Vojtěch Jasný (born 30 November 1925 – 15 November 2019) was a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat (1963). He was born in Kelč in Moravia. An active filmmaker in Czechoslovakia throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he was among many artists and intellectuals who left the country after the USSR-led invasion following the Prague Spring of 1968. Jasný worked in other European countries for several years including Austria, West Germany and Yugoslavia until relocating to Brooklyn, New York in the early 1980s. Jasný taught film directing classes at Columbia University for several years (where his compatriot Miloš Forman was also a professor and former Film Division Co-Chair) and continues to teach at The School of Visual Arts (SVA) and The New York Film Academy (NYFA). Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat is an allegorical fable about a magical cat that comes to a small Czech town and causes the underlying nature of the townspeople to be revealed. The film won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes. Also among Jasný's works is Všichni dobří rodáci /All My Good Countrymen (1968), a story centering on the lives and fates of several rural Czechs as they struggle to adapt and survive under communist rule; a film later banned in Czechoslovakia after the invasion of 1968.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 30, 1925
- November 15, 2019 (aged 93)
- Kelc, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- Director and writer
- 3 on MovieCove · 48 credits in all
What are Vojtěch Jasný's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Vojtěch Jasný's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Vojtěch Jasný's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
48 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Broken Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Hell on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Return to Paradise Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Gladys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Soloist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Why Havel? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
A Boy And His Car (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
The Lunch Date (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
The Great Land of Small(1987)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all filmsDer blinde Richter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Es gibt noch Haselnußsträucher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
We (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Am Strand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Woman from Sarajevo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Die Stühle des Herrn Szmil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Impressions of Herbert von Karajan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Clown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Attempted Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Der Kulterer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Der Leuchtturm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Nasrin oder Die Kunst zu träumen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Dogs and People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Czech Rhapsody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
All My Good Countrymen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Jarní vody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Dýmky(1966)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Magnetické vlny léčí (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
When the Cat Comes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
I Survived Certain Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Váhavý střelec (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
September Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Opportunity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Everything Ends Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Stará čínská opera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Z čínského zápisníku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Lidé jednoho srdce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Neobyčejná léta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Za život radostný (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
It’s Not Always Cloudy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Věděli si rady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Milos Forman: Portrait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 48 titles, 47 of them dated from 1949 to 2002.
How do Vojtěch Jasný's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Mixed2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Vojtěch Jasný work with?
People who share at least 2 of Vojtěch Jasný's MovieCove titles; Rock Demers shares the most, 2.
- Rock DemersShared titles: The Great Land of Small (1987), The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Rock Demers
