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Zdeněk Svěrák
Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936) is a Czech actor, humorist, playwright and scriptwriter, and one of the most well-known and popular Czech cultural personalities. Since 1968 he has appeared in 32 films. Career In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature from the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. His work consists of more than 300 musical texts and plays, and he has appeared in 32 feature films. Among his film scripts are the Academy Award-winning ''Kolya'' and ''The Elementary School'', both directed by his son Jan Svěrák as well as ''My Sweet Little Village''. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak and their radio colleague Jiří Šebánek, he created the fictional polymath Jára Cimrman for the radio programme ''Vinárna U pavouka'' in 1966. Cimrman was voted The Greatest Czech in 2005, but barred from winning because of being a fictional character. Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization, Paraple, which focuses on helping ... [...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] |
Kooky
''Kooky'' ( cs, Kuky se vrací, literally "Kuky returns", a pun on '' Lassie se vrací'') is a 2010 Czech action comedy film directed by Jan Svěrák. The film combines techniques of puppet animation, stop motion and live action. It tells the story of a six-year-old asthmatic boy whose parents throw his favorite toy away, an old teddy bear named Kooky. The boy, however, secretly sneaks out of the house at night (without his boots and being dressed only in his pajamas), to retrieve Kooky from the garbage can and bring him back home. Due to that, the boy gets ill. In his feverish dreams, Kooky comes to life in the landfill, escapes into a mysterious forest and begins its journey amongst the rough-and-ready creatures of the forest. Background Jan Svěrák initially planned to create a film depicting the world viewed from the perspective of a dog who survives floods; however, he changed his plans after he retold parts of the story to his son Ondřej. The film was inspired by the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Births
Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII. * January 28 – Britain's King George V state funeral takes place in London and Windsor. He is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle * February 4 – Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. * February 6 – The 1936 Winter Olympics, IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. * February 10–February 19, 19 – Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the Ethiopian Empire. * February 16 – 1936 Spanish general election: The left-wing Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front coalition takes a majority. * February 26 – February 26 Inci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larks On A String
''Larks on a String'' ( cs, Skřivánci na niti) is a 1969 Czech film directed by Jiří Menzel. The film was banned by the Czechoslovak government, but was later released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime. It tells the stories of various characters considered bourgeois by Czechoslovakia's communist government in the 1950s, who have been forced to work in a junkyard for the purposes of re-education. It won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Rudolf Hrušínský as Trustee * Vlastimil Brodský as Professor * Václav Neckář as Pavel Hvezdár * Jitka Zelenohorská as Jitka * Jaroslav Satoranský as Guard Andel * Vladimír Šmeral as Minister * Ferdinand Krůta as Kudla * František Řehák as Drobecek * Leoš Suchařípa as Public prosecutor * Vladimír Ptáček as Mlíkar * Eugen Jegorov as Saxophonist (as Evžen Jegorov) * Naďa Urbánková as Lenka * Věra Křesadlová as Convict * Věra Ferbasová Věra Ferbasová (21 Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jáchyme, Hoď Ho Do Stroje!
''Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje!'' is a 1974 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský. Cast * Luděk Sobota - František Koudelka * Marta Vančurová - Blanka * Věra Ferbasová - František's aunt * Josef Dvořák - Bedřich Hudeček * Ladislav Smoljak - Karfík * Zdeněk Svěrák - Klasek * Karel Novák - Innkeeper * Václav Lohniský - Doc. Chocholoušek * Eva Fiedlerová - Mrs. Nevyjelová * František Husák - Attendant Arnošt * Josef Hlinomaz - Attendant Arnošt * Miroslav Homola - Speaker * Lubomír Lipský - Gate-keeper * Petr Nárožný - Car racer Volejník * Eva Svobodová Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in t ... - František's mother External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jachyme, Hod Ho Do Stroje! Films about technology Films directed by Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seclusion Near A Forest
''Seclusion Near a Forest'' ( cs, Na samotě u lesa) is a 1976 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. Filming took place near Radešice (the summerhouse scenes) and in Svatý Jan (the funeral and the bar fight). Plot An ordinary Prague family, the Lavičkas, yearn for a cottage in the countryside. One of their friends has managed to get a country residence by living in a decommissioned mill. Another is building a house there from scratch and has hired a bricklayer—who lets his employer do all the work. A third has succeeded in buying a cottage but with its elderly former owners still in residence, and is trying to evict them by such means as digging a moat across the front door and stopping up their chimney. Undeterred by such obstacles, the Lavičkas visit a cottage belonging to a charismatic old farmer, Mr. Komárek (Josef Kemr Josef Kemr (20 June 1922 – 15 January 1995) was a Czech actor. He starred in the 1969/1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiter, Scarper!
''Waiter, Scarper!'' ( cs, Vrchní, prchni!) is a 1981 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak. It is also known in English as 'Run, Waiter, Run!'. Plot At his high school reunion, the mild-mannered Dalibor Vrána learns, to his chagrin, that some of his former classmates own villas and take international vacations. He feels himself to be much less impressive; he manages a bookstore, drives a dilapidated three-wheeled Velorex, and is chronically short on cash, in part because, thanks to a weakness for women, he owes alimony to two ex-wives, and a third wife is worried they can't pay their bills. When a drunk stranger in a restaurant mistakes Vrána for a waiter, he takes it as a verdict on his life. He sees a gold lining in his fate, however, and starts slipping into restaurants, wearing the old tuxedo he wore to his high school reunion, and settling up the bills of diners whose real waiters have left them hanging. Soon he is able to afford a new car, though he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity (film)
Calamity ( cs, Kalamita) is a 1982 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Vera Chytilová. Cast * Bolek Polívka - Honza Dostál * Dagmar Bláhová - Majka * - Primárka * Marie Pavlíková - Bábicka * - Kveta * Zdeněk Svěrák - Ucitel * Václav Svorc - Nácelník * Bronislav Poloczek - Rezník * Václav Helsus - Strojvedoucí * Zdeněk Dítě Zdeněk Dítě (19 November 1920 – 11 December 2001) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1945 and 1991. Selected filmography * '' The Wedding Ring'' (1945) - Robert, mladý kníze ... - Lesník References External links * 1982 comedy films 1982 films Czechoslovak comedy films Czech comedy films Films directed by Věra Chytilová 1980s Czech-language films 1980s Czech films {{1980s-CzechRepublic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
''Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping'' ( cs, Jára Cimrman ležící, spící) is a 1983 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak. It is a biopic of the fictional Czech national hero Jára Cimrman, who is portrayed by one of his inventors, Zdeněk Svěrák. The story is framed by an excursion to Liptákov, the (fictional) village where Cimrman allegedly spent the final years of his life. The retrospective passages, which make up the most of the film, span Cimrman's whole "known" life, where he interacts with many personalities of Czech and European science and culture in the Belle Époque. A large portion of the film deals with Cimrman's acting as a tutor in the family of Franz Ferdinand d'Este, the heir presumptive of Austria-Hungary. In this role Cimrman is secretly aiming to " split the monarchy". Cast * Zdeněk Svěrák - Jára Cimrman (as Zdeněk Svěrák and Company) * Valerie Kaplanová - the museum guide * Petr Čepek - Archduke Franz Ferdinand d'Este / Nývlt, hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
