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Ondřej Vetchý
Ondřej Vetchý (born 16 May 1962) is a Czech actor. He was born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia. He is currently employed at The Drama Club (DC) in Prague. Notable performances * 2005 – Katurian in ''The Pillowman'', DC * 2004 – Carluccio in ''The Businessman from Smyrna'' by Carlo Goldoni, DC * 2002 – Count Paolo Grazia in ''Mask and The Face'' by Luigi Chiarelli, DC * 2000 – Samson Martin - Kennedy Phillips in ''Wild Spring'' by Arnold Wesker, Divadlo Ungelt * 1999 – Vincent van Gogh in ''Vincent'' by Gordon Smith, Divadlo Ungelt Selected filmography * 2022 – ''Medieval'' * 2020 – '' Betrayer'' * 2019 – ''Women on the Run'' * 2018 – '' My Uncle Archimedes'' * 2017 – ''Barefoot'' * 2016 - '' Stuck with a Perfect Woman'' * 2014 – František Vedral in ''Příběh kmotra'' * 2013 – Elli in ''Colette'' * 2012 – Jirka Luňák in '' Sunday League – Pepik Hnatek's Final Match'' (Czech Lion for Best Supporting Actor) * 2011 – Tomáš in ''Innocence'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jihlava
Jihlava (; german: Iglau) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 50,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihlava is the oldest mining town in the Czech Republic, older than Kutná Hora. The historic centre of Jihlava is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administrative division Jihlava is made up of 17 administrative parts: *Jihlava *Horní Kosov *Staré Hory *Antonínův Důl *Červený Kříž *Helenín *Henčov *Heroltice *Hosov *Hruškové Dvory *Kosov *Pávov *Popice *Pístov *Sasov *Vysoká *Zborná Etymology The origin of the city's name (Iglau in German) is unclear. Most common theory has it derived from the German word ''Igel'', meaning "hedgehog", usually in reference to the city's coat of arms. However, the name was in use since before the symbol of a hedgehog was. It is more likely the city is na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuck With A Perfect Woman
''Stuck with a Perfect Woman'' ( cs, Bezva ženská na krku) is a 2016 Czech comedy film directed by Tomáš Hoffman. Cast and characters * Petra Hřebíčková as Eliška Vomáčková * Ondřej Vetchý as Bohumil Šťastný * Miroslav Táborský as Jaroslav Zezulka * Jiří Langmajer as Pavel Vomáčka * Tereza Kostková Tereza Kostková (born 14 June 1976) is a Czech actress and television presenter, daughter of actors Petr Kostka and Carmen Mayerová. Biography Career After graduating from high school, Kostková studied at the VOŠ herecká acting colleg ... as Klára Vomáčková References External links * 2016 comedy films Czech comedy films {{2010s-CzechRepublic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golet V údolí
''Golet in the Valley'' ( cs, Golet v údolí) is a 1995 Czech comedy-drama film directed by Zeno Dostál. Cast *Ondřej Vetchý as Bajnyš Zisovič * Jan Hartl as Pinches Jakubovič * Jiří Ornest as Mojše Kahan * Mahulena Bočanová as Brana *Yvetta Blanarovičová as Rojza Bajnyšová * Jana Dolanská as Fajga Kahanová *Josef Kemr Josef Kemr (20 June 1922 – 15 January 1995) was a Czech actor. He starred in the 1969/1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. Selected filmography *'' Lízin let do nebe'' (1937) - Jula Plichta *''Škola základ života'' ( ... as Lejb Fajnerman * Ivan Řezáč as Tourist * Markéta Hrubešová as Lady References External links * 1995 films Czech comedy-drama films 1990s Czech-language films Czech Lion Awards winners (films) Golden Kingfisher winners Films set in Czechoslovakia Films about Jews and Judaism Films about Orthodox and Hasidic Jews 1995 comedy-drama films {{1990s-CzechRepublic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolya
''Kolya'' ( cs, Kolja) is a 1996 Czech drama film about a man whose life is reshaped in an unexpected way. The film was directed by Jan Svěrák and stars his father, Zdeněk Svěrák, who also wrote the script from a story by Pavel Taussig. ''Kolya'' earned critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot The film begins in 1988 as the Soviet Bloc is beginning to disintegrate. František Louka, a middle-aged Czech man dedicated to bachelorhood and the pursuit of women, is a concert cellist struggling to eke out a living by playing funerals at the Prague crematoriums. He has lost his previous job at the Czech Philharmonic, having been half-accidentally blacklisted as "politically unreliable" by the authorities. A friend offers him a chance to earn a great deal of money through a sham marriage to a Soviet woman to enable her to stay in Czechoslovakia. The woman then uses her new citizenship to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Báječná Léta Pod Psa
''Báječná léta pod psa'' (English - ''Those Wonderful Years That Sucked'') is a 1997 movie, adapted from the book of the same title by Michal Viewegh. The film is directed by Petr Nikolaev. Plot It's the beginning of the 1960s in Czechoslovakia where the heavy impact of the Soviet Union influences all the happenings in the country. A young mother, played by Libuše Šafránková and a father, played by Ondřej Vetchý, are expecting their first baby. They have already agreed on a name - Quido. The baby is due to be born on August 5, but because nothing happens as planned, Quido is born earlier, during the performance Waiting for Godot written by Samuel Beckett. This might have influenced his life because since that moment he seems to be a genius boy. Of course his intelligence makes him trouble during his teenage years at school and also during his attempts to get a girlfriend. Eventually he manages to pick the right one. For Quido everything suddenly looks wonderful, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Blue World
