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Petr Jarchovský
Petr Jarchovský (born 6 October 1966 in Prague) is a Czech screenwriter, whose writing credits include ''Big Beat'' (1993), ''Cosy Dens'' (1999), and '' Divided We Fall'' (2000). Jarchovský is a frequent and long-term collaborator with director Jan Hřebejk. Career Jarchovský attended high school in Prague and then, from 1987 to 1991, at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, alongside his high school classmate and future creative collaborator Jan Hřebejk. His screenwriting debut was a collaboration with another classmate, Igor Chaun, on a project entitled ''Very Believable Stories''. Around this time, Jarchovský and Hřebejk also co-wrote a film based on Hřebejk's experiences of socialist summer camps, entitled ''Let's All Sing A Song'', which was later made into a feature film by Ondřej Trojan in his directorial debut. Jarchovský and Hřebejk's breakthrough came in 1993 with the film ''Big Beat'', a rock and roll comedy set in the 1950s, writ ... [...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] |
The Teacher (2016 Film)
''The Teacher'' ( sk, Učiteľka) is a 2016 black comedy film directed by Jan Hřebejk which premiered at the 2016 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where Zuzana Mauréry received an award for best actress. Plot The film is set in 1983, Czechoslovakia. Mária Drazdechová becomes a teacher at a suburban school near Bratislava. She uses her position to blackmail parents of her students to get benefits from them. Students whose parents disobey are bullied and given bad grades. The head teacher is afraid to intervene as Drazdechová is chairperson of the school Communist Party branch. One of Drazdechová's students attempts suicide as a result of the bullying. This induces the school principal to call the parents for a meeting about a petition to remove Drazdechová from the school. There are parents whose children were bullied by Drazdechová and others who support her. Most of the parents are afraid of the teacher's connections and do not want to sign. The meeting ends in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon (2013 Film)
''Honeymoon'' ( cs, Líbánky) is a 2013 Czech drama film directed by Jan Hřebejk. It was nominated for the Crystal Globe at the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where Hřebejk won the Best Director Award. The film was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film forms a loose trilogy with Hřebejk's previous films '' Kawasaki's Rose'' and ''Innocence'', themed around guilt and forgiveness. Cast * Anna Geislerová as Tereza * Stanislav Majer Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cali ... as Radim * Jiří Černý as Benda * Bořivoj Čermák as Filip * Daniela Choděrová as Filip's mother * David Máj as Milan * Kristýna Nováková as Renata * Juraj Nvota as Priest * Jiří Šesták a ... [...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] |
Identity Card (2010 Film)
''Identity Card'' ( cs, Občanský průkaz) is a 2010 Czech comedy film by Ondřej Trojan based on a story by Petr Šabach. The film premiered on 21 October 2010. The story, which takes place in Prague in the years 1974–77, tells about a group of fellow students: Peter (Petr), Cinderella (Popelka), Ales (Aleš) and Mita (Míťa). The film begins when Peter receives his identity card on his fifteenth birthday. References External links * * Občanský průkaz' at CSFD.cz * Občanský průkaz' at cfn.cz 2010 films 2010s Czech-language films 2010 comedy films Films set in the 1970s Czech Film Critics' Awards winners Czech comedy films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawasaki's Rose
''Kawasaki's Rose'' ( cs, Kawasakiho růže) is a 2009 Czech drama film directed by Jan Hřebejk. The film was selected in the Czech Republic as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. It had already won two prizes from independent juries at the ''Berlinale'', as well as the Golden Kingfisher and viewers' prizes at the Czech festival ''Finale Plzen''. The film is a study of memory, the repressive Communist era, and reconciliation. Along with ''Honeymoon'' (Líbánky), and ''Innocence'', with this film Hrebejk presents a loose trilogy of films in which shadows from the past come to haunt the present of its characters. Cast * Lenka Vlasáková as Lucie * Milan Mikulčík as Luděk * Martin Huba as Pavel * Daniela Kolářová as Jana * Antonín Kratochvíl as Bořek (as Antonín Kratochvíl) * Anna Simonová as Bára * Petra Hřebíčková as Radka * Ladislav Chudík as Kafka * Ladislav Smoček as Dr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm All Good
''I'm All Good'' ( cz, U mě dobrý) is a 2008 Czech comedy film directed by Jan Hřebejk. Cast * Boleslav Polívka – Mrklas alias Mr. Class *Jiří Schmitzer – Tonda *Lenka Vlasáková – Andula *Josef Somr – Balun *Miroslav Vladyka – Kája *Vladimír Javorský – Pepé *Petr Forman – Láďa * Dalibor Vinklát – Franta * Simona Babčáková – Jitka, Kája's wife *Boris Hybner *Jakub Kohák Jakub Kohák (born 10 October 1974) is a Czech actor and film director. He is best known for directing commercials and has been an actor in a number of films including Tiger Theory Tiger Theory ( cs, Teorie tygra) is a 2016 Czech adventure co ... External links * 2008 comedy films 2008 films Films directed by Jan Hřebejk Czech comedy films 2000s Czech films {{2000s-CzechRepublic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
