Václav Švec

Václav Švec

Born: May 25, 1903
Died: December 23, 1971

Movies for Václav Švec...

Straw Hat
Title: Straw Hat
Released: March 24, 1972
Type: Movie
Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it seems, to marry Helen Nonankur - daughter of a wealthy farmer. At the last meeting with his mistress in a nearby forest Fadinar's horse eats straw hat which belongs to a married lady, spending time in the company of young and hot Lieutenant Emil. Emil literally puts a knife to Maurice throat - or the lady will get back the exact same hat immediately, or he will arrange such a scandal that no wedding will not happen ...
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Title: F. L. Věk
Released: September 12, 1971
Type: TV
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Chance
Title: Chance
Released: June 11, 1971
Type: Movie
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The Key
Title: The Key
Released: May 14, 1971
Type: Movie
Jan Zika is the legendary hero of the communist resistance movement during World War II and leading functionary of the second underground Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
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Svatá hříšnice
Title: Svatá hříšnice
Released: December 25, 1970
Type: Movie
In the Prague Old Town and the adjoining streets there is always plenty of life. Housewives shop, beggars arouse sympathy, the Salvation Army tries to put the godless on the road to salvation by hymns and sermons, and Ferdys Pistora hunts in the pockets of his fellow men and isn't even put off by the presence of an officer of the law. Ferdys sets off to burgle villa of the banker Rosenstok, but a fire breaks out in the house and Ferdys ends up saving the banker's two small children. For this he is celebrated as a hero and gets a place as an errand boy with the Rosenstoks. At home he is visited by representatives of the Salvation Army, Captain Kosterka and Terezka, with whom Ferdys instantly falls in love.
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Title: Bližní na tapetě
Released: February 21, 1970
Type: TV
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Panenství a kriminál
Title: Panenství a kriminál
Released: January 16, 1970
Type: Movie
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Dívka s třemi velbloudy
Title: Dívka s třemi velbloudy
Released: September 8, 1967
Type: Movie
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The Stolen Airship
Title: The Stolen Airship
Character: Nemo
Released: April 28, 1967
Type: Movie
The Stolen Airship (Czech: Ukradená vzducholod) is a 1967 live-action/animated film by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman. The story is based loosely on Jules Verne's novels Two Years' Vacation and The Mysterious Island. The film in Art Nouveau style consists of live-action scenes, generally shot in black and white, as well as hand-drawn, stop motion, and cutout animation. Various live-action and animated elements are often composited into the same scene.
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Romance for Bugle
Title: Romance for Bugle
Released: March 3, 1967
Type: Movie
A lyrical story about first love, death and disappointment, based on a poem of the same title.
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Spravedlnosti se meze nekladou
Title: Spravedlnosti se meze nekladou
Released: January 12, 1966
Type: Movie
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Úplně vyřízený chlap
Title: Úplně vyřízený chlap
Released: May 21, 1965
Type: Movie
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Darounická poudačka
Title: Darounická poudačka
Released: December 24, 1964
Type: Movie
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The Jester's Tale
Title: The Jester's Tale
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
An anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years' War. It follows ploughman Petr, recruiter Matěj and country girl Lenka who get caught up in both sides of the war and experience many adventures before they find happiness. The film combines live action with animation to suggest the artistic style of the engraver Matthäus Merian.
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Einstein kontra Babinský
Title: Einstein kontra Babinský
Released: June 5, 1964
Type: Movie
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Metelice
Title: Metelice
Released: December 12, 1963
Type: Movie
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Three Wishes
Title: Three Wishes
Released: June 21, 1963
Type: Movie
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Prosím, nebudit
Title: Prosím, nebudit
Released: May 17, 1963
Type: Movie
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Světáci
Title: Světáci
Released: May 1, 1963
Type: Movie
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Every day - Sunday
Title: Every day - Sunday
Released: August 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Jirka is a composer, his wife, Jana, a pianist. Jana would like to have an own concert, but so far she has only been selected to accompany Valenta during his concerts in Budapest. After some resentments, she accepts the proposal.
