Václav Kaňkovský

Václav Kaňkovský

Born: September 16, 1917
Died: April 27, 1987

Movies for Václav Kaňkovský...

Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker
Title: Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker
Character: švec
Released: December 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Pohádka o mladém ševcovském tovaryšovi Jírovi, který si vyrobil z jemné kůže křídla, s jejichž pomocí vysvobodil z věže královského hradu princeznu Jasněnku, kam ji zavřel její otec v marné snaze zabránit věštbě zlé čarodějnice, a posléze ji vymanil i z moci samotné čarodějnice a její dcery Černavy. ( official text from distributor)
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Zikmund, řečený šelma ryšavá
Title: Zikmund, řečený šelma ryšavá
Released: April 14, 1986
Type: Movie
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Title: Rozpaky kuchaře Svatopluka
Character: zahradník
Released: January 11, 1985
Type: TV
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Levé křídlo
Title: Levé křídlo
Released: May 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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Záchvěv strachu
Title: Záchvěv strachu
Character: Gravedigger (voice)
Released: April 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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Title: The Physician of a Dying Time
Character: Old man (1)
Released: February 20, 1984
Type: TV
Series about the life of Renaissance anatomist, scholar and politic Johannes Jessenius. Already legendary series today, was produced by Czechoslovak Television Bratislava, directed by Slovak director Miroslav Luther in the first half of 80's in Barrandov Studios in Prague. The story and screenplay of the series wrote Czech writer Vladimír Körner. Five-episodes epic historical narration is a biographical story of distinguished Renaissance scholar, anatomist and politic of Slovak origin, Johannes Jessenius (Ján Jesenský, 1566–1621). It displays his life from the first studies and successes. In 1594 he became professor of surgery and anatomy on Wittenberg University, which he had attended years before. From that moment, his life went through social and personal wins and losses, to the sad end on the Prague Old Town Square gallows, among 27 noblemen, knights and burgenses, after lose Bohemian Revolt in 1621. His destiny was coupled with key events of Czech history in the break of 16th and 17th century, when Renaissance and European humanism slowly fade out.
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Nevěsta z obrázku
Title: Nevěsta z obrázku
Released: November 20, 1983
Type: Movie
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Duch soudce Pauknera
Title: Duch soudce Pauknera
Released: July 3, 1983
Type: Movie
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Šílený kankán
Title: Šílený kankán
Character: Hortensie's Father (voice)
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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Potrhlá Andula
Title: Potrhlá Andula
Released: March 13, 1983
Type: Movie
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Smeč
Title: Smeč
Released: March 5, 1983
Type: Movie
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Zuzana Vojířová
Title: Zuzana Vojířová
Character: Scholius
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Uličnictví pana Čabouna
Title: Uličnictví pana Čabouna
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Jehla
Title: Jehla
Released: September 12, 1982
Type: Movie
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The Last One Will Go to Hell
Title: The Last One Will Go to Hell
Character: Tyrhammer (voice)
Released: July 23, 1982
Type: Movie
A historical film that takes place on the eve of the thirty year war combines aspects of fairy-tales with historical dramas, fencing with a child heroes who find themselves in great dangers. We are in the year 1611 and mercenaries that had previously invaded Czech lands now have to withdraw before the Hungarian king's army. In this chaos a magical bottle, that fulfills the owner one single wish, appears among some fugitives - however after the fulfillment it has to be sold for half it's price to a new owner. The director Ludvík Ráža has created an attractive and surprisingly cruel film aimed not only at young viewers.
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Zelená vlna
Title: Zelená vlna
Character: Guard (voice)
Released: June 25, 1982
Type: Movie
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Chain
Title: Chain
Character: Mrázek
Released: November 20, 1981
Type: Movie
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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Behind the Sloe-Bush
Title: Behind the Sloe-Bush
Released: October 2, 1981
Type: Movie
Third part of the trilogy. Vaska again is visiting his grandfather living in Bohemian Forest and understands the importance of guarding nature.
