Zdeněk Kryzánek
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: October 30, 1920
Age: 104 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 24, 1975
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Marketa Lazarová
Overview: Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1967-11-24
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The Valley of the Bees
Overview: Cast out by his father, young Ondrej joins the Order of the Teutonic Knights, where he is raised by strict monk Armin. After years of hardship, Ondrej escapes from the Order when he is wrongly punished, and sets out for his former home. Arriving to discover his father to be dead, Ondrej now not only assumes control of his father's properties, but seeks to marry his former stepmother.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1968-05-17
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Case for a Rookie Hangman
Overview: Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a watch from its waistcoat breast pocket. The half-ruined house that he enters reminds Lemuel of his childhood and brings up a painful memory of a dearly loved girl Markéta who was drowned years ago. Gulliver finds himself in Balnibarbi, a country where he doesn't understand the laws and habits and so continually offends against public decency. It is a day when people are ordered to keep their mouths shut and they force their visitor to follow suit. He faces harsh interrogation and finds it difficult to explain that he is not the rabbit Oscar whose watch has been found in his possession.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1970-07-03
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Krvavý román
Overview: The television adaptation of Jaroslav Hašek's satirical short story.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Life for Jan Kaspar
Overview: The bridegroom Jan Kaspar is an officer in the Klement Gottwald's Nová Hut rolling-mill. After bidding farewell to his freedom, he accidentally takes a sip from the bottle of tetrachlore which he stores at home. He disregards the dizziness, but the next day, he faints in the factory and has a brain concussion. During her regular tests, doctor Dudková is shocked by a high percentage of residual nitrogen found in Kaspar's blood. Doctor Bohácek, with whom Dudková consults, thinks that it is a liver disease and informs the head physician Filip. The doctors know nothing about tetrachlore and are in the dark about the case. Despite that, they immediately start to fight for Kaspar's life and their struggle consequently affects their personal lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1959-05-29
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Four Murders Are Enough, Darling
Overview: Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply increases, Camel is mistakenly regarded as a mass murderer and cunningly uses his horrifying reputation to get the respect and heart of his beloved Sabrina, a journalist from a local newspaper. But this game turns out to be risky and in the end, both gangs don't hesitate to seize the check at all costs, including an improvised operation
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-07-16
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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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Slasti Otce vlasti
Overview: The young Prince Charles (Jaromír Hanzlík), the future King of his country Charles IV, is being educated at the French court in the company of his fiancée Blanche (Daniela Kolárová). One day he receives a summons from his father John of Luxembourg (Milos Kopecký) in Italy. He leaves for Italy accompanied by a deputation from Bohemia. On the way the prince's company fights a battle with armed Milanese against heavy odds. Thanks to Charles's perspