Jan W. Speerger
Birthday: 1896-04-29
Place of Birth: Adamov, Ceské Budejovice District, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka
A joint edit of the first three silent films about Švejk: The Good Soldier Švejk (1926, directed by ...
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The Strange Bride
Two young people, during a hike on the C te d'Azur, meet a woman of great beauty whose driver has a ...
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The Kreutzer Sonata
We have a liberal, modern Czech flapper bound to a serious and bored husband and don't forget the im...
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Andula vyhrála
A rich bachelor, Pavel Haken, tries - with the help of his faithful servant - to escape the courtshi...
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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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The Arrival from the Darkness
One of the first Czechoslovak films to be shown abroad--a fantasy horror, filmed on the fully furnis...
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Armored Car
An unknown gang has again broken into a van containing money from the European bank. Banker Sam Hami...
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Lucerna
A Czechoslovakian comedy directed by Carl Lamac and starring himself Theodor Pistek & Anny Ondra...
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Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes
The Portorican prime minister asks British detective Sherlock Holmes to find a twin for King Fernand...
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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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Der Scheidungsgrund
The lawyer, Dr. Werkmann, is seeking a legal separation for Mr. Bernhof, who claims his wife is an i...
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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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Men Without Wings
After an attack against the guard of the Third Reich, Nazi repression intensifies, and the Czechoslo...
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Josef Kajetán Tyl
A biographical story about significant Czech dramatist, writer and actor Josef Kajetán Tyl....
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The Old Man Bezousek
A Carl Lamac directed movie based on a novel by Karel Václav Rais....
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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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Grandmother
A highly romanticized autobiographical novel by a Czech 19th century writer, Bozena Nemcova. It's a ...
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The Guild of the Kutná Hora Virgins
A morally questionable lord comes to the aid of a working class man who is to be executed for speaki...
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Žena, která ví, co chce
Woman concert star seeks to connect with her adult daughter, by her former marriage to a staid indus...
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The Blue Star Hotel
It all begins when Zuzanka, the new young owner, arrives at the dilapidated Blue Star Hotel. Determi...
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Maryša
A village drama about the tragic culmination of a forced marriage. The film was financed by a Brno c...
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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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Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
The plump, punctual and slightly despotic Mr. Tříška worked as a housing officer, which completely d...
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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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Madla from the Brickworks
Baron Dolanský is deeply interested in eugenics, he knows what happens when the same plants are cros...
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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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Mazlíček
He, Doctor of Philosophy Alois Pech, is his mother's impenetrable and unindependent pet who works as...
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Girl from the Beskids
The families of Vavruš Cagala and Cyril Hanulík live in a secluded area in the Beskydy Mountains. Va...
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Pán a sluha
A young man named Láďa Tůma, along with his inheritance from his wealthy uncle, also acquires his un...
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The World Where One Goes Begging
The smooth narration, corresponding to the requirements of a light comedy, develops the smiling and ...
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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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Veselá bída
Two young composers offer their operetta in vain - it is rejected before anyone reads it. By a coinc...
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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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Holka nebo kluk?
Landlord Orlický has had three failed marriages. This experience has made him a sworn enemy of all w...
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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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Matka Kráčmerka
The Kráčmer couple work diligently in the vegetable garden. They are saving for a dowry for their on...
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Irčin románek
Irča Miňovská, the daughter of a car factory director, meets mechanic Lexa Hora by chance. They fall...
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Preludium
Theater props maker Karel Vajgant has a young wife, Magda, and two children, seven-year-old Pavlík a...
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Host do domu
Pavel Hora offers his friend Jiří Pulpán a place to live. When they get home, they find out that the...
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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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The Gingerbread House
Even children in an over-technified civilization need fairy tales, and Mrs. Fairy Tale invites them ...
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Okouzlená
In the garden of Hojtaš's estate, local dignitaries gather to watch a theatrical performance starrin...
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Děvčátko z venkova
Orphaned Zdeňka Štěpánová helps her foster parents in Moravia at an inn. One day she learns that she...
