Acting
Václav Voska
Born October 21, 1918 · Praha
Died August 20, 1982 · aged 63
No biography available.
Known For
Beauty and the Beast · 1979Beauty and the Beast
★ 7.51979
MovieFantasyRomance
Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father. She goes to an enchanted castle in the woods and meets Netvor, a bird-like monster. As Netvor begins to fall in love with Julie, he must suppress his beastly urge to kill her.
Pohádka o staré tramvaji · 1962Pohádka o staré tramvaji
★ 7.01962
MovieFamilyFantasy
Frantík arrives in Prague for the holidays and discovers an abandoned tram named Terezka. With local children, he secretly paints and hides it to prevent scrapping, then organizes a scrap-metal collection to raise funds for its restoration.
To byla svatba, strýčku · 1977To byla svatba, strýčku
1977
MovieMusicComedy
Alfons is invited by his brother-in-law to his niece's wedding. The uncle arrives in his luxury car. However, the wedding guests ignore his anxious worries about the car and send him here for beer, there for cement. The uncle objects, but the energetic bridesmaid acts. The car suffers, and so does the uncle. When the wedding guests finally decide to go to the town hall, the car is almost impassable. However, the confusion is far from over...
Zlatovláska · 1956Zlatovláska
1956
MovieFantasyAnimation
Puppet animated movie about an evil king, a golden-haired princess and living and dead water based on the fairy tale by Josef Kaynar.
The House in Karp Lane · 1965The House in Karp Lane
★ 7.51965
MovieDrama
The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.
Jan Hus · 1955Jan Hus
★ 6.31955
MovieDramaHistory
The first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957). The film captures the period from May 1412 to the summer of 1415, a turbulent time in the Czech Kingdom, during which there were protests in Prague against the sale of "omnipotent indulgences" whose sale throughout the kingdom was announced by Pope John XXIII. The ideological leader of this movement is the preacher Master Jan Hus, whose words, calling for the elimination of church abuses, are listened to in the Bethlehem Chapel by thousands of ordinary Praguers, Czech lords and Queen Sophie, wife of the Czech King Wenceslas IV.
Why UNESCO? · 1959Why UNESCO?
1959
MovieAnimation
The cartoon film sets out to justify the existence of UNESCO as an instrument for world peace.
Distant Journey · 1949Distant Journey
★ 6.91949
MovieDrama
Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, their romance turns into a struggle for survival.






















