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Acting
Václav Špidla
Born September 28, 1922
Died June 21, 1979 · aged 56
No biography available.
Known For
Expres z Norimberka · 1954Expres z Norimberka
★ 7.51954
MovieCrime
An adventure film about the struggle of the Czechoslovak security authorities against Western agents. In an express train departing from Nuremberg station, a cigarette box with plans and instructions for the destruction of one of the Czechoslovak dams is stuck under the seat. The State Security is informed about the whole operation and tries to catch the foreign agents.
The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night · 1990The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night
★ 4.81990
MovieDramaMystery
An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells the story of what happens when a series of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the station master. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes over and everyone's worst instincts are unleashed. Interrogations, disenfranchisement, and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder. The movie was completed in 1969, but it was banned and not released till 1990, Evald Schorm who died in 1988 never saw it completed.
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ · 1949Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“
★ 7.31949
MovieComedy
An innkeeper is grieving because his wife left him for a second-rate actor. His two nephews, who are not on speaking terms, have to take over the running of the establishment...
Kam slunce nechodí... · 1971Kam slunce nechodí...
★ 9.51971
MovieComedy
Sometimes a person faces a difficult decision. Morality is on one scale, money is on the other. A theoretically easy equation for an honest man. But being poor as a church mouse and breaking your allegiance to help your loved ones is a dilemma. If I sell my morality, can it bring family happiness?
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! · 1976Marecek, 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.
And Give My Love to the Swallows · 1972And Give My Love to the Swallows
★ 5.21972
MovieDrama
This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them. Told with simple dignity, this film makes clear why Maruska became a national hero.
Against All · 1957Against All
★ 6.11957
MovieDramaWar
After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Prague citizens request help against the army of Zikmund. The Hussite army with Jan Žižka in the lead make their way towards Prague. They fortify themselves on the mountain Vítkov and engage in a bloody battle with Zikmund’s huge army.
Veselý souboj · 1951Veselý souboj
★ 6.31951
MovieComedy
A young company doctor will awaken interest in active and regular sports activities among employees of repair shops of Prague transport companies. Through her personal example, she will lead them to fulfill the conditions of the Tyrš badge of fitness.
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