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Jiří Schmitzer
Jiří Schmitzer (born 25 October 1949) is a Czech actor and musician, the son of actor Jiří Sovák. He is a four-time holder of the Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Biography Career Schmitzer graduated from the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1974, after which he performed at the ''Činoherní studio'' in Ústí nad Labem. From 1985, he was a member of the ''Studio Ypsilon'' ensemble in Liberec. Schmitzer made his television debut in 1966 with the series ''Eliška a její rod''. He first appeared onscreen in the 1967 production ''Kinoautomat'', considered the world's first interactive movie. He played prominent roles in such films as '' Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!'' (1976), ''Cutting It Short'' (1980), '' The Snowdrop Festival'' (1984), '' Černí baroni'' (1992), and the television series '' Chalupáři'' (1975) and '' Sanitka'' (1984). In 1997, Schmitzer won his first Czech Lion Award as Best Actor in a Leading Role for the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up And Scald Myself With Tea
''Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea'' () is a 1977 Czechoslovak comical science fiction film directed by Jindřich Polák. It is a screen adaptation of Josef Nesvadba's short story with the same title. on FDB.cz Plot In the near future, a technology enabling has been developed and is now in commercial use. A group of unaging (thanks to anti-aging pills, which have also been developed) |
Czech Pop Singers
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surname) *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) Czechia is the official short form name of the Czech Republic. Czechia may also refer to: * Historical Czech lands *Czechoslovakia (1918–1993) *Czech Socialist Republic (1969–1990) *Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945) See also ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Guitarists
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surname) *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) The Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and ... * Czechia (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Days Of Sin
''Seven Days of Sin'' () is a 2012 Czech action historical drama film directed by Jiří Chlumský. Synopsis Based on a true story set in the Sudetenland, an area of Czechoslovakia occupied by Nazi Germany, in the spring of 1945, the film begins with the wedding of forester Jan Olšan and his beloved Agnes. Their union is problematic due to the fact that Jan is Czech, and Agnes is German. Agnes's father and brother Jürgen both oppose the marriage, as they feel that by marrying a Czech, Agnes will dilute their pure German blood. As the war comes to an end and the area is liberated, Agnes is persecuted by the Czechs and goes missing. Jan and Jürgen go in search of her, and the former is eventually accused of collaborating with the Nazis. Differences from real events Except for Uvarov, all names in the story have been changed. The mixed marriage of Jan and Agnes is actually documented, and Marie's character has been modified: she was not Jan's lover but the wife of a man with wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kooky
''Kooky'' (, 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 works of the Czech s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm All Good
''I'm All Good'' () is a 2008 Czech comedy film directed by Jan Hřebejk. Filming locations included the Košíře district of Prague. The film was released on 15 May 2008. 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 Boris Hybner (5 August 1941 – 2 April 2016) was a Czech actor, director and mime A mime artist, or simply mime (from Greek language, Greek , , "imitator, actor"), is a person who uses ''mime'' (also called ''pantomime'' outside of Brita ... * Jakub Kohák References 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] |
Empties
''Empties'' () is a 2007 film directed by Jan Svěrák and written by his father Zdeněk Svěrák, who also stars in the film. It was released first in the Czech Republic in March 2007. The film is a comedy from the same team which made '' Kolya''. Plot Josef Tkaloun is an elderly teacher at a high school in Prague who cannot control his anger when his pupils misbehave in his poetry class. He quits his job and despite his wife urging him to retire, becomes a cycle courier. After an inevitable accident, he still refuses to stay at home and takes a job in the local Žižkov supermarket. He works behind a counter, recycling glass beer bottles. There he begins to flirt with the customers and matchmake both for an old friend and for the man he works with. His own flirtations (and sexually charged dreams) almost get him into trouble with his wife, so he resolves to reignite the passion in his marriage by celebrating his wedding anniversary with a hot air balloon ride. The scary ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympl
''Gympl '' () is a Czech comedy film directed by Tomáš Vorel. It was released in 2007. Cast * Tomáš Vorel Jr. as Petr Kocourek * Jiří Mádl as Michal Kolman * Eva Holubová as Headmistress Mirka * Tomáš Matonoha as Tomáš, Class Master * Lenka Jurošková as Klára Krumbachová * Martina Procházková as Pavla Malirova * Zuzana Bydžovská as Petr's Mother * Jiří Schmitzer as Karel, Czech Teacher * Milan Šteindler as Milan, Physics Teacher * Martin Zbrozek as Gym Master * Tomáš Hanák Tomáš Hanák (born March 27, 1957) is a Czech actor, comedian, screenwriter, and TV presenter who has appeared in several films and television shows since 1984. He is also an occasional singer. Biography Hanák was born in Kremnica, Czechosl ... as Pavla's Father * Tomáš Vorel as Janitor * Filip Vorel as Jindra * Tomáš Vaněk as Martin * Kamila Kikinčuková as Monika * Daniel Sidon as Punker Production It was extremely difficult for the then 16-year-old Lenka Juroš ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Flowers (2000 Film)
''Wild Flowers'' () is a Czech drama film released in 2000. It was directed by F. A. Brabec and based on seven of thirteen poems from ''Kytice'', a collection of ballads by Karel Jaromír Erben. While relatively successful commercially, the film was criticized for its crude literalism of depiction. Plot The film narrates seven stories inspired by Erben's poems, with most of the dialogue taken directly from his works and depicted visually as happening from spring to winter. Serving as a prologue, ''Wild Flowers'' depict children mourning their deceased mother whose soul is suggested to have reincarnated into flowers covering her grave. ''The Water Goblin'' depicts a maiden stolen from her mother by a water creature who makes her his bride underwater. After having a child together, the goblin allows the maiden to visit her mother, but makes her leave their child with him to secure her return. Despite her pleas, the mother forbids the maiden to return eventually, resulting in the ... [...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 Czech comedy drama film adapted from the book of the same title by Michal Viewegh. Directed by Petr Nikolaev and starring Libuše Šafránková, Ondřej Vetchý and Jakub Wehrenberg, the film portrays a young family struggling through the twenty years of the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Plot In the early 1960s Prague, Kvido is born prematurely during a ''Waiting for Godot'' performance, as if heralding his future intellectual inclinations and fondness of literature. When armies of the Warsaw Pact invade Czechoslovakia in 1968 and the Soviet occupation begins, Kvido relocates with his parents Aleš and Milena to the countryside. Aleš, a talented economist, finds a job at a local glassworks company thanks to his college friend Žvára, but struggles with adjusting to the communist regime. Politically inactive and unsupportive of the Party, he is held in check by his superior Šp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
