Jiří Pleskot

Acting

Jiří Pleskot

Born May 3, 1922 · Milostín by Rakovník, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Died December 1, 1997 · aged 75

No biography available.

Known For

Poéma o svedomíPoéma o svedomí · 1979
Poéma o svedomí
★ 10.01979
MovieHistoryDrama
Historical reconstruction of the events of the anti-fascist struggle in Slovakia in 1943 and 1944.
Summer with a CowboySummer with a Cowboy · 1976
Summer with a Cowboy
★ 5.51976
MovieComedy
The main characters are a young psychologist Doubravka and a village youth, Honza Macháček. He is a tractor driver who temporarily lost his driver's license in a crazy bet, so he now herds a cooperative herd of cows, she is at the cottage with her boy Boba, who is not very successful in studying medicine and is currently preparing for his remedial exams. Honza's immediacy, optimism and approach to life and work contrast sharply with the selfish, weak-willed and unbalanced Boba, and Doubravka increasingly realizes that her feelings for Boba have disappeared and that she actually loves Honza. The question is how her somewhat conservative family will view such a game.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea20,000 Leagues Under the Sea · 1980
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
★ 6.01980
MovieAdventureFamily
The television adventure film, based on Verne's novel of the same name, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, tells the adventures of three shipwrecked prisoners aboard the legendary submarine Nautilus.
SokolovoSokolovo · 1975
Sokolovo
★ 4.21975
MovieWarHistory
The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops for Sokolovo.
The Fifth Horseman Is FearThe Fifth Horseman Is Fear · 1965
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
★ 6.51965
MovieDramaWar
In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a doctor-turned-warehouse employee reluctantly agrees to treat a gravely wounded political fugitive, putting himself and everyone living in his building complex in danger.
Jehlice Sluneční paníJehlice Sluneční paní · 1990
Jehlice Sluneční paní
1990
MovieFamilyFantasy
It's just 12 o'clock. And that's the right time to enter a fairy tale. It was also the time when Apolenka got there with her glass ball and was amazed at what she saw. A magician whose magic wand broke and he couldn't do magic, a cook who put vinegar in his cakes instead of milk, a wind that had a cold and a tricky fairy, Thunder, who was on a rampage. But most of all she met the Sun Lady and you will meet her too.
How Poets Are Enjoying Their LivesHow Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives · 1988
How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives
★ 6.31988
MovieComedy
While Kendy returns to his hometown as an assistant director to film a thirteen-part series with a television crew, Štěpán Šafránek, equipped with his mother's advice after graduation, takes up his first position - as an intern at the local hospital. However, his inadaptability to local conditions and his sense of ethics in his chosen profession do not suit his other established colleagues. While they are amused by his zeal and responsibility, Štěpán has increasing problems with his superiors, until he is finally transferred to the position of rural district doctor, which everyone rejects. In Bezdíkov, however, he meets a new, perhaps permanent and reciprocated love, with whom he eventually decides to live and work in northern Bohemia.
The End of Agent W4CThe End of Agent W4C · 1967
The End of Agent W4C
★ 6.11967
MovieComedy
The invincible agent Cyril Juan Borguette alias W4C has been assigned a mission to go to a hotel in Prague, get hold of a saltcellar with a plan for the military exploitation of Venus hidden in it, and hand it over to the beautiful agent Alice. He will have to compete for the saltcellar with other agents working for the world's various greater and smaller powers. The head of the Prague counter-intelligence unit gets news of agent W4C's mission. Deficient in personnel, he nominates accountant Foustka as agent 13B. Mr Foustka takes his dog Pajda with him and the two head for the airport. Pajda helps him track down agent W4C in a classy hotel that becomes the battleground for the interests and plans of the secret agents from different countries, each trying to get hold of the precious saltcellar.

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How Poets Are Enjoying Their LivesHow Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives · 1988
How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives
★ 6.31988
MovieComedy
While Kendy returns to his hometown as an assistant director to film a thirteen-part series with a television crew, Štěpán Šafránek, equipped with his mother's advice after graduation, takes up his first position - as an intern at the local hospital. However, his inadaptability to local conditions and his sense of ethics in his chosen profession do not suit his other established colleagues. While they are amused by his zeal and responsibility, Štěpán has increasing problems with his superiors, until he is finally transferred to the position of rural district doctor, which everyone rejects. In Bezdíkov, however, he meets a new, perhaps permanent and reciprocated love, with whom he eventually decides to live and work in northern Bohemia.

Lecturer in Internal Medicine (voice)

The End of Agent W4CThe End of Agent W4C · 1967
The End of Agent W4C
★ 6.11967
MovieComedy
The invincible agent Cyril Juan Borguette alias W4C has been assigned a mission to go to a hotel in Prague, get hold of a saltcellar with a plan for the military exploitation of Venus hidden in it, and hand it over to the beautiful agent Alice. He will have to compete for the saltcellar with other agents working for the world's various greater and smaller powers. The head of the Prague counter-intelligence unit gets news of agent W4C's mission. Deficient in personnel, he nominates accountant Foustka as agent 13B. Mr Foustka takes his dog Pajda with him and the two head for the airport. Pajda helps him track down agent W4C in a classy hotel that becomes the battleground for the interests and plans of the secret agents from different countries, each trying to get hold of the precious saltcellar.

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The Galoshes of HappinessThe Galoshes of Happiness · 1987
The Galoshes of Happiness
★ 7.71987
MovieFamilyFantasy
The Slippers of Happiness is another film made by the Slovak Film Production in co-production with West German companies based on classic world fairy tales. After Slovak folk tales [The Greatest Peck in the World, Salt Over Gold] and the works of German fairy tale writers Wilhelm Hauff [The False Prince] and the Brothers Grimm [The Land of the Thrush's Beard, Perinbaba], screenwriter Alex Koenigsmark and director Juraj Herz were inspired by the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It tells the story of slippers that the Fairy of Fortune enchanted so that they would fulfill every human wish and thus bring people happiness. The filmmakers humorously transferred the plot from Copenhagen to old Prague.
Ohnivé ženy mezi námiOhnivé ženy mezi námi · 1988
Ohnivé ženy mezi námi
★ 6.01988
MovieComedyFantasy
The final part of the ghost triptych will take Marta, Magdalena and Janko to the world of television. The 700th anniversary of the town of Milotín is being celebrated, there is a pilgrimage on the square, an improvised stage, prepared for the jubilee variety show, which will be broadcast on television. The director faints from this and so Marta's ghost has a body. The emcee arrives, and at the right moment the ghost of Magdalena takes possession of her body. It takes a while for the "fiery women" to settle into their new roles. The entire television crew helps them. The librarian Holoubek, who will act as an expert, knowledgeable about ancient chronicles and the history of two burned witches - Marta and Magdalena, will contribute mainly to their success.