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

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

Hynek Bočan Hynek Bočan (born 29 April 1938) is a Czechs, Czech film director and screenwriter. His major works include the TV series ''The Land Gone Wild'' and the fairy tale film ''Give the Devil His Due''. He has received several awards for his lifetime c ...

. 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 actor. He acted in film, television and theatre, portraying around 200 roles during his career. Life and career Radoslav Brzobohatý was born on 13 September 1932 in ...

as Václav Babinský (episode 1) *

Jana Hlaváčová Jana Hlaváčová (26 March 1938 – 13 January 2024) was 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 is considered o ...

as Charita (episode 1) *

Jiří Bartoška Jiří Bartoška (24 March 1947 – 8 May 2025) was 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), '' A ...

as Šobri Jožka (episode 2) *

Karel Heřmánek Karel Heřmánek (17 October 1947 – 24 August 2024) was 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''). Heřmánek di ...

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 Ludvík Ráža (3 October 1929, in Mukachevo – 4 October 2000, in Prague Prague ( ; ) is 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 K ...

as David Majer (episode 3) * Miroslav Vladyka as

Schinderhannes Johannes Bückler ( 177821 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 Flayer ...

(episode 4) *

Pavel Zedníček Pavel Zedníček (born 1 November 1949 in Hoštice-Heroltice) is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than sixty films between 1976 and 2011. Filmography External links Official website
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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 #

, 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