Vít Olmer
Also Known As: V. Olmer, Vit Olmer, Вит Ольмер
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia
Adult: No
Birthday: June 19, 1942
Age: 82 years old
Gender: Male
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Concert for the survivors
Overview: A picture of generational confrontations between children and parents. A young and ambitious violin virtuoso, Peter, lives in long-lasting conflicts with his father. Only after his death Peter realizes how much he had been hurting his father. Still, not even the tragedy can make a change in his shallow life in stereotype.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1977-02-25
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Krótkie życie
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1976-06-07
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Hněv
Overview: Sunday in September 1977, a celebration of the Miners Day. The old Hepnar is sitting at the cemetery and is recalling events from ten years ago. That time the representative of the ministry Barvír announced at the miners meeting that mining in the mines would decrease. He reasoned this decision by the fact the deposits of coal are almost used up. The boss of the mine and most of the miners protested. Barvír did not take their critical objections into account. He announced at the communist district meeting the closure of the business as the mine according to new economic principles did not prosper.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1978-10-06
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Ball Lightning
Overview: A comedy about exchange of 12 apartments , which, its organizer, lawyer Radosta, rightly called Action Ball Lightning. To prepare, organize and execute the exchange of twelve apartments is a work worthy champions. Radosta, who was excellently played by Rudolf Hrušínský, solved all sudden difficulties and complications on the fly and with grace. To be sure that the on the D-day everything goes well he prepares a little rehearsal, which reveals many minor issues caused for example by wedding ordered to inappropriate term or hesitation of some participants. Last but not least a night exercise announced by drunk psychologist Knotků, creates a lot of confusion that nearly sabotaged the whole operation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1979-08-10
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The Phantom of Morrisville
Overview: Inspector Brumpby (Jaroslav Marvan) and the young crime reporter Allan Pinkerton (Vít Olmer) attend wedding of Sir Hannibal Morris (Oldrich Nový) with beautiful Clarence (Kveta Fialová). After the ceremony, Clarence's ex-husband, criminal Manuel Diaz (Waldemar Matuska), who was believed dead, shows up in her room. He wants to get his hands on Clarence and, most importantly, on the money she would inherit in the eventuality of her new husband's death. Diaz makes attempts on Hannibal's life. He knows his way about an underground labyrinth in the château and the traps he sets up for Hannibal seem to work, since Hannibal is apparently found dead after an explosion in the labyrinth, after which his body vanishes. The inspector tries to solve the countless mysteries. In this, he is joined by Allan, always ahead of the man of the law in his estimation and judgment of the situation.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-07-15
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Kdo přichází před půlnocí
Overview: The accountants at a agricultural cooperative near Prague have completed the calculation of wages. The driver with the cashier are leaving for a bank in Prague to withdraw the cash amounting to over one million crowns. On returning back, an oncoming heavy truck appears, crashing into their car. The injured men cannot defend themselves, and the whole cash is stolen from them.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1980-05-30
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Postavení mimo hru
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1979-12-28
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Blues pro EFB
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Genres: Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1980-10-10
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The Golden Fern
Overview: Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they fall in love. After getting drunk in a village feast, he gets to sign up to the army. The fairy gives him a shirt to wear and asks him to swear he will never abandon it. At the war front, he falls in love with the the colonel's daughter and will have to perform various feats to get her attention.
Genres: War Fantasy History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1963-08-29
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Odcházeti s podzimem
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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The Pipes
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-08-30
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Jarní vody
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1968-08-30
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The High Wall
Overview: Jitka is a 12-year-old girl who feels the first stirring of love. She becomes friends with a young man who is hospitalized with paralysis. Jitka visits the man every day and witnesses his slow recovery, but she is unaware that she could have deeper feelings for him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1964-06-19
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Man in Outer Space
Overview: An upholsterer who is preparing a rocket for takeoff accidentally jettisons himself into space and returns to Earth 500 years later with an alien companion who wishes to learn more about the human race.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1962-03-23
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Občané s erbem
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Z lékárníkova deníku
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Ferat Vampire
Overview: A doctor is shocked when his beloved colleague Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver. A scientist convinces him that human blood is being used as fuel for Mima's ever winning car, but does that really work?
