Ilja Prachař
Ilja Prachař ( April 30, 1924, Malenovice – August 10, 2005, Prague ) was a Czech actor and playwright. He was born in Malenovice near Zlín as the middle of three sons of František Prachar (1899–2001), an official of the district health insurance company in Zlín, and his wife Ludmila (1901–1981). The elder brother Drahomír (1922–2008) later worked in a foreign trade company, the younger Kamil (1931–2020) became a theater actor and worked almost his entire professional career in the theater in Cheb . In Zlín and Malenovice, the parents actively engaged in associational life and performed volunteer theater. His wife Jana (*1937) is a puppeteer, his son David (*1959), grandson Jakub (*1983), granddaughter Mariana (*1994) and great-granddaughter Alžběta Malá (*1997) are acting. He began his acting career as a member of the drama group of the Army Art Ensemble of Vít Nejedlý (1945–1947), in the Workers' Theater in Zlín (1947–1952) and in the theater in Ostrava (1952–1954). From 1954 he performed at the S. K. Neumann Theater in Prague and from 1959 to 1990 at the Vinohrady Theatre. His best-known film role is probably the greedy and miserly landowner Trautenberk in the evening series Krkonošské pohádyky. He is the author of several plays and television scripts. Already in 1951, he received the State Prize for the play " Hádajú se o rozumné " and for his acting he was awarded the award for outstanding work (1967), the title of meritorious artist (1983) and the František Filipovský Award for lifetime mastery in dubbing (1997). Ilja Prachař was a member of the Communist Party . In November 1989, he gave a speech at the Summer Speech as a representative of the actors from the Vinohrady Theatre . In his personal life, Ilja Prachař was a big supporter of the football club Slavia . At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, he was even the chairman of the civic association of the Friends of Slavia for seven years.
The Cremator
as Walter ReinkeIn 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly...
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Witchhammer
as uncreditedIn the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to...
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All My Good Countrymen
as Plécmera, fotografThe lives of 7 friends in a small Czech town from 1945 to some time after 1958.
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On the Trail of Blood
as podplukovník VB TesařMajor Kalas from the Prague criminal intelligence service has been sent to a small town of Dubá...
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The White Lady
as Přednosta úřadu na ministverstvu (Pepík)This castle has its own ghost - a mysterious White lady. She emerges from the painting on the...
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People From Caravans
as ReimannStory about the people around the circus and the unfortunate love of a young man an acrobat....
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Tales About Children
as (segment "Kapr")Three small short stories, each of which was created by one of the famous Czechoslovak...
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A Man Who Rose in Price
as uncreditedMr. Benda, a married father of two children, works for a company that liquidates old banknotes....
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One of Them Is the Murderer
as referent ministerstva kultury NovákMarek (Jirí Holý), formerly a driver of a long-distance lorry, has served his term for smuggling...
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A Girl Fit to Be Killed
as SlámaThe waitress Gita from the hotel "Bobí vrch" approaches her lover who has not left his wife yet...
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Days of Betrayal
as uncreditedThis feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the...
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Straw Hat
as uncreditedSlacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as...
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Men About Town
as kapitán VBThree blue collar workers have a night out in big city Prague.
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The Fair Is Here
as Tony (voice)Children from the village Bystrá are awaiting a nice and thrilling weekend. On Saturday they...
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The Apple Game
as Train PassengerSarcastic comedy about the Czechoslovakia of the seventies. A young gynaecologist can't figure...
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The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley
as uncreditedIn 1947 by the Beskid mountains, the traces of war still linger, destroyed tanks dispersed...
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King of the Sumava
as district commander of the SNB BurdaA movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of...
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Jakou barvu má láska
as uncreditedCyril Dadák (Václav Postránecký), a TV reporter falls in love at first sight with a young...
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Dita Saxová
as uncreditedA beautiful, underachieving, 18-year-old orphan considers various suitors, ponders philosophy,...
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Golden Queen
as uncreditedA man returns to his native village in search of renewed faith and his old girlfriend. But she,...
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The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
as SidlakIn Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a doctor-turned-warehouse employee reluctantly agrees to treat...
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Indians from Vetrov
as pplk. PávekIn the frontier village Vetrov boys from the children's home called Indians lead a bitter "war"...
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On Zizka's Battle Waggon
as General Zizka of TrocnovWidowed yeoman Tuma and his household are on their way to help the town of Kourim, which is...
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The Medal
as General BergerThe trenches of World War I provide for a captivating backdrop to the drama of Corporal Hoferik....
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Shadows of a Hot Summer
as Poručík GrygarThe story of 1947, when Bender's band, after a beating of the Nazis, tried to fight their way...
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The Unfortunate Bridegroom
as uncreditedA comedy about two bumbling policemen investigating an alleged rape in a small Czech town. One...
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The King of Kings
as Novák - Officer of Ministry of Foreign AffairsDuring his work assignment in Tamani Kingdom, Czech worker Lojza saves a local man from dying in...
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Black comedy about a genius inventor and two young, smart and beautiful women. Both of them...
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Transport from Paradise
as Moric HerzCzechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin...
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Never Strike A Woman... Even with A Flower
as uncreditedShortish forty-year old Ludvík Podzimek, lute and flute player in a Prague orchestra, is far...
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Chased and Suspected
as HardtA crime drama directed by Zbynek Brynych.
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Transit Carlsbad
as KapitánEven in the "enlightened" 60. years filmmakers like to play spies. In the grand-world...
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Sign of the Cancer
as DocentA murder in a hospital run by incompetents.
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The Hero Is Afraid
as náměstek řediteleHonza Vavrinec (Rudolf Hrusínský) works in the investment department of a large office. One day...
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The Fortress
as uncreditedThe evils of totalitarianism provide the central message of this Czech-French drama. The film is...
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The Angel of Blissful Death
as Pathologist (voice)Czechoslovak counter-espionage intercepts a coded message from the West German secret service...
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Squandered Sunday
as Grizzly (voice)A day in the life of Arnošt, a soldier staying in Josefov. A sense of desperation permeates the...
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Thirty Cases of Major Zema
as uncreditedThirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a...
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Chalupáři
as uncreditedChalupáři is a Czechoslovak comedy TV series filmed in 1974 and 1975 by František Filip.
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Okres na severu
as uncreditedOkres na severu is a Czechoslovak/Czech TV series filmed by Evžen Sokolovský in 1981.
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