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Kohout plaší smrt
Title: Kohout plaší smrt
Released: May 18, 1962
Type: Movie
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Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec
Title: Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec
Released: May 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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Oranžový měsíc
Title: Oranžový měsíc
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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Pochodně
Title: Pochodně
Character: waiter at Rozslapil
Released: March 10, 1961
Type: Movie
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Páté oddělení
Title: Páté oddělení
Character: Porter
Released: January 20, 1961
Type: Movie
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Black Saturday
Title: Black Saturday
Character: bubeník
Released: January 6, 1961
Type: Movie
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Higher Principle
Title: Higher Principle
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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Darbujan and Pandrhola
Title: Darbujan and Pandrhola
Character: havíř
Released: June 10, 1960
Type: Movie
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When the Woman Butts In
Title: When the Woman Butts In
Character: cooperative Vojta
Released: March 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Kam Cert Nemuze by director Zdenek Podskalsky is a routine farce that slowly builds up steam to some rib-tickling slapstick episodes. (Miroslav Hornicek) is a deluded young man who is convinced he is Faust incarnate. This turn of mind leads to some ludicrous situations, such as when he believes a woman is really a cat. Before he can be rounded up and interned wherever they keep people with this type of a problem, love enters his life and the clouds that obscured his vision begin to dissipate.
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První parta
Title: První parta
Released: February 19, 1960
Type: Movie
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Probuzení
Title: Probuzení
Released: February 12, 1960
Type: Movie
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The Young Lady from the Riverside
Title: The Young Lady from the Riverside
Released: December 25, 1959
Type: Movie
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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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Of Things Supernatural
Title: Of Things Supernatural
Character: (segment "Glorie")
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Czech comedy fantasy directed by Jiri Krejcik et al.
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School for Fathers
Title: School for Fathers
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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Against All
Title: Against All
Character: camp man
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: Movie
After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Prague citizens request help against the army of Zikmund. The Hussite army with Jan Žižka in the lead make their way towards Prague. They fortify themselves on the mountain Vítkov and engage in a bloody battle with Zikmund’s huge army.
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The Good Soldier Švejk
Title: The Good Soldier Švejk
Released: August 23, 1957
Type: Movie
Good-natured and garrulous, Schweik becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I -- although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards and getting drunk, he uses all his cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the police, clergy, and officers who chivy him toward battle.
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Zlatý pavouk
Title: Zlatý pavouk
Character: uncle
Released: February 22, 1957
Type: Movie
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Zaostřit prosím!
Title: Zaostřit prosím!
Character: worker on a cottage construction
Released: December 25, 1956
Type: Movie
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Jan Žižka
Title: Jan Žižka
Character: Prague citizen
Released: February 5, 1956
Type: Movie
The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.
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Jan Hus
Title: Jan Hus
Character: německý venkovan
Released: April 29, 1955
Type: Movie
Jan Hus is a 1954 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is the first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most famous works of the Czechoslovak director, completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957).
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Shoesmachine
Title: Shoesmachine
Character: officer
Released: September 24, 1954
Type: Movie
The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.
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Comedians
Title: Comedians
Character: Carpenter
Released: April 16, 1954
Type: Movie
Komedianti is a 1954 Czech film directed by Vladimír Vlcek. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
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The Magical Hat
Title: The Magical Hat
Released: July 3, 1953
Type: Movie
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Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
Title: Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
Character: Franz, sluha
Released: December 25, 1952
Type: Movie
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The Proud Princess
Title: The Proud Princess
Character: Courtier (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1952
Type: Movie
It's very human and nice story about lofty princess (her father is amiable but incapable - unforgettable performance of S. Neumann) and good, nice, kind and well-principled young king (prince) who tries to make tender her calm heart to get married with her. After being refused (she's very capricious), he conclude to make her better. He start to work as a gardener at her castle (in secret) and successively bring she to her senses...The story continues when already reformed princess and the young king (she learn about his real identity later) have to take refuge from troops, that princess father (old king) has sent (of course he took a bad and mean counsellors advice). They have to take shelter by several ordinary and poor families, which are always very friendly and give them a help... Of course the tale has happy end.
