Jan Kraus
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4043 |
| Birthday | 1953-08-15 |
| Place of Birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czechia] |
| Also Known As | Honza Kraus, |
1978
A Major Role for Rosmaryna
8/2
The director of films for kids called Bonzurka together with her loyal assistants Drahuska and Honza are looking for the actors for a new movie "The K...
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A Major Role for Rosmaryna
1977
Šestapadesát neomluvených hodin
0/0
Two young, inexperienced students, dissatisfied with the demands of their teachers and the mentoring of their parents, try to cross illegally into the...
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Šestapadesát neomluvených hodin
1977
Pasiáns
6.5/2
Student Eva is dashing up a steep slope to try to catch a bus, but she twists her ankle and the bus doesn't wait. There won't be another bus until the...
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Pasiáns
1977
Přikázaný směr jízdy
5/1
A young and shy bachelor wants to get his driver's license. His driving school teacher, however, is used to "noticing", takes bribes and only gives hi...
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Přikázaný směr jízdy
1999
Prague Stories
5/4
A four-story omnibus depicting different Czech slices-of-life from the titular city.
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Prague Stories
1993
Mistr Kampanus
0/0
A TV adaptation of the famous novel in which writer Zikmund Winter depicts the life story of Prague university professor and humanist poet Jan Campanu...
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Mistr Kampanus
1980
Drsná Planina
7/2
Chronicle of frontier division Czech police (SNB) in the years 1946 - 1949.
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Drsná Planina
1996
Food
7.786/126
Examines the human relationship with food by showing breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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Food
1980
Poprask na silnici E 4
7.5/2
Car transport of the locomotive is difficult, as the cargo is bulky. The three-man crew of the tractor therefore experiences many difficulties on the...
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Poprask na silnici E 4
1975
Dva muži hlásí příchod
8/3
An only son, Jirí Valenta (Jaromír Hanzlík), has been drafted to the army. At the barracks he acquires the nickname Seamstress because he sews rugs in...
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Dva muži hlásí příchod
2009
3 Seasons in Hell
5.3/11
A 19 year old nonconformist poet living in 1947 Czechoslovakia is blind to the Communist behemoth looking over him, and instead lives a bohemian life...
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3 Seasons in Hell
1972
The Girl on the Broomstick
6.888/49
A teenage witch, frozen in time as a punishment for 300 years, finds herself in a modern world.
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The Girl on the Broomstick
1994
Faust
7.436/78
A very free adaptation of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", Goethe's "Faust" and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to...
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Faust
1978
How to Wake a Princess
6.367/30
At long last, King Dalimil and Queen Eliška have produced an heir, Princess Růženka. Consumed with envy, Eliška’s sister Melánie casts a curse: On the...
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How to Wake a Princess
1981
Hra o královnu
6/2
A comedy about the love of the Czech nobleman Záviš of Falkenštejn for the Hungarian princess Kunhuta, who later married Přemysl Otakar II and became...
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Hra o královnu
1980
Svítalo celou noc
9/1
The Czech film Svítalo All Night was made to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Army and is dedicated...
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Svítalo celou noc
2023
Věra Plívová-Šimková
7/2
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Věra Plívová-Šimková
1981
Half a House Without a Groom
6.125/4
The Francs with their daughters Olina and Jirina are building a villa in the village of Rezkovice. Father Franc (Vladimír Mensík) doesn't allow himsel...
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Half a House Without a Groom
1988
Who's That Soldier?
6.563/16
In the Czech film comedy from 1988, you can see for yourself that the war was not easy, but otherwise it was great fun. Sergeant Kouba serving with th...
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Who's That Soldier?
1981
Night Riders
6.583/6
Two men of principle face each other. One is backed by a whole, however poor village, the other by the law. It is a conflict that reaches it's climax...
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Night Riders
2008
Láska In Memoriam
1/2
Sixteen-year-old apprentice Zuzka commutes to Prague, where she is studying to become a "mechanic and agricultural machinery adjuster." She lives alte...
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Láska In Memoriam
1981
Hodina života
10/1
It is 1883 and Josef Hibes, a social democrat, is organising a strike of textile workers. The main demand is a reduction in working hours...
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Hodina života
1981
Blob to the Fairytale
6.333/3
Little Vendulka receives a birthday gift of a seemingly innocuous children's book. Little she knows that the book is actually a portal into the surrea...
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Blob to the Fairytale
1981
Christening
5.071/7
Deputy of cartography enterprise Mr. Ciruvka tries to seduce the colleague's assistant to destabilize his confident in a run for the director's chair....
