Acting
Zdeněk Vencl
Born December 20, 1967 · Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] (age 58)
No biography available.
Known For
Stalingrad · 1993Stalingrad
★ 7.31993
MovieDramaHistory
A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his men to desert. The platoon members attempt escape from the city, now surrounded by the Soviet Army.
Big Beat · 1993Big 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.
Prague Stories · 1999Prague Stories
★ 5.01999
MovieDramaComedy
A four-story omnibus depicting different Czech slices-of-life from the titular city.
The Tank Battalion · 1991The Tank Battalion
★ 6.41991
MovieComedy
The lacking attitude of a conscripted university graduate places him at odds with the power and doctrine of his military superiors. His secret relationship with the wife of a superior officer along with the low discipline of his fellow conscripts only heightens the disrespect towards the new post world war two communist regime. The first privately produced movie in Czech Republic.
Bony a klid 2 · 2014Bony 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.
Love Is Love · 2012Love Is Love
★ 3.52012
MovieDramaComedy
Maruska is a blind girl and student at the Conservatory of Music who dreams of love and having a family despite her blindness. Her dream guy has curly blonde hair and blue eyes but she ends up falling in love with the dark eyed, swarthy Marek. Maruska lives with her overly protective grandfather whom is preocupied with his long-lost love. Maruska’s neighbor and best friend is constantly struggling with his headstrong mother as she refuses to accept that her son is gay. She blames everyone else - even her husband - for her son's "deviation." The fate of all main characters is unexpectedly intertwined and told through humorous and touching situations laced with subtle irony and hyperbole. Just as in life, with its funny situations and difficult tests, unexpected revelations and surprising twists, all characters will experience times when they behave blindly and forget to listen to their hearts.
King Lear · 2003King Lear
★ 8.52003
MovieDrama
A recording of the production from the courtyard of the Supreme Purkrab of Prague Castle starring Jan Tříská. Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a timeless tale of love, hate, betrayal, greed and lust for power. At the end of his life, the King decides to divide the kingdom between his three daughters based on their speeches about how much they love him. In his blindness, he disinherits and exiles the most honest and beloved Cordelia. He hands over all his power to his other two daughters and only in time does he discover what he has done and gradually slips into madness.
Žiletky · 1994Žiletky
★ 4.81994
MovieDrama
A Czech-French existential tragicomedy. Its (anti)hero is a young man named Andrej (played by Filip Topol, leader of the Czech underground band Psí vojáci). The story turns on his fateful love for the powerfully attractive though superficial Kristyna (Markéta Hrubesová).
Filmography
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Prague Stories · 1999Prague Stories
★ 5.01999
MovieDramaComedy
A four-story omnibus depicting different Czech slices-of-life from the titular city.
Fast Food Vendor (segment "Riziko")
Ohnivý kuře · 2016Ohnivý kuře
★ 5.02016
SeriesComedy
Vilda Zedníček
Slunečná · 2020Slunečná
★ 8.82020
Series
Martin Krpálek
Polda · 2016Polda
★ 6.32016
SeriesCrimeComedy
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