Jiří Zahajský
Jiří Zahajský (19 January 1939, Mšeno - 19 July 2007, Prague) was a Czech actor and dabér. He was a member of the Theater in Vinohrady, Theater behind the gate and longtime member of the Prague Drama Club. He played in a number of Czech films of both serious and comedic.
Jiri Zahajsky was born in Mšeně near Mělník. As a child, he showed a tendency to acting when he played in the amateur performance of Snow White by Dwarf Dwarf. After the war, the Zahajski family moved to Děčín. As a student, he was playing a very good ensemble of amateurs under the direction of director Hipia. He recognized Zahai's talent and negotiated his studies at E. Burian. Zahajsky then studied at the DAMU and became a member of the Vinohrady Theater (1961-1965).
In 1965 Zahajsky became a member of the Theater behind the gate, where he played together with Vladimír Menšík for example in the Maskary of Ostende. In 1972, the Administrative Theater behind the gate was canceled and Zahajský and Libuší Šafránková left for the Činoherní klub. His colleagues included Petr Čepek, Jiřina Třebická, Josef Somr, Jiří Kodet, Jiří Hrzán and others.
Jiri Zahajsky made mainly small characters in film and on television. Unforgettable is his character, Inspector Trachta of the comedy Dissolved and launched. He created several roles of criminologists, his beard gave him the opportunity to perform the roles of the grooms, he played in the roles of his fathers (TV series Křeček in the nightgown). Daddy also played in a number of television fairy tales especially in the 1980s.
Jiri Zahajsky was for 31 years a life partner of TV advertiser Kamila Moučková, since 1992 she was the fourth husband of actress Jana Brejchová. Jiri Zahajsky died in Prague after a long fight with prostate cancer on July 19, 2007.
(Wikipedia)
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3768 |
| Birthday | 1939-01-19 |
| Place of Birth | Mšeno, Czechoslovakia |
| Also Known As | Jirí Zahajský, Иржи Загайски, Иржи Загайский, |
1978
A Major Role for Rosmaryna
8/2
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A Major Role for Rosmaryna
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Proč nevěřit na zázraky
7/1
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Proč nevěřit na zázraky
1978
On the Great River
8/3
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On the Great River
1978
Oddechový čas
7/1
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Oddechový čas
1978
Já se vrátím
0/0
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Já se vrátím
1977
Kam uhnout očima
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Kam uhnout očima
1979
Beauty and the Beast
7.544/90
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Beauty and the Beast
1979
Střepy pro Evu
0/0
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Střepy pro Evu
1978
Nechci nic slyšet
6/3
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Nechci nic slyšet
1978
Slečna Rajka
0/0
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Slečna Rajka
1981
Den velkého ticha
5/1
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Den velkého ticha
1980
Čas pracuje pro vraha
5.2/5
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Čas pracuje pro vraha
1980
Brontosaurus
6.2/5
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Brontosaurus
1982
O Vánocích už nechci slyšet ani slovo
5/1
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1985
Dissolved and Effused
6.875/16
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Dissolved and Effused
1981
Sonata for a Red-Haired Girl
6.5/4
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Sonata for a Red-Haired Girl
1986
...nebo být zabit
7.5/2
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...nebo být zabit
1980
Oddělení zvláštní péče
0/0
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1960
Lidé jako ty
6.625/4
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Lidé jako ty
1961
Florián
7/2
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Florián
1962
Ceiling
5.6/10
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Ceiling
1981
A New Boy Started Today
4.75/4
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A New Boy Started Today
1982
Víkend bez rodičů
7/1
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Víkend bez rodičů
1984
14. patro, 14. rok
3/1
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14. patro, 14. rok
1981
Sobota odpoledne, počátek léta
0/0
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Sobota odpoledne, počátek léta
1963
Bylo nás deset
3.667/3
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Bylo nás deset
1984
Poslední mejdan
0/0
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1982
Goodbye, Medeo
9/2
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Goodbye, Medeo
1993
Zelený rytíř
0/0
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Zelený rytíř
1968
Čtyři v kruhu
9/1
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Čtyři v kruhu
1980
The Medal
7/8
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The Medal
1982
Načasovaná smrt
0/0
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Načasovaná smrt
1971
Jsem nebe
6/2
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1971
Count Dracula
6.3/6
Czech television production of Dracula that is very faithful to Bram Stoker's novel.
