by Arnost Jarolím, she insists on a hand over inventory.
Girls from a Porcelain Factory

Jan Vacek, a revolutionary of Czech origin, organizes the retreat of communist troops in Baku after the Bolshevik Revolution, following the fall of the local commune...
Fair Wind

The main characters are a young psychologist Doubravka and a village youth, Honza Macháček. He is a tractor driver who temporarily lost his driver's license in a crazy bet, so he now herds a cooperative herd of cows, she is at the cottage with her boy Boba, who is not very successful in studying medicine and is currently preparing for his remedial exams. Honza's immediacy, optimism and approach to life and work contrast sharply with the selfish, weak-willed and unbalanced Boba, and Doubravka increasingly realizes that her feelings for Boba have disappeared and that she actually loves Honza. The question is how her somewhat conservative family will view such a game.
Summer with a Cowboy

The drama of a man for whom work has become the only meaning of life. His cold and impersonal manner arouses the disapproval of his colleagues and family members and leads to alienation. Eventually, he realizes the need for "time out" to reflect on his own life...
Oddechový čas
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Jsou určité hranice
A sad story about a young girl who is forced to move from one foster home to another.
What Hedwig Didn't Tell Us
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Pavoučice
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Růžový ostrov
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Naděje má hluboké dno
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Tenký led
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Obrazy
Veronika is a cheerful, lively girl with great personal charm that few can resist. An animal lover, gifted with eloquence, she can blame all her mischief on her older brother and gets away with everything at home and at school. But one night, this overly trusting little girl runs away from home to meet a stranger who promised her a little puppy...
Veronika, prostě Nika
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Dobrodružství v tajze

A former aircraft mechanic wants to start a new life in a small border village after a stint in prison and working in the mines. But things don't work out as he would have liked and bad luck follows him. By an unfortunate coincidence, he even falls under suspicion of double murder...