Acting
Miloš Kopecký
Born August 22, 1922 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Died February 16, 1996 · aged 73
Miloš Kopecký was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. He was born into the family of craftsmen, Kopecký was involved with music and theater throughout his entire life. Starting on stage in 1939, as a member of an amateur elocution group, Kopecký performed with numerous young artists during the German occupation of then Czechoslovakia. Near the end of World War I…
Known For
Straw Hat · 1972Straw Hat
★ 5.61972
MovieComedy
Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it seems, to marry Helen Nonankur - daughter of a wealthy farmer. At the last meeting with his mistress in a nearby forest Fadinar's horse eats straw hat which belongs to a married lady, spending time in the company of young and hot Lieutenant Emil. Emil literally puts a knife to Maurice throat - or the lady will get back the exact same hat immediately, or he will arrange such a scandal that no wedding will not happen ...
The Pipes · 1966The Pipes
★ 6.01966
MovieComedy
This three-part Austrian/Czech comedy stretches the boundaries of what is considered to be humorous. Part one finds a silent film actor upset because of a rival actor's attention to the former's wife. When he kills his rival, it is only when he is strapped to the electric chair that he realizes that this is his last live scene. The second episode has the wife of an elderly British nobleman having an affair with the young gamekeeper of their estate. Part three finds a peasant woman taking a lover when her husband goes off to fight the war.
Murder in the Excelsior Hotel · 1971Murder in the Excelsior Hotel
★ 5.91971
MovieCrime
In Vražda v hotelu Excelsior, the interwar period homicide detective squad from Prague investigates the murder of a wealthy woman, Mrs Matoušová, which threatens the reputation of the eponymous luxury hotel popular with Prague’s elite. Even the retired police inspector Mrázek (František Filipovský), who works at the Excelsior as a hotel detective, is unable to help at first. Although the investigation inevitably uncovers the hotel staff’s scheming, Vacátko and his team unerringly follow the trail that leads them to the murderer…
Konec cesty · 1960Konec cesty
★ 7.31960
MovieDramaCrime
Josef Lachman, once a security officer, serves twelve years for aiding an SS fugitive’s escape. Upon release, he works as a driver on a dam project, hunting buried English pounds Meyer told him about. With miner Rokos’s help, he retrieves the cash and hides it with his daughter Eva, but she spends some at Tuzex, Rokos blackmails him, and they discover the notes are WWII forgeries.
Hearty Greetings from the Globe · 1983Hearty Greetings from the Globe
★ 6.91983
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Two aliens stir up trouble on Earth in order to study humans. Misunderstandings ensue.
Legend of Love · 1957Legend of Love
★ 6.01957
MovieFantasyFamily
A spring is hidden in the Iron Mountain but the people of Arzen cannot get to it and they are suffering from thirst.
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen · 1962The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
★ 7.41962
MovieAnimationFantasy
A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters from Jules Verne's novels about the conquest of the satellite.
Caterwauling · 1960Caterwauling
★ 7.51960
MovieComedy
In a rare instance of literary adaptation, Chytilová was inspired by Franz Kafka’s writings. Mr. K stashes stolen jewelry away at home and seldom allows his wife to wear it. A nosy neighbour, Mr. B, drops in. A cat observes it all.
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Legend of Love · 1957Legend of Love
★ 6.01957
MovieFantasyFamily
A spring is hidden in the Iron Mountain but the people of Arzen cannot get to it and they are suffering from thirst.
Prodavachat na kilimi
Distant Journey · 1949Distant Journey
★ 6.91949
MovieDrama
Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, their romance turns into a struggle for survival.
Gas Chamber Builder (uncredited)
Bambinot · 1984Bambinot
★ 6.31984
SeriesComedyFamily
Nikolas Mitropulos
Hup a Hop · 1972Hup a Hop
1972
SeriesAnimationKids
Pepa Bepa (voice) (uncredited)
Ze staré drogerie · 1983Ze staré drogerie
★ 8.31983
SeriesComedy
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