Jaroslav Marvan
Birthday: 1901-12-11
Place of Birth: Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Biography: Jaroslav Marvan was a Czechoslovakian actor. He was born in Prague and married in the 1920s to Marie Marvanov. He was a member of numerous Czech theatres of note throughout the early 20th century, including the Vlasta Burian's theatre, Vinohradské Divadlo (1943-1950), Městská Divadla Pražská (1950-1954), and finally Národní Divadlo (national theatre), where he served for until two years before his death, in 1972.
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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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The Phantom of Morrisville
Inspector Brumpby (Jaroslav Marvan) and the young crime reporter Allan Pinkerton (Vít Olmer) attend ...
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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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Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Jaroslav Hašek screens four film stories in the fairground shed around 1900. After period advertisin...
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Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
Four short stories by the greatest Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek. "Soup for Poor Children" tells the...
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Journey Into the Depth of the Student's Soul
Small stories from a grammar school.Děj je poskládán z celé řady epizod, které během jednoho školníh...
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The Station Master
Vlasta Burian, as a stowaway, disrupts the disciplined operation of a railway station. Mr. Ťopka giv...
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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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Murder in the Excelsior Hotel
In Vražda v hotelu Excelsior, the interwar period homicide detective squad from Prague investigates ...
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Burglar and Umbrella
In the morning twilight of Prague, the dead body of the safe-breaker Toufar is found floating on the...
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Pět z milionu
Five short stories: The Master and the Twentieth Disciple; Every Week is Sunday; It's Boniface's Fau...
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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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Fish out of Water
Ryba, the owner of a boat rental shop and ferryman, has lived his entire life in a house by the rive...
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Sedmý kontinent
Together with a group of temporary workers, a group of experienced labourers is building a land recl...
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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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Nobody Knows Anything
Martin Plechatý and Petr Nový roam occupied Prague with their trams. Times are hard and sometimes su...
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Holiday with Angel
Strict and always dissatisfied grumbler Mr. Angel gets a voucher for summer recreation. He rejects i...
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Zkáza Jeruzaléma
A grotesque story from the history of the film business. The owner of a second-rate rental company o...
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School Is the Foundation of Life
Seventh form pupils at a grammar school in Přívlaky are preparing for a secondary school sports comp...
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The Catacombs
The title refers to the office of records in the basement of a large company... sort of the place wh...
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Cash Claim Chaos
Hospital orderly Rozruch, denied his therapeutic treatment, is mistaken for Dr. Marek at the insuran...
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Paklíc
Successful writer Gabriel Anděl still loves his wife Lola very much, but he can't stand the way she ...
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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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The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová
The film depicts the adventures of Kacenka (Zdena Kavková) and Vincek (Vlasta Burian), two innocent ...
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The Inspector-General
Vlasta Burian appears in a town of Czarist Russia impersonating an Inspector General, and he is ente...
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The Heroic Captain Korkoran
The captain of the Prague shipping company, Adam Korkorán, lives his dreams of commanding ocean line...
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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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The Street is Singing
A pair of circus clowns, played by Vlasta Burian and Jaroslav Marvan, take in an abandoned child and...
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Hero of One Night
Country tailor Florian Svíčička neglects his work because of his interest in medieval history. When ...
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Valentin Dobrotivý
A very hardworking but also very naive insurance company clerk, Valentin Plavec, becomes the target ...
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Every Day - Sunday
Jirka is a composer, his wife, Jana, a pianist. Jana would like to have an own concert, but so far s...
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The Hard Life of an Adventurer
A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first ...
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The Death of Black King
Prague in the 1930s. A young, pretty girl gets on a crowded tram. She immediately catches the attent...
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Anton Špelec, Sharp-Shooter
Anton Špelec (Vlasta Burin) is a producer of musical instruments by trade but a sharp-shooter at hea...
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Young Love
The story of love, between a sturdy village boy and a gentle country girl, filmed with a movingly g...
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Chalk and Cheese
Rudolf Bartoš, the owner of a farm, quarry and factory, is extremely rich, however, he is unapproach...
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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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The Undertaker
An employee of the funeral home Pleticha calls his superior. He overhears that he is supposed to buy...
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Kristian
Alois Novák (Oldrich Nový), a minor clerk in a travel agency and the husband of a dowdy housewife Ma...