''Dark Blue World'' ( cs, Tmavomodrý svět) is a 2001 film by Czech director Jan Svěrák, the Academy Award-winning director of ''Kolya'', about Czech pilots who fought for the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. The screenplay was written by Zdeněk Svěrák, the director's father. The film stars Czech actors Ondřej Vetchý, Kryštof Hádek and Oldřich Kaiser. British actors include Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance and Anna Massey. Plot In 1950, during the Cold War, František (Franta) Sláma (Ondřej Vetchý) is incarcerated in Czechoslovakia, because of his prior service in the RAF. His recollections of the war begin in 1939, just days prior to the German invasion of Czechoslovakia. After the invasion, the Czechoslovak Army is disbanded and its Air Force has to surrender its aircraft. However, Franta and his young friend Karel Vojtíšek (Kryštof Hádek), among others, refuse to submit to their occupiers and flee to the United Kingdom to join the RA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Earthly Paradise For The Eyes
''An Earthly Paradise For The Eyes'' is an English title for the Czech comedy film ''Zemský ráj to na pohled'', directed by and released in 2009. It portrays the adventures of a dissident family and their friends while under observation by pro-Soviet secret police in Prague between 1968 and 1977, during the country's period of "normalization"—forced revocation of the legislation and customs of the reform period led by Alexander Dubček (1963/1967 – 1968). Cast *Vilma Cibulková as Marta *Miroslav Etzler as Mirek *Igor Bareš *Jiří Dvořák as Petr Hána * Jan Hartl as Director Kovác * Tereza Voříšková as Gábina * Jan Zadražil as Tomás *Ondřej Vetchý as Jan Pavel * Dana Marková as Majda *Barbora Seidlová as Lenka Awards ''(From Czech Wikipedia article'') * Tereza Boučková's screenplay received in 2006 the first-prize Sazka Award for best unproduced screenplay. * Tereza Voříšková was nominated for the Czech Lion Award 2009 in the category "best actress i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Promise
''Broken Promise'' ( sk, Nedodržaný sľub) is a 2009 drama film directed by Jiří Chlumský and starring Samuel Spišák, Ondřej Vetchý, and Zuzana Porubjaková. The film was Slovakia's submission to the 82nd Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It won the main prize at the 2009 Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival. ''Broken Promise'' received nine nominations at the 2010 Sun in a Net Awards but succeeded in winning just one, awarded to Michal Novinski for the film's music. Plot Martin Friedmann grows up in a large Jewish family in the Slovak town of Bánovce nad Bebravou. His life is turned upside down with the outbreak of World War II, Slovakia's alignment with the Nazis, and the subsequent persecution of Jews. Motivated by a letter from a friend, he voluntarily goes to the labor camp in Sereď, where he manages to avoid being deported to a death camp due to his ability to play football. One day, he escapes the camp and returns to his hometown, only to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okresní Přebor
''Okresní přebor'' (''District League'' in English) is a Czech sport comedy television series created by Jan Prušinovský that airs on Nova (Czech TV), TV Nova. The series premiered on 6 September 2010. Plot Stories revolving around the small SJ Slavoj Houslice football team in the fictitious Czech village of Houslice. Production Filming started in February 2009 in the village of Lochovice. Because of the series' excellent ratings, in 2011 TV Nova decide to shoot a feature-length film based on the series. Cast and characters Main * Ondřej Vetchý as Jirka Luňák Jiřina * David Novotný as Jarda Kužel * Luděk Sobota as Václav Orel * Leoš Noha as Adolf Větvička a.k.a. Áda * Pavel Kikinčuk as Ludvík Hovorka a.k.a. Ludva * Jaroslava Pokorná as Antonie Hnátková * Tatiana Vilhelmová as Ilona * Pavel Nečas - as Luboš Matějka Recurring * Ladislav Hampl as Jarmil Hubáček * Martin Bao as Fun Din Dung Episodes Ratings The first episode got a high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocence (2011 Film)
''Innocence'' ( cs, Nevinnost) is a 2011 Czech drama film directed by Jan Hřebejk. Along with ''"Kawasaki's Rose"'' and ''"Honeymoon"'', ''Innocence'' is part of Hrebejk's loose trilogy of films in which shadows from the past already came to haunt the present of its characters. Cast *Anna Geislerová as Lída *Ondřej Vetchý as Tomáš *Hynek Čermák as Láďa *Zita Morávková as Milada * Anna Linhartová as Olinka *Luděk Munzar as Mr. Walter *Miroslav Hanuš as Petr *Daniel Czeizel as Štěpán *Alena Mihulová as Kamila *Rebeka Lizlerová as Tereza * Věra Hlaváčková as Zdravotnf sestra *Jiří Šesták as Sexuolog Awards ''Innocence'' picked up two awards at the 2011 Czech Film Critics' Awards, with recognition going to Anna Geislerová for Best Actress and Hynek Čermák for Best Supporting Actor. The film received nine nominations at the subsequent 2011 Czech Lion Awards The Czech Lion Awards ( cs, Český lev) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Lion Award For Best Supporting Actor
Czech Lion Award The Czech Lion Awards ( cs, Český lev) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic. The jury is composed of members of the Czech Fi ... for Best Supporting Actor is an annual award given to the best male actor in a supporting role of a Czech film. Winners External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Czech Lion Award For Best Supporting Actor Film awards for supporting actor Czech Lion Awards Awards established in 1994 1994 establishments in the Czech Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Czech Lion Awards
2012 Czech Lion Awards ceremony was held on 3 February 2013. Winners and nominees Non-statutory Awards References {{Czech Lion Awards 2012 film awards Czech Lion Awards ceremonies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
