List of Czech films before 1920

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A List of Czech films, the earliest silent films before 1920.

1898–1919

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1898
Dostaveníčko ve mlýnici Jan Kříženecký Josef Malostranský
Smích a pláčJan Kříženecký
Výstavní párkař a lepič plakátůJan Kříženecký
1907
Nejlepší čísloJan Kříženecký
1910
Jarní sen starého mládence Jan KříženeckýFerry Seidl
Berta Friedrichová
Otto Zahrádka, Bohumil Kovář
Marie Demartiniová
1911
Hubička
Ponrepovo kouzelnictví
Rudi na křtinách
Rudi na záletech
Rudi se žení
Rudi sportsman
Sokové

Antonín PechEmil Artur Longen
1912
Pro peníze
Svatojanské proudy
Dáma s barzojem
Záhadný zločin
Falešný hráč
Antonín Pech
1913
Zub za zub
Pět smyslů člověka
Americký souboj
Estrella
Cholera v Praze
Idyla ze staré Prahy
Pan profesor, nepřítel žen
Podkova
Prodoná nevěsta
Rozvedená paní
Šaty dělají člověka
Šoférka
Tragédie ve sněhu
Zkažená krev
Antonín Pech
J. Malostranský
Otakar Štáfl
Max Urban
Alois Jalovec
Max Urban
Jiří Steimar
Max Urban
Max Urban
Max Urban
Max Urban
Rudolf Kafka
Max Urban
Alois Wiesner
1914
Andula žárlí
Nenávistí k lásce
Noční děs
Zamilovaná tchyně
Otakar Štáfl

Jan A. Palouš
Antonín Pech
1919
Akord smrti Jan S. Kolár
Boby nesmí kouřit Přemysl Pražský
Divoká Maryna Divoká Maryna
Dáma s malou nožkou Jan S. Kolár
Láska je utrpením Přemysl Pražský & Vladimír Slavínský
Palimpsest Joe Jenčík
Sneženka z Tater Olaf Larus-Racek
Teddy by kouřil Gustav Machatý
Will o' the Wisp Thea Červenicová

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