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His Majesty's Adjutant
Lieutenant Patera, who unfortunately became involved in a scandalous affair in the highest circles o...
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The Last of the Mohicans
Antique dealer Kohout is not a bad person. However, he has an ideal: to be the unlimited master at h...
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Světáci
Two families live in a weaver's cottage - the Menecs and the Hroms. The women are pretty from the st...
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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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Here in Kocourkov
Curious citizens await the arrival of an important guest, the son of poacher, who became famous abro...
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Father Vojtech
Father Vojtech (Czech: Páter Vojtěch) is a 1929 silent Czech romance film directed by Martin Frič....
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Imperial and Royal Field Marshal
František Procházka was retired early because his soldiers sang a forbidden song about a c. and k. f...
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The Fake Sweetheart
The film depicts the troubles of Herr Verner ( Herr Karel Hasler ), a middle-aged bachelor dentist w...
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Nocturnal Butterfly
Marta Dekasová works as a governess in a garrison town. The beautiful girl is the center of attentio...
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The Circus Will Be
A few bus-loads of holidaymakers from the agricultural cooperative on a day trip arrive to see the s...
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Tetička
Rich spinster Berta celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Her faithful admirer Dr. Jelinek proposes. But...
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13th district
Inspector Cadek from the 13th police station should keep an eye on the released safe-cracker nicknam...
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Old Ironside
At the end of the war, the old train driver Matys saves his beloved locomotive Líza from depth charg...
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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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Klec pro dva
A simple print worker selflessly cares for his sick mother. He spends all his free time with her and...
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Milování zakázáno
After many years, three friends are to meet in Prague. The magician Marek was in America and, togeth...
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Dobře situovaný pán
Antique dealer Samek lives a bachelor life. He financially helps his housekeeper raise her daughter ...
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Dva týdny štěstí
Young civil servant Marta Urbanová wins a two-week stay at a luxury hotel. While looking for a typin...
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I‘ll Marry Off My Wife
The film is about a slightly crazy botany professor Ducánek, who is so busy with his scientific expe...
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Skill of Gold
A village shop owner is convinced by his children to move to Prague, where they say he'll be able to...
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Právě začínáme
The shopkeeper František Diviš offers cheap goods at the fairs, while the co-owner of the traveling ...
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Vandiny trampoty
The likeable and charming Vanda Karhanová has problems in every job because of her appearance. So wh...
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Adrift
A fisherman saves Anada, a woman adrift, from drowning. He takes her to his home, and protects her. ...
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A Great Road Ahead
About the great Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek, who was captured by the Russians during the First Wor...
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Bláznova smrt
At the center of the crime story is the very large Kremp family, living in the family villa with oth...
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Advokátka Věra
Věra Donátová has graduated from law school and wants to open a law firm. However, she is financiall...
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Long Live the Dead Man
Wealthy and ill Petr Kornel (Karel Hasler) is not pleased with the carousing lifestyle of his nephew...
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Duchacek Will Fix It
Mr. Ducháček runs the law firm of JUDr. Faukner in a peculiar but completely devoted manner, which m...
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I Dutifully Report
A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War ...
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Business in Distress
Finnicky efficiency expert is sent to straighten out business management problems at a jazz club, an...
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Jarčin profesor
A graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy, Karel Stržický earns extra money in the summer as a day lab...
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Three Eggs in a Glass
Vincenc Babočka, an insignificant employee of the police station, plays detective in private, convin...
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The House of the Five Squirrels
Josef Houbička, the owner of the U pěti veverek apartment building in Malostran, is a kind and forgi...
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Burian the Liar
Fifty years old Baron von Fibberg lives at The Fibberg Castle with his wife Olga and daughter Charle...
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Klabzuba‘s Eleven
The football team consists of eleven players. And the owner of the car repair shop, Kryštof Klapzuba...
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Líza Soars to the Skies
The orphan Eliška Irovská, nicknamed Líza, arrives in her native village of Ptačice. As an orphan sh...
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Lízino štěstí
Zdenka Sulanová has grown from a leggy frog into an attractive young lady in the two years since the...
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Capek's Tales
Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek....
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Of Things Supernatural
An anthology of three absurd, ironic tales inspired by Čapek’s “Tales from One Pocket” and “Fables a...
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Don't Make Grandpa Angry
Eman Vovísek drinks away his unrequited love for Liduška, who married his cousin, the factory owner ...
