Stella Zázvorková
Birthday: 1922-04-14
Place of Birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stella Zázvorková (14 April 1922 – 18 May 2005) was a Czech actress from Prague. Zázvorková, an alumnus of Prague's theatre school of E.F. Burian, appeared in more than a hundred films and series. She was married to the actor Miloš Kopecký. She became known abroad through series including Arabela, The Territory of White Deer, and Hospital at the End of the City, and also through her role in the Oscar-winning movie Kolya by Jan Svěrák.
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Kolya
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly tak...
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Podnájemníci
The first part of a loose trilogy about the travails of two orphaned siblings, thirteen-year-old Ale...
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The Terribly Sad Princess
Musical fairy tale tells the story of prince and princesses from neighbouring friendly countries who...
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How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth
Vasek, 8 years old boy is desperate to find a new "father" for his mother....
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How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is usi...
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Miluji Tě
Tomorrow is Alice's sixteenth birthday and her classmate Aleš, in the words of his grandmother, "pre...
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Angel in the Mountains
Mr. Angel goes winter sporting and at the same time investigates his son's fiancee....
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I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beard...
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Cosy Dens
Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. T...
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Autumn Spring
A bittersweet comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodský as Fanda, an old man who refuses to grow u...
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O Vánocích už nechci slyšet ani slovo
Christmas is approaching and with it comes moments of surprising events and unexpected encounters. F...
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Tři chlapi v chalupě
The three Potůčks live in a house in Ouplavice: a widower grandfather, a son whose wife has run away...
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Dva muži hlásí příchod
An only son, Jirí Valenta (Jaromír Hanzlík), has been drafted to the army. At the barracks he acquir...
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O chudém královstvíčku
The mischievous princess Anka annoys her father and her surroundings with her original tricks. So as...
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A Nice Plate of Spinach
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Lisk...
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Straw Hat
Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it s...
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Happy End
A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is ac...
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Hezký Štědrý večer
On the morning of Christmas Eve, Daddy was supposed to go to the cottage with his little son and sto...
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Young Bohácek's Sufferings
Tóna Bohácek has been a great worry to his mother, Mrs Bohácková. All his friends equal in age are a...
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The Hit
Mr Jiš managed to give his first script at Barrandov. Already in the preparatory phase, he discovers...
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Dva z onoho světa
A musical comedy about two indistinguishably similar siblings who love music, but each of them is co...
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We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling...
Mr. Novak tells a lie to his neighbor Mrs. Bartackova that her husband is unfaithful to her and that...
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Einstein kontra Babinský
A satire about small and large crooks who thrive in a planned economy. They made great use of all it...
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Čintamani & podvodník
Two short stories by Karel Čintamani a ptáci An avid collector of carpets, MUDr. Vitásek discovers a...
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Táto sežeň štěně
The holiday story revolves around the children of editor Hlavsa and their desire to get a dog. Dad b...
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Do We Match Each Other, Darling?
Marta (Jana Brejchová) and Viktor (Vlastimil Brodský) celebrate the tenth anniversary of their weddi...
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90° in the Shade
In a Prague shop, an assistant has been carrying on an affair with the dishonest, married manager. A...
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Crooked Mirror
A satirical military "Fashion Show" instructing Czechoslovak soldiers how and how not to dress....
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Murderer from Beyond the Grave
The detective case of Captain Jakubec and his colleague Lieutenant Michalek takes place in a small t...
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Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got ...
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Hudba z Marsu
The employees of the furniture company MARS welcome a rare visitor with hired music. Their boast tha...
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Larks on a String
In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work...
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Hrubeš a Mareš jsou kamarádi do deště
Slovak director Karpatti arrives in Prague to make a name for himself. He has brought all his belong...
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Třetí noc pro čaroděje
About the strange tasks Jeník was given in order to win the princess's hand... The advisor to Prince...
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The Great Movie Robbery
The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary o...
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The Girl on the Broomstick
A teenage witch, Saxana (Petra Černocká), frozen in time as a punishment for 300 years, finds hersel...
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Klícka
The apartment in the old house is occupied by a large family: a couple with three daughters, one of ...
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The Windy Mountain
A group of temporary workers arrive at the Czech-German border to conduct geological exploration. Ho...
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From Subway with Love
This romantic comedy presents a story of two women, twenty-year-old Laura, an editor at a woman’s we...
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Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
A New Year's Eve television variety show from late 1979....
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A Night at Karlstein
No Woman is allowed into Karlstejn Castle! Yet the enamoured Daniele Kolářová and the equally enamou...
