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Irena Charvátová
Born September 13, 1942 · Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died January 25, 2008 · aged 65
No biography available.
Known For
Witchhammer · 1970Witchhammer
★ 7.61970
MovieDramaThriller
In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.
The Most Beautiful Age · 1969The Most Beautiful Age
★ 5.61969
MovieComedy
An artist's studio is descended upon by a group of retired men and a young mother who agree to model in the nude for money. Comedy ensues as the students and the local bureaucracy react to the models, all in need of extra money. Several running gags border on slapstick as the officials and the students don't know what to do with the nude models.
Svědectví mrtvých očí · 1971Svědectví mrtvých očí
★ 3.21971
MovieDramaCrime
When former criminal Gaudl discovers the strange behaviour of his son-in-law Professor Horacek, he becomes worried about his daughter Hedwig and starts to gather evidence. When his suspicions seem justified, he visits his former colleague and friend, Lieutenant Colonel Maca. Little does Hedvika know that her husband is having an affair with their lodger Daniela. When her husband tells her of his intention to divorce her, she makes a scene at the least convenient time, while driving the car. This causes a crash in which a young hitchhiker is killed. She persuades her husband to drive away from the scene of the accident. In doing so, she takes a picture of her husband hiding the young girl's corpse in the woods. She now has a gun in her hand to blackmail the man, who decides to settle the matter once and for all.
Zpívající film · 1973Zpívající film
1973
MovieMusic
An editing film made from older Czech music films, in which Waldemar Matuska searches for a lost song of the sad Helena Vondráčková...
The Glass House · 1982The Glass House
★ 6.01982
MovieDramaFamily
A story about a life of a group of children in the foster home.
The Motive for Murder · 1975The Motive for Murder
★ 4.21975
MovieCrime
A short story film depicting the three different faces of crime. In the short story "The Weekend", Karas kills a woman he raped some time ago in order to silence her. However, he accidentally kills another woman. In "Hostages", a drug addict, Chaban, terrorizes the hospital's operating team, but the disciplined doctors handle the difficult situation. In "The Pickpocket", the thief Benda wants to return to his trade immediately after his release, but his attempt ends tragically.
Serpent's Poison · 1982Serpent's Poison
★ 6.11982
MovieDrama
Her mother dead, 18-year-old Vladka travels to a remote village in the dead of winter to find the father she has never met. The happiness of their initial meeting gives way to the daughter’s disappointment and concern over the hardworking man’s alcoholism.
Housata · 1980Housata
★ 6.51980
MovieDrama
A sensitively told story about the first hopes of love and harsh disappointments, about tender and impenetrable girls, but also about those who are characterized by ruthlessness, takes place at a girls' boarding school...
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