Zdeněk Svěrák

Zdeněk Svěrák

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936 in Prague) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies. Among his film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award), both directed by his son Jan Svěrák. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak, he created the fictional personality (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher) Jára Cimrman who won the voting for The Greatest Czech in 2005 (only the fact that Cimrman is fictional prevented him from actually winning). Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization Paraple (in English, "Umbrella") which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.

  • Popularity : 3.064
  • Known For : Writing
  • Birthday : 1936-03-28
  • Place of Birth : Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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Zdeněk Svěrák Movies

  • 1996
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    Kolya

    Kolya

    7.3 1996 HD

    After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s...

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  • 2007
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    Empties

    Empties

    6.862 2007 HD

    Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he...

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  • 1985
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    My Sweet Little Village

    My Sweet Little Village

    7.338 1985 HD

    The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík works as...

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  • 2005
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    Pocta V+W

    Pocta V+W

    1 2005 HD

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  • 1979
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    Ball Lightning

    Ball Lightning

    6.9 1979 HD

    A comedy about exchange of 12 apartments , which, its organizer, lawyer Radosta, rightly called Action Ball Lightning. To prepare, organize and...

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  • 1984
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    The Three Veterans

    The Three Veterans

    7.8 1984 HD

    It is a story of three veterans released from the army. During one night spent camping in the country they one by one wake up and meet three elvish...

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  • 1994
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    Accumulator 1

    Accumulator 1

    6.958 1994 HD

    In this movie, TV sets are full of life. If a person is in TV (e.g. because it was filmed on the street) it has a double that's right in the TV set....

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  • 1971
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    Moderní byt

    Moderní byt

    4 1971 HD

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  • 1984
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    Inzerát

    Inzerát

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1982
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    Calamity

    Calamity

    5.5 1982 HD

    Funny banter about love, sex, social status, and other ideals, while a new railway employee is trained and sent on his first run as driver.

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  • 1985
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    Dissolved and Effused

    Dissolved and Effused

    6.9 1985 HD

    A police inspector and inexperienced trainee search for a mysteriously disappeared manufacturer of ointments for hair growth.

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  • 1998
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    Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book

    Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book

    7.1 1998 HD

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  • 1997
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    Lijavec

    Lijavec

    7.3 1997 HD

    When late in life was presenting Cimrman his artistic activity, came arresting knowledge: none of the works he had signed, not recognition. And so he...

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  • 1976
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    Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

    Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

    7.7 1976 HD

    This comedy is about one average family. The father works as master in the factory and his son is studying on high school. One day father must start...

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  • 1976
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    Secluded, Near Woods

    Secluded, Near Woods

    7.4 1976 HD

    The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the...

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  • 1988
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    An Uncertain Season

    An Uncertain Season

    7.8 1988 HD

    The small group of actors have to face many problems while preparing a new performance.

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  • 1981
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    The Hit

    The Hit

    7.4 1981 HD

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  • 2002
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    Africa

    Africa

    8.5 2002 HD

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  • 1982
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    V podstatě jsme normální

    V podstatě jsme normální

    4 1982 HD

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  • 1981
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    Chain

    Chain

    2 1981 HD

    Carefree young nurse Marta learns upon her husband's death that he was involved in all manner of criminal activity, which puts her life in danger.

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  • 1983
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    Hearty Greetings from the Globe

    Hearty Greetings from the Globe

    6.9 1983 HD

    ​Two aliens stir up trouble on Earth in order to study humans. Misunderstandings ensue.

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  • 2008
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    Czech Heaven

    Czech Heaven

    7.4 2008 HD

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  • 1997
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    Pub in the Glade

    Pub in the Glade

    6.4 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan

    Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan

    7 1997 HD

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  • 2007
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    Long, Broad and Nearsight

    Long, Broad and Nearsight

    8.7 2007 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Conquest of the North Pole

    The Conquest of the North Pole

    7.8 1985 HD

    Cimrman's play about Czech expedition to north pole.

