Art

Zdeněk Rozkopal

Born October 2, 1924

Died February 28, 2002 · aged 77

No biography available.

Known For

The Fabulous World of Jules VerneThe Fabulous World of Jules Verne · 1958
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
★ 7.21958
MovieAdventureScience Fiction
As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.
Journey to the Beginning of TimeJourney to the Beginning of Time · 1955
Journey to the Beginning of Time
★ 7.21955
MovieAdventureFantasy
Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth.
The Fabulous Baron MunchausenThe Fabulous Baron Munchausen · 1962
The 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.
Skittish BrothersSkittish Brothers · 1982
Skittish Brothers
1982
MovieAnimation
Two little figures are born from the wool clippings, who compete for the wool doll's favor and try to impress her with their bizarre antics.
Lost in PajamasLost in Pajamas · 1967
Lost in Pajamas
★ 8.01967
MovieFamilyComedy
Tanya, a 10-year-old Russian tourist traveling with her parents from Prague to Brno, is left behind in a foreign country. Tanya leaves her compartment when the train stops because of a cow. Disobeying her parent's instructions, she gets off the train to investigate, lingers too long, and is left behind. Cold, lonely, and clad only in her pajamas in the unfamiliar countryside, the girl is relieved to meet up with two rather nervous Czech boys camping out together for the first time. At first the would-be "cowboys" are frightened by her ghost-like appearance. After hearing her story, the boys find Tanya a dress to wear and accompany the girl on foot to her final destination, Brno.
30 Maidens and Pythagoras30 Maidens and Pythagoras · 1977
30 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 Naughty SlingshotThe Naughty Slingshot · 1983
The Naughty Slingshot
★ 6.01983
MovieAnimation
A stop-motion animated fairy tale about good and evil using wooden folk toys.
Nekonečná – nevystupovatNekonečná – nevystupovat · 1979
Nekonečná – nevystupovat
★ 8.31979
MovieComedyFamily
Two somewhat crazy friends Milan (Milan Lasica) and Julo (Július Satinský) resolve to have a peaceful holiday in an old guard house that Julo has bought from his uncle. But in the early hours of the very first morning they are woken up by the loud sound of a trumpet. It is the severe supervisor of a nearby recreation center forcing the children out of their beds and out to exercise drill. To protect themselves from the children, Milan and Julo put up signs saying "private property". The first to disturb their privacy is the supervisor's little granddaughter Miluska, who uses their shed as her gingerbread house. The children in the camp are disgruntled, the supervisor's program bores them, and so they make up all sorts of other things to do.

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Nekonečná – nevystupovatNekonečná – nevystupovat · 1979
Nekonečná – nevystupovat
★ 8.31979
MovieComedyFamily
Two somewhat crazy friends Milan (Milan Lasica) and Julo (Július Satinský) resolve to have a peaceful holiday in an old guard house that Julo has bought from his uncle. But in the early hours of the very first morning they are woken up by the loud sound of a trumpet. It is the severe supervisor of a nearby recreation center forcing the children out of their beds and out to exercise drill. To protect themselves from the children, Milan and Julo put up signs saying "private property". The first to disturb their privacy is the supervisor's little granddaughter Miluska, who uses their shed as her gingerbread house. The children in the camp are disgruntled, the supervisor's program bores them, and so they make up all sorts of other things to do.

Production Design

Daisies for the Lady of the ManorDaisies for the Lady of the Manor · 1981
Daisies for the Lady of the Manor
★ 4.91981
MovieComedy
Fifteen-year-old Kateřina will once again spend the holidays at the Castle Krabonoš, where her parents are both wardens. She finds it dull because she's got to sit at the castle's ticket office and sell tickets. That is, until the arrival of the new tour guide, Petr, a young history student. She falls in love at first sight. But for Petr she's just a young crazy girl. Katka tries to get Petr's attention in various ways, but all in vain. She makes a last ditch effort by pretending to steal some rare castle steins from the castle's collection. It's only after some detectives arrive that Katka realizes that she may have overdone it, but she finally manages to get Petr to notice her.

Production Design

There is a Dragon Behind HumnyThere is a Dragon Behind Humny · 1983
There is a Dragon Behind Humny
★ 6.81983
MovieFamilyFantasy
In one royal forest, where coal miner Patočka lives and works, the friendly dragon Mrak settles down. The king's lackeys come across him while hunting and, terrified, go to sell the news to the king. He is currently organizing his daughter Viola's birthday party. The hunters describe the dragon in terrifying colors, and so the king concludes that the dragon will, according to tradition, want the king's daughter. So he announces a reward for killing the dragon, but no one wants to fight him. The only one who applies is the princess's favorite, the lutenist Marian, but the king does not like him, so he throws him out. Her brother Jan wants to save the princess, but the king doesn't want to allow it...

Special Effects

Pohádka svatojánské nociPohádka svatojánské noci · 1982
Pohádka svatojánské noci
★ 7.01982
MovieFamilyFantasy
A retired soldier, Martin, is returning home after twelve years of service. On the way, he stops in a small Wallachian village, which is ruled by a stingy and ruthless fojt with the help of a sycophantic scoundrel and the local priest. Martin witnesses how he takes the only cow from the widower Kryštof and his five children for a few pennies, how he denies payment of the debt to Jura and Juříček, who then force them to work in his forest for free, how he denies his share of the inheritance to his brother Štěpán, who is in love with the charming Anička. Martin does not want to let all this go by so he decides to help the villagers and punish the fojt. Soon, strange things start happening in the village and the fojt is increasingly afraid that the devil is behind everything. In his place, Martin appears with a cunning plan, the main part of which is a recipe for axe soup.

Production Design