Svatopluk Matyáš

Acting

Svatopluk Matyáš

Born October 18, 1929 · Radslavice, Československo

Died July 10, 2020 · aged 90

No biography available.

Known For

The LawyerThe Lawyer · 1978
The Lawyer
8.01978
MovieDrama
The story of a young lawyer who finds herself in a difficult situation when she encounters troubles in her burgeoning career and complications in private her life.
Night of Orange FiresNight of Orange Fires · 1975
Night of Orange Fires
8.01975
MovieDrama
Petr Rynes (Svatopluk Matyás) is celebrating his forty-fifth birthday in the company of his friends. He is happy with his wife, and his abilities at work have been rewarded with the medal For Outstanding Work. But a few short seconds are enough to change his life when he makes the ill-judged decision to take his car to bring a friend's wife to the celebration, and hits a pedestrian on the way. He has of course been drinking at the party and is consequently sentenced to sixteen months in prison. Being in jail is not an easy thing for a honorable communist. He soon gets into conflict with several violent inmates, who think they can break his spirit by violence.
An Angel Seduces the DevilAn Angel Seduces the Devil · 1988
An Angel Seduces the Devil
4.81988
MovieComedy
Once again, you can take a look behind the scenes of the Riviera Chateau on the Prague periphery, where a brothel for the socialites is hidden under the guise of an exclusive nightclub. The story takes place in 1930 and although several years have passed since the events of the first volume, the passions unleashed by the intrigues of the time have not cooled down. Once again you meet Renata, called Angel, formerly a prostitute, now the wife of the banker Justice and owner of the Riviera. The elegant Madame, who owned the business before and now works there as a mere manager, is plotting new schemes to get back everything she has...
Little ChickadeeLittle Chickadee · 1990
Little Chickadee
1990
MovieDramaFamily
Set in Czechoslovakia in the summer of 1938, about two children who play together and who are great friends. However their days of friendship are numbered...
NevěraNevěra · 1956
Nevěra
3.71956
MovieDrama
Based on book by Svatopluk Turek.
Walking Too FastWalking Too Fast · 2010
Walking Too Fast
5.42010
MovieDramaThriller
The psyche of a ruthless secret agent in Cold War Czechoslovakia begins to unravel when he obsesses over the girlfriend of a suspected subversive he is tracking. This taut political thriller is a bleak and potent rendering of the emotional destruction wreaked by totalitarianism.
MarathonMarathon · 1968
Marathon
5.61968
MovieComedyDrama
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 allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.
Můj hříšný mužMůj hříšný muž · 1987
Můj hříšný muž
4.61987
MovieComedyDrama
A Czech film about love and marital crisis as a work injury.

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A Game Without RulesA Game Without Rules · 1967
A Game Without Rules
5.31967
MovieCrime
A robbery in a Prague jeweler's shop results in the shop manager Kubát and his deputy Litera being shot and wounded. The culprits take the jewelery away in a stolen car and that very night hide the loot tens of kilometers outside Prague in a forest. Then the three robbers part with each other. One of them, Burian, leaves in the same car, the other two, Duda and Hovorka, take to flight in another car, which soon ends up in a car crash. Hovorka dies in the accident, but Duda survives and hides in an abandoned cottage. Burian is arrested, Duda is traced out by a police dog. Duda confesses to the robbery to the criminologist Málek, but refuses to say where is the jewelery. The robber then begins to shoot and Málek kills him in self-defense. The court fails to prove Litera's involvement in the robbery and the only one convicted is Burian. The disappointed Málek leaves the police and begins to work as a cab driver.