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Svatební cesta
Kind and decent professor Artur Čejka is about to marry his fiancée Helena Frýdlová. On the eve of t...
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Falešná kočička
A fortune teller predicts that Dr. Přelouč will marry the third poor girl he meets. Míla, the daught...
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Mother-Hen
A comedy about a caring protector of the family who had help, good advice and understanding for ever...
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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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Bílá vrána
The indebted owner of the Dubanský chateau sees the only way out of his debts in marrying his daught...
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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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Slečna matinka
The owner of a fashion factory, Rafael Klučina, is desperately looking for an imaginative advertisin...
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Uličnice
Eighteen-year-old factory worker's daughter Věra Janáková is head over heels in love with the famous...
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Pepina Rejholcová
Country girl Pepina sometimes misses her boyfriend Ferd. He works for the detective company "Bdělá s...
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Panna
Mrs. Piskořová, co-owner of a debt-ridden boarding house, forces her daughter Klára to marry a wealt...
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Štěstí pro dva
The famous operetta singer Jarmila Kšírová tries to hide her marital status from the sensationalist ...
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Fiery Summer
This romantic story turns on a stirring infatuation that takes hold of three young people under the ...
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Zlatá Kateřina
The bad economic situation causes the owner of a fish shop, Kateřina Udadná, to declare bankruptcy. ...
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Virginity
The doomed love of a city girl caught in the vise of poverty is detailed in Vavra’s fluid, romantic ...
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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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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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Panenka
Věra accepts the offer of her friend Kajetán, who arranges a position for her in Dominik's puppet fa...
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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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Naši furianti
The richest farmer and at the same time mayor Dubský and first councilman Bušek are constantly compe...
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The Robber
Mimi lives with her parents and the maid Fanka in a villa near the forest. One day, a gamekeeper com...
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Chyťte ho!
Painter Johnny Miller bets his friends he can find his house blindfolded. But he stumbles into a ban...
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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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The Incendiary's Daughter
The fiddler Valenta has troubled his wife with his drinking and disorderly life. His daughter Rozárk...
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Vzbouření na vsi
The new era brings with it progress, which must inevitably penetrate even the most remote corners. I...
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Poor girl
The illegitimate child, Marie Růžová, grows up in the family of the Bořický miller. Childhood and yo...
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All for love
Matej Krópal and his wife farm on a Haná farm. Their niece Vera is coming to stay with them for the ...
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Sister Angelika
Karla, a bar dancer, shoots her lover Mayer during a break-up. She hides from the police in pianist ...
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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 Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire
Elén, a girl living with her mother and stepfather in a secluded forest, has a great singing talent....
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Dr. Jenkins Miracle Cure
A brave young woman falls in love with a mysterious stranger....
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Koriatovych
In Transcarpathia, Prince Laborets wields a divine ring that ensures his land’s peace and prosperity...
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Gypsies
The tale of the Venetian gondolier whose desire for revenge following a thwarted love affair leads h...
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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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The Lovers of an Old Criminal
Factory owner Pardon, meets Olga, daughter of clairvoyant Stefanie Lesczynska at a ball. Their brief...
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Black Flame
Life and drama in a gypsy camp with the groups young lady falling in love with an outsider....
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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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Him and His Sister
Postman Brabec is a welcome guest of the revue theatre for his sense of humor, and he brings his dir...
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Švejk On The Front
Lieutenant Lukáš was transferred to the marching battalion in České Budějovice together with Švejko....
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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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Feathered shadows
Disillusioned with his marriage which has ended in divorce, Petr Leroy goes off to the Riviera to th...
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Your Money or Your Life
A czech film that focuses on an unfaithful husband who married in to money, as well as an impoverish...
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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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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 Seamstress
Even though the heroine works as a seamstress, she would like to become a designer. And she really h...
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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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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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Vražda v Ostrovní ulici
Detective Klubíčko is searching for the murderer of a wealthy loan shark because he is the only one ...
