Iva Janžurová
Birthday: 1941-05-19
Place of Birth: Zirovnice, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
Biography: Iva Janžurová (born 19 May 1941) is a Czech actress. She attended grammar school in České Budějovice, but her love to theatre won after all and in 1963 she graduated from the Faculty of Theatre of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In 1964 she became the main member of the Vinohrady Theatre and since 1988 she has been a member of The Drama Club in Prague. She has appeared in many films such as Což takhle dát si špenát (What Would You Say to Some Spinach?), Marečku, podejte mi pero! (Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!) and the famous series Hospital at the End of the City. In 1998 and 2002 she was awarded the Czech Lion for Best Actress. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Proměny nože
A young waitress, Dana, works in a roadside motel. She longs for the big, distant world, for beautif...
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Když kluci drží basu
A telephone mechanic secretly pursues his passion for hunting, deceiving his wife and enlisting frie...
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Lepší pán
A comedy about a charming con artist who decisively intervenes in the life of a wealthy industrialis...
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Six Black Girls
Detective Lieutenant Boruvka (Lubomír Lipský) is called to the State Scientific Library to investiga...
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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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Jak si nevzít princeznu
A Christmas comedy-fairy tale in which Prince Leopold and Princess Josephine defy fate by vowing nev...
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Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
The 50th anniversary of the Barrandov studios was celebrated with a spectacular show: many directors...
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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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O princezně, která ráčkovala
In this kingdom there is something wrong. The Queen is plagued by hypochondria, Karolínka is a spoil...
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Ať přiletí čáp, královno!
In the loose sequel to the fairy-tale comedy "How about a wedding, prince?" you will meet again with...
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Morgiana
Jealous of her vapidly "good" sister's popularity, poisonous Viktoria doses pretty Klara's tea with ...
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Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
This comedy is about one average family. The father works as master in the factory and his son is st...
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The Devil Knows Why
A good king rules this land, but still things are going from bad to worse. The point is that the gre...
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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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Handlíři
JZD Hořičky is one of the best cooperatives in the district. Its chairman, who knows how to get advi...
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Okurkový hrdina
An insight into the lives of adolescents, it is about an ordinary boy who falls in love with a stude...
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The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a doctor-turned-warehouse employee reluctantly agrees to treat a gr...
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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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Místenka bez návratu
It is almost twenty years after the war. Wounds of the past that have never fully healed, but are st...
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Bohoušův syn
Konvalinka, a notorious betting man, has become the scourge of the establishment. He can turn anythi...
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Dvanáct
Twelve graduates of one year of DAMU decide to go to the regional theatre together. During the first...
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'Okay, Boss...!'
Láda Pitras (Ludek Sobota) and Oto Vacák (Petr Nározný) founded in the company Pragokov a Research d...
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O princi, který měl o kolečko víc
A fairy tale about a kingdom where the clever and wise must be given an "extra cog" so that the stup...
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Lucerna
A host of actors in the classic national fairy tale by A. Jirásek. Jirásek's "Lucerna" is the best-k...
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The Pipes
This three-part Austrian/Czech comedy stretches the boundaries of what is considered to be humorous....
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Forecast: Zero
A tram pasted with posters travels through Prague. The mounted loudspeakers invite passers-by to a s...
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Half Breakdown
A contemporary tragicomedy from a modern city about disintegration of relationship, disintegration o...
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The Castle
A man comes to a small village to begin his new job as an attendant at the nearby castle. But everyb...
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Devilish Honeymoon
Black comedy about a genius inventor and two young, smart and beautiful women. Both of them putting...
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The Prime of Life
Juraj, a Slovak artist living in Prague, takes stock in his life, realizing that his days pass witho...
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Bedtime Story
Comedy based on short Sean O'Casey play. John Jo Mulligan finds himself in a situation with which hi...
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The Joke
In the 1950s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow stu...
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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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Carriage to Vienna
A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to ...
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Big Opening
An actor called Šnajdr is given an opportunity to make his debut as a director. He doesn’t think twi...
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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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Noc na Karlštejně
A little-known adaptation of Jaroslav Vrchlický's play is returning to the television screen, full o...
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Oil Lamps
In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin ...
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Jackpot
Two friends set out on a journey from Ostrava to Prague to claim a winning lottery ticket — but they...
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Vy nám taky, šéfe!
The story of an entrepreneur who wants to bankrupt his company in an "honest" way. To ensure that ev...
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Zázračný nos
The story of the clever Princess Diana, who longs to know true love and faces many obstacles, aims t...
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The Best Woman in My Life
Ordinary man making his dirty actions in the small town and his coming to the right side....
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The Magic Voice of a Rebel
'The Magic Voice of a Rebel' portrays the story of the Czech singer Marta Kubisová, who without neve...
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Jedničky má papoušek
There was a school. And one day, a parrot named Bořivoj came to the school and got all the A's for h...
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Křepelky
A veristic investigation into life at a boarding school for girls on the Czech-Polish border. The au...
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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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Žiletky
A Czech-French existential tragicomedy. Its (anti)hero is a young man named Andrej (played by Filip ...
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Ikarův pád
Game Hubač George, honored at Golden Prague 1977 and the MTF Monte Carlo 1978, one of the most origi...
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Boys Will Be Boys
Three friends - Tomás, Hubert and Jozka - are boys growing up in a little town. Tomás lives with his...
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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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O Terezce a paní Madam
Princess Terezka was a girl like a pod until the moment when Mrs. Madam took over her upbringing. Th...
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The Dormant Account
The young couple's search for the secret of their ancestors. Its roots are in the time when the wors...
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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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Flying Saucers Over Our Village
A model Communist village is visited by a flying saucer....
