Acting
Karel Höger
Born June 17, 1909 · Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Died May 4, 1977 · aged 67
No biography available.
Known For
Dita Saxová · 1968Dita Saxová
★ 5.91968
MovieDrama
In 1947 Prague, Holocaust survivor Dita lives in a hostel for orphans, acting as a protective mentor to a younger girl while failing to fix her own shattered life. Unable to form lasting bonds or find a place in a society that has moved on, she drifts through emotional isolation.
Butterflies Do Not Live Here · 1958Butterflies Do Not Live Here
★ 5.71958
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about the life of Jewish children forced to live in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
The Choo-Choo Train · 1959The Choo-Choo Train
★ 9.01959
MovieAnimation
A puppet fairy tale about a disobedient train that did not just want to carry coal and drove to return to his work after a sad experience.
Fugue on the Black Keys · 1965Fugue on the Black Keys
★ 8.51965
MovieDrama
Fati Farari, a black man from Africa, is completing his studies in classical piano at the Music Academy of Prague. It's the day before his first solo concert, where he is going to play Bach. While he strolls around the city he is thinking, not so much about the concert as about himself, both as a lonely foreigner and as a human being in cosmos. Here and there he encounters some racist comments, but mostly he just feels the weight of social exclusion because of his otherness, especially when it comes to women. On the morning of the day for his concert the embassy informs him that his whole family has perished. He feels totally broken, although he thinks that everyone holds some pain inside. His piano teacher, a professor at the Academy, looks him up, and tells him that he heard what has happened. The professor advises him to communicate his feelings that evening by using his Bach.
30 Maidens and Pythagoras · 197730 Maidens and Pythagoras
★ 4.61977
MovieComedyMusic
A musical starring Jiří Menzel (whose part is sung by Achilles Michailidis) as a math and physics teacher employing innovative teaching methods.
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen · 1962The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
★ 7.41962
MovieAnimationFantasy
A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters from Jules Verne's novels about the conquest of the satellite.
The Pig Shepard · 1957The Pig Shepard
★ 9.01957
MovieAnimationFamily
Puppet adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.
Vintage Car · 1957Vintage Car
★ 6.51957
MovieComedyHistory
The history of motoring in Bohemia begins when Laurin and Klement founded a factory for the production of motorcycles. In 1904, the first motorcycle races were held in Dourdan, France, in which Czechs also participated. Czech mechanic František and Nanette, daughter of French mechanic Frontenac, met and fell in love there. Czech racer Vondřich finished second due to a breakdown. In 1905, the race was held again, Vondřich insured himself with a suitcase of spare parts and won. Nanette and František, who had been writing to each other all year, met again. After motorcycles, cars began to be produced everywhere, and in 1909 their first race was organized in Gaillon, France. The Czech racer Count Kolovrat won. His mechanic František married his beloved Nanette in the local church.
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The Pig Shepard · 1957The Pig Shepard
★ 9.01957
MovieAnimationFamily
Puppet adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.
Narrator (voice)
O Mikešovi · 1978O Mikešovi
★ 7.01978
SeriesAnimationKids
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