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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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Heave-Ho!
A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings wit...
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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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Jánošík
Jánošík has been topic of many Slovak and Polish legends, books and films. According to the legend, ...
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Studentská máma
A comedy about a small student boarding house, whose quirky and energetic owner, Miss Klatovská, tak...
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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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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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Father Vojtech
Vojtěch's beloved Frantina is leaving for Prague to work. Vojtěch promises his dying mother that he ...
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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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A Step into the Darkness
A dashing but mysterious man saves a gambler from suicide, crashes the posh party of a prominent ind...
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Lucerna
A young princess arrives at her estate. She is bored by the welcoming ceremony and is quite happy to...
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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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V horách duní
A war drama about the anti-Nazi resistance in the early spring of the last year of the war. German v...
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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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Nikola Shuhai
At the end of the First World War, Nikola Shuhai and his friend from the army desert. On the way hom...
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Capek's Tales
Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek....
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Přijdu hned
The stuffed animal dealer Václav Barvínek spent twenty-four hours in prison for a petty dispute. And...
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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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White Paradise
After a young man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, the daughter of the local tavern owners ...
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A Double Life
The village girl Žofka goes to work in Prague, where she is seduced by the reckless Rudolf Slaba. Ru...
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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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On the Sunnyside
A story of two story of two children tossed between their indifferent parents and a progressive boar...
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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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Jízdní hlídka
The war drama The Horse Patrol is an adaptation of the play of the same name by writer and military ...
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Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle
Slightly ironic comedy of wretches, who come to understand the rich and are able to accept charity, ...
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The World Belongs to Us
One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be directly n...
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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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Neporažená armáda
A young farmer, Jan Aleš, is drafted from his native Pošumaví to join the army. Since he likes his n...
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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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Eighteen Years Old
The story tells of a village girl, falsely accused by her sister-in-law of the murder of her illegit...
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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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Zborov
In the Škoda factory, where they are feverishly rearming in 1914, works the foreman Kalina, the fath...
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The Girl in Blue
A painting of a girl from another time comes to life for it's buyer in this costume comedy....
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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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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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Man from the Unknown
While in Bohemia, an American industrialist named Craigs goes missing. In Prague, the police have ar...
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Barbora Hlavsová
The generally respected director of a small-town savings bank, Hlavsa, commits embezzlement because ...
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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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O ševci Matoušovi
The revolutionary year of 1848 brought great hopes among the hitherto silent classes, awakening soci...
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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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The Portrait
People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chaz...
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Rozina the Love Child
Prague, the beginning of the 17th century. Rozina falls in love with Italian glass worker Nikolo, b...
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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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Mist on the Moors
Mist on the Moors examines fates of just about a few people. Their stories are outlined in a short s...
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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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Sobota
A social comedy about a wealthy man in his prime, for whom marital infidelity is just a pleasant and...
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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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Housle a sen
The biographical film about the prematurely deceased violin virtuoso Josef Slavík takes place entire...
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Pancho se žení
The foolish Pedro is supposed to marry the beautiful Rosita, who is also attracted to the adventurer...
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Velký případ
Shortly before the end of World War II, a small town is home to a portly miller who bears an uncanny...
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Sign of the Anchor
The mysterious story of a young girl Pavla, who mysteriously disappeared from her mother five years ...
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Divá Bára
This is a romantic story about a brave, self-made girl, despised daughter of a shepherd. She is not ...
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Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“
An innkeeper is grieving because his wife left him for a second-rate actor. His two nephews, who are...
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Lost in the Suburbs
Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War II...
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Racek Is Late
Baker Jan Racek (Vladimír Repa) is a very hard-working and sensible man. His great passion is pigeon...
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Jánošík
Janosík, a friar retrained as a bandit, becomes the farmers' symbol of resistance and fight against ...
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Beware!
A drama about Slovaks who emigrated before WW I. It is focused on the life of Ondrej Muranica. He em...
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