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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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Chyťte doktora
Gynecologist Michal is caught cheating and must deal with a tricky, almost classic, love triangle si...
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Wine Working
It is the summer of 1968 and also in South Moravian Pálavice appear political clashes. The so far pe...
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Jak se peče štěstí
Princess Valerie is a bit spoiled and bossy. So when she sniffs the magic rose of the devil's grandm...
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My Dear Aunt and Me
Two kind but foolish sisters live together in their villa in a small town in South Bohemia. Fany (Na...
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Honor and Glory
This historical film by Hynek Bočan touches upon the indecisiveness of the Czech nation, ready to be...
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Pan Vok odchází
The former reputed lover and bon vivant Petr Vok from Rožmberk was widowed at the age of sixty-three...
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Long Live the Republic
Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imag...
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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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I Love, You Love
The drama called I Love, You Love was made in 1980 but because of the absurd ideological ban, the fi...
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Všiváci
The story of two brothers separated by one woman. A top neurosurgeon mired in a vicious circle of su...
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Tiger Theory
The last drop for Jan's resolution is the voluntary death of his father-in-law, whose strength and p...
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Na psí knížku
Jarmila Kukačková commutes to a Prague hospital from the countryside, where she has been living for ...
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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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A Major Role for Rosmaryna
The director of films for kids called Bonzurka together with her loyal assistants Drahuska and Honza...
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Actress
Theodora Remundová’s documentary portrait looks at Iva Janžurová’s dramatic and comedic roles in bot...
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O princezně na klíček
In the fairy tale comedy, a strange princess is born. She can be wound up like a mechanical toy. At ...
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Mature Wine
A loose sequel to the 1976 comedy Stormy Wine. The screenwriters and the director recreate on screen...
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Co chytneš v žitě
This bittersweet film was Roman Vávra's feature debut. The film consists of three independent storie...
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Young Wine
Third wine session, this time with a computer. The film was made in direct relation to the audience ...
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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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Circus in the Circus
To Moscow have arrived the participants of the international conference of the zoophilologists and a...
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Strach má velké oči
Three intrepid young men set off into an enchanted forest to free a captive girl. We can't reveal ho...
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Hejkal
Fairy tales are full of fairies who would like to become humans. There probably won't be that many H...
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Ene bene
Alice Nellis's small-scale debut tragicomedy spotlights small-town elections. The protagonist, a uni...
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Všichni musí být v pyžamu
The hero, rushing from one misfortune to another, is former accountant Řehoř Maršíček, who after a h...
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Homolka and Pocketbook
The husband and wife Ludva and Hedus Homolkas with their twins Péta and Máta and Ludva's parents - t...
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Sign of the Cancer
When Dr. Hahn is found murdered in the hospital’s inspection room, investigators question several su...
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Terrorist
Mária, a retired teacher, one fine day decides she no longer wants to feel like a cow, and when not ...
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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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Veronika, prostě Nika
Veronika is a cheerful, lively girl with great personal charm that few can resist. An animal lover, ...
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Dům U Zlatého úsvitu
Magic and spells in the peaceful town of Jack-o'-lantern, which you will not find on any map. A funn...
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Joint Custody
Happily married for fifteen years, Zuzana finds out one day that her husband has been having an affa...
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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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Matylda and her Spare Head
Surreal short animation about a clever girl with an amazing memory. Things go well for her until she...
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Jak se naučit švédsky
The protagonist is supposed to go to a graduation reunion and, because she is ashamed to reveal that...
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Talisman aneb Definitivní vítězství kapitalismu nad feudalismem
Titus is unlucky in life. His handicap is his red hair, which prevents him from finding a job. He en...
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The Invisible
A young and ambitious engineer named Švajcar arrives at the family of a businessman as the fiancé of...
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Kam slunce nechodí...
Sometimes a person faces a difficult decision. Morality is on one scale, money is on the other. A th...
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Dívka světových parametrů
Jindra is a carefree young man, always surrounded by a bevy of girls. He has two small siblings, who...
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Blázinec v 1. poschodí
The servant Josef enters the seemingly peaceful household of the psychiatrist Jaroslav and his wife ...
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Zkouška
MUDr. Pěnička, an incorruptible and honest dentist, constantly has problems passing his driving test...
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Invisible
Little Jirka is at a new school for the first time and is immediately unlucky. When his classmate Em...
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Hledá se táta!
It all starts when two men arrive at the asylum. Mr. Houdek, who goes to see little Honzik Slavata, ...
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Setkání v Praze, s vraždou
After many years, Anka Lomnická, a former countess and emigrant, arrives in Prague. By chance, she f...
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Some Secrets
A dark and absurd road-movie comedy in which the grandmother fulfills a dream, the mother stops trea...
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Láďo, ty jsi princezna!
After her mother's death, Lada lives alone with her father, the king, who prefers to spend time with...
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Svatba s podmínkou
The graduate of the pedagogical institute wants to get married at any cost in order to get a permane...
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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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Only for Tereza
To win back his girlfriend after an unfortunate misunderstanding, a hopeless romantic decides to rec...
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Jsi falešný hráč
Even the best of friends can fall apart, often all it takes is a minor misunderstanding. That's exac...
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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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Svůdnice na šest
A crazy comedy about what caused a passion for solving crossword puzzles. An insurance company repre...
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Rytmus 1934
Twenty-year-old Karel is expelled from Bata's school of work and has no choice but to make his way i...
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Jarní povětří
People in Czechoslovakia perceive the events of February 1948 differently. This movie tells how they...
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Kotrmelce pana herce
Famous actor Bořivoj Vojan arrives unexpectedly at a student film festival in a small town. The smug...
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