The Rudolf Hrusinski Collection (4DVD) - DVD

Humoreska, 1939, 86 min, b&w
A dramatic story about a love for music, starring Rudolf Hrušínský and Jaroslav Průcha. Josef Hupka loves music more than anything in the world. He fails his final exams and joins a group of travelling musicians.
Starring: Rudolf Hrušínský, Jaroslav Průcha, Vladimír Salač, Ladislav Boháč, František Smolík, Jiřina Šejbalová.

Pancho se žení (Pancho Gets Married), 1946, 80 min, b&w
A cheerful parody of dime novels
The adventurer Pancho falls for the beautiful Rosita, but her parents want her to marry the simple-minded Pedro. Pedro travels to meet the girl with a letter of introduction, which Pancho and then the bandit Manuel try to misuse to win her over themselves.
Story, screenplay and direction: Rudolf Hrušínský
Starring: Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlasta Matulová, Jindřich Plachta, Josef Kemr, Saša Rašilov, Miloš Nedbal.

Naděje (Hope), 1963, 89 min, b&w
Hana Hegerová and Rudolf Hrušínský grow close in the roles of an alcoholic and a girl with a bad reputation
Lucin, a labourer, perpetual debtor, and occasional thief, is caught trying to steal money from another worker's pocket in the canteen of a large gravel pit. Beaten up, he is thrown into the mud; a worker named Magdalena, who lives alone in a cabin on the company's premises, takes him in. The two, lonely and off the rails, begin to live together.
Starring: Hana Hegerová, Rudolf Hrušínský, František Peterka, Otto Šimánek, Jan Faltýnek.

Strach (Fear), 1963, 98 min, b&w
The beginning of the outstanding series of crime cases featuring Major Kalaš, with R. Hrušínský and R. Brzobohatý
The body of a young man is found on a road near a border town. Someone has deliberately run him over. Major Kalaš and Lieutenant Varga launch an investigation.
Starring: Rudolf Hrušínský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Bohuš Záhorský.