Jiří Sovák

Acting

Jiří Sovák

Born December 27, 1920 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Died September 6, 2000 · aged 79

No biography available.

Known For

KolyaKolya · 1996
Kolya
★ 7.41996
MovieDramaComedy
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.
When the Cat ComesWhen the Cat Comes · 1963
When the Cat Comes
★ 7.01963
MovieComedyFantasy
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town.
A Nice Plate of SpinachA Nice Plate of Spinach · 1977
A Nice Plate of Spinach
★ 6.41977
MovieComedy
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with TeaTomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea · 1977
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
★ 6.21977
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-ageing pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Unfortunately the pilot, woman-chasing Karel Bures, dies on the morning of the trip and his earnest twin brother Jan impersonates him, without knowing about the plot.
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?Who Wants to Kill Jessie? · 1966
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
★ 7.01966
MovieComedyScience Fiction
In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person's dream on a screen; disaster soon follows when the machine malfunctions and the cartoon-like dream characters become very real!
You Are a Widow, SirYou Are a Widow, Sir · 1971
You Are a Widow, Sir
★ 6.81971
MovieScience FictionComedy
After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti and with brain of psychotic serial killer Fany Stubová. They also manage to kill king's astrologer Stuart Hampl, who warns the king. Accidentally, Hampl's brain is implanted into assassin's body, actress Keleti is killed and chaos begins.
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! · 1976
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
★ 7.81976
MovieComedy
This comedy is about one average family. The father works as master in the factory and his son is studying on high school. One day father must start to visit the evening school. It's the same school as his son visiting. The lives both students are connecting together. The son must teach the math and physics his own father. The father getting to know, that the life of the students is not simple as he supposed.
Six Bears and a ClownSix Bears and a Clown · 1972
Six Bears and a Clown
★ 7.01972
MovieFamilyComedy
The owner of a circus decides to swap his trained bears for trained pigs, and fires clown Cibulka. The clown gets a job at a local school, bears escape and seek him out and a school inspector comes into town.

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The End of Agent W4CThe End of Agent W4C · 1967
The End of Agent W4C
★ 6.11967
MovieComedy
The invincible agent Cyril Juan Borguette alias W4C has been assigned a mission to go to a hotel in Prague, get hold of a saltcellar with a plan for the military exploitation of Venus hidden in it, and hand it over to the beautiful agent Alice. He will have to compete for the saltcellar with other agents working for the world's various greater and smaller powers. The head of the Prague counter-intelligence unit gets news of agent W4C's mission. Deficient in personnel, he nominates accountant Foustka as agent 13B. Mr Foustka takes his dog Pajda with him and the two head for the airport. Pajda helps him track down agent W4C in a classy hotel that becomes the battleground for the interests and plans of the secret agents from different countries, each trying to get hold of the precious saltcellar.

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