''Slavné historky zbojnické'' (Famous Bandit Stories) is a Czechoslovak adventure

historical television series History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

filmed in 1985. Six 59 minute episodes were filmed. The series was directed by

Hynek Bočan Hynek Bočan (Born 29 April 1938) is a Czech film director and screenwriter. He started his studies at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague when he was 18 years old. He started as an assistant director on movies ''Ninet ...

. Every episode tells a story of famous bandit. It shows harsh reality of bandit life. Every episode started with the narrator introducing the main character's personality to the audience.

Cast

Miloš Kopecký Miloš Kopecký (22 August 1922 in Prague – 16 February 1996 in Prague) was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. Biography He was born into the family of a furrier; his mother was a hatter. From childhood ...

(narrator) *

Radoslav Brzobohatý Radoslav Brzobohatý (; 13 September 1932 – 12 September 2012) was a Czech film and television actor. Brzobohatý was born in Vrútky, Czechoslovakia. He appeared in many Czech TV shows, including '' 30 Cases of Major Zeman'', ''Ulice'' and ...

as Václav Babinský (episode 1) *

Jana Hlaváčová Jana Hlaváčová (born 26 March 1938 in Prague) is a Czech actress. She starred in the film '' Operace Silver A'' under director Jiří Strach Jiří Strach (born 29 September 1973) is a Czech film director and actor. He directed the film '' ...

as Charita (episode 1) *

Jiří Bartoška Jiří Bartoška (born 24 March 1947) is a Czech theatre, television, and film actor and president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. His most notable film roles include performances in ''Sekal Has to Die'' (1998), ''All My Loved ...

as Šobri Jožka (episode 2) *

Karel Heřmánek Karel Heřmánek (born 17 October 1947, in Prague) is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1976 and 2008, including the role of Lucifer in 1984's ''S čerty nejsou žerty ''Give the Devil His Due'' () is a 1985 Czech fai ...

as Count Lužanský (episode 2) *

Ivan Vyskočil Ivan Vyskočil (born 21 May 1946 in Prague) is a Czech actor. He starred in the film '' Poslední propadne peklu'' under director Ludvík Ráža in 1982. Selected filmography * ''The Tailor from Ulm'' (1978) * ''The Young Man and Moby Dick ''T ...

as Jan Jiří Grasel (episode 3) *

Jaromír Hanzlík Jaromír Hanzlík (born 16 February 1948) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * '' Coach to Vienna'' (1966) * '' Romance for Bugle'' (1967) * '' Maratón'' (1968) * ''Slasti Otce vlasti'' (1969) * '' The Joke'' (1969) * ''A Night at Ka ...

as David Majer (episode 3) *

Miroslav Vladyka Miroslav may refer to: * Miroslav (given name), a Slavic masculine given name * ''Young America'' (clipper) or ''Miroslav'', an Austrian clipper ship in the Transatlantic case oil trade * Miroslav (Znojmo District), a town in the Czech Republic S ...

as Schinderhannes (episode 4) *

Pavel Zedníček Pavel Zedníček (born 1 November 1949 in Hoštice-Heroltice Hoštice-Heroltice is a municipality in Vyškov District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Administrative parts The municipality is ma ...

as Róža Šándor (episode 5) * Vladimír Dlouhý as Jean Ferey (episode 6)

Episodes

The names of the episodes are also the names of the bandit main characters. The actor who portrayed the main character is listed in parentheses. # Václav Babinský, premiered on 18 October 1986 # Šobri Jožka, premiere on 19 July 1986 # Jan Jiří Grasel, premiered on 17 October 1987 #

Schinderhannes Johannes Bückler (c.1778 – 21 November 1803) was a German outlaw who orchestrated one of the most famous crime sprees in German history. He has been nicknamed Schinderhannes and Schinnerhannes in German and John the Scorcher, John the Flaye ...

, premiered on 9 July 1988 # Róža Šándor, premiered on 18 June 1988 # Trestanec Salvador, premiered on 8 March 1986 The listed order has only stabilized since the replay in 1997.

External links

Website (in Czech)IMDb.com

References

Czech anthology television series Czech adventure television series Czech historical television series Czechoslovak television series 1986 television series debuts 1988 television series endings Czech-language Czechoslovak Television original programming {{CzechRepublic-tv-prog-stub