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Christening
1982
Láska na druhý pohled
9/1
Even under socialism, which proclaimed the equality of all people, there were status differences. A young bricklayer, who has fallen in love with a co...
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Láska na druhý pohled
1981
Mature Wine
7.833/3
A loose sequel to the 1976 comedy Stormy Wine. The screenwriters and the director recreate on screen a number of characters from the South Moravian to...
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Mature Wine
1987
Why?
6.25/20
Why? (Czech: Proč?) is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes F...
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Why?
1983
Únos Moravanky
3.5/4
The popular Moravanka brass band performs at the fair. Vasek Pivoňka, the bandleader of the local brass band Kulatěnky, which broke up, decides to put...
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Únos Moravanky
1966
Katya and the Crocodile
7.333/3
It is the summer holiday and little Mísa Horák has taken a few animals from the school's so-called "Corner of Living Nature" home to care for. But whe...
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Katya and the Crocodile
2002
Seducer
4.6/5
A husband asks his best friend to seduce his wife in order to get divorce.
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Seducer
1977
A Nice Plate of Spinach
6.212/26
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.
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A Nice Plate of Spinach
1967
The Nun's Night
7.143/7
A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the m...
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The Nun's Night
1968
Naše bláznivá rodina
9/1
Twelve-year-old Jana returns from the hospital. She notices some changes at home and is worried that her parents are going to divorce. In reality, how...
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Naše bláznivá rodina
1969
The Thirteenth Chamber
6.5/2
Twelve-year old Kosta, a little boy of an overactive imagination, makes friends with equally sensitive eleven-year old Blanka. Fantasy leads the two c...
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The Thirteenth Chamber
2001
Královský slib
7.333/3
Our story begins years later. A grand engagement is being planned in the kingdom. The prince has come of age. The time has come for him to marry the d...
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Královský slib
1972
Straw Hat
5.563/8
Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it seems, to marry Helen Nonankur - daughter of a weal...
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Straw Hat
1972
Vychovatel
0/0
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Vychovatel
1973
Maturita za školou
6/2
The short story film follows the fate of three young men who will soon have to decide what to do with their lives. The first "Poet", an aspiring autho...
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Maturita za školou
1989
Tale '88
4/3
The lead character is a young woman who becomes close with a colleague of her husband. She finds herself at an important crossroad in life and conside...
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Tale '88
1974
Taková letní noc
0/0
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Taková letní noc
1975
My Dear Aunt and Me
7.2/5
Two kind but foolish sisters live together in their villa in a small town in South Bohemia. Fany (Natasa Gollová) has never married and Andelka (Eva S...
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My Dear Aunt and Me
1975
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
6.6/35
There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need...
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How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
1973
Love
6.083/6
Sixteen-year-old students of a grammar school are supposed to write essays on "Love". The class best student Andrea (Jaroslava Schallerová) writes abo...
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Love
1975
Zbraně pro Prahu
6/2
In May 1945, Czech revolutionaries used several armoured trains in the fighting - partly captured, partly assembled from whatever the railway brought....
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Zbraně pro Prahu
1975
Na startu je delfín
5/2
The teenage hero tries his best to meet the nomination limit for important races, but his coach's insensitive approach causes him to temporarily lose...
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Na startu je delfín
1974
Osud jménem Kamila
4.25/4
Tomáš, an unscrupulous Prague taxi driver who is involved in stealing antiques and smuggling them abroad, lives with his devoted mistress, but he is a...
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Osud jménem Kamila
1975
Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně
7/1
This story from the time of the occupation tells how the students of the teachers' institute decided to hold a traditional ball despite the ban. Howev...
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Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně
1974
V každém pokoji žena
4.5/2
The plethora of heroines living in the makeshift former Women's Homes share one feature - they mostly feel lonely. Some of them got used to this state...
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V každém pokoji žena
1975
Na konci světa
4.25/4
In the 1950s, selected basic soldiers in a small border unit guard the western border with devotion, fighting intruders and uncovering their network o...
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Na konci světa
1976
The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes
7.5/2
Exotic, yet lyrically aimed fairy tale about a young gypsy Pista in search of a beautiful, gentle and faithful bride. An old man told him where to fin...
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The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes
1976
Pomerančový kluk
3.667/3
A quarrel between divorced waitress Mája and her fifteen-year-old son Petr ends with the boy physically attacking his mother, and he is sent to an ins...
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Pomerančový kluk
2025
Old Cans
3.182/11
Friends Petr and Michal, who have known each other since high school, live completely different lives: one has already settled down, has a well-paid j...
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Old Cans
2015
Wilson City
6/12
Comedy inspired by paperback crime novels tells the story of an adventurous search for a mysterious murderer who just after the end of the First World...
