Miroslav Svoboda

Miroslav Svoboda

Born: May 3, 1910
Died: December 17, 1988
in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

Movies for Miroslav Svoboda...

Putování Jana Amose
Title: Putování Jana Amose
Released: October 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Love Between the Raindrops
Title: Love Between the Raindrops
Released: May 23, 1980
Type: Movie
Set in Prague during the years leading up to World War II, this family saga tells the story of a cobbler named Vincenc Bursik (Vladimir Mensik), who uproots his clan from the country to the city, only to suffer the loss of his wife and the failure of his shoe business within months. When his daughter moves away to go live with a wealthy businessman as his mistress, Vincenc is left to take care of his two sons, who spend their days in a secret garden vying for the affections of a teenage girl.
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The Ninth Heart
Title: The Ninth Heart
Character: Nobleman
Released: April 13, 1979
Type: Movie
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to Martin or anyone else, the princess is actually under the spell of the powerful magician Andlobrandini, who is preparing a rejuvenating elixir made from the blood of nine men's hearts.
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The Liberation of Prague
Title: The Liberation of Prague
Released: May 6, 1977
Type: Movie
On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) discusses with his commanders how to transform the city into an impregnable fortress, but the Praguers do not intend to wait any longer. From the early hours of 4th of May people start assembling in the streets and tearing down German signs. On the next day, the 5th of May, the uprising begins.
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Circus in the Circus
Title: Circus in the Circus
Character: Spanish Zoophilologist
Released: February 13, 1976
Type: Movie
To Moscow have arrived the participants of the international conference of the zoophilologists and also the international jury which is to elect for the world festival the best performance of the program of Moscow circus. Mrs Whistler (Iva Janzurová), British associate professor, makes her understood with the animals in their language but the Czech professor Ruzicka (Jirí Sovák), though he is capable of using the animals language, prefers teaching the animals the human language. Ruzicka's friend, the poodle Archibald, speaks "in Human" very well. The scientific dispute ends with a bet - if Ruzicka teaches the circus elephant to sing, Mrs Whistler will eat up her hat.
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How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
Title: How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
Released: March 1, 1975
Type: Movie
There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaken for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on...
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Takže ahoj
Title: Takže ahoj
Released: April 2, 1971
Type: Movie
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A Ridiculous Gentleman
Title: A Ridiculous Gentleman
Released: November 28, 1969
Type: Movie
When a noted professor receives a new treatment for his heart ailment, his outlook on life changes. Despite doctor's orders, he is determined to live out his final days on his own terms and fulfill his fantasies. He saves the life of a young woman who tries to kill herself after his recovery from heart surgery in this symbolic story of a man trying to determine his own fate in his last days alive.
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The Golden Fern
Title: The Golden Fern
Released: August 29, 1963
Type: Movie
Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they fall in love. After getting drunk in a village feast, he gets to sign up to the army. The fairy gives him a shirt to wear and asks him to swear he will never abandon it. At the war front, he falls in love with the the colonel's daughter and will have to perform various feats to get her attention.
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Prague at Zero Hour
Title: Prague at Zero Hour
Released: July 6, 1963
Type: Movie
Czech friends help refugees from Nazi Germany escape in 1939.
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Transport from Paradise
Title: Transport from Paradise
Character: Mayer
Released: March 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their hopes and dreams unfold against the perpetual threat of deportation (or worse) by the Nazis. Based on the novel "Night and Hope" by Arnost Lustig.
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Pozor volá Liška...
Title: Pozor volá Liška...
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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Cesta do věku petrolejových lamp
Title: Cesta do věku petrolejových lamp
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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Higher Principle
Title: Higher Principle
Character: profesor
Released: November 23, 1960
Type: Movie
During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.
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Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
Title: Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
Released: April 15, 1960
Type: Movie
Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army, love blossoms between the two. He is her only link to the outside world. Then the two are discovered by Pavel's mother, who forces the residents of the apartment building to decide whether Hana can remain.
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The Princess with the Golden Star
Title: The Princess with the Golden Star
Released: December 18, 1959
Type: Movie
A Czech fairy tale about a princess named Lada who runs away from home in a mouse fur disguise in order to escape an unwanted and forced marriage.
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Taková láska
Title: Taková láska
Character: Ceremonial at the town hall
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: Movie
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Today for the Last Time
Title: Today for the Last Time
Character: pacient protialkoholické léčebny
Released: December 13, 1958
Type: Movie
Concert master Karel Mašek is a drunk, as well as engineer Danda and other regular guests of the pub U Kroců. Mašek returns from the pub in the morning and promises the woman that he will stop drinking. But he failed again, and the orchestra players refuse to play with him. Danda returns home without a bag and goes to Krocs again in the morning, even though he has an important job at work. He has been degraded to subordinate job position, but he refused to admit it at home.
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Puppies
Title: Puppies
Character: Druggist
Released: March 21, 1958
Type: Movie
Explores young adults' fears of being conscripted by the communist government into working outside of Prague, a relative oasis of creativity and freedom of thought. From an early script by Milos Forman.
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School for Fathers
Title: School for Fathers
Character: Teacher
Released: November 8, 1957
Type: Movie
A new teacher with high standards and a strong sense of duty replaces an easy grader. Once bad grades begin to pile up, a product of his predecessor's subservience to the system, the new teacher has to stand up for himself and his students.
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Vintage Car
Title: Vintage Car
Released: March 29, 1957
Type: Movie
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Roztržka