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1972
Zločin na Zlenicích hradě
6/1
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1973
O babičce
0/0
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O babičce
1993
Pohádka o prolhaném království
0/0
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Pohádka o prolhaném království
1972
And Give My Love to the Swallows
5.182/11
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And Give My Love to the Swallows
1973
Rodeo
8/1
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1972
Svatá noc
4/1
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Svatá noc
1996
O třech rytířích, krásné paní a lněné kytli
6/2
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O třech rytířích, krásné paní a lněné kytli
1974
Padla kosa na kámen
0/0
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Padla kosa na kámen
1975
Sokolovo
4.25/8
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Sokolovo
1975
„Psáno na pranýř“
0/0
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„Psáno na pranýř“
1976
Hamernická povídačka
0/0
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Hamernická povídačka
1991
Usmívat se, prosím
0/0
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Usmívat se, prosím
1989
Sedm sestřiček
0/0
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Sedm sestřiček
1985
Putování za měsíční nitkou
0/0
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Putování za měsíční nitkou
2006
O malíři Adamovi
4/1
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O malíři Adamovi
1976
Město nic neví
10/1
Three detective stories from industrial Ostrava. Police search in vain for a missing 16-year-old girl, but succeed in finding a mentally disturbed inf...
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Město nic neví
1986
O Popelákovi
5/1
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O Popelákovi
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
1984
Levé křídlo
4/5
The war will also affect children's games. The children hide a French boy who has managed to escape from a prison transport. Language differences cert...
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Levé křídlo
1984
Modré z nebe
9/1
The fantastic world of little Thomas, who conjured up beauty and happiness.
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Modré z nebe
1977
Noc klavíristy
4/5
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Noc klavíristy
1977
Dům Na poříčí
9/1
The film was based on the novel "Milión" by Karel Štorkán. The book and the film depict the events surrounding the great construction disaster in Prag...
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Dům Na poříčí
1978
The Apple Game
6.071/7
Sarcastic comedy about the Czechoslovakia of the seventies. A young gynaecologist can't figure out whether to get serious with a young nurse or to sta...
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The Apple Game
1991
Útěk do vězení
0/0
The dramatic fate of a girl forced to live someone else's life...
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Útěk do vězení
1994
Řád
7.5/2
Set in 1776, this historical film by Petr Hvizd concerns an army deserter who takes refuge within the walls of the Convent of St. Claire. The investig...
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Řád
1965
Seven Days in a Week
0/0
Seven days, or rather evenings and nights, in the life of Jenka (Stanislava Bartosová), a young good-looking nurse. Jenka is attractive to men and enj...
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Seven Days in a Week
1981
Tři v tom
0/0
How to marry off two daughters and a maid, especially when the father has no idea that it's high time? Father Ubaldo has worries; his two daughters ar...
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Tři v tom
1978
Past na kachnu
2.3/3
Taxi driver Koukal (Miroslav Machácek) is stopped by the police for a routine traffic check. In the boot of his car the police find the body of a nake...
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Past na kachnu
1986
Ants Bring Death
6.5/2
The biggest threat to a successful crackdown on drug traffickers and consumers is the international hitman Barták, sent to the Czech Republic to elimi...
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Ants Bring Death
1983
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
8.105/19
Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminal...
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Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1975
Králův kalich
7/1
A section of the life of George of Poděbrady from his coronation to his death (1458–1471), creating a portrait of a remarkable monarch whose name shon...
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Králův kalich
1989
Nedosněné sny
0/0
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Nedosněné sny
1984
Čertův švagr
3/1
An evil and calculating stepmother chases her stepson out of the house. Petr tries in vain to find a job, but he is sent to hell everywhere. So he goe...
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Čertův švagr
1982
Předeme, předeme zlatou nitku
5/1
Anyone who would have guessed from the title that they would see a fairy tale about spinners would not have guessed. In this fairy tale, three godmoth...
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Předeme, předeme zlatou nitku
1997
Ptačí král
0/0
This romantic fairy tale, loosely based on an anonymous Arabic story, takes place at the sultan's court, where the evil sisters of the kind sultana pr...
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Ptačí král
1985
Chán Sulejmán a víla Fatmé
0/0
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Chán Sulejmán a víla Fatmé
1997
Jak vyženit z pekla štěstí
0/0
A cheerful fairy tale about a devil who went among people to find a sinner and found much more. This cheerful fairy tale tells the story of how two yo...
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Jak vyženit z pekla štěstí
1983
Jak Jaromil ke štěstí přišel
0/0
The classic fairy tale, based on the original by Božena Němcová, tells the story of a young coal miner who must overcome many obstacles to win the han...
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Jak Jaromil ke štěstí přišel
1983
Nevěsta z obrázku
0/0
Mr. Ondřej longs for a bride, but he doesn't like any of them. When he discovers a picture of a girl at the market from the painter Matěj, he is liter...
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Nevěsta z obrázku
1986
O Honzovi a princezně Dorince
0/0
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O Honzovi a princezně Dorince
1998
O vílách Rojenicích
7/1
Verunka, a village girl, is about to marry Jakub, a kind and loving young man. And yet the girl wonders whether she should want more and whether such...
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O vílách Rojenicích
1992
Dvanáct měsíčků
0/0
"Dear sister, strawberries don't grow in winter!" Marushka begs, but her crying is in vain, neither her stepmother nor Holena shrinks from her and the...