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Wilson City
1976
Wine Working
7.667/3
It is the summer of 1968 and also in South Moravian Pálavice appear political clashes. The so far peacefully farming Unified farmers' cooperative star...
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Wine Working
1977
The Liberation of Prague
5.333/3
On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague...
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The Liberation of Prague
1969
The Cremator
7.779/261
In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.
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The Cremator
2005
The Gnome
6.091/11
A tragicomedy full of slapstick and vignettes, and even an unexpected shootout. A family of villagers moves up in the world - to the county seat. Dad...
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The Gnome
2007
The Can
5.547/32
This movie is about strange relationships in one "noname" gymnasium in Czech republic.
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The Can
1976
Odysseus and the Stars
6.5/6
A group of children are investigating a chain of mysterious events during the seventies.
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Odysseus and the Stars
1990
Chlapská čest
0/0
Two happily married couple, Michal and Blanka, experience a regrettable misunderstanding: the wife leaves home with their young son, but unfortunately...
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Chlapská čest
1985
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
4.9/230
When a young journalist dies in violent circumstances, her brother soon learns, by way of the mysterious Stefan Crosscoe, that his sister has succumbe...
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Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
1985
Všechno nebo nic
5.25/4
Approaches to important life values can vary: while the top athlete who has made it in cycling tries to monetise his talent, his brother cannot devote...
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Všechno nebo nic
1986
Eine zauberhafte Erbschaft
5.9/5
In 18th century Bohemia, the mercenary troops of a cruel duke roam the countryside. A cap maker who defends himself against injustice is thrown into p...
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Eine zauberhafte Erbschaft
2003
Dopisy v krajkách
8/1
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Dopisy v krajkách
1986
It's Not Me
5.143/7
The two heroes of the film's story - the decent but dry engineer Zárub and the marriage swindler Majer - are granted this wish by the mysterious force...
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It's Not Me
2000
Piece of land
5.375/8
Ten short unrelated stories that move chronologically through Slovakia's twentieth-century history as seen from the perspective of life in small towns...
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Piece of land
2014
Prague Cans
4.824/17
The protagonists are the same, only five years older: Kocourek Kolman, mother Kocourková, mother Kolmanová and father Kolman. Kocourek applies to stud...
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Prague Cans
1978
The Tailor from Ulm
7.667/3
The true story of the Bavarian Tailor Albrecht Berblinger who, after a strange encounter with a balloon starts building a flying machine. Although not...
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The Tailor from Ulm
1992
Black Barons
7.063/24
Life of Czechoslovak soldiers in a military unit for the so called "politically unreliable" - the Technical auxiliary battalions, aka "the black baron...
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Black Barons
1967
The Stolen Airship
6.963/27
Five young people take off in a lighter-than-air machine at the Prague Centennial Exhibition. A live-action/animated film based loosely on Jules Verne...
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The Stolen Airship
1981
The Krakonos and the Skiers
4.786/7
Matej and Jenda, two of the eight children of the poor Pelc family in the Giant Mountains, help in a glass works where the oldest brother Francek work...
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The Krakonos and the Skiers
1980
Co je doma to se počítá, pánové...
6.636/11
For the Novák and Bartáček families, money is king, and they'll do just about anything to get it. While René Novák pitches his parents a lucrative sch...
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Co je doma to se počítá, pánové...
1984
Rumburak
6.889/9
In this fairy-tale comedy, a clumsy second-rate wizard, Rumburak, gets stuck in the world of humans. He has forgotten the spell that allows him to ret...
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Rumburak
1988
Magician
5.714/7
A narration of episodes from the life of the famous Czech poet, Karel Hynek Mácha. Throughout the film, we witness a deep analysis of Mácha's complex...
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Magician
1991
The Cave of the Golden Rose
6.392/162
After a queen's tragic death, the king abandons his newborn daughter in a cave, but a witch saves her. Years later, the tomboy princess must confront...
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The Cave of the Golden Rose
2002
Waterloo po česku
4.333/3
The short stories about marriage that Vít Olmer wrote for Playboy magazine when Arnošt Lustig was its editor-in-chief are witty, often with absurd pun...
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Waterloo po česku
1970
Lišáci – Myšáci a Šibeničák
7/3
Sliding, skiing, snow forts, snowball fights, in short, winter is the right season for the children from the village under the Šibeničák hill to have...
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Lišáci – Myšáci a Šibeničák
1977
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
4.625/8
A musical starring Jiří Menzel (whose part is sung by Achilles Michailidis) as a math and physics teacher employing innovative teaching methods.
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30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1965
Long Live the Republic
7.5/17
Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can...