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Milujeme
Title: Milujeme
Released: September 12, 1952
Type: Movie
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Mikoláš Aleš
Title: Mikoláš Aleš
Released: January 11, 1952
Type: Movie
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The Emperor and the Golem
Title: The Emperor and the Golem
Character: Servant
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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Posel úsvitu
Title: Posel úsvitu
Released: September 28, 1951
Type: Movie
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The Hen and the Sexton
Title: The Hen and the Sexton
Released: April 6, 1951
Type: Movie
Cooperative members are harvesting crops, trying to get new water piping installed and preparing to plough away the field boundaries in autumn. Local kulak Voznica (Vladimír Repa) doesn't like any of this so he forces sexton Kodýtek (Vlasta Burian) to help him sabotage their efforts.
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Veselý souboj
Title: Veselý souboj
Released: March 9, 1951
Type: Movie
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Veliká příležitost
Title: Veliká příležitost
Released: April 14, 1950
Type: Movie
An optimistic collective drama from the life of the workers on the construction site of the Youth Track. An amnestied prisoner wants to atone for his wrongdoing with an honest strike and reveals the vandal who was going to poison the drinking water cistern.
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Revoluční rok 1848
Title: Revoluční rok 1848
Character: Mistr v Portheimce
Released: December 23, 1949
Type: Movie
Year of the Revolution 1848
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Muzikant
Title: Muzikant
Released: May 21, 1948
Type: Movie
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O ševci Matoušovi
Title: O ševci Matoušovi
Released: March 26, 1948
Type: Movie
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Nobody Knows Anything
Title: Nobody Knows Anything
Released: November 28, 1947
Type: Movie
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Portáši
Title: Portáši
Released: October 24, 1947
Type: Movie
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Parohy
Title: Parohy
Released: October 10, 1947
Type: Movie
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Capek's Tales
Title: Capek's Tales
Released: September 19, 1947
Type: Movie
Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.
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A Week in the Quiet House
Title: A Week in the Quiet House
Released: August 22, 1947
Type: Movie
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Alena
Title: Alena
Released: August 8, 1947
Type: Movie
Master armourer Tomás has young wife Alena, of whom he is very jealous. One day the ruler of town sees Alena and decides to win her over for himself. To get a free hand for his love affairs, he sends Master Tomás to acquire more skills in Flanders. Jealous husband does not know how to secure fidelity of his beautiful wife while he is away, and finally accepts aid of the devil, to whom he signs his soul as a reward. Devil in the disguise of Master Ondrej works in Tomás's workshop and protects Alena against various courtiers and the ruler of town. But finally he falls in love with Alena himself and becomes her lover.
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A Dead Man among the Living
Title: A Dead Man among the Living
Released: February 14, 1947
Type: Movie
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Velký případ
Title: Velký případ
Released: December 20, 1946
Type: Movie
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Pancho se žení
Title: Pancho se žení
Released: September 27, 1946
Type: Movie
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V horách duní
Title: V horách duní
Released: August 16, 1946
Type: Movie
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The Avalanche
Title: The Avalanche
Released: July 5, 1946
Type: Movie
An ambitious and selfish lawyer confesses to the murder of his first wife. Some of the scenes were filmed in the last weeks of the war.
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13th district
Title: 13th district
Character: host v hostinci
Released: March 8, 1946
Type: Movie
Inspector Cadek from the 13th police station should keep an eye on the released safe-cracker nicknamed The Cat. He rightly suspects that Cat will go and pick up his last loot which the police didn't manage to find and that he will want revenge on Karta who helped get him behind bars. At the hospital, Cat's ex-lover Fróny hopelessly falls for doctor Chrudimský and decides to start a new life. She still refuses to help the inspector in his search for The Cat and Karta.
