Jan Richter
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: May 06, 1896
Age: 129 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: September 11, 1936
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Known For:
The Good Soldier Schweik
Overview: Joint montage of the first three silent films about Švejk: Good Soldier Švejk (1926, director: Karel Lamač), Švejk on the Front (1926, director Karel Lamač) and Švejk in Russian Captivity (1926, director: Svatopluk Innemann, model Karel Vaněk). The lead role was played by Karel Noll, who was very popular at the time. The last silent sequel Švejk v civilu (1927) exists independently, but the copy of the film is badly damaged.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1930-06-11
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Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: The Portorican prime minister asks British detective Sherlock Holmes to find a twin for King Fernando XXIII, a weak and frightened man who fears anarchists and does not want to show himself in public. Holmes finds in the Czech newspapers a photo of the perfect double, František Lelíček, a daring bon vivant drowned in debt, so when Holmes offers him money, Lelíček decides to travel to Portorico and play the role.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1932-03-25
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From Saturday to Sunday
Overview: Two secretaries go out on a double date, but the inexperienced Mary flees when offered money for sexual favors. She takes refuge in a cafe and encounters a plebeian Prince Charming. The film recounts the simple progress of their romance after they go home together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1931-05-01
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Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter
Overview: Anton Špelec (Vlasta Burin) is a producer of musical instruments by trade but a sharp-shooter at heart. He expects to be awarded a medal at a large parade in town where veteran sharp-shooters will be honored. When the town council is one medal short, Anton must wait another year for his prized possession. He drowns his disappointment in drink at the local pub and becomes so drunk that he insults the emperor who sentences him to jail. Instead of fulfilling the emperor’s orders himself, Anton sends his employee in his stead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1932-12-16
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Josef Kajetán Tyl
Overview: A biographical story about significant Czech dramatist, writer and actor Josef Kajetán Tyl.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1926-01-29
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The Old Man Bezousek
Overview: A Carl Lamac directed movie based on a novel by Karel Václav Rais.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1927-01-14
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Father Vojtech
Overview: Father Vojtech (Czech: Páter Vojtěch) is a 1929 silent Czech romance film directed by Martin Frič.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1929-03-01
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Battalion
Overview: Skid-row epic about a lawyer's decline.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1927-12-25
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Vražda v Ostrovní ulici
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1933-03-24
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The Innkeeper 'At the Wild Beauty'
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1932-06-24
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Polská krev
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1934-12-21
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Uličnice
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1936-10-23
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Z bláta do louže
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1934-04-06
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Small-sided musketeers
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1932-06-17
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The Last Bohemian
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Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1931-08-21
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The Good Soldier Švejk
Overview: The first film treatment of the fate of the good soldier Švejk, a dog dealer from Prague, who is arrested after the Sarajevo assassination, psychiatrically examined and later called up to c. and k. army to fight for the emperor lord.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1926-02-12
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The Robber
Overview: Mimi lives with her parents and the maid Fanka in a villa near the forest. One day, a gamekeeper comes to court Mimi when her parents are away.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1931-11-27
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Sedmá velmoc
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1933-11-17
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Chyťte ho!
Overview: Painter Johnny Miller bets his friends he can find his house blindfolded. But he stumbles into a bandits' camp, and being mistaken for one of them, is sent to rob the villa of Frank Sellins, a banker, and his niece Lilly.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1925-01-01
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Šest mušketýrů
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1925-10-23
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Komediantská princezna
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1936-02-06
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Klub tří
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1935-12-26
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Sündenfall
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-01-04
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Haničko, co s tebou bude...?