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Title: Had z ráje
Character: Kulas
Released: July 12, 1981
Type: TV
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A na konci je začátek
Title: A na konci je začátek
Released: January 18, 1981
Type: Movie
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Skapinova šibalství
Title: Skapinova šibalství
Character: Carlo
Released: March 9, 1980
Type: Movie
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Blue Planet
Title: Blue Planet
Released: January 25, 1980
Type: Movie
A young engineer, Štěpán Pavlík, dreams of becoming a cosmonaut.
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On the Poachers Trail
Title: On the Poachers Trail
Released: November 9, 1979
Type: Movie
Second part of the trilogy. Vasek is expected to go to Bulgaria for a holiday with his parents during the summer vacation, but the boy finds the prospect of spending the summer with his gamekeeper grandfather far more tempting than the seaside. On the last day of school Vasek picks up his final report, but after that he takes his already packed bag and sets off for the Bohemian Forest without telling his parents. The grandfather is happy to have his grandson at his side again. In the evening, he gets a phone call from Vasek's mother. The trip to Bulgaria has been postponed and Vasek can stay with his grandfather for the time being.
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The Secret of Steel City
Title: The Secret of Steel City
Released: May 11, 1979
Type: Movie
The film is a metaphor for the Cold War. It depicts two neighbouring nations: peace loving Fortuna and the not so peaceful land of the Steel City.
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Sedm kilo pro Králíčka
Title: Sedm kilo pro Králíčka
Released: April 14, 1979
Type: Movie
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Skandál v Gri-Gri baru
Title: Skandál v Gri-Gri baru
Released: February 9, 1979
Type: Movie
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Ježčí kůže
Title: Ježčí kůže
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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Oddechový čas
Title: Oddechový čas
Released: April 14, 1978
Type: Movie
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Králova žena
Title: Králova žena
Released: March 19, 1978
Type: Movie
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Já se vrátím
Title: Já se vrátím
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Julie pod balkonem
Title: Julie pod balkonem
Character: Doctor
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Mílaři
Title: Mílaři
Character: Venoušek
Released: August 21, 1977
Type: Movie
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Preclíková válka
Title: Preclíková válka
Released: April 16, 1977
Type: Movie
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Smrt mouchy
Title: Smrt mouchy
Released: April 1, 1977
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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Čertova nevěsta
Title: Čertova nevěsta
Released: December 31, 1975
Type: Movie
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Kronika žhavého léta
Title: Kronika žhavého léta
Released: August 31, 1973
Type: Movie
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Title: Jane Eyre
Released: April 20, 1973
Type: TV
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Legenda, the Robber
Title: Legenda, the Robber
Released: March 9, 1973
Type: Movie
It is 1905. The police director gets Jindrich Legenda (Eduard Cupák) shadowed as, yet Legenda had served his sentence for a burglary, the jewels have not been found. Russian revolution encouraged also Czech workers to fight for their rights. Radical anarchists are followed by Legenda's friend Karel Wohryzek (Vladimír Mensík) who was forced to collaborate with the police as he was convicted of pornography distribution.
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Title: Bakaláři
Released: February 19, 1972
Type: TV
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Burglar and Umbrella
Title: Burglar and Umbrella
Released: April 9, 1971
Type: Movie
In the morning twilight of Prague, the dead body of the safe-breaker Toufar is found floating on the river Vltava with a knife in his back. Police inspectors visit Toufar's lover, the prostitute Anna Kulatá (Jirina Bohdalová), nicknamed Umbrella, and it is apparent that the moment before she opened the door of her flat, someone fled through the window. Umbrella is summoned for examination to the head of the criminal police - Police Councilman Vacátko Jaroslav Marvan, but although shocked by the photograph of the dead man, she does not confess to anything. Before Toufar, Umbrella lived with the safe-breaker Penicka (Radoslav Brzobohatý), who loved her very much and made her quit her street trade. But when he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, Umbrella began to live with the brute Toufar, who chased her to street again. In the case of the murder, Penicka is therefore the prime suspect.
