Karel Vítek

Karel Vítek

Born: October 16, 1936

Movies for Karel Vítek...

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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Rytmus 1934
Title: Rytmus 1934
Released: November 28, 1980
Type: Movie
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Dark Sun
Title: Dark Sun
Released: September 19, 1980
Type: Movie
A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit.
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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 Divine Emma
Title: The Divine Emma
Released: December 21, 1979
Type: Movie
The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia.
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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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House Call
Title: House Call
Released: January 26, 1979
Type: Movie
Third movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu
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Past na kachnu
Title: Past na kachnu
Released: December 29, 1978
Type: Movie
Taxi driver Koukal (Miroslav Machácek) is stopped by the police for a routine traffic check. In the boot of his car the police find the body of a naked man. Koukal is arrested even though he claims he knows nothing about it. The case is assigned to Major Mlynár (Milan Sandhaus). The police identify the corpse as that of an Austrian citizen called Mitrik. Koukal has been regularly driving people interested in gambling to a secret gaming den. The police are put onto the gambling den by another taxi driver, who admits that he drove Mitrik there. Mlynár and officer cadet Pecka (Ivan Vyskocil) feign interest in gambling and visit the gaming den incognito.
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On the Great River
Title: On the Great River
Released: November 10, 1978
Type: Movie
Second movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu
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Settlement of Crows
Title: Settlement of Crows
Released: September 8, 1978
Type: Movie
First movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu
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Long Live Ghosts!
Title: Long Live Ghosts!
Character: Gnome
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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Náš dědek Josef
Title: Náš dědek Josef
Released: September 23, 1977
Type: Movie
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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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The Day That Shook the World
Title: The Day That Shook the World
Character: Soldier
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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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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Dvacátý devátý
Title: Dvacátý devátý
Released: April 25, 1975
Type: Movie
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The Motive for Murder
Title: The Motive for Murder
Character: Driver (segment "Víkend")
Released: April 4, 1975
Type: Movie
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Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Title: Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Released: August 30, 1974
Type: Movie
A sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he buys a computer made horoscope with biorhythms charts, marked according to his date of birth, there are trappy, precarious, unsuccessful and even critical days and few successful days. The clumsy luckless person Frantisek has finally a guidance for his life.
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A Night at Karlstein
Title: A Night at Karlstein
Character: Soldier
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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Kronika žhavého léta
Title: Kronika žhavého léta
Character: Brawler
Released: August 31, 1973
Type: Movie
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Days of Betrayal
Title: Days of Betrayal
Character: Soldier
Released: April 27, 1973
Type: Movie
This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from the advance of Hitler's Germany. On the 29th of March 1938 the leader of the Sudeten Germans Henlein (Werner Ehrlicher) has a meeting with Hitler (Gunnar Möller). Hitler orders him to intensify pressure on the Czechoslovak government. On the 24th of April in Carlsbad, the Sudetendeutsche Partei (Sudeten German Party) decides upon eight demands that are unacceptable to the Czechoslovak President, since they would ultimately lead to the break-up of the Republic. Benes still shows a certain willingness to negotiate, and Henlein resents this. The Germans are determined to make further negotiations impossible through incidents and violence.
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Miss Golem
Title: Miss Golem
Released: March 30, 1973
Type: Movie
It is the 1920's. The good-looking hostess Věra demonstrates household robots to visitors of the Futurum exhibition. Young inventor Petr comes to her rescue when she tries to flee from two men wanting to take her away. Věra confesses that she has fled from home because her father, a factory owner, wanted to profitably marry her off. Petr is fascinated by the emancipated woman and shows her round his laboratory, where he plans to create a robot of his own - but one that would be far more advanced. Věra cuts herself on a broken test-tube and a drop of her blood gets in the solution. In the morning, they are taken aback to see Věra's double. This lucky chance has helped Petr create an artificial being, Miss Golem. She has a single motive for her actions: to take care of Věra and allow her to do only what is good for her.
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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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The Girl on the Broomstick
Title: The Girl on the Broomstick
Released: September 8, 1972
Type: Movie
A teenage witch, Saxana (Petra Černocká), frozen in time as a punishment for 300 years, finds herself in a modern world.
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Svět otevřený náhodám
Title: Svět otevřený náhodám
Released: April 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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Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
Title: Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
Character: gangster
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
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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Devilish Honeymoon
Title: Devilish Honeymoon
Released: September 4, 1970
Type: Movie
Black comedy about a genius inventor and two young, smart and beautiful women. Both of them putting all their effort into getting the one man. This will inevitable lead to all sorts of mischief, crime and even a murder. This murder-comedy, shot at the dawn of normalization has intentionally broke off from any connection to the reality of its time. The director Zdeněk Podskalský has focused on creating intriguing story lines, revolving around the two endeavouring female characters who are fighting for the same man. Two competing parties are not only ready to kill the other, but also (if necessary) the potential groom. This film has enabled the members of the cast, composed mainly of the brightest stars of the Czech acting scene of that time, to show an incredible acting range, from the lightest comedy to the darkest cynical morbidity.
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Odvážná slečna
Title: Odvážná slečna
Released: April 10, 1970
Type: Movie
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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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Slasti Otce vlasti
Title: Slasti Otce vlasti
Released: July 8, 1969
Type: Movie
The young Prince Charles (Jaromír Hanzlík), the future King of his country Charles IV, is being educated at the French court in the company of his fiancée Blanche (Daniela Kolárová). One day he receives a summons from his father John of Luxembourg (Milos Kopecký) in Italy. He leaves for Italy accompanied by a deputation from Bohemia. On the way the prince's company fights a battle with armed Milanese against heavy odds. Thanks to Charles's perspicacity, the prince's almost naked soldiers win through. In Lucca in Italy Charles joins his father, and here he experiences an amorous adventure and escapes from the traps laid by the Italian rebels.
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Maratón
Title: Maratón
Released: December 31, 1968
Type: Movie
It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.
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Objížďka
Title: Objížďka
Released: July 5, 1968
Type: Movie
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I, Justice
Title: I, Justice
Released: April 12, 1968
Type: Movie
At the year 1946, the time of the Nuremberg Process. One of the main actors of the Second World War, who reportedly committed suicide, Adolf Hitler is, however, missing. The Czech doctor Herman (Karel Höger) is kidnapped from Prague and driven to the sanatorium of Professor Rolf Harting (Jirí Vrstála). The sanatorium is a disguised military stronghold, most probably occupied by a Nazi garrison, with prison cells and an execution chamber in the basement. At night, Herman is taken to a patient in whom he, to his horror, recognizes Hitler (Fritz Diez).
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Lemonade Joe
Title: Lemonade Joe
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!