Otakáro Schmidt
Biography: Otakáro Maria Schmidt, birth name Otakar Miloslav Maria Schmidt, nicknamed "Štětináč", born on October 28, 1960 in Pilsen, is a Czech director, screenwriter, moderator, actor, dancer and playwright. In the 1960s he was a member of the Scout Club, nicknamed Červenáček. At the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague, he studied pantomime, dance and acting. Afterwards, he was employed as a dancer at the Liberec theater, working with Laura and her tigers. He is the initiator of the BAR Fantastic and Gas Theater project. It was part of the so-called Prague Five of the Sklep Theater. In the 1990s he graduated from the Department of Screenwriting and Dramaturgy at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts. He is involved in writing scenarios, directing documentaries where he is also a cameraman, and journalism. In several films, he starred in supporting roles. He is the author of the book Tajas full of islands (publisher D. Hrbek, Olomouc) and the music album Burning dreams. After his conversion (in 2004 he was baptized by Tomáš Halík in the Church of the Most Holy Salvator), he devoted himself even more to Christian themes in his work. His film projects collaborate with him (as co-author, assistant director, actress) and his wife Jan Kristina Studničková. On TV Noe, he became the moderator of the Angels Path, with more than stem parts. (Wikipedia)
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 28, 1960
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Blázen z La Verny
2010-12-25
Blázen z La Verny
Overview:
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2010-12-25
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Mendel – otec genetiky
2017-02-21
Mendel – otec genetiky
Overview:
Genres: Documentary Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2017-02-21
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Marie Magdaléna – apoštolka apoštolů
2023-12-24
Marie Magdaléna – apoštolka apoštolů
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2023-12-24
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Pražské Jezulátko
2011-01-01
Pražské Jezulátko
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Ruce v záruce
2022-11-06
Ruce v záruce
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2022-11-06
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The Gnome
2005-03-17
The Gnome
Overview: A tragicomedy full of slapstick and vignettes, and even an unexpected shootout. A family of villagers moves up in the world - to the county seat. Dad works as a butcher at a meatpacking plant, mom is a checker at a supermarket. The daughter is at odds with her homeroom teacher, while the son - a vegetarian, anarchist, and avid pothead - is apprenticing as a butcher to please his father. The kid's in hot water with both his forewoman and the police. But dad isn't much of an example, letting himself be tempted by the charms of a lovely young butcher. However much mom tries - visiting the beauty parlor, her psychologist, or even the confessional - her husband shows his interest by moving out. Mom plots revenge. And somehow an imp gets mixed up in it all
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2005-03-17
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Mlýny
1994-01-01
Mlýny
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Coal Tower
2002-03-28
Coal Tower
Overview: Jakub, a young, small time drug dealer, wakes up to find the police storming the apartment building while his parents are both away on holiday. After flushing all of his "secret stashes" in the toilet, he finds out they are actually there to investigate the death of the girl upstairs, a close childhood friend of his and the family. He slowly retraces the past week that she has been lying dead in her flat and remembers that he asked her to "receive a package" unbeknownst to her from his drug dealer, Pexeso.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2002-03-28
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Expulsion from Paradise
2001-04-19
Expulsion from Paradise
Overview: Philosophical movie, staged at the least philosophical environment imaginable: A closed scenery of a nudist spot, where some hired Czech stuff is making a plain erotic movie for a rich Russian producer. Nothing in this movie is what it seems to be at the first superficial glance.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2001-04-19
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The Smoke
1991-02-01
The Smoke
Overview: "A musical film of the totalitarian era" is the the second title of the film. The film is based on a legendary school film of Tomáš Vorel, called INg (1985).The story line stays the same - a young engineer finds a new job and wants to work, this proves to be impossible in the last days of the communist era.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1991-02-01
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Mikuláš - Svatý mistr v obdarování
2021-12-25
Mikuláš - Svatý mistr v obdarování
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2021-12-25
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