Jan Potměšil

Acting

Jan Potměšil

Born March 31, 1966 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Died April 16, 2026 · aged 60

No biography available.

Known For

The Secret of Steel CityThe Secret of Steel City · 1979
The Secret of Steel City
5.91979
MovieScience FictionDrama
The film is a metaphor for the Cold War. It depicts two neighbouring nations: peace loving Fortuna and the not so peaceful land of the Steel City.
Big BeatBig Beat · 1993
Big Beat
5.61993
MovieComedyMusic
A period musical comedy set in a quiet Prague quarter at the end of the fifties. Using the western plot device of the "man from nowhere" a generation gap story unfolds of changing social climate. The action is driven by the character of a young man named Baby who causes a local rebellion by bringing rock'n'roll to a Communist neighborhood raised on swing.
Currency and PeaceCurrency and Peace · 1988
Currency and Peace
6.51988
MovieDramaCrime
Martin is an innocent lad from small-town Mlada Boleslav who comes to big-city Prague, hoping to exchange his krona for deutschemarks so that he can visit Germany. A local spiv named Robert obliges Martin, but at an unfair exchange rate. When Martin finds out he was rooked, he plans revenge on Robert ... but then decides to join Robert's gang instead.
Why?Why? · 1987
Why?
6.31987
MovieDrama
Why? (Czech: Proč?) is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The film deals with the hooliganism in Czechoslovakia, particularly with the fans of football club Sparta from Prague, whose supporters were the pioneers of the football fan riots in Czechoslovakia, starting with hooligan actions already in the 1960s, like breaking the trains in which they travelled when they went on Sparta's away games. The film deals with one of such episodes
Bony a klid 2Bony a klid 2 · 2014
Bony a klid 2
2.52014
MovieCrimeComedy
Unemployed and in search of work, a young man gets roped into a series of shady schemes that unite a former band of money launderers.
BoleroBolero · 2004
Bolero
5.82004
MovieDramaCrime
Based on real event, Bolero is an excellent story of progressive recovery of a crime. The story surprises all the time, shows new connections, new possibilities, exposes new ideas and facts. It's possible to understand the film on more levels. It describes the position and all the feelings of victim's family, the police work as well as the impact of the crime on it's malefactors. It also touches the topic of moral decay of the descendants of rich, high-posted families. In addition to this, the power of the storyline is accentuated by the quality of the artistic treatment of the whole piece.
Princess Jasnenka and the Flying ShoemakerPrincess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker · 1987
Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker
6.01987
MovieFamilyFantasy
Fairy tale about young cobbler Jíra, who had fashioned wings from leather in order to rescue princess Jasnenka from the tower of the royal castle, where her father had closed her to to save her from the evil witch and her daughter Cernava.
JacobJacob · 1977
Jacob
9.01977
MovieFamilyDrama
The 11-year old Jakub is living in a children's home, when he is picked up by his father. The father has been "away" for four years, the boys mother doesn't want the child. Jakub gradually finds out, that his father is hiding a secret from him. But they gradually manage to build a warm relationship and a promising new life in the city.

Filmography

Sort