Zdeněk Svěrák
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936 in Prague) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies. Among his film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award), both directed by his son Jan Svěrák. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak, he created the fictional personality (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher) Jára Cimrman who won the voting for The Greatest Czech in 2005 (only the fact that Cimrman is fictional prevented him from actually winning). Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization Paraple (in English, "Umbrella") which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.
Kolya
as František LoukaAfter a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly...
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Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
as ŠlajsThis comedy is about one average family. The father works as master in the factory and his son...
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Empties
as Josef TkalounCzech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no...
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Larks on a String
as uncreditedIn post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to...
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Kooky
as Hergot (voice)Young Ondra has asthma and so his parents throw away his favourite toy: a musty old stuffed bear...
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Accumulator 1
as FišárekIn this movie, TV sets are full of life. If a person is in TV (e.g. because it was filmed on the...
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Run, Waiter, Run!
as PařízekA comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant for women who decides to...
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Barefoot
as HeadmasterStory of a small boy is forced to move out of Prague during World War 2 to a small village of...
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My Sweet Little Village
as MalířThe movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a young man, in a tight-knit village...
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The Snowdrop Festival
as řidič trabantaThis movie is based on texts of Bohumil Hrabal, world-known Czech prosaic. It's a story (in a...
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Joachim, Put It in the Machine
as podnikový psycholog KlásekA sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he...
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The Three Veterans
as ministrIt is a story of three veterans released from the army. During one night spent camping in the...
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The Elementary School
as Fan Souček, Eda's dadThe time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside...
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Ball Lightning
as Dr. JečnýA comedy about exchange of 12 apartments , which, its organizer, lawyer Radosta, rightly called...
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Three Brothers
as VypravěčThree brothers leave their home to see the world. During their journey, young men as by miracle...
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Crime in the Night Club
as ProkurátorA black comedy set in a Prague cabaret.
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Secluded, Near Woods
as LavičkaThe Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to...
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Hearty Greetings from the Globe
as uncreditedTwo aliens stir up trouble on Earth in order to study humans. Misunderstandings ensue.
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Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
as Jára CimrmanCzechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára...
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Brontosaurus
as BobrTomás lives in a very small Czech town and is a nature lover and a birdwatcher. He struggles to...
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An Uncertain Season
as uncreditedThe small group of actors have to face many problems while preparing a new performance.
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Like Rabbits
as otec DusekA story of two boys who during the summer at a recreation area become best friends despite being...
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Bethlehem Light
as Karel ŠejnohaA well-known writer now aged 75 is aware of his increasing age and the risk that his literary...
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You Are a Widow, Sir
as kritik v divadleAfter a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of...
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30 Maidens and Pythagoras
as profesor (uncredited)A musical starring Jiří Menzel (whose part is sung by Achilles Michailidis) as a math and...
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Bridal Tour to Jilji
as průvodčíA scientist meets a nice girl and they start dating. He decides the only way to find out for...
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Lijavec
as Inspektor starobincůWhen late in life was presenting Cimrman his artistic activity, came arresting knowledge: none...
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The Conquest of the North Pole
as Underground TeacherCimrman's play about Czech expedition to north pole.
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Lucie and the Miracles
as Constable (voice)The harsh reality of a home for abandoned children blends with episodes of youthful fantasy and...
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Daddy
as SelfThis film is a documentary-style look at the life of the beloved Czech actor, Zdeněk Svěrák.
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Calamity
as učitelFunny banter about love, sex, social status, and other ideals, while a new railway employee is...
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Chain
as Mikeš (voice)Carefree young nurse Marta learns upon her husband's death that he was involved in all manner of...
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Dissolved and Effused
as JelínekA police inspector and inexperienced trainee search for a mysteriously disappeared manufacturer...
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Chinaski: Každej ví kulový
as SelfDocumentary about the Czech band Chinaski.
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