Acting
Rudolf Deyl
Born April 6, 1876 · Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Died April 16, 1972 · aged 96
No biography available.
Known For
Young Love · 1933Young Love
★ 6.01933
MovieRomanceDrama
The story of love, between a sturdy village boy and a gentle country girl, filmed with a movingly genuine charm.
The Masked Lover · 1940The Masked Lover
★ 8.01940
MovieRomanceDrama
A romantic story of a noble lady who wanted to live without the bonds of marriage, but her desire for a child led her - carefully disguised - into the arms of a young nobleman. Only years later did she believe in his love and make herself known.
Dva týdny štěstí · 1940Dva týdny štěstí
★ 7.01940
MovieComedy
Young civil servant Marta Urbanová wins a two-week stay at a luxury hotel. While looking for a typing room, she accidentally finds herself in the suite of the Minister of Finance, who mistakes her for a typist. Marta complies with the request of the Minister's secretary Diviš and stays to take dictation...
The Cathedral Builder · 1920The Cathedral Builder
★ 5.21920
MovieDramaHistory
The story of the legendary architect Petr Parléř, who is charged by the king Charles IV with the task of building a Gothic cathedral in Prague.
Girls, Stand Fast! · 1937Girls, Stand Fast!
★ 7.81937
MovieComedy
Emanuel Pokorný, a bachelor, is to join a rural church school as a professor. Before leaving, however, he finds an infant abandoned in his room. Since he has no time to search for the child's parents, he secretly takes the child to the boarding house. And from that moment on, there is no end to his travails...
Strakonický dudák · 1955Strakonický dudák
★ 7.01955
MovieMusicFantasy
The story of the piper Švanda, who went abroad for money and fame, but whose love for his homeland ultimately wins.
The Adventurous Bachelor · 1946The Adventurous Bachelor
★ 7.01946
MovieComedyHistory
Even the pre-Blohemian times were not idyllic. Even a bachelor, invited by the consuls to Rakovník to elevate the local education system, finds out. But the stingy and proud townspeople soon grow to dislike him, and even love does not develop according to his wishes.
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.
Movies
Young Love · 1933Young Love
★ 6.01933
MovieRomanceDrama
The story of love, between a sturdy village boy and a gentle country girl, filmed with a movingly genuine charm.
The Masked Lover · 1940The Masked Lover
★ 8.01940
MovieRomanceDrama
A romantic story of a noble lady who wanted to live without the bonds of marriage, but her desire for a child led her - carefully disguised - into the arms of a young nobleman. Only years later did she believe in his love and make herself known.
Dva týdny štěstí · 1940Dva týdny štěstí
★ 7.01940
MovieComedy
Young civil servant Marta Urbanová wins a two-week stay at a luxury hotel. While looking for a typing room, she accidentally finds herself in the suite of the Minister of Finance, who mistakes her for a typist. Marta complies with the request of the Minister's secretary Diviš and stays to take dictation...
The Cathedral Builder · 1920The Cathedral Builder
★ 5.21920
MovieDramaHistory
The story of the legendary architect Petr Parléř, who is charged by the king Charles IV with the task of building a Gothic cathedral in Prague.
Girls, Stand Fast! · 1937Girls, Stand Fast!
★ 7.81937
MovieComedy
Emanuel Pokorný, a bachelor, is to join a rural church school as a professor. Before leaving, however, he finds an infant abandoned in his room. Since he has no time to search for the child's parents, he secretly takes the child to the boarding house. And from that moment on, there is no end to his travails...
Strakonický dudák · 1955Strakonický dudák
★ 7.01955
MovieMusicFantasy
The story of the piper Švanda, who went abroad for money and fame, but whose love for his homeland ultimately wins.
The Adventurous Bachelor · 1946The Adventurous Bachelor
★ 7.01946
MovieComedyHistory
Even the pre-Blohemian times were not idyllic. Even a bachelor, invited by the consuls to Rakovník to elevate the local education system, finds out. But the stingy and proud townspeople soon grow to dislike him, and even love does not develop according to his wishes.
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.