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A Charming Man
The main hero of the story is the editor Viktor Bláha, who likes to invent crazy mystifications, dur...
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Přítelkyně pana ministra
The main character of the funny story is an ordinary typist Julinka Svobodová, who works for the est...
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Sextánka
Sixth-year student Eva Martenová falls in love with the new young professor Jiří Hron. She cannot co...
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Bláhový sen
Hairdresser Žofka Stárková desires fame perhaps more than other girls. The petty plans of her fiancé...
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Poznej svého muže
You can see for yourself that finding the right one is not easy in this Czech comedy film. The gulli...
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The Seamstress
Even though the heroine works as a seamstress, she would like to become a designer. And she really h...
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Plavecký mariáš
In the past, most of the wood from the mountain forests was transported to the sawmills by river. Th...
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The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice
The bickering of envious mistresses, the criminal intentions of fraudsters and the love of two young...
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The Bear and the Ghosts
Princess Blanka (Aglaia Morávková) is secretly meeting her beloved, huntsman Ondrej (Jirí Papez). On...
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Pelikán má alibi
While street photographers Máček and Kalabis are vainly offering their services to passersby, a pair...
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The Eleventh Commandment
During the New Year's Eve celebration of the arrival of the twentieth century, three friends meet in...
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Men on the Offsides
The owner of the ready-to-wear store, Mr. Richard Naceradec from Zizkov, is an enthusiastic fan of S...
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Passage in the Paradise
Orphan Petr lives with his dog Puntja with his aunt. His uncle Gustav wants to get rid of Peter and ...
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Okénko
Associate Professor Jakub Johanek was looking forward to his uncle's inheritance and celebrated it w...
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Důvod k rozvodu
The cunning lawyer Dr. Werner tries to divorce Pavel Bertl, who is considered by everyone to be a no...
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Mazlíček
He, Doctor of Philosophy Alois Pech, is his mother's impenetrable and unindependent pet who works as...
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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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Armádní dvojčata
Řina Weberová, the daughter of a retired colonel, is the owner of a not very prosperous photo studio...
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Městečko na dlani
Tragicomic events in the idyllic town of Rukapán reveal both the prejudices of the local residents a...
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Konečně sami
The troubles of a young married couple with an overprotective mother and mother-in-law. Usually it e...
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Tanečnice
The bourgeois family does not forgive, from her point of view, inappropriate behavior - contempt ove...
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Happy Journey
Filmed during the Nazi occupation, this panoramic drama set in a Prague department store follows the...
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Manželství na úvěr
The story of the love life of sisters Lea and Ema Pohl and the comical escapades of Kristýna Žitná, ...
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Karel a já
The factory owner's son Oldřich missed his own wedding. He overdid his bachelor party and spent the ...
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Děti na zakázku
Dentist Dr. Matys employs two laboratory assistants, brothers Alois and Benjamin Zoubkova. They also...
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Její pastorkyně
Village drama. The widowed daughter-in-law of the old woman Buryjovka, called Kostelnička, is very p...
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Teď zas my
The factory owner Hložek is in a constant dispute with his son Jiří. Jiří wants to modernize the fac...
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We Study After School
The heroes of the Czech film comedy are the students of the Business Academy, who sleep in the schoo...
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The Borrowed Face
It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same t...
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The Ideal Schoolmaster
This light-hearted comedy operetta tells the story of a newly appointed high school professor who be...
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Prstýnek
A young and beautiful princess and her senile husband arrive at a castle near the village. The healt...
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Muzikantská Liduška
It all started when the family of a rich farmer, Stanek, moved to a small village and his daughter L...
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Boží mlýny
An old peasant from Chodský, Záhor, claims to the young Podestát that he returned three hundred gold...
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Pozor straší
The musical clowns Rik and Rak, father Švamberk and his daughter Zdeňka, are struggling miserably on...
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Její hřích
Lola Holm, a medical student, is studying for her final exams. She rejects the courtship of psychiat...
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Neviděli jste Bobíka?
An elderly rich lady, Hyacinta Horáková, is leaving for a spa. She entrusts her terrier Bobík to her...
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In Temptation
When the handsome parish priest takes on a single mother with a child, he has no idea what kind of m...
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Lidé pod horami
A ballad drama set in a rural setting, set in a foothill area, where farmers struggle with harsh nat...
