Karel Effa

Karel Effa

Born: May 23, 1922
Died: June 11, 1993
in Praha, Československo
Karel Effa, originally named Karel Effenberger (May 23, 1922 in Prague - June 11, 1993 in Prague), was a Czech actor.

As a professional soldier during World War II, he served in the Government Army during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which was deployed to Italy. Here he later ran to the Czechoslovak troops fighting on the side of the Western Allies. After the war, he remained in the army with the rank of sergeant, playing and singing for two years in the newly formed Army Art Ensemble of Vít Nejedlý. From there he went to the Theater of Satire, from there to the Theater of State Film, from there to the Music Theater in Karlín, from where he briefly jumped to the ABC Theater to return to the Karlín Theater. He has been a member of the Semafor Theater since 1979.

Karel Effa was a very prominent comedian who created 71 smaller and episodic film roles during his life - such as the villain Pancho Kid in the Czech comedy Lemonade Joe or Horse Opera, the black Gustav in Zeman's famous film The Stolen Airship, or the treasure keeper in the fairy tale film Proud princess. Karel Effa worked for many years as a member of the Czechoslovak State Film Ensemble, resp. Film studio in Barrandov, he also performed in the Theater in Fidlovačka, or in the former musical theater in Prague's Nusle, he also worked in the post-war Theater of Satire.

In addition to performing in theater and film, he has given six thousand touring performances during his lifetime, where he has used his folk humor, playing the guitar and singing tramp songs. He also remained a hiker all his life, he went to Brdy, often to the settlement of Ztracenka.

In 1964, he became a founding member of the Department of Friends and Supporters of Slavia, which aimed to save and lift football Slavia, which at the time lived in the Second Football League.

Movies for Karel Effa...