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1928-03-09
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Pobočník Jeho Výsosti
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1933-04-14
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Syn hor
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1925-10-23
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The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová
Overview: The film depicts the adventures of Kacenka (Zdena Kavková) and Vincek (Vlasta Burian), two innocent country bumpkins who live in a Czech small town, and the various jobs that Kacenka has once she moves to Prague, that beautiful capital city. Our heroine will have to bear difficult working conditions and to make things worse, she falls in love with a fake aristocrat. Fortunately her companion, Vincek who is also in Prague, has an unrequited love for her. Though he is the cause of many Kacenka's problems, Vincek finally will help and resolve her loves troubles. And of course there is a happy ending that brings the Czech couple together.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1926-12-25
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Lucerna
Overview: A Czechoslovakian comedy directed by Carl Lamac and starring himself Theodor Pistek & Anny Ondra.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1925-11-27
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Him and His Sister
Overview: Postman Brabec is a welcome guest of the revue theatre for his sense of humor, and he brings his director Holt letters from female admirers every day. Holt's fans include Brabec's sister Anny. The girl would like to join the theatre, but for the time being works as a maid for the actress Velden. A new revue is being rehearsed, the name of the author is secret. Veldenová will return the role just before the premiere because she doesn't like it. The quick-witted Brabec introduces the director to his sister, who knows all the parts by heart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1931-04-03
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Darling of the regiment
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1931-08-31
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Men on the Offsides
Overview: The owner of the ready-to-wear store, Mr. Richard Naceradec from Zizkov, is an enthusiastic fan of S.K. Slavia and despite his wife's opposition, he goes to football every Sunday. Tailor Emanuel Habásko lives alone with his adult son Eman. Widow Ouholicková chases Krejcí endlessly, but father Habásko bravely resists. Habásko do not recognize any other club except S.K. Viktoria. One day, Naceradec will face Eman at the match between Slavia and Viktoria.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1931-09-11
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The Dogheads
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1931-09-18
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Cobblers
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1931-11-20
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Tchán Kondelík a zeť Vejvara
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1929-11-15
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Otec Kondelík a ženich Vejvara I.
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1926-11-05
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Nemodlenec
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1928-03-30
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Otec Kondelík a ženich Vejvara II.
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1927-02-11
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Známosti z ulice
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1929-01-11
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Your Money or Your Life
Overview: A czech film that focuses on an unfaithful husband who married in to money, as well as an impoverished man who is turns to theft.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1932-10-14
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A song about great love
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1932-04-22
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Pepina Rejholcová
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1932-10-14
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The Undertaker
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1932-06-10
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Dobrý tramp Bernášek
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1933-11-24
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Jindra, the Countess Ostrovín
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1934-01-05
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Heave-Ho!
Overview: A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings with a worker, Filip Kornet, he discovers he still owns a half-finished apartment-house. They rally the workers and complete the building for use as a collectivist dairy. The cooperative flourishes and after a chase/pursuit with the police, pratfalls, slapstick and various crashes, the workers buy out the Milk-Trust.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1934-10-26
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Ulička v ráji
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Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1936-09-25
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Dvojí život
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1924-10-31
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Jedenácté přikázání
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1925-10-23
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Z českých mlýnů
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1925-11-13
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Pohádka máje
Overview: A lyrical tale of the pure, vernal romance between a diffident, somewhat naive girl from a rural backwater and a fairly dissolute, but kind-hearted law student from Prague.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1926-12-25
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Pražský flamendr
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1926-07-02
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Z českých mlýnů
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1929-07-05
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Válečné tajnosti pražské
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1926-06-25
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The Prague Executioner
Overview: Rudolf Měšťák’s silent film The Prague Executioner, based on the novel of the same name by Josef Svátek, is a historical tale of love, betrayal and revenge.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1927-12-02
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Svejk as a Civilian
Overview: «Svejk v civilu» (also known as "Svejk as a Civilian", "Schweik in Civilian Life", "Schwejk in Zivil") is 1927 Comedy film directed by Gustav Machatý, and written by Jacques Bachrach, Eduard Simácek, and Karel Vanek . Karel Noll is starring, alongside Dina Gralla, Jirí Hron, Albert Paulig, Renati Renee and Jan Richter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1927-09-23
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Děvče z tabákové továrny
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1929-01-11
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Business in Distress
Overview: Finnicky efficiency expert is sent to straighten out business management problems at a jazz club, and finds self being drawn into the swingin' scene.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1931-10-16
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Spitzenhöschen und Schusterpech
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-09-07
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Here in Kocourkov
Overview: Curious citizens await the arrival of an important guest, the son of poacher, who became famous abroad. Begins celebration in his honor, but nobody knows that instead of the hero arrived cursory prisoner number 1313. He quickly understand how things are and decides to take the opportunity and very quickly gets into a new role.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1934-11-23
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Jägerblut
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1934-01-01
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Rozpustilá noc
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1935-04-05
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Bezdětná
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1935-11-08
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Na tý louce zelený
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1936-08-07
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Trhani
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1936-09-18
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