Karel Houska
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 15, 1916
Deathday: December 22, 1987
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Lucerna
1960-12-21
Lucerna
Overview:
Genres: Fantasy Family Comedy History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1960-12-21
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Zákon starého muže
1976-11-11
Zákon starého muže
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1976-11-11
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Evžen Oněgin
1967-02-08
Evžen Oněgin
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1967-02-08
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Svítalo celou noc
1980-10-03
Svítalo celou noc
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1980-10-03
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Ledové moře volá
1961-11-17
Ledové moře volá
Overview:
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1961-11-17
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Tereza
1961-12-01
Tereza
Overview:
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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Karel Hynek Mácha
1983-06-12
Karel Hynek Mácha
Overview:
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1983-06-12
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Objížďka
1968-07-05
Objížďka
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1968-07-05
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The Great Movie Robbery
1987-01-01
The Great Movie Robbery
Overview: The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the nationalisation of the Czechoslovak film industry, to be held at the Prague U Hybernu venue. The protagonists of the piece are comedians Oldrich Kaiser and Jirí Lábus, who are set to accept an award from Japanese television representatives at the exhibition. At the same time, five gangsters plot to seize a revolutionary invention devised by professor Suzuki - a super holograph, which enables any figure from television to be transported in the flesh into the real world, and vice-versa.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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You Are a Widow, Sir
1971-01-15
You Are a Widow, Sir
Overview: 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.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-01-15
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Julián odpadlík
1970-01-01
Julián odpadlík
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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The Girl on the Broomstick
1972-09-08
The Girl on the Broomstick
Overview: A teenage witch, Saxana (Petra Černocká), frozen in time as a punishment for 300 years, finds herself in a modern world.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1972-09-08
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Velikonoční dovolená
1972-03-17
Velikonoční dovolená
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1972-03-17
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How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
1975-03-01
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer
Overview: There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaken for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on...
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1975-03-01
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The Man from London
1974-06-07
The Man from London
Overview: A British citizen by the name of George Reiner (Jirí Sovák) arrives at Prague airport. He was once a Czech safe-breaker, and has now returned home after thirty years to steal twenty-dollar gold coins still kept in the safe at a private villa in Pilsen whose owner fled to the West.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1974-06-07
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Metelice
1963-12-12
Metelice
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1963-12-12
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Světáci
1963-05-01
Světáci
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1963-05-01
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Kam zmizel kurýr
1981-10-16
Kam zmizel kurýr
Overview: A mysterious man named Michael Allan Jones arrives in Prague to search for his ancestors. Specifically, he is interested in the year 1611, when a meteorite allegedly crashed near Dobruška. The search for him is helped by nice writer Marcela, who writes a short story about this topic. He thinks it wasn't a meteorite, but a UFO. With her, Michael visits several Czech locations with a mysterious past.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1981-10-16
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Píšťalka pro dva
1975-04-27
Píšťalka pro dva
Overview:
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1975-04-27
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Vilém Rozkoč
1976-07-11
Vilém Rozkoč
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1976-07-11
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Běž, ať ti neuteče
1977-04-22
Běž, ať ti neuteče
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1977-04-22
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Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1983-10-01
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
Overview: Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1983-10-01
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I Wouldn't Leave Tereza for Any Other Girl
1976-11-12
I Wouldn't Leave Tereza for Any Other Girl
Overview: An animal lover father brings home a cuddlesome female chimp named Tereza from his latest around the world and adopts her as a pet...
Genres: Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1976-11-12
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Putování Jana Amose
1983-10-01
Putování Jana Amose
Overview:
Genres: History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1983-10-01
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Jako kníže Rohan
1984-01-08
Jako kníže Rohan
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1984-01-08
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Celý svet nad hlavou
1983-01-01
Celý svet nad hlavou
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Vzpurní svědkové
1983-07-31
Vzpurní svědkové
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1983-07-31
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Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
1966-08-26
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Overview: 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!
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-08-26
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The Nun's Night
1967-12-15
The Nun's Night
Overview: A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the mass closure of monasteries and convents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1967-12-15
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Pan Samochodzik i praskie tajemnice
1989-01-09
Pan Samochodzik i praskie tajemnice
Overview:
Genres: Adventure Family Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1989-01-09
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Zločin v Modré hvězdě
1974-02-22
Zločin v Modré hvězdě
Overview:
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1974-02-22
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It was in May
1951-06-01
It was in May
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1951-06-01
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A Star Named Wormwood
1965-02-26
A Star Named Wormwood
Overview: At the end of May 1918, released prisoners return to the Rumburk garrison from Russian captivity, hoping that the war is over for them. The only thing they want is to get their withheld ...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-02-26
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The Trap
1951-04-27
The Trap
Overview: Czech drama film.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1951-04-27
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Action B
1952-02-22
Action B
Overview: Film shows the struggle of the Czechoslovak armed forces against groups of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) under command Burlak, who tried to pass through the territory of Slovakia.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1952-02-22
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The Secret of Blood
1953-12-25
The Secret of Blood
Overview:
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1953-12-25
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Shoesmachine
1954-09-24
Shoesmachine
Overview: The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1954-09-24
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Nevěra
1956-08-31
Nevěra
Overview: Based on book by Svatopluk Turek.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1956-08-31
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Bratři Kipové
1979-01-01
Bratři Kipové
Overview:
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Stařeček vavříny vídeňské slávy ověnčený aneb Zpronevěra
1988-01-01
Stařeček vavříny vídeňské slávy ověnčený aneb Zpronevěra
Overview:
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
1981-10-02
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Overview: In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera. He is also an obsessed opera fan, keeps the body of his favorite diva preserved in a crypt in the castle. In order to keep away nosy visitors, the baron's mad-scientist assistant, invents all sorts of spooky phenomena in order to give the castle a creepy reputation.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1981-10-02
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Bellevue
1969-06-25
Bellevue
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-06-25
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Můj obchod se psy
1986-04-15
Můj obchod se psy
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1986-04-15
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Smuteční hudba za padlé hrdiny
1977-07-24
Smuteční hudba za padlé hrdiny
Overview:
Genres: History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1977-07-24
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Hrdinové mlčí
1946-10-04
Hrdinové mlčí
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1946-10-04
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Hlava plná slunce
1986-01-01
Hlava plná slunce
Overview:
Genres: History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Až se vrátíš...
1948-11-23
Až se vrátíš...
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1948-11-23
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Dravci
1948-04-30
Dravci
Overview: Wild Beasts
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1948-04-30
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Jasnovidec
1981-10-10
Jasnovidec
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1981-10-10
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Lost in the Suburbs
1949-01-28
Lost in the Suburbs
Overview: Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War II
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1949-01-28
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Případ dr. Kováře
1950-04-28
Případ dr. Kováře
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1950-04-28
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Přiznání
1951-06-15
Přiznání
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1951-06-15
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Chlap jako hora
1960-12-30
Chlap jako hora
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1960-12-30
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Domek u lesa
1985-01-01
Domek u lesa
Overview: Every one of us has certainly been in a situation for which he or she is not prepared and is not able to orient him or herself immediately and correctly. And the hero of our story also finds out in a rather unpleasant way that it leads to a number of misunderstandings and bitter mistakes... Jaroslav Falta (J. Abrhám), a nondescript clerk, cannot resist the pressure of several people interested in buying his aunt's house after the hospitalization of his wealthy aunt (A. Hegerlíková). He is charmed and won over by the charm of a colleague from work - Alenka (J. Asterová) - after departure of his girlfriend on a business trip.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Gobseck
1985-10-06
Gobseck
Overview:
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1985-10-06
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