Věčná Slavia
Title: Věčná Slavia
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
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Paní Liška
Title: Paní Liška
Character: otec
Released: January 17, 1988
Type: Movie
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S Pydlou v zádech
Title: S Pydlou v zádech
Character: komorník
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Postavička prostého lidového chytráka, který se zaplétá v šachové partii mocných, poskytuje vynikajícímu Josefu Dvořákovi prostor pro řadu brilantních klaunských čísel.
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Růžový Hubert
Title: Růžový Hubert
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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A co ten ruksak, králi?
Title: A co ten ruksak, králi?
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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...and again that Lucy!
Title: ...and again that Lucy!
Character: Electrician
Released: December 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A second part of a funny adventures of six years old Lucie and her two magic dolls.
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Title: The Flying Cestmir
Released: October 14, 1984
Type: TV
Young boy Cestmir finds a magic rock which allows him to bring the seeds of the flowers which allow flying from Blue Planet...
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Amadeus
Title: Amadeus
Character: Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Released: September 19, 1984
Type: Movie
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart's downfall, leading to a devious scheme that has dire consequences for both men.
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Title: Ze staré drogerie
Character: Tauben Sr.
Released: April 9, 1983
Type: TV
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Bulldogs and Cherries
Title: Bulldogs and Cherries
Released: September 11, 1981
Type: Movie
The dreaded Italian mafioso, Marian Labuda, will also be convinced. Mafioso Carmello was guilty of the principles of his organization when he tried to fool the boss and earned a death sentence. The convict runs away from the killer through Vienna to Prague, which his Austrian colleague in crime recommended as a safe hiding place. None of them knows that the Czechs learned so much tricks under real socialism that a seasoned Italian professional is not enough to watch.
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Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
Title: Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
Released: August 15, 1980
Type: Movie
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Title: Dnes v jednom domě
Character: Mánek
Released: May 11, 1980
Type: TV
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The Ninth Heart
Title: The Ninth Heart
Character: Lackey
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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Title: Nemocnice na kraji města
Released: November 5, 1978
Type: TV
Hospital at the End of the City is a popular television series first released in Czechoslovakia in 1977, it featured an ensemble cast and received much viewer praise in central Europe. The series ran from 1977 to 1981 for a total of twenty episodes. The success of the series inspired the German television series The Black Forest Clinic.
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Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet
Title: Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet
Character: špeh
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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Taugenichts
Title: Taugenichts
Released: January 27, 1978
Type: Movie
A young man seeks freedom and eventually gets conformed. To escape society, he wanders south. After some adventures he returns to his lover, where he expects a civil career.
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Long Live Ghosts!
Title: Long Live Ghosts!
Character: Mládek
Released: November 11, 1977
Type: Movie
A trespassing gang of boys encounter a ghost in the ruins of a castle. When they rescue the ghost who is caught in a trapset, they become allies in a fight to prevent ruins from being turned into mushroom farm by the city authorities.
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Almost King
Title: Almost King
Released: July 15, 1977
Type: Movie
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Pozor, ide Jozefína...
Title: Pozor, ide Jozefína...
Released: March 18, 1977
Type: Movie
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Koncert pro mantinely
Title: Koncert pro mantinely
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
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Circus in the Circus
Title: Circus in the Circus
Character: Veterinary
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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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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Sám proti městu
Title: Sám proti městu
Released: September 14, 1974
Type: Movie
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A Night at Karlstein
Title: A Night at Karlstein
Released: July 12, 1974
Type: Movie
No Woman is allowed into Karlstejn Castle! Yet the enamoured Daniele Kolářová and the equally enamoured Jana Brejchová manage to spend one night in disguise in the Castle despite the strict royal ban.
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Affairs of my Wife
Title: Affairs of my Wife
Released: March 16, 1973
Type: Movie
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Zlatá svatba
Title: Zlatá svatba
Character: drobný chovatel Choleva
Released: June 2, 1972
Type: Movie
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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: Bakaláři
Released: February 19, 1972
Type: TV
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Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
Title: Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
Character: majitel baru Kovarski
Released: July 16, 1971
Type: Movie
Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply increases, Camel is mistakenly regarded as a mass murderer and cunningly uses his horrifying reputation to get the respect and heart of his beloved Sabrina, a journalist from a local newspaper. But this game turns out to be risky and in the end, both gangs don't hesitate to seize the check at all costs, including an improvised operation
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You Are a Widow, Sir
Title: You Are a Widow, Sir
Character: zřízenec na patologii
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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Marcelka
Title: Marcelka
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A rich man can not cheer his daughter Marcelka. He calls overseas doctors and tries to repaint his castle but nothing helps. Only young boy Petrik is able to amuse Marcelka with his artistry.
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Zpívající přístavy
Title: Zpívající přístavy
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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Title: Pan Tau
Released: December 13, 1970
Type: TV