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The Good Soldier Švejk
The first film treatment of the fate of the good soldier Švejk, a dog dealer from Prague, who is arr...
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Battalion
Attorney František Uher is known for his patriotic mindset and active assistance in disputes between...
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Velké dobrodružství
A biographical film about the traveler Emil Holub, conceived as an illustrative story of an exceptio...
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The Incendiary's Daughter
The fiddler Valenta has troubled his wife with his drinking and disorderly life. His daughter Rozárk...
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Don't Say No, Girl!
Based on an anonymous letter about Margot's fiancée's infidelity, the factory owner Hora hires detec...
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To byl český muzikant
Teacher František Kmoch is suspended because he plays at dances or composes at night. He forms a ban...
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Horký vzduch
A tragicomedy set in a village where it depicts a diverse assemblage of old geezers spending the aut...
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Zborov
In the Škoda factory, where they are feverishly rearming in 1914, works the foreman Kalina, the fath...
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Tulák Macoun
A series of unfortunate events led the protagonist astray: even taking other people's money did not ...
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Father Vojtech
Vojtěch's beloved Frantina is leaving for Prague to work. Vojtěch promises his dying mother that he ...
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The White Yacht in Split
When the yacht of her former lover Mario Tudor arrives in Split, widowed Countess de Milesi, plagued...
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Poručík Alexander Rjepkin
Summer 1916. A transport of Russian prisoners of war passes through Brno. The health of Russian offi...
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People adrift
The economic crisis affects the lives of many people. Professor Václav Junek gradually discovers how...
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The Way of the Cross
In a small village in the Chodsko region, people live with daily worries about making a living. Many...
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Magical River
Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now has nothing to do compared to his energet...
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The Young Lady from the Riverside
The young worker Helena Pokorná and her widowed father are employed in the same factory. The father ...
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It was in May
Worker Šebesta does not rejoice with the others in the May Day parade, as his boots are weighing him...
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The Avalanche
An ambitious and selfish lawyer confesses to the murder of his first wife. Some of the scenes were f...
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The Hordubals
Juraj Hordubal returns from America after eight years, where he has earned enough money to improve h...
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The Adventurous Bachelor
Even the pre-Blohemian times were not idyllic. Even a bachelor, invited by the consuls to Rakovník t...
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Year of the Revolution 1848
The Czech revival movement is divided at the end of the first half of the 19th century. While the ol...
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Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička
A story about the conditions in Bohemia in the second half of the nineteenth century, when small-tow...
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The Case of Colonel Redl
The case of Colonel Redl -- an officer blackmailed into spying by virtue of his homosexuality....
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The Good Soldier Schweik
Joint montage of the first three silent films about Švejk: Good Soldier Švejk (1926, director: Karel...
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St. Wenceslas
St. Wenceslas (Czech: Svatý Václav) is a 1930 Czechoslovak historical film about Saint Wenceslas.[2]...
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Expres z Norimberka
An adventure film about the struggle of the Czechoslovak security authorities against Western agents...
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The Case Is Not Yet Closed
From a scientific enterprise, a large sum of money has been stolen, in addition, research protocols ...
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Váhavý střelec
The hesitant shooter becomes a timid young man who only the war will make a real man....
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Jánošík
Jánošík has been topic of many Slovak and Polish legends, books and films. According to the legend, ...
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Three Men in the Snow
Young doctor Hájek has been looking for a job for a long time in vain. But luck has smiled on him a ...
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Průlom
A small Czech town in the 1860s. The townspeople once made a fortune from the proceeds of gold mines...
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Veselý souboj
A young company doctor will awaken interest in active and regular sports activities among employees ...
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Colonel Svec
Colonel Švec (original Czech title: Plukovník Švec) is a 1930 Czechoslovak historical war drama. It ...
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Svítání
The family of the worker Kučera lives happily. His daughter Anežka, engaged to technical draftsman A...
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Ještě svatba nebyla...
At the annual festival in Strážnice, long-time rivals - cooperative members from the neighboring mun...
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Kaktus, bomba, letadlo
A mischievous grandfather likes to play spies with his friends, thereby complicating the family well...
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Růže a prsten
Once upon a time, a capricious witch conjured a rose and a ring and endowed them with magical proper...
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Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová
The story of a Czech national revivalist, writer and author of a famous cookbook... The story takes ...
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King of the Sumava
A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Su...
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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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