Title: Roztržka
Released: February 15, 1957
Type: Movie
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The Windy Mountain
Title: The Windy Mountain
Character: miner
Released: February 3, 1956
Type: Movie
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Dog's Heads
Title: Dog's Heads
Released: March 25, 1955
Type: Movie
Dog's Heads (Czech: Psohlavci) is a 1955 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič, based on the novel of the same name by Alois Jirásek. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.
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Večery s Jindřichem Plachtou
Title: Večery s Jindřichem Plachtou
Character: Self
Released: March 5, 1954
Type: Movie
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The Secret of Blood
Title: The Secret of Blood
Character: Soldier with Stomach Wound
Released: December 25, 1953
Type: Movie
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The Magical Hat
Title: The Magical Hat
Released: July 3, 1953
Type: Movie
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Action B
Title: Action B
Character: firebrand
Released: February 22, 1952
Type: Movie
Film shows the struggle of the Czechoslovak armed forces against groups of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) under command Burlak, who tried to pass through the territory of Slovakia.
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The Emperor and the Golem
Title: The Emperor and the Golem
Character: Master of Ceremonies
Released: January 4, 1952
Type: Movie
The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels successful, at least, when he discovers the legendary Golem, which he believes can protect him and even cure his imaginary illnesses but, when he disappears while on a bender, his kindly baker, who looks just like him, is mistaken for him, and begins to put things in order. However, the conspirators, not to be outdone, determine to bring the Golem back to life to do their bidding.
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Karhanova parta
Title: Karhanova parta
Released: March 23, 1951
Type: Movie
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Žízeň
Title: Žízeň
Released: March 24, 1950
Type: Movie
The catastrophically dry weather of 1947 causes immense problems in the countryside. In the small village Klícov, only farmers Hánek and Bervida and the old Hromádka have water. The others must queue every day for a drop for themselves and their cattle. All the villagers lament over their previous decision to turn down the cooperative chairman Kouba's proposal to built a new village water-supply system.
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Dnes o půl jedenácté
Title: Dnes o půl jedenácté
Released: November 25, 1949
Type: Movie
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Pan Habětín odchází
Title: Pan Habětín odchází
Released: October 28, 1949
Type: Movie
Cold War Spy FIlm
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Pětistovka
Title: Pětistovka
Released: September 2, 1949
Type: Movie
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Distant Journey
Title: Distant Journey
Character: Theresienstadt Clarinetist (uncredited)
Released: June 3, 1949
Type: Movie
Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, their romance turns into a struggle for survival.
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Velká přehrada
Title: Velká přehrada
Character: Michal
Released: October 16, 1942
Type: Movie
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Rukavička
Title: Rukavička
Released: January 1, 1941
Type: Movie
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Druhá směna
Title: Druhá směna
Character: Václav Machuta
Released: December 20, 1940
Type: Movie
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Paní Kačka zasahuje...
Title: Paní Kačka zasahuje...
Character: Josef
Released: December 8, 1939
Type: Movie
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The White Disease
Title: The White Disease
Character: 2nd Assistant
Released: December 21, 1937
Type: Movie
The White Plague, a leprosy-like disease, ravages the world during a war. Based on a play by Karel Čapek.
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Karel Hynek Mácha
Title: Karel Hynek Mácha
Released: September 15, 1937
Type: Movie
Film about famous poet Karel Hynek Mácha
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The World Belongs to Us
Title: The World Belongs to Us
Character: Berger
Released: July 30, 1937
Type: Movie
One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be directly named due to censorship: Gangsters with gray hats stir up trouble in what is obviously the Sudetenland.
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Lidé pod horami
Title: Lidé pod horami
Character: Jan Albín
Released: March 18, 1937
Type: Movie
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Vzdušné torpédo 48
Title: Vzdušné torpédo 48
Released: March 5, 1937
Type: Movie
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Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Title: Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
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...and Life Goes On
Title: ...and Life Goes On
Character: Lunatic
Released: October 18, 1935
Type: Movie
On the coast of Yugoslavia lives fisherman Ivo Kralj, his wife Marie, son Vuk, and Ivo's mother in one happy home. Marie, who loves her husband and always looks forward to his return from sea, attracts Nikola, with whom Ivo, out of jealousy, has a scuffle at a dance. After the outbreak of World War I Ivo is mobilized. He ends up in a P.O.W. camp where he is subjected to hard labour. His family then receives news of his death. The years pass and the lonely widow Marie is occasionally visited by her friend Nikola. Ivo's mother would like her to remarry. Soon after the wedding Marie becomes pregnant. Ivo, who has been thought dead, succeeds in escaping the P.O.W. camp where he has spent several years. Upon his arrival home he finds his name on a memorial erected to the victims of the war...
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Studentská máma
Title: Studentská máma
Character: Jožka Budil
Released: September 20, 1935
Type: Movie
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Heave-Ho!
Title: Heave-Ho!
Released: October 26, 1934
Type: Movie
A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings with a worker, Filip Kornet, he discovers he still owns a half-finished apartment-house. They rally the workers and complete the building for use as a collectivist dairy. The cooperative flourishes and after a chase/pursuit with the police, pratfalls, slapstick and various crashes, the workers buy out the Milk-Trust.
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Vražda v Ostrovní ulici
Title: Vražda v Ostrovní ulici
Character: Vláďa
Released: March 24, 1933
Type: Movie
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Záhada modrého pokoje
Title: Záhada modrého pokoje
Character: Tom Brandt
Released: February 3, 1933
Type: Movie
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Ballad-Singer
Title: Ballad-Singer
Released: November 25, 1932
Type: Movie
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Before Graduation
Title: Before Graduation
Character: Karel Kafka
Released: September 9, 1932
Type: Movie
The story of high school students, talented Jan and Karel, who has a problem with math. Their life affects pedantic professor of mathematics Klec, that goes with them on a school trip, which escalates the conflict between them. Jan wants to escape, but Professor Donat will discourage him. Karel fails the exam of mathematics and decides to commit suicide.