Acting

Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová

Born August 6, 1926 (age 100)

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Known For

WitchhammerWitchhammer · 1970
Witchhammer
★ 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.
MorgianaMorgiana · 1972
Morgiana
★ 7.21972
MovieMysteryHorror
Jealous of her vapidly "good" sister's popularity, poisonous Viktoria doses pretty Klara's tea with a slow-acting fatal substance. As the latter grows hysterically weak, the former finds success increasingly compromised by guilt, blackmail, and the pesky need to kill others lest she be exposed.
Larks on a StringLarks on a String · 1990
Larks on a String
★ 6.91990
MovieDramaRomance
In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is a young man who pines for a female convict.
Focusing on the Turquoise MountainFocusing on the Turquoise Mountain · 1978
Focusing on the Turquoise Mountain
★ 5.01978
MovieAdventureComedy
It tells about the collaboration of Mongolian-Czech geologists who are discovering treasure deposits in Mongolia, and shows the events that happen to them in a humorous tone.
A Case for a Rookie HangmanA Case for a Rookie Hangman · 1970
A Case for a Rookie Hangman
★ 7.01970
MovieComedyDrama
Lemuel Gulliver has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a watch from its waistcoat breast pocket. The half-ruined house that he enters reminds Lemuel of his childhood and brings up a painful memory of a dearly loved girl Markéta who was drowned years ago. Gulliver finds himself in Balnibarbi, a country where he doesn't understand the laws and habits and so continually offends against public decency. It is a day when people are ordered to keep their mouths shut and they force their visitor to follow suit. He faces harsh interrogation and finds it difficult to explain that he is not the rabbit Oscar whose watch has been found in his possession.
Long Live the RepublicLong Live the Republic · 1965
Long Live the Republic
★ 7.51965
MovieWarDrama
Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. Oldrich dodges amid the mayhem and panic, taking his share of blows but always managing to stay one step ahead.
The Seventh Day, the Eighth NightThe Seventh Day, the Eighth Night · 1990
The 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.
The HopeThe Hope · 1964
The Hope
★ 6.71964
MovieDrama
A group of outcasts, including a vagabond and a prostitute, gather at the outskirts of the industrial area of a large Czech city, one of the things that helps some of them survive is alcohol.

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A Case for a Rookie HangmanA Case for a Rookie Hangman · 1970
A Case for a Rookie Hangman
★ 7.01970
MovieComedyDrama
Lemuel Gulliver has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a watch from its waistcoat breast pocket. The half-ruined house that he enters reminds Lemuel of his childhood and brings up a painful memory of a dearly loved girl Markéta who was drowned years ago. Gulliver finds himself in Balnibarbi, a country where he doesn't understand the laws and habits and so continually offends against public decency. It is a day when people are ordered to keep their mouths shut and they force their visitor to follow suit. He faces harsh interrogation and finds it difficult to explain that he is not the rabbit Oscar whose watch has been found in his possession.