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Co je doma to se počítá, pánové...
For the Novák and Bartáček families, money is king, and they'll do just about anything to get it. Wh...
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Zvony pana Mlácena
A certain Mr. Mlácen is brought to the asylum, wanting to sell two church bells. He first offers the...
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Max, Sally and the Magic Phone
Max and Sally, the heroes of popular Czech animated series are leaving the TV in order to become a r...
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The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon
In a suburban villa, a woman of means is murdered. Police Superintendent Zdychynec from the Prague L...
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The Unfortunate Bridegroom
A comedy about two bumbling policemen investigating an alleged rape in a small Czech town. One of th...
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Ticket to the Memorial
Ing. Kalin is already seventy years old, but he does not recognize old age. He travels, even learns ...
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The End of Old Times
Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa the administrator of the K...
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Oči pro pláč
A comedy about the unhinged owner of a lavish Art Nouveau villa. However, she is not entirely seriou...
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Fair Play
Tereza lives and works in Prague. She meets a handsome man, Tommie, speaking in a language incompreh...
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The Dear Departed
When Jan Werich wakes up as his seemingly deceased grandfather, he discovers that all the survivors ...
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Among Us Thieves
The story of a trio of released criminals that even prison re-education did not reform. They intend ...
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Kudy kam?
Spouses Vojta and Růžena Koskub are an ideal couple: they both love each other and are both doing we...
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Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou
Alfons Karásek says goodbye to his wife Růžena at the train station, who is going to the spa. He pla...
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Medvěd
Will a young widow's determination to spend the rest of her life alone hold up when an uncouth but n...
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O nosaté čarodějnici
There was a greengrocer who had a son, Jakub, who was selling at a market. And since he was her only...
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Every Man for Yourself
Georges Flavier, once renowned Parisian hairdresser, lives alone since the death of his son and the ...
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Růžový Hubert
Eerie things are happening at Chelford Castle at night: Since the murder of Abbot Hubert some 400 ye...
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Přihlašte své televizory
A defaulter avoids paying his fees, so he tries to install a TV antenna in his room. The rest of his...
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The Lost Photography
A young boy from Prague is trying to find a Soviet soldier from the old 1945 picture....
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When the Cat Comes
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her ca...
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Women Offside
Kastl is a hairdresser but his real passion is his second job as football referee. This job takes al...
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Zypa Cupak
Zypa Cupak - with this strangely distorted name, the arduous journey of father Ďur to his nephew's w...
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School for Fathers
A new teacher with high standards and a strong sense of duty replaces an easy grader. Once bad grad...
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To byla svatba, strýčku
Alfons is invited by his brother-in-law to his niece's wedding. The uncle arrives in his luxury car....
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The Good Soldier Švejk
Good-natured and garrulous, Schweik becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is ...
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How to Wake a Princess
At long last, King Dalimil and Queen Eliška have produced an heir, Princess Růženka. Consumed with e...
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Jak je důležité míti Filipa
Two gentlemen, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, have a brilliant plan! To spice up their quiet ...
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The Magic Book
An evil witch is trying to steal a magic purse possessed by the local ruler. Thanks to Princess Blan...
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Muž v povětří
Mr. Čap is an inventor who disturbs the peace of the town of Krásnov with his experiments. During hi...
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You Are a Widow, Sir
After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, g...
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Předeme, předeme zlatou nitku
Anyone who would have guessed from the title that they would see a fairy tale about spinners would n...
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Bill, Please
The director of the company Restaurants and Canteens arrives to attend a screening of a film made in...
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Wild Flowers
Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales - glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light - m...
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Utopím si ho sám
The difference in personalities and lifestyles is the core of Zdeněk Svěrák's hilarious comedy. The ...
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Story of Souls
The dramatization of the Old Prague short story by the writer Ignát Herrmann is an acting concert by...
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Anička jde do školy
Six-year-old Anička Čejková has moved with her parents from the village to a new housing estate in P...
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Helluva Good Luck
Dora, a lazy and evil woman, is in love with her servant, Hannes. Hannes, however, loves her sister-...
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Námluvy komtesy Gladioly aneb Přistání ve skleníku
A parody of operetta costumes, personas, old familiar situations with old familiar sandboxes and a h...
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Three Men Travelling
Three Men Travelling is billed as a loosely related sequel to Tri chlapi v chalupe (1963), sending o...
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The Girl Robinson Crusoe
A thirteen-year-old girl whose mother suddenly dies during the birth of her second child is forced t...
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Stratená dolina
The story of two friends and managers of a mountain hut. The central theme of the film is nature con...