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Kdo je vinen?
Title: Kdo je vinen?
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
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Rozina the Love Child
Title: Rozina the Love Child
Released: December 14, 1945
Type: Movie
Prague, the beginning of the 17th century. Rozina falls in love with Italian glass worker Nikolo, but after returning home, she gets a message that will never come to Prague. She falls for the promise of an older man to marry her, but when Nikolo does return, the tragic fate of Rozina is sealed.
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Bláhový sen
Title: Bláhový sen
Released: December 3, 1943
Type: Movie
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Pražský flamendr
Title: Pražský flamendr
Character: František Veselý
Released: January 23, 1942
Type: Movie
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The Hard Life of an Adventurer
Title: The Hard Life of an Adventurer
Released: November 28, 1941
Type: Movie
A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.
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Nebe a dudy
Title: Nebe a dudy
Released: October 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Rudolf Bartoš, the owner of a farm, quarry and factory, is extremely rich, however, he is unapproachable and irritable, and the dread of his employees. One day he falls down a steep slope by a river and hurts himself. The quarryman Fábera finds him groaning in pain and takes him to his cottage.
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Station Master
Title: Station Master
Released: April 12, 1941
Type: Movie
Vlasta Burian jako černý pasažér rozvrátí disciplinovaný chod jednoho nádraží. Pan Ťopka působí dojmem gentlemana trochu chaplinovského typu. Živí se příležitostnou prací, za níž jezdí výhradně jako černý pasažér vlakem. Při jedné jízdě se setká s obávaným generálním inspektorem drah Kokrhelem. Na jedné malé stanici se mu podaří vystoupit a převléknout se do uniformy přednosty stanice. Setkání s inspektorem Kokrhelem se však nevyhne... (oficiální text distributora)
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May Fairy Tale
Title: May Fairy Tale
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Ríša, a student of law, neglects his studies in favour of parties and pranks. His angry father refuses to continue helping him out of his debts. Ríša, however, is not entirely beyond hope. He decides to go and stay for a while with his uncle, a priest, who lives in Moravia, in order to prepare for his exams. He meets Helenka, the timid daughter of the local gamekeeper, at a village ball and is enchanted by her. The days pass and their idyllic relationship begins to tire Ríša. He begins to tell Helenka about his former debauched life the about the broken hearts of beautiful women. Helenka is hurt and refuses to see Ríša anymore. His uncle, the priest, is incensed at his behaviour and orders his nephew out of the house. Ríša tries desperately to find Helenka so he can make it up to her.
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Okénko do nebe
Title: Okénko do nebe
Released: April 19, 1940
Type: Movie
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Madla zpívá Evropě
Title: Madla zpívá Evropě
Released: March 29, 1940
Type: Movie
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Vy neznáte Alberta
Title: Vy neznáte Alberta
Released: March 22, 1940
Type: Movie
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Přítelkyně pana ministra
Title: Přítelkyně pana ministra
Released: March 22, 1940
Type: Movie
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To byl český muzikant
Title: To byl český muzikant
Released: February 9, 1940
Type: Movie
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Srdce v celofánu
Title: Srdce v celofánu
Released: January 5, 1940
Type: Movie
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U svatého Matěje
Title: U svatého Matěje
Released: October 27, 1939
Type: Movie
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Veselá bída
Title: Veselá bída
Released: May 26, 1939
Type: Movie
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Kdybych byl tátou
Title: Kdybych byl tátou
Released: March 10, 1939
Type: Movie
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Holka nebo kluk?
Title: Holka nebo kluk?
Released: February 3, 1938
Type: Movie
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The Hordubals
Title: The Hordubals
Released: January 21, 1938
Type: Movie
Venice Film Festival 1938
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History of Philosophy
Title: History of Philosophy
Released: November 5, 1937
Type: Movie
A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.