Pan Tau always had a gentle expression and a friendly smile, he was elegantly dressed in a stroller, with an umbrella and a white carnation in the lapel. Foremost, he was famous for his magic bowler hat. By tapping on his hat, Pan Tau was able to change his appearance into a puppet, to conjure up miscellaneous objects or to do other magic. His most characteristically behavior is that he would help children who were experiencing some sort of difficulties in-between their dreams and reality, like finding a place for skiing, settling family problems on Christmas, and even give a boy a good time at a fair when he is supposed to have piano lessons. To adults, he usually remained invisible.
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On the Comet
Title: On the Comet
Character: kaprál Ben
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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I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Title: I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Released: February 27, 1970
Type: Movie
This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, with the proposed solution of building a time machine. The decision is made to travel back in time and murder Einstein, with the hopeful result being that without the noted mathematician's research there will be no atomic bombs.
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Pražská romance
Title: Pražská romance
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Wishing Machine
Title: The Wishing Machine
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: Movie
Two young boys, play hooky from school in order to explore an ultramodern world's fair. They take in the many marvelous scientific and industrial exhibits, obtain literature, eat food, and generally run amok.
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The Terribly Sad Princess
Title: The Terribly Sad Princess
Character: nápadník
Released: June 7, 1968
Type: Movie
Musical fairy tale tells the story of prince and princesses from neighbouring friendly countries who have to marry each other, as decided by their wise fathers with their advisors. However, the royal children want to decide their fate themselves. They meet in the royal garden, where princess pretends to be a maid and prince to be a herdsman. Prince under cover is imprisoned and helps princess with rebellion. She becomes sad all the time, because she does not want to marry anyone. Luckily, love finds way to their life . . .
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Title: Klapzubova jedenáctka
Released: January 6, 1968
Type: TV
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The Stolen Airship
Title: The Stolen Airship
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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Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
Title: Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!
Released: December 31, 1966
Type: Movie
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The Pipes
Title: The Pipes
Released: August 30, 1966
Type: Movie
This three-part Austrian/Czech comedy stretches the boundaries of what is considered to be humorous. Part one finds a silent film actor upset because of a rival actor's attention to the former's wife. When he kills his rival, it is only when he is strapped to the electric chair that he realizes that this is his last live scene. The second episode has the wife of an elderly British nobleman having an affair with the young gamekeeper of their estate. Part three finds a peasant woman taking a lover when her husband goes off to fight the war.
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Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Title: Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Character: Pistolník
Released: August 26, 1966
Type: Movie
In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person's dream on a screen; disaster soon follows when the machine malfunctions and the cartoon-like dream characters become very real!
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Martin and Nine Fools
Title: Martin and Nine Fools
Released: May 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Captain Martin from the police's child department and his colleague Kraus are called to Znojmo to help solve a case regarding stolen toys found in the town's subterranean passages. The members of the local police department are convinced that the thieves are the well-known "customers" from the Znojmo elementary school, pupils Exner and Mandlík. Martin, however, has doubts about these culprits. These doubts grow even stronger after the local self-service shop is robbed and the local tobacco store reports that it is missing a lot of imported cigarettes. Martin questions the children, inspects both shops and searches through the underground.
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The Borrowed Face
Title: The Borrowed Face
Character: lupič Hmaták
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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The Jester's Tale
Title: The Jester's Tale
Character: Captain Varga
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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Lemonade Joe
Title: Lemonade Joe
Character: Pancho Kid
Released: October 16, 1964
Type: Movie
A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lemonade and convinces everyone else in town (with his gun skills) that all "real men" drink ONLY lemonade!
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A Star Travels South
Title: A Star Travels South
Character: Egon Zejda - guitarist
Released: May 15, 1964
Type: Movie
The Prague Grand Orchestra travels by train to a music festival in Yugoslavia. Only the singer Sona Klánová missed the departure. In the meantime, she managed to buy a ticket to Belgrade at the air-terminal from Mrs Navrátilová, who couldn't make the trip. In the meantime, the orchestra conductor is beside himself with despair. He phoned to Prague from the border, and when he realized that Sona had left her house in a taxi, he thought that she would catch up with them by the road. The orchestra delayed the train's departure with an improvised concert for the custom officers and the passengers.
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When the Cat Comes
Title: When the Cat Comes
Character: Janek
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: Movie
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town.
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Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
Title: Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
Released: May 14, 1963
Type: Movie
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A Great Road Ahead
Title: A Great Road Ahead
Character: archduke
Released: April 27, 1963
Type: Movie
About the great Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek, who was captured by the Russians during the First World War. Not wanting to fight for the interests of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Hašek enters the Red Army and, as a commissar of the international brigade, goes the military way from Samara to Irkutsk.
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The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Title: The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Character: důstojník pevnostní stráže
Released: September 21, 1962
Type: Movie
