Pavel Jiras

Pavel Jiras

Born: June 17, 1940

Movies for Pavel Jiras...

The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night
Title: The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night
Released: June 1, 1990
Type: Movie
An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells of what happens when a sequence of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the stationmaster. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes hold and everyone’s worst instincts are released. Interrogations, the abolition of rights and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder
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Angel in a Devil's Body
Title: Angel in a Devil's Body
Released: February 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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Šílený kankán
Title: Šílený kankán
Released: May 1, 1983
Type: Movie
During the First World War, the crooks Scholef and Krumka sell weapons on the black market. After the collapse of the monarchy they try their hand at speculation on a grand scale.
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Dostih
Title: Dostih
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: Movie
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Pohádka o mokrosuchém štěstí
Title: Pohádka o mokrosuchém štěstí
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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Man Overboard
Title: Man Overboard
Released: September 4, 1981
Type: Movie
Ten-year-old David joins a sailing club. He trains hard and helps repair the sailing boats, but people have to take turns actually sailing. The club chairman Vala wants David to sail with his son Olda. Olda's previous team mate Béda has grown too fast, but with little David Olda could win a place on the regatta to Finland. Olda is arrogant and accustomed to winning with little effort; he bullies David and calls him "Greenhorn". He makes David his servant and blames him when things go wrong.
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Sugar House
Title: Sugar House
Character: přistěhovalec Libor
Released: May 22, 1981
Type: Movie
In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with the Germans. After the funeral, the widow (Jana Svandová) and her two young sons Martin and Ondra move to her deceased husband's native village at the foot of the Kralický Snezník mountains. Life in the borderlands is far from easy for the lonely woman. The village is almost deserted, food supplies are delayed; the Werwolf (Nazi guerrilla squads) are hiding in the mountains, and shooting is heard from time to time. The elder son Ondra (Michal Dlouhý) is helping out his mother and at the same time absorbing intense new experiences. He meets an old Czech resident Skurek (Lubomír Kostelka), German women working in the forest, soldiers from the engineering units removing the mines, and a young first lieutenant. At night he dreams about his dead father whom he loved very much. This is why he runs away from home when he finds out that the lieutenant is courting his mother.
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Romaneto
Title: Romaneto
Released: March 27, 1981
Type: Movie
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Píseň o stromu a růži
Title: Píseň o stromu a růži
Released: April 24, 1979
Type: Movie
Soviet engineer Kuznecov is coming to Prague as an expert on work with the tunneling shield in construction of the metro. He is returning after more than thirty years. In May 1945 as a young soldier in the Red Army he was seriously injured in the liberation of Prague and while recovering experienced a great love with a young teacher called Vera.
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Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet
Title: Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet
Released: August 4, 1978
Type: Movie
When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy, the Gardener, who supposedly died years ago in a swamp...
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Sázka na třináctku
Title: Sázka na třináctku
Released: May 26, 1978
Type: Movie
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A Nice Plate of Spinach
Title: A Nice Plate of Spinach
Character: číšník
Released: September 9, 1977
Type: Movie
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.
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Běž, ať ti neuteče
Title: Běž, ať ti neuteče
Released: April 22, 1977
Type: Movie
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Dům Na poříčí
Title: Dům Na poříčí
Released: February 4, 1977
Type: Movie
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Good Day, Town
Title: Good Day, Town
Released: December 31, 1976
Type: Movie
The town is waking up. The bus driver Josef Král is saying goodbye to his wife Vera who is in a state of advanced pregnancy. At the rolling mill, the master craftsman Mares is preparing for retirement, which is now only two days away. Elderly Simon who grows and sells vegetables at the market has problems with his wife. Their little home has to give way to a new development but the wife Simonka refuses to move out. The chairman of the workers' council has troubles with the miner Adam, who has started drinking. He doesn't know that Adam is getting divorced and fears he may lose his young son to his wife.