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  • 1997
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    The Stand In

    The Stand In

    10 1997 HD

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  • 1998
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    The Nude

    The Nude

    7.5 1998 HD

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  • 2006
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    Cimrman in the World of Music

    Cimrman in the World of Music

    10 2006 HD

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  • 1983
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    Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

    Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

    8 1983 HD

    Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman,...

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  • 1974
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    Joachim, Put It in the Machine

    Joachim, Put It in the Machine

    7.2 1974 HD

    A sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he buys a computer made horoscope with biorhythms charts,...

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  • 1990
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    Larks on a String

    Larks on a String

    6.9 1990 HD

    In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is...

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  • 2007
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    40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry

    40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2022
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    Chinaski: Každej ví kulový

    Chinaski: Každej ví kulový

    1 2022 HD

    Documentary about the Czech band Chinaski.

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  • 1985
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    What's Up Doc?

    What's Up Doc?

    6 1985 HD

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  • 2010
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    Kooky

    Kooky

    6.7 2010 HD

    Young Ondra has asthma and so his parents throw away his favourite toy: a musty old stuffed bear named Kooky. That night Ondra dreams that Kooky is...

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  • 1991
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    The Elementary School

    The Elementary School

    7.343 1991 HD

    The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined...

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  • 1971
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    Lucie and the Miracles

    Lucie and the Miracles

    4.7 1971 HD

    The harsh reality of a home for abandoned children blends with episodes of youthful fantasy and slapstick comedy in this story of an orphan girl....

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  • 2023
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    Perspektiva Ivana Mládka

    Perspektiva Ivana Mládka

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2023
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    Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem

    Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2014
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    Three Brothers

    Three Brothers

    6.3 2014 HD

    Three brothers leave their home to see the world. During their journey, young men as by miracle enter into famous fairy tales (Little Riding Hood,...

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  • 2004
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    Daddy

    Daddy

    6.3 2004 HD

    This film is a documentary-style look at the life of the beloved Czech actor, Zdeněk Svěrák.

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  • 1970
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    The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

    The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

    1 1970 HD

    "A man is immortal as long as he lives in the memory of others,” said well-known Czech writer Arnošt Lustig with a wry smile. In...

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  • 1979
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    Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti

    Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1971
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    Silvestr 71

    Silvestr 71

    1 1971 HD

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  • 2023
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    Kouzelný kopec

    Kouzelný kopec

    1 2023 HD

    Documentary about Barrandov studios.

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  • 1986
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    As Good as Poison

    As Good as Poison

    6.5 1986 HD

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  • 1981
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    Run, Waiter, Run!

    Run, Waiter, Run!

    7.1 1981 HD

    A comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant for women who decides to make some money by pretending to be a waiter and...

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  • 1984
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    Bridal Tour to Jilji

    Bridal Tour to Jilji

    7.7 1984 HD

    A scientist meets a nice girl and they start dating. He decides the only way to find out for sure if she’s the one is to take a long trip with...

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  • 2024
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    Cimrmani zblízka

    Cimrmani zblízka

    1 2024 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Horns

    The Horns

    10 1986 HD

    A humorous modern fairy tale for adults about the life of devils. This is the story of a young couple in love: two devils named Artur and Blanka....

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  • 1982
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    Like Rabbits

    Like Rabbits

    5 1982 HD

    A story of two boys who during the summer at a recreation area become best friends despite being enemies at first.

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  • 1985
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    How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions

    How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions

    6 1985 HD

    A story about a young medical school student and his adventures.

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Anatomie gagu

    Anatomie gagu

    1 2008 HD

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  • 1980
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    Brontosaurus

    Brontosaurus

    5.8 1980 HD

    Tomás lives in a very small Czech town and is a nature lover and a birdwatcher. He struggles to keep the forests he loves clean and constantly...

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  • 1969
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    Stopa vede do Liptákova

    Stopa vede do Liptákova

    1 1969 HD

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  • 2017
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    Barefoot

    Barefoot

    5.53 2017 HD

    Story of a small boy is forced to move out of Prague during World War 2 to a small village of Slavonice where he meets the rest of his family. He...

