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Petr Čepek
Petr Čepek (16 September 1940 – 20 September 1994) was a Czech actor. Life He studied acting at Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague at the same class as Ladislav Mrkvička, Josef Abrhám, Jiří Krampol or Jana Drbohlavá. After finishing school he was a member of Bezruč theatre in Ostrava. Part of the cast, including Čepek, left and founded The Drama Club in Prague. Filmography * ''Dva z onoho světa'' (1961) * ''Hotel for Strangers'' (1966) * ''Konec agenta W4C prostřednictvím psa pana Foustky'' (1967) * '' The Valley of the Bees'' (1967) * ''Ohlédnutí'' (1968) * ''Adelheid'' (1969) * ''Ezop'' (1969) * ''Zabil jsem Einsteina, pánové'' (1969) * ''Nahota'' (1970) * ''Oil Lamps'' (1971) * ''Smrt černého krále'' (1971) * '' Morgiana'' (1972) * ''Návraty'' (1972) * ''Motiv pro vraždu'' (1974) * ''Škaredá dědina'' (1975) * ''Koncert pre pozostalých'' (1976) * '' Súkromná vojna'' (1977) * ''Past na kachnu'' (1978) * ''Poplach v oblac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanks For Every New Morning
''Thanks for Every New Morning'' ( cs, Díky za každé nové ráno) is a 1994 Czech film directed by Milan Šteindler. It was the Czech Republic's submission to the 68th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast and characters * Ivana Chýlková as Olga * Franciszek Pieczka as father * Barbora Hrzánová as Lenka * Alena Vránová as mother * Halina Pawlowská as Vasilina * Milan Šteindler as StB officer * Jiří Langmajer as Honza * Karel Heřmánek as Orest * Tomáš Hanák as Lesik * Petr Čepek as famous writer * Miroslav Etzler as Mirek * Szidi Tobias as Romka Awards See also * List of submissions to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Czech Republic has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Elementary School
''The Elementary School'' ( cs, Obecná škola) is a 1991 Czechoslovak comedy-drama film directed by Jan Svěrák. The screenplay comes from the pen of his father Zdeněk Svěrák. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1991 and is considered to belong among the best Czechoslovak films ever. A prequel, ''Barefoot'', was released in 2017. The film is set in the early post-war period, in a suburban elementary school in Prague's vicinity. A war hero is hired as a teacher, and asked to discipline an unruly class of boys. He soon earns their respect, but he is threatened with termination over his reputed sexual relationship with two schoolgirls. Plot Shortly after World War II, in 1945–46, in one of the suburbs of Prague (the film was shot in Michle), Eda Souček attends a boys' elementary school where he belongs to a class with a complete lack of discipline. After the class drives their teacher Maxová to a mental breakdown during one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devět Kruhů Pekla
''Devět kruhů pekla'' (English: ''Nine Circles of Hell'') is a 1988 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Milan Muchna. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. The film describes the Khmer Rouge period in Cambodia. Tomáš is a Czech doctor working in Phnom Penh and Khema is famous Khmer actress. Plot ''Nine Circles of Hell'' is a tragic love story of a Czech doctor and a Cambodian woman who marry and have a child but are then separated by the Khmer Rouge regime. The young mother dies from their atrocities and the Czech doctor is sent back to Czechoslovakia. When the Khmer Rouge are driven from power, the doctor returns and is reunited with his child. Analysis ''Nine Circles of Hell'' is a rare witness on tape of the state of Phnom Penh in the aftermath of the Khmer Civil War. As a Czech-Cambodian romantic drama production supported by both the Department of Film of the Ministry of Culture of Kampuchea and the Czech ''Nine Circles of He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobří Holubi Se Vracejí