Přijdu hned · 1942Přijdu hned
★ 6.81942
MovieComedy
The stuffed animal dealer Václav Barvínek spent twenty-four hours in prison for a petty dispute. And that very day, his uncle's will was read, stating that the deceased had hidden a check for a million crowns somewhere. If it was not cashed by the appointed time, the entire amount would go to charity. The other relatives looted all the movable property, and only an abandoned Saint Bernard remained in the uncle's villa, which the kind-hearted Mr. Barvínek took in. The cheated heir continues to lead a simple life and has no idea that wealth is within reach. He has quite different worries - the heart of the elderly fat man has burned with love for a girl whose friendliness he misinterpreted...
Milan Rastislav Štefánik · 1935Milan Rastislav Štefánik
★ 7.51935
MovieDramaHistory
The life story of a prominent Slovak scientist, soldier, diplomat and politician who contributed to the creation of conditions for the formation of an independent Czechoslovakia. He died in a plane crash on May 4, 1919.
Posel úsvitu · 1951Posel úsvitu
★ 8.01951
MovieDrama
A biographical film about a Czech mechanic and designer who was the first in the Czech lands to construct a steam car.
Mother-Hen · 1937Mother-Hen
★ 7.31937
MovieComedy
A comedy about a caring protector of the family who had help, good advice and understanding for everyone. No one in the family calls Anna Svojanovská anything other than Kvočna - everyone is used to running under her protective wings as soon as any problems arise. And what a blessing this mother and grandmother has to deal with!
The White Disease · 1937The White Disease
★ 6.91937
MovieDramaScience Fiction
In a country whose people have just been successfully persuaded of their superiority and the justification for military expansion by the fiery speeches of a dictator, the bacillus of a highly destructive form of leprosy has spread. It is called morbus Tshengi, or popularly „white disease“. The only one who has developed an effective cure for it is a physician of the poor named Galén. But he refuses to reveal the secret of his cure as long as the powerful destroy human lives through wars.
The Black Battalion · 1958The Black Battalion
★ 6.51958
MovieWarDrama
A fictionalized account of Czech soldiers who fought for the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam.
Father Vojtech · 1936Father Vojtech
★ 7.01936
MovieDrama
Vojtěch's beloved Frantina is leaving for Prague to work. Vojtěch promises his dying mother that he will become a priest. His brother Karel is to inherit the mill. However, during the feast, he attacks the weak Josífek and then flees the village. He hides in a quarry with an unknown vagrant. While blasting a stone in the quarry, the vagrant dies, and Karel exchanges his documents for his own. Vojtěch is still thinking about Frantina in the seminary.
Velká přehrada · 1942Velká přehrada
★ 6.01942
MovieDrama
Young engineer Petr Pavelec works on a dam plan on the Loučnica River. He meets Irena, the daughter of an unscrupulous construction entrepreneur Berka, and falls in love with her. When Petr's project wins the tender, Berka and Irena take him on as a partner, and the company is awarded the contract to build the dam. Petr, in love, does not see how sloppy the construction is being carried out. He only sees it when a worker is killed on the construction site...
Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle · 1937Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle
★ 7.71937
MovieComedy
Slightly ironic comedy of wretches, who come to understand the rich and are able to accept charity, and also about how love and work prevail over the factory owner's son.
Fish out of Water · 1942Fish out of Water
★ 7.31942
MovieComedy
Ryba, the owner of a boat rental shop and ferryman, has lived his entire life in a house by the river, which often becomes fatal for swimmers and suicides. However, because Ryba saves many drowning people, he becomes a very popular figure in the entire region.
Za tichých nocí · 1941Za tichých nocí
★ 6.51941
MovieRomanceDrama
Jana's beautiful niece arrives in Prague to live with two spinster aunts. Both women wish to marry her off. The son of the court councilor Petr is courting her. However, Jana has met a young official Záviš and the two fall in love. But Záviš is poor and cannot marry yet. They keep it a secret from Jana that he composes songs. Coincidentally, Petr is his friend and both men talk about the girls they love, unaware that in both cases it is Jana...
Pán a sluha · 1938Pán a sluha
★ 8.51938
MovieComedy
A young man named Láďa Tůma, along with his inheritance from his wealthy uncle, also acquires his uncle's favorite butler, Vlastimil Chytráček, with whom he must sign a one-year employment contract. This is a condition for receiving the inheritance. Chytráček takes care of his new master as devotedly as he took care of his uncle. However, this brings many complications for the young man - both at work and in love...