Acting

Anna Vaňková

Born January 29, 1921 (age 105)

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Known For

Distant JourneyDistant Journey · 1949
Distant Journey
6.91949
MovieDrama
Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, their romance turns into a struggle for survival.
The Magical HatThe Magical Hat · 1953
The Magical Hat
7.51953
MovieMusicComedy
Two poor students, Strnad and Křepelka, console themselves with the fact that Křepelka is to inherit, but it later turns out that the inheritance is only an old hat. The young man seeks help from his relative, the merchant Koliáš, who is the guardian of the beautiful Bětuška. Křepelka immediately falls in love with the girl, but the old miser does not want to hear about his poor nephew. Strnad finally comes up with an idea to use the hat to trick the greedy merchant...
Dvacátý devátýDvacátý devátý · 1975
Dvacátý devátý
6.01975
MovieHistoryDrama
In the era of normalisation, a number of (pseudo)historical films were made, even described as reconstructions, which glorified the world-building mission of the Communist Party and attributed to it exclusively humanitarian intentions ("Days of Betrayal", "Sokolovo", "Liberation of Prague", "The Victorious People"). In 1929, when its fifth congress met, Klement Gottwald, who had taken the line of the Russian Bolsheviks, took over the leadership of the Communists...
Sedmého dne večerSedmého dne večer · 1975
Sedmého dne večer
4.31975
MovieCrimeDrama
A former aircraft mechanic wants to start a new life in a small border village after a stint in prison and working in the mines. But things don't work out as he would have liked and bad luck follows him. By an unfortunate coincidence, he even falls under suspicion of double murder...
Thirty Cases of Major ZemaThirty Cases of Major Zema · 1976
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
7.31976
SeriesDramaCrime
Thirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the communist party. The series were filmed in the 1970s. Each episode encompasses one year, and investigations are stylized to that year. Most are inspired by real cases. The series follows the life of police investigator Jan Zeman during his career from 1945 to 1975.

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