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The Little Mermaid
Title: The Little Mermaid
Character: Fisherman
Released: November 12, 1976
Type: Movie
The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her beautiful voice against a life on land. It seems to work at first, the prince is enchanted with her lovely appearance. But the memory of a foreign princess still haunts him: The one who found him on the beach where the mermaid had left him, and whom he (of course) believes to be his saviour. To resolve this mistake is too much for the mute little mermaid, and not even her father, king of all seas, can help her in the impending catastrophe.
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Profesoři za školou
Title: Profesoři za školou
Character: (segment "Téma: Láska")
Released: August 6, 1976
Type: Movie
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Mys Dobré naděje
Title: Mys Dobré naděje
Released: May 14, 1976
Type: Movie
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Title: Thirty Cases of Major Zema
Released: January 11, 1976
Type: TV
Thirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the communist party. The series were filmed in the 1970s. Each episode encompasses one year, and investigations are stylized to that year. Most are inspired by real cases. The series follows the life of police investigator Jan Zeman during his career from 1945 to 1975.
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Sirius
Title: Sirius
Character: Trainman
Released: November 14, 1975
Type: Movie
In SIRIUS, a young boy whose most cherished companion is his loyal German shepherd devises his own form of resistance when the Nazis arrest his father, then order the confiscation of local canines, including his pet, to be retrained as attack dogs against the rebellious populace.
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The Day That Shook the World
Title: The Day That Shook the World
Released: October 31, 1975
Type: Movie
An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914.
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Případ mrtvého muže
Title: Případ mrtvého muže
Released: May 30, 1975
Type: Movie
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Sokolovo
Title: Sokolovo
Released: May 9, 1975
Type: Movie
The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops for Sokolovo.
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Počkám, až zabiješ
Title: Počkám, až zabiješ
Released: May 11, 1973
Type: Movie
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Title: Duhový luk
Released: April 26, 1973
Type: TV
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Dvě věci pro život
Title: Dvě věci pro život
Released: February 23, 1973
Type: Movie
After returning home from the army, Vasek (Ladislav Potmesil) has married Bozka (Eva Trejtnarová) and the couple now live at her parents' house. Vasek is unhappy both with his work and with sharing the house with Bozka's parents. He and his friend Ruda (Oldrich Vlach) decide to take a temporary job in Ostrava for a year. Bozka is against this, but Vasek gets his way. Mining is hard work but Vasek gradually adapts to it. He gets homesick from time to time and wants to go back, but his pride always wins out. Once he really does travel back to see Bozka, but he doesn't find her at home.
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The Stolen Battle
Title: The Stolen Battle
Released: July 1, 1972
Type: Movie
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Svatba bez prstýnku
Title: Svatba bez prstýnku
Released: May 5, 1972
Type: Movie
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The Secret of a Great Narrator
Title: The Secret of a Great Narrator
Released: April 28, 1972
Type: Movie
The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and in addition to the screenplay he also wrote a three-part TV play about Dumas (starring Vladimír Menšík). In Kachyn's film, Dumas played the father and son of the Štěpánková brothers, and it was a very difficult and difficult task for these young actors.
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Lekce
Title: Lekce
Released: January 14, 1972
Type: Movie
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Women Offside
Title: Women Offside
Released: July 20, 1971
Type: Movie
Kastl is a hairdresser but his real passion is his second job as football referee. This job takes all his free time and makes his wife very nervous.
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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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Luk královny Dorotky
Title: Luk královny Dorotky
Released: February 26, 1971
Type: Movie
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You Are a Widow, Sir
Title: You Are a Widow, Sir
Released: January 15, 1971
Type: Movie
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 the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti and with brain of psychotic serial killer Fany Stubová. They also manage to kill king's astrologer Stuart Hampl, who warns the king. Accidentally, Hampl's brain is implanted into assassin's body, actress Keleti is killed and chaos begins.
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On the Comet
Title: On the Comet
Released: October 9, 1970
Type: Movie
When a comet passes the Earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa, and a small swathe of humanity, along with it.