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Long Live the Republic
1967
Happy End
7.482/56
A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an "executi...
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Happy End
1966
Dva tygři
9/1
When a volunteer police helper is too proactive, he causes more confusion than good. The unfortunate man has no idea what the testimony of an unreliab...
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Dva tygři
1979
Jak se naučit švédsky
0/0
The protagonist is supposed to go to a graduation reunion and, because she is ashamed to reveal that she is still lonely and unmarried, she makes up a...
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Jak se naučit švédsky
1990
Eugene among Us
8.5/2
Young Eugene from the provinces travels to Prague in search of fame. Once there he gets an offer to write engagé lyrics for pop songs...
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Eugene among Us
1973
The Secret of the Gold Buddha
9/1
A crime story set in the second half of the 19th century. Krasl, a Prague schoolteacher, is searching for a statue of the Golden Buddha, which is supp...
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The Secret of the Gold Buddha
1988
Pan Tau – der Film
6.433/15
Pan Tau, the friend of all children, now also helps the adults.
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Pan Tau – der Film
1989
Útěk ze seriálu
0/0
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Útěk ze seriálu
1984
Zaspala nevěsta
6/1
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Zaspala nevěsta
1974
Quails and King
4/3
Police find a girl with a bleeding face in a small town park at night. First the girl, a textile factory worker Jana, refuses to talk, and then she de...
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Quails and King
1968
On Zizka's Battle Waggon
6/2
Widowed yeoman Tuma and his household are on their way to help the town of Kourim, which is under attack by the papist troops. His son Ondra is secret...
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On Zizka's Battle Waggon
1987
Outsider
9/1
Elementary school student Jožka has a great love – horses. He is looking forward to turning this love into a profession. However, he is atoning for hi...
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Outsider
1966
Martin and Nine Fools
6.5/2
Captain Martin from the police's child department and his colleague Kraus are called to Znojmo to help solve a case regarding stolen toys found in the...
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Martin and Nine Fools
1978
Muž s orlem a slepicí
10/1
The young dude, who can't even make responsible decisions in life, doesn't get along with the group of experienced workers where he started working fo...
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Muž s orlem a slepicí
1976
Tam kde hnízdí čápi
5.5/2
Despite the initial mistrust of others, former glass worker Štěoán Urban becomes the founder and first chairman of the local agricultural cooperative....
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Tam kde hnízdí čápi
1976
Boty plné vody
8/3
Three short stories ("Zelenáči 1945", "Silvestr 1948" and "Zimní vítr 1951") about members of the SNB units guarding the Šumava border in the post-war...
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Boty plné vody
1971
Ententýny
0/0
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Ententýny
1985
Domek u lesa
5/1
Every one of us has certainly been in a situation for which he or she is not prepared and is not able to orient him or herself immediately and correct...
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Domek u lesa
1986
Antonyho šance
4.333/3
Antony is obsessed with the idea of a happy family life, but his young daughter has to be cared for by the parents of his wife, who died in a car acci...
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Antonyho šance
1987
Cena medu
10/1
Little Péťa visits his grandfather in the Krkonoše Mountains, where a swarm of bees settles on a tree. When Péťa disturbs it, the entire swarm attacks...
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Cena medu
2002
Já a moji synové...
0/0
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Já a moji synové...
1986
Young Wine
8/2
Third wine session, this time with a computer. The film was made in direct relation to the audience success of the previous two: "Stormy Wine" and "Ri...
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Young Wine
1987
Smích se lepí na paty
6.667/3
Sixty-year-old Joska Platejz, a peculiar jack of all trades, lives in a cottage in the Giant Mountains. He cooks wonderfully for a group of woodcutter...
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Smích se lepí na paty
1989
Cesta na jihozápad
10/1
Based on a Jack London story, this is another attempt at a Western spectacle - after the short story triptych The Canyon of Gold - about a teenage boy...
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Cesta na jihozápad
1990
Člověk proti zkáze
9/2
Biography of Karel Čapek.
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Člověk proti zkáze
1989
Mark of Cain
10/1
In 1866, as Austria faces war with Prussia, 19-year-old Ludvík Machl joins a secret Czech resistance group. When he is caught with stolen funds and a...
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Mark of Cain
1994
Ještě větší blbec, než jsme doufali
4.25/8
Vít Dolejší, popularly known as Vitoušek, monitors the groundwater in the underground of the National Theatre, and when he gets fired because the thea...
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Ještě větší blbec, než jsme doufali
1999
Hanele
5/7
Based on an autobiographical novella by Ivan Olbracht, the film tells the story of Hanele Safarová, who grows up just after the First World War in a l...
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Hanele
Řád saténových mašlí
0/0
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