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1982-05-28
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Kouzelný kopec
Overview: Documentary about Barrandov studios.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2023-09-09
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The Devil's Trap
Overview: A small town is one day visited by a priest who is there on a secret mission. He is a member of the Inquisition sent to investigate the activities of a local miller. The miller and his son are the descendants of an old family whose ancestral home burned down a century ago, but was rebuilt from scratch. The miller inherited much of his knowledge about the land, water, and a building's stability from generations of family experience. His reputation for finding water and predicting when a structure might collapse have come to the attention of the Inquisition -surely he must be in league with the Devil.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1962-04-20
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Amulet
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Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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A Girl Fit to Be Killed
Overview: The waitress Gita from the hotel "Bobí vrch" approaches her lover who has not left his wife yet and gives him an ultimatum: if he does not do all according to her wish, she will announce to the police his machinations with foreign currency.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1976-04-16
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Ratili
Overview: Dreaming of creating a Czech musical theater, not recognized in his homeland, Josef Navratil, under the pseudonym of Iosif Ratili, one day comes on tour to Georgia.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1984-02-01
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Beauty and the Beast
Overview: Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father. She goes to an enchanted castle in the woods and meets Netvor, a bird-like monster. As Netvor begins to fall in love with Julie, he must suppress his beastly urge to kill her.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1979-03-02
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Atomová katedrála
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1985-04-01
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Like Rabbits
Overview: A story of two boys who during the summer at a recreation area become best friends despite being enemies at first.
Genres: Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1982-09-24
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Blinker-Ciko
Overview: Roman Hlava grew up with his diplomat parents in Latin America where he had been home-schooled by his over doting mother. The over indulgence of affection and praise has given the boy an over confidence. This is quickly squashed by his new peers when the family returns to the Czech Republic. This leads to neurotic tics and the nickname Mrkácek the 'Blinker.' A stay at a children's camp provides new friends, acceptance, an appreciation of nature, a new outlook on life, and loss of the tics.
Genres: Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1983-06-01
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5 Million Witnesses
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-12-31
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Der Mann von der Cap Arcona
Overview: 1982: East German actor Erwin Gregorek travels to Hamburg to shoot screen tests for a film about the sinking of the ocean-liner Cap Arcona in 1945 - a catastrophe he himself survived as a concentration camp prisoner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1982-09-12
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Waterloo po česku
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2002-09-12
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A Matter of Days
Overview: Françoise, a French sociology student, moves to Czechoslovakia to write her thesis. She falls in love with Pavel, a professor. But the events of the "Prague Spring" begin and Pavel decides to collaborate. Françoise returns to France and meets up with her militant friends on the eve of the events of May 68 in Paris.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-04-30
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The Bridge at Remagen
Overview: In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-25
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Long Live the Republic
Overview: Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. Oldrich dodges amid the mayhem and panic, taking his share of blows but always managing to stay one step ahead. Beautifully shot and darkly ironic, Karel Kachyna’s forgotten masterpiece jumbles reality, memory and fantasy to capture the intensity and confusion of childhood in a war zone.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-11-05
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Boys Will Be Boys
Overview: Three friends - Tomás, Hubert and Jozka - are boys growing up in a little town. Tomás lives with his aunt Apolena and uncle Václav. Tomás is a boy with lots of ideas that often end up getting him into trouble not only with his teachers and aunt, but with the other inhabitants of the town as well. He has a crush on his schoolmate Blanka and for her sake he decides to try to get the prize for the best pupil in the school.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1976-03-19
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Bitva o Hedviku
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1972-11-03
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Maratón
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1968-12-31
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The Krakonos and the Skiers
Overview: Matej and Jenda, two of the eight children of the poor Pelc family in the Giant Mountains, help in a glass works where the oldest brother Francek works. They hide into a tub not to be seen by supervisors checking on the ban of children labor. They miss the Epiphany carol (songs and treats door-to-door) and all neighbor village boys again on them in all the neighbor houses. On their way home they are passed by a fast moving big man with a large backpack. The boys send the customs officers, who are pursuing the strange man, to the opposite direction. The man then thanks them and rewards them the next day. Based on fairy-tales and legends the boys think the man is Krakonos (the giant living and ruling in the Giant Mountains).
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1981-01-23
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Osení
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1961-05-26
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Svědek umírajícího času
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1991-02-01
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