Karel Vavřík
Also Known As: K. Vavřík
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 19, 1908
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Gender: Male
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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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Nikola Šuhaj loupežník
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1978-03-12
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I'll Be Good, Old Man!
Overview: To the intolerant and bloody-minded Prague actor Bergner (Milos Kopecký) is the lead in Moliere's Misanthrope which he is studying now as tailor-made. On top of that he is malicious and he advises to the new actress Helenka (Dagmar Havlová) in such a way that she upsets the theatre director. If Bergner accuses somebody of a mischief and he is wrong, he never apologizes. When he almost crashes an older elegant lady by his car on the zebra crossing, instead of an apology he calls her an old ballet dancer... But in Brno's TV he takes part in a discussion on manners and he gives himself as an example of good manners and grace. In the train he meets a magic old man (Ladislav Pesek) who warns him and admonishes him to change his behavior. After he arrives to Prague the old man's threat comes true.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1979-07-27
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Diagnóza smrti
Overview: Two seriously injured patients are brought to the hospital at almost the same time: truck driver Honza Linhart, who had an accident, and a young woman found unconscious in a forest by a man picking mushrooms. The woman is identified as Katerina Marková, the divorced mother of a young girl. Major Kalas (Rudolf Hrusínský) suspects that she is a victim of mugging since a bloodstained small ax has been found near the site of the crime and, according to witnesses, Ms Marková was missing her watch and a bracelet, from which a gemstone has also been discovered. Linhart has lost his only kidney in the accident; in order to live a normal life again, he will need a kidney transplant from the mugged woman if she dies.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1979-12-14
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Love Between the Raindrops
Overview: Set in Prague during the years leading up to World War II, this family saga tells the story of a cobbler named Vincenc Bursik (Vladimir Mensik), who uproots his clan from the country to the city, only to suffer the loss of his wife and the failure of his shoe business within months. When his daughter moves away to go live with a wealthy businessman as his mistress, Vincenc is left to take care of his two sons, who spend their days in a secret garden vying for the affections of a teenage girl.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1980-05-23
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Co je doma to se počítá, pánové...
Overview: For the Novák and Bartáček families, money is king, and they'll do just about anything to get it. While René Novák pitches his parents a lucrative scheme to swindle as many people with the last name Novák in the country as possible, the Bartáček clan decides to pretend to be much poorer than they really are in order to siphon some dollars from an American relative. And it doesn't take long before these separate scams start to intertwine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1980-12-26
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Sny na neděli
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1959-08-28
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Svítalo celou noc
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1980-10-03
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Postavy mimo hru
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Sedmý kontinent
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1961-03-17
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Death Is Called Engelchen
Overview: Pavel is a Czech partisan fighter in the waning days of the war. Just as peace is declared, Pavel is shot in the spine and sent to the hospital emergency ward. As he fades in and out of consciousness, he recalls the events that led to his participation in the underground. Holding German occupation commander Engelchen responsible for all the horrors and deprivations heaped upon his comrades, Pavel is kept alive by the possibility of recovering and exacting vengeance upon the Nazi officer - no matter how long it takes.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1963-05-03
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Do You Keep a Lion at Home?
Overview: “And what did you do at school today?” In Pavel Hobl’s Czech fairytale, when Pepik and Honzik learn that school has been canceled they embark on an amazing odyssey around Prague that has them directing traffic, following the lead of a talking dog, breaking the spell an evil sorcerer has placed on a group of local musicians, rollerskating through a museum, and winning a magical car race. (University of Chicago Doc Films)
Genres: Family Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1964-05-15
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Příště budeme chytřejší, staroušku!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1982-12-31
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'Okay, Boss...!'
Overview: Láda Pitras (Ludek Sobota) and Oto Vacák (Petr Nározný) founded in the company Pragokov a Research department of recruitment of labor. For recruitment of workers in professions sought after both recruiters worked out an effective, often almost illegal methods. They followed secretly for instance the welder Niederle and managed to record his lovesick courting to his colleague Anicka. The fear of his jealous wife made him to join Pragokov.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1978-01-06
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Honor and Glory
Overview: This historical film by Hynek Bočan touches upon the indecisiveness of the Czech nation, ready to bend the backbone in face of foreign rule. Situating the story at the close of the Thirty Year War enabled the depiction of the misery of the people that affects even an impoverished aristocratic milieu. Rudolf Hrušínský appears here in the role of an indecisive knight, persuaded for a long time and in vain to join the anti-Habsburg movement. The story does not only captivate through the depiction of manifold human characters, intrigues and sycophancy, but also through the circumstances ruling over the devastated farmstead, sunk in mud and crudeness. One of the best films with an updating tendency has come into being here, rightly being named along the such greats as Kladivo na čarodějnice (Witches' Hammer).
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-01-24
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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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Zbraně pro Prahu
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Genres: War Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1975-05-02
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Osud jménem Kamila
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1974-06-21
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Televize v Bublicích aneb Bublice v televizi
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1974-09-27
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We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling...
Overview: Mr. Novak tells a lie to his neighbor Mrs. Bartackova that her husband is unfaithful to her and that is how it all started.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1976-11-19
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Komediant
Overview: Saxony, devastated by the Thirty Years' War, is led by the comedy troupe of the principal Fortunato. The student Vavrinec has fled Bohemia and greatly values the text of Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, which he has acquired on his wanderings around the world.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1984-10-01
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Dva ohně
Overview: A socialist drama from the time of the February coup. The owner of the brickyard will use several workers before February in order to subvert worker solidarity and continue to do his black business. However, the vigilance of a young, aware worker prevents him from doing so.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1950-02-17
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V trestném území
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1951-01-12
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Temno
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1951-08-24
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Výhra admirála Kotrby
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1981-12-05
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Old Ironside
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1948-12-03
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Případ dr. Kováře
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1950-04-28
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Pára nad hrncem
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1950-10-20
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Karhanova parta
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1951-03-23
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Victorious Wings
Overview: Many of the young workers at an aircraft factory near Prague are members of an aviation club. On the one hand, there is the responsible Franta, who is highly regarded by his colleagues due to his understanding nature. Opposite him is the talented aircraft designer Ruda, who is also an excellent pilot, but also hotheaded, undisciplined and condescending towards his colleagues. He starts flirting with the glass grinder Lída, although he knows that she is Franta's girl friend. A conflict is not long in coming. When Franta's glider crashes due to a suspected mistake by Ruda, Ruda is banned for a certain period of time. This is fatal, because both young men were actually supposed to represent Czechoslovakia at the upcoming international gliding championships in Poland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1951-01-01
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King of the Sumava
Overview: A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Sumava".
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1959-12-25
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