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  • 2017
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    Psaní do nebe

    Psaní do nebe

    7 2017 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

    Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

    6.9 1997 HD

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  • 1968
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    Crime in the Night Club

    Crime in the Night Club

    5.9 1968 HD

    A black comedy set in a Prague cabaret.

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  • 1971
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    You Are a Widow, Sir

    You Are a Widow, Sir

    7 1971 HD

    After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill...

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  • 1984
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    The Snowdrop Festival

    The Snowdrop Festival

    6.5 1984 HD

    This movie is based on texts of Bohumil Hrabal, world-known Czech prosaic. It's a story (in a form of a mosaic of short episodes and pictures) about...

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  • 1977
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    30 Maidens and Pythagoras

    30 Maidens and Pythagoras

    4.3 1977 HD

    A musical starring Jiří Menzel (whose part is sung by Achilles Michailidis) as a math and physics teacher employing innovative teaching...

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  • 2016
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    Operky

    Operky

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Narostl mu hřebínek

    Narostl mu hřebínek

    9 1987 HD

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  • 2022
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    Bethlehem Light

    Bethlehem Light

    4 2022 HD

    A well-known writer now aged 75 is aware of his increasing age and the risk that his literary style will grow worn. His everyday existence is...

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  • 1997
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    Cimrmani

    Cimrmani

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1990
    imgMovies

    Tvrdý chleba

    Tvrdý chleba

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1996
    imgMovies

    Kolya

    Kolya

    7.3 1996 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    Empties

    Empties

    6.862 2007 HD

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  • 2022
    imgMovies

    Bethlehem Light

    Bethlehem Light

    4 2022 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Accumulator 1

    Accumulator 1

    6.958 1994 HD

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Long Live Ghosts!

    Long Live Ghosts!

    7.056 1977 HD

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  • 2001
    imgMovies

    Dark Blue World

    Dark Blue World

    6.97 2001 HD

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  • 2001
    imgMovies

    Dark Blue World

    Dark Blue World

    6.97 2001 HD

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  • 1994
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    Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

    Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

    6.4 1994 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Lijavec

    Lijavec

    7.3 1997 HD

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  • 2011
    imgMovies

    Fimfarum - To the good of all

    Fimfarum - To the good of all

    6.8 2011 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

    Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

    6.9 1997 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

    Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

    6.9 1997 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    The Hit

    The Hit

    7.4 1981 HD

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  • 2002
    imgMovies

    Africa

    Africa

    8.5 2002 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Posel z Liptákova

    Posel z Liptákova

    6.9 1997 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    The Nude

    The Nude

    7.5 1998 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Blaník

    Blaník

    7.7 1997 HD

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  • 2006
    imgMovies

    Cimrman in the World of Music

    Cimrman in the World of Music

    10 2006 HD

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  • 2008
    imgMovies

    Czech Heaven

    Czech Heaven

    7.4 2008 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Pub in the Glade

    Pub in the Glade

    6.4 1997 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment

    Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment

    6.2 1997 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan

    Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan

    7 1997 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    Long, Broad and Nearsight

    Long, Broad and Nearsight

    8.7 2007 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    The Conquest of the North Pole

    The Conquest of the North Pole

    7.8 1985 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    The Stand In

    The Stand In

    10 1997 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Plum Tree

    Plum Tree

    10 1997 HD

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Three Brothers

    Three Brothers

    6.3 2014 HD

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    An Uncertain Season

    An Uncertain Season

    7.8 1988 HD

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    Ball Lightning

    Ball Lightning

    6.9 1979 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Secluded, Near Woods

    Secluded, Near Woods

    7.4 1976 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Dissolved and Effused

    Dissolved and Effused

    6.9 1985 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    My Sweet Little Village

    My Sweet Little Village

    7.338 1985 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Run, Waiter, Run!

    Run, Waiter, Run!