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Dvanáct měsíčků
1990
Jehlice Sluneční paní
0/0
It's just 12 o'clock. And that's the right time to enter a fairy tale. It was also the time when Apolenka got there with her glass ball and was amazed...
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Jehlice Sluneční paní
1985
Rubikova kostka
0/0
The story begins at the airport and on an international express train, which is being carried by a German citizen, Otto Lang. The conductor and his gi...
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Rubikova kostka
1981
Veronika, prostě Nika
1.5/1
Veronika is a cheerful, lively girl with great personal charm that few can resist. An animal lover, gifted with eloquence, she can blame all her misch...
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Veronika, prostě Nika
1983
Hráči
6.5/2
A professional card player and swindler, Icharev, arrives in a small town with a plan to rip off some local jackdaw if possible. However, a trio of lo...
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Hráči
1968
Marathon
5.625/8
It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to...
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Marathon
1991
Koho ofoukne větříček
0/0
It seemed that the arrogant princess was tormenting the king with her whims. When she thought she would only marry a groom as frail as herself, the ca...
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Koho ofoukne větříček
1986
Zátah
10/1
A pair of criminals, an escaped prisoner and a young thief, are about to make a joint, obviously illegal, escape across the border. They escape for a...
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Zátah
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
1974
Tři nevinní
7/1
The car thief Halama, the shy groom Poupě, the divorcing jealous Pic and the mustachioed cinema projectionist Vlk are suspected of robbing the cinema...
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Tři nevinní
1993
Zamilovaná
4.7/3
A young and sympathetic teacher joins the music school. He leads the school orchestra and also teaches twelve-year-old Anezka to play the cello. The g...
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Zamilovaná
1987
Drátenická pohádka
0/0
About the fact that honesty will get you the furthest... The main characters of the fairy tale are two tinkers, a now extinct profession in which men...
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Drátenická pohádka
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
1961
Valčík pro milión
6/2
A girl from a dance ensemble from Uherské Hradiště and an amateur jazz musician from Strakonice will meet at the II. National Spartakiada. Life under...
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Valčík pro milión
1991
Byli jsme to my?
7.5/2
The theatre director encounters the disinterest and irresponsibility of the acting troupe, whose members are scheming and looking for side income. The...
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Byli jsme to my?
1984
Navždy do dálek Tichomoří
0/0
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Navždy do dálek Tichomoří
1993
Dick Whittington
0/0
An old English legend about a poor boy who became mayor of London served as the basis for a television adaptation. The orphan Dick Whittington was ble...
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Dick Whittington
1980
Jak namalovat ptáčka
7/1
After her parents' divorce, Petra lives in her mother's new harmonious family in a small town. However, she feels that she was cheated of a lot when s...
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Jak namalovat ptáčka
1979
Silnější než strach
9/1
A short story film in which the first story takes place at the end of the German occupation, when a resistance fighter is arrested while transporting...
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Silnější než strach
1982
Soví hnízdo
0/0
The opening image that begins the suspenseful story is marked by a tragic event: an eight-year-old girl is brutally murdered in the forest and the dog...
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Soví hnízdo
1979
Zákon rovnosti
0/0
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Zákon rovnosti
1987
The Octopuses from the Second Floor
6.643/14
While on vacation with their bickering parents, young Eva and her little brother Johnny find in a polluted lake two strange friendly sentient octopuse...
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The Octopuses from the Second Floor
1987
Pavučina
7/3
Zdeněk Zaoral began filming this film in semi-amateur conditions, but it was eventually completed in a Zlín studio and released in cinemas. At its tim...
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Pavučina
1988
Nine Circles of Hell
5.833/6
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Nine Circles of Hell
1987
Why?
6.25/20
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Why?
1988
Chceš zabít?
0/0
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Chceš zabít?
1990
Jestřábí moudrost
9/1
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Jestřábí moudrost
1987
Kinkongova smrt
0/0
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Kinkongova smrt
1991
The Beggar's Opera
5.25/4
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The Beggar's Opera
1986
Píseň o statečném Heřmanovi a sličné Jitce
0/0
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Píseň o statečném Heřmanovi a sličné Jitce
1995
V erbu lvice
7.333/3
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V erbu lvice
1989
Balonová pohádka
0/0
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Balonová pohádka
1991
Ukradený kaktus
0/0
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Ukradený kaktus
1991
Pilát Pontský onoho dne
10/1
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Pilát Pontský onoho dne
1992
Tma
1/1
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Tma
1992
Královský život otroka
7/1
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Královský život otroka
1993
Vítr na konci léta
0/0
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Vítr na konci léta
1993
Melánie, Melánie
1/1
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Melánie, Melánie
1995
„Na krásné vyhlídce“
8/1
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„Na krásné vyhlídce“
1995
Princ z pohádky
0/0
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Princ z pohádky
1992
Strange Airlines
0/0
A woman discovers a conspiracy while searching for her missing travel companion.
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Strange Airlines
1999
Jeníček a Mařenka
0/0
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