Jan Vala
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: September 14, 1943
Age: 81 years old
Gender: Male
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Larks on a String
Overview: In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is a young man who pines for a female convict.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1990-02-01
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Pearls of the Deep
Overview: A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors. Based on stories by the legendary writer Bohumil Hrabal, the shorts range from the surreally chilling to the caustically observant to the casually romantic, but all have a cutting, wily view of the world.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-01-07
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If a Thousand Clarinets
Overview: A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music instruments. Great mystery is immediately found by TV station. And soon the military base becomes a stage for huge TV show.
Genres: Comedy Music Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-01-26
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20 let Olympicu
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Genres: Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Klient
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1974-09-26
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Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1974-08-30
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Lásky hra osudná
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1974-06-22
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Every Young Man
Overview: Jurácek's feature debut is shot in two parts. In the first, a corporal accompanies a new recruit with a sore Achilles tendon for his physical, and all the girls or young women they see are played by the same actress (Ruzickova). In the longer second segment, shot with the help of the Czechoslovakia army, the soldiers pass the time during basic training and maneuvers by talking about girls.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-05-13
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Seven Days in a Week
Overview: Seven days, or rather evenings and nights, in the life of Jenka (Stanislava Bartosová), a young good-looking nurse. Jenka is attractive to men and enjoys their company, but there is a limit beyond which she won't go, since she is faithful to her Filip, who is doing his military service. On Sunday the girl awaits Filip to arrive on a short period of leave, but instead his friend Míla (Frantisek Nemec) turns up and apologizes for Filip, who has to stay in the barracks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-03-25
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Ceremoniář
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1996-05-02
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Eugene among Us
Overview: Young Eugene from the provinces travels to Prague in search of fame. Once there he gets an offer to write engagé lyrics for pop songs...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1990-10-01
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