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Mata Hari
Title: Mata Hari
Released: February 10, 1971
Type: Movie
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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.
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Title: Hříšní lidé města pražského
Released: September 27, 1969
Type: TV
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Looking Back
Title: Looking Back
Released: January 3, 1969
Type: Movie
Young script-writer Frantisek (Petr Cepek) is hired to write a film script based on the successful novel Looking Back. He meets with the novel's female author, a University professor and writer named Olga Machová (Jirina Trebická), approximately ten-years-older than him. In the beginning, they do not understand each other at all. Frantisek is a skeptic experiencing a moral crisis, unsatisfied with both his work and his private life - he lives separated from his wife and has no deeper feelings for his numerous lovers. He even gets drunk from time to time and breaks the public peace. Olga is lonesome, too, but considers her life fulfilled.
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Christmas with Elisabeth
Title: Christmas with Elisabeth
Character: Tobacconist
Released: November 22, 1968
Type: Movie
Surly solitary truck driver is given an assistant for his daily rounds: a young woman with a fondness for mini-skirts and boys, fresh out of prison.
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Stud
Title: Stud
Released: May 3, 1968
Type: Movie
The drama offers Arnošt Pánek, chairman of the National Committee, as the protagonist of the story. Pánek is disturbed by news of the arrest of his protégé Kvasil – chairman of a JZD agricultural cooperative in the nearby village of Spádová. He is responsible for the revival of a neglected village, but is now accused of theft, fraud, and – on top of that – the rape of an under-aged girl.
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Zločin a trik II.
Title: Zločin a trik II.
Character: (segment "Trik")
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
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The Murderer Hides His Face
Title: The Murderer Hides His Face
Character: tchán Brych
Released: October 28, 1966
Type: Movie
In the forest near the village of Drahovice, a nurse from the local health center is found murdered. Three months ago, another young woman died nearby and a sexual motive was proved in the case of her murder. In the case of the nurse, the motives are not so clear. Two criminologists from Prague - Major Kalas (Rudolf Hrusínský) and Lieutenant Varga (Radoslav Brzobohatý) - patiently collect all available leads and question the villagers.
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The Borrowed Face
Title: The Borrowed Face
Character: četník z Hradce
Released: December 24, 1965
Type: Movie
It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration of human tissues after transplantation. His former colleague Rosen, now working as an assistant at the private clinic of surgeon Kirchenbruch, considers the research a mere utopia. The disappointed Bartos, trying to verify his theories, therefore accepts the outrageous proposal of Marion, owner of a brothel - to surgically replace the face of her lover, the wanted thief Cutter, with the face of murdered Father Hopsasa. Bartos is well paid but his successful operation remains a secret.
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A Leap In The Dark
Title: A Leap In The Dark
Released: August 28, 1964
Type: Movie
Spring 1943: A three-member group of resistance fighters flies from a Soviet military airport into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia to establish contacts with an illegal communist center in the occupied territory.
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Mary
Title: Mary
Character: muž na poradě
Released: August 7, 1964
Type: Movie
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Handlíři
Title: Handlíři
Released: January 31, 1964
Type: Movie
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Lucie
Title: Lucie
Released: January 10, 1964
Type: Movie
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Světáci
Title: Světáci
Released: May 1, 1963
Type: Movie
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Neklidnou hladinou
Title: Neklidnou hladinou
Released: March 22, 1963
Type: Movie
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Zelené obzory
Title: Zelené obzory
Released: September 7, 1962
Type: Movie
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Deštivý den
Title: Deštivý den
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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Escape from the Shadows
Title: Escape from the Shadows
Character: Store Manager
Released: March 6, 1959
Type: Movie
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Mezi nebem a zemí
Title: Mezi nebem a zemí
Released: October 24, 1958
Type: Movie
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September Nights
Title: September Nights
Released: May 24, 1957
Type: Movie