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Spadla s měsíce
A story about the uproar caused by the arrival of a new, young and, by local standards, too energeti...
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A Star Travels South
The Prague Grand Orchestra travels by train to a music festival in Yugoslavia. Only the singer Sona ...
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This Is How Love Begins...
Two hilarious short stories set in the milieu of apprentice youth, depicting the amorous travails of...
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A Pact with the Devil
A comedy about five students who are un-justly suspected of trying to lose their virginity before th...
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Příliš mnoho něhy
An animated lecture that totally overthrows the idea of the tender character of women and violent ch...
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Zaostřit prosím!
A Czech satirical comedy, filmed according to a script by the State Prize laureate Jiří Marek based ...
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Vondráčkovo pozdní odpoledne
Forty-year-old bachelor Vondráček lives with his mother, who is completely subservient to him and un...
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Zkouška
MUDr. Pěnička, an incorruptible and honest dentist, constantly has problems passing his driving test...
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Florenc 13,30
The plot of the film follows a bus ride on the Prague - Karlovy Vary route and the actions of the pe...
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Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Jaroslav Hašek screens four film stories in the fairground shed around 1900. After period advertisin...
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Nechte to na mně
A hardworking employee at a printing plant takes on all sorts of roles until he nearly collapses und...
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Společnice
The story of old Hana, who devoted her entire life to gardens. She designed them, planted them, care...
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O chytrém Honzovi
A fairy tale about Hansel, who liked to lie on the stove for days, but in the end, with the help of ...
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Today for the Last Time
Concert master Karel Mašek is a drunk, as well as engineer Danda and other regular guests of the pub...
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Archimedov zákon
Contemporary satire denounces careerism, dictatorial ways, sycophancy and servility. An inconspicuou...
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Fanda
A VB officer regulates the arrival of fans at Sparta. He'd like to go too, but there are more fans i...
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Róza, strážné strašidlo
Just in time, Róza Riedlová returns from the grave to beneficially intervene in the life of timid Ja...
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The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
Farmers get away from their arguments by embarking on a religious pilgrimage, enjoy a picnic en rout...
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About The People Around The Table
Miloš Kopecký comments on himself in the roles of restaurant guests who suffer from various social i...
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První a poslední
The film responds to the housing shortage that young couples in particular have had to deal with. Th...
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Šach mat
A live, semi-documentary TV broadcast investigates why former prisoner Dr. Benet collapsed after def...
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Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
After a night of partying together, the groom-to-be and his friend wake up to find that the wedding ...
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Kdo chce kam...
About a shy history professor and his difficulties in finding a partner through personal ads. Althou...
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Ta naše písnička česká
The Haszler songs of Prague, so popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, have n...
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Prodaná babička
A young couple lives in a shared apartment with their grandmother, who constantly interferes in thei...
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Patnácté léto
Anna has been married to Karel for fifteen years and has a teenage daughter with him. Karel is growi...
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Listonošky
The bachelor's thesis tells an original story about how children have great imaginations and their p...
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The Disappearance Of Actor Bendy
Commissioner Bartošek is visited by Dr. Goldberg, who reports the disappearance of his friend, the f...
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Bohyně krásy
The pre-Christmas period in a household with four small, temperamental children creates a comedy in ...
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Bedřich má psy rád
A short story about Bedřich, the tyrant of the family. A bachelor's story....
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Můj muž je Einstein
What happens when parents forget the password to their savings account. A short story from the popul...
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Jáma
A bachelor's thesis about memories of youth, in which a romantic treasure hunt unexpectedly takes on...
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Kam s ním?
Based on Jan Neruda's column of the same name, which depicts the troubles of an old straw man. The f...
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Odvážná slečna
JUDr. Kroupa will take over as President of the Civil Court from his colleague who is retiring. His ...
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Chlap jako hora
We learn that the greatest virtue of socialist competition is collective cooperation. This is what t...
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Návštěva z oblak
The achievements of socialism must be protected by all means - and it can even be fun. The Svazarmov...
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Konec jasnovidce
Private psychic Mathias Scibolini practices his profession properly and to the full satisfaction of ...
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To byla noc
On his first business trip in a new place, driver Rudo has an accident. A drunken truck driver dente...
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What Will My Wife Say to This?
The hero of the story is the writer Vladimír Tůma, who is invited to spend a month studying in a nei...
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Mezi nebem a zemí
Working in the city office is a bitter clerk who believes he has only 14 days to live and so he brav...
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Domek u lesa
Every one of us has certainly been in a situation for which he or she is not prepared and is not abl...
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