    7.1 1981 HD

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  • 1984
    imgMovies

    Inzerát

    Inzerát

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    The Elementary School

    The Elementary School

    7.343 1991 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    The Elementary School

    The Elementary School

    7.343 1991 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

    Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

    7.7 1976 HD

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  • 1973
    imgMovies

    Spolužáci

    Spolužáci

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1973
    imgMovies

    Spolužáci

    Spolužáci

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    Joachim, Put It in the Machine

    Joachim, Put It in the Machine

    7.2 1974 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    Joachim, Put It in the Machine

    Joachim, Put It in the Machine

    7.2 1974 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    Who Looks for Gold?

    Who Looks for Gold?

    5 1974 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    Who Looks for Gold?

    Who Looks for Gold?

    5 1974 HD

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  • 1974
    imgMovies

    Muž, který se spustil

    Muž, který se spustil

    1 1974 HD

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  • 2022
    imgMovies

    Princ Mamánek

    Princ Mamánek

    6.4 2022 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

    Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

    7.7 1976 HD

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  • 1975
    imgMovies

    Hledám paní na hlídání

    Hledám paní na hlídání

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1976
    imgMovies

    Secluded, Near Woods

    Secluded, Near Woods

    7.4 1976 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    The Elementary School

    The Elementary School

    7.343 1991 HD

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Dveře

    Dveře

    7.5 1977 HD

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Long Live Ghosts!

    Long Live Ghosts!

    7.056 1977 HD

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  • 1979
    imgMovies

    Ball Lightning

    Ball Lightning

    6.9 1979 HD

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  • 1984
    imgMovies

    Inzerát

    Inzerát

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

    Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

    8 1983 HD

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

    Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

    8 1983 HD

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  • 1984
    imgMovies

    The Three Veterans

    The Three Veterans

    7.8 1984 HD

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  • 2017
    imgMovies

    Barefoot

    Barefoot

    5.53 2017 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    What's Up Doc?

    What's Up Doc?

    6 1985 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Princové jsou na draka

    Princové jsou na draka

    5.9 1981 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    The Hit

    The Hit

    7.4 1981 HD

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  • 1981
    imgMovies

    Run, Waiter, Run!

    Run, Waiter, Run!

    7.1 1981 HD

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  • 1984
    imgMovies

    Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

    Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

    6.4 1984 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Dissolved and Effused

    Dissolved and Effused

    6.9 1985 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Give the Devil His Due

    Give the Devil His Due

    7.61 1985 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    My Sweet Little Village

    My Sweet Little Village

    7.338 1985 HD

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    30 Maidens and Pythagoras

    30 Maidens and Pythagoras

    4.3 1977 HD

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  • 2007
    imgMovies

    40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry

    40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1984
    imgMovies

    The Three Veterans

    The Three Veterans

    7.8 1984 HD

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Operky

    Operky

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    My Freedom

    My Freedom

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Láska rohatá

    Láska rohatá

    5.5 2009 HD

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Dvě z policejní brašny

    Dvě z policejní brašny

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book

    Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book

    7.1 1998 HD

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Narostl mu hřebínek

    Narostl mu hřebínek

    9 1987 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Prípad Platfus

    Prípad Platfus

    1 1985 HD

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  • 2021
    imgS1 E2

    Minišou Karla Šípa

    Minišou Karla Šípa

    1 2021 HD

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  • 1991
    imgS1 E3

    Cimrman sobě

    Cimrman sobě

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1996
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    Úsměvy

    Úsměvy

    7 1996 HD

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  • 1988
    imgS1 E5

    Veselé příhody z natáčení

    Veselé příhody z natáčení

    1 1988 HD

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  • 2005
    imgS1 E15

    Největší Čech

    Největší Čech

    1 2005 HD

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  • 1984
    imgS1 E7

    Galasuperšou

    Galasuperšou

    1 1984 HD

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  • 2006
    imgS13 E10

    StarDance

    StarDance

    7 2006 HD

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  • 2012
    imgS1 E16

    Zpátky se Sobotou

    Zpátky se Sobotou

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2004
    imgS1 E78

    Kam zmizel ten starý song

    Kam zmizel ten starý song

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    Kam zmizel ten starý song

    Kam zmizel ten starý song

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    Kam zmizel ten starý song

    Kam zmizel ten starý song

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Kam zmizel ten starý song

    Kam zmizel ten starý song

    1 1970 HD

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