The 20th century's first man lands on the moon and discovers - that Baron Munchausen has already beaten him to it, along with Cyrano and characters from Jules Verne's lunar-landing novel. The Baron spirits the young cosmonaut by horse-drawn ship back to an ancient "Earth", where they insult a sultan, rescue a princess, fall in love with the princess, and then as a trio have further experiences in a world of pastel colors, ornate dreamlike settings, and the inevitable angry disrupters of peacefulness and love.
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Tlouštík
Title: Tlouštík
Released: December 25, 1961
Type: Movie
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Florián
Title: Florián
Character: kostelník Kalina
Released: December 22, 1961
Type: Movie
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Every Penny Counts
Title: Every Penny Counts
Released: September 29, 1961
Type: Movie
After inheriting a villa from his uncle, Emil Tuma meets its strange inhabitants, getting him in trouble.
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The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
Title: The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
Released: May 19, 1961
Type: Movie
Farmers get away from their arguments by embarking on a religious pilgrimage, enjoy a picnic en route, and on their return decide to form a cooperative.
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Pochodně
Title: Pochodně
Character: Warden in prison
Released: March 10, 1961
Type: Movie
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Black Saturday
Title: Black Saturday
Character: cestující ve vlaku
Released: January 6, 1961
Type: Movie
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Ztracená revue
Title: Ztracená revue
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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The Lost Photography
Title: The Lost Photography
Released: May 12, 1960
Type: Movie
A young boy from Prague is trying to find a Soviet soldier from the old 1945 picture.
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The Princess with the Golden Star
Title: The Princess with the Golden Star
Character: pobočník Kazisvěta
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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May Stars
Title: May Stars
Released: May 5, 1959
Type: Movie
May 1945. On the outskirts of Prague, ordinary people meet Soviet soldiers-liberators with tears of joy in their eyes. In the early days of the lull, someone sadly recalls a pre-war life; someone unexpectedly meets his love; someone is returning from enemy dungeons looking hopefully into the future; and someone, having moved from a tank into a Czech tram, warmly recalls his craft as a car driver... These days, all those who survived the Great War fire swear an oath to keep peace on Earth forever, honoring the memory of those who gave their lives for simple human happiness.
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Of Things Supernatural
Title: Of Things Supernatural
Character: (segment "Tajemství písma")
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Czech comedy fantasy directed by Jiri Krejcik et al.
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Florenc 13,30
Title: Florenc 13,30
Character: Karel Koníček
Released: December 27, 1957
Type: Movie
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Sons of the Mountains
Title: Sons of the Mountains
Released: December 21, 1956
Type: Movie
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Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Title: Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
Released: June 1, 1956
Type: Movie
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Muž v povětří
Title: Muž v povětří
Character: listonoš
Released: January 20, 1956
Type: Movie
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Hudba z Marsu
Title: Hudba z Marsu
Character: Kulhánek, hráč na cello a kytaru
Released: May 27, 1955
Type: Movie
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The Circus Will Be
Title: The Circus Will Be
Released: October 15, 1954
Type: Movie
A few bus-loads of holidaymakers from the agricultural cooperative on a day trip arrive to see the show at the Slavia Circus. But, they have bad luck. It is Monday, the day on which the employees have their extra day off.
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Nad námi svítá
Title: Nad námi svítá
Released: March 27, 1953
Type: Movie
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Kidnapped
Title: Kidnapped
Character: american journalist
Released: January 30, 1953
Type: Movie
Based on a true story
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Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
Title: Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy
Character: Porotce
Released: December 25, 1952
Type: Movie
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The Proud Princess
Title: The Proud Princess
Character: Strážce pokladu
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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Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
Title: Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
Character: sedlák
Released: December 30, 1949
Type: Movie
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Pan Novák
Title: Pan Novák
Character: Vašek Kunc
Released: June 10, 1949
Type: Movie
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Distant Journey
Title: Distant Journey
Character: Gas Chamber Builder (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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Red Lizard
Title: Red Lizard
Released: February 11, 1949
Type: Movie
Grammar school teacher Bláha hurts himself in pursuit of a red lizard, and is lying unconscious in the lonely house of Santrucek family. The postman, who found Bláha's coat and hat in the water, announces to everyone in town that the professor has drowned. But, the venerable citizens are at that moment more interested in the theatre group with the beautiful guest actress Eva Gazdová. They demand a change of repertoire and manage to persuade the theatre manager to have the group play the musical comedy The Red Lizard instead of an established play.
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Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
Title: Zrcadlo na vesnici 3
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
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Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
Title: Zrcadlo byrokratické 2
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
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Old Ironside
Title: Old Ironside
Released: December 3, 1948
Type: Movie
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Muzikant
Title: Muzikant
Released: May 21, 1948
Type: Movie
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Ves v pohraničí
Title: Ves v pohraničí
Character: Jarda
Released: February 20, 1948
Type: Movie
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Nobody Knows Anything
Title: Nobody Knows Anything
Released: November 28, 1947
Type: Movie
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Znamení kotvy
Title: Znamení kotvy
Released: October 31, 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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Poslední mohykán
Title: Poslední mohykán
Released: September 5, 1947
Type: Movie
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The Stolen Border
Title: The Stolen Border
Character: závodčí
Released: March 14, 1947
Type: Movie
Czech film tells the story of a border town in World War II. Family members and friends become enemies.