''Dobří holubi se vracejí'' is a Czech dark comedy from the Alcohol Treatment Centre. It was directed by Dušan Klein, released in 1987. Plot Cast * Milan Kňažko - Miloš Lexa * Rudolf Hrušínský - Masák * Alicja Jachiewicz - Soňa Landová * Vladimír Menšík - Honzíček * Pavel Zedníček - Mutzlinger * Jiří Hálek - Čtvrtečka * Marián Labuda - Dorenda * Zdeněk Řehoř - Zlámal * Radan Rusev - Janošík * Rudolf Hrušínský ml. - Obuli * Jan Přeučil - Doctor Vonka * Josef Somr - senior doctor Dorotka * Evelyna Steimarová - Irena * Petr Čepek - Uncle Karel * Oldřich Navrátil - Doctor Křížek * Josef Somr Josef Somr (14 April 1934 – 16 October 2022) was a Czech actor. He was noted for starring in the Oscar-winning 1966 film ''Closely Watched Trains'', as well as in '' The Joke''. Early life Somr was born in Vracov, Czechoslovakia, on 14 April ... - Dobrotka * Eva Vejmělková External links * 1987 films 1980s Czech-language films 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mág (film)
Mág (Magician) is a 1988 Czech film directed by František Vláčil. The film is about Czech poet Karel Hynek Mácha. It is Vláčil's last film. The film received mixed reviews and critics called it a reflection of Vláčil's previous work. Plot Mácha goes to Litoměřice where he accepted position as a Notary. He plans to marry Lori who is getting prepared for the wedding. Mácha's brother Michal comes instead of him and announces that Mácha is dead. The film then switches to when Mácha and Lori met. Maácha and Lori met in Kajetán's theatre. The film shows Mácha's and Lori's relationship. It also shows Mácha's meeting with ill girl Márinka who is a fan of his poems. Mácha also hears that someone called Hynek killed his father in jealousy. It inspires Mácha to make his most famous poem, Máj. When Máj is released it is received negatively and Mácha needs to provide Lori who is pregnant and accepts position as a Notary in Litoměřice. He spends his free time at Rádob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Sweet Little Village
''My Sweet Little Village'' ( cs, Vesničko má středisková) is a 1985 Czechoslovak film directed by Jiří Menzel. In 1987 it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot The film's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a young man with mental illness, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík works as a truck driver assistant to Mr. Pávek, his older colleague and practical-minded neighbor. Pávek's family and Otík's aunt Hrabětová take care of Otík, whose parents are dead. However, the two truck coworkers become at odds over Otík's inability to perform even the simplest tasks. Pávek demands that Otík be transferred to assist another driver, who happens to be a choleric and suspicious man named Turek. Rather than work with Turek, Otík decides to accept an offer of employment in Prague, but finds he does not fit into the city life. After discovering that the transfer of Otík to Prague was a trick by a crooked subordinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snowdrop Festival
''The Snowdrop Festival'' ( cs, Slavnosti sněženek) is a 1984 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel, based on the book by Bohumil Hrabal, who plays a cameo role A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly ei ... in the film. The film is set in a small village of Kersko. The film is about the lives, hobbies and relationships of people living in a small village. Plot The Snowdrop Festival is a movie about a place and its inhabitants. Jiří Menzel presents us with an insight into the many ordinary and eccentric lives at the village of Kersko. The movie begins with a group of men on their bicycles leaving the local pub. They are drunk and happy, singing songs as they leave together to their houses. On the road they come across the local policemen who removes the valv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jára Cimrman Ležící, Spící
Iara ( hu, Alsójára; german: Jahren) is a commune in the southern part of Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of thirteen villages: Agriș (''Ruhaegres''), Borzești (''Berkes''), Buru (''Borrév''), Cacova Ierii (''Aranyosivánfalva''), Făgetu Ierii (''Bikalat''), Iara, Lungești (''Szurdoklunzsest''), Măgura Ierii (''Járamagura''), Mașca (''Macskakő''), Ocolișel (''Felsőaklos''), Surduc (''Járaszurdok''), Valea Agrișului (''Egrespatak'') and Valea Vadului (''Vádpatak''). Demographics According to the census from 2002, the total population of the commune was 4,704 people. Of this population, 90.68% were ethnic Romanians, 6.01% ethnic Romani and 3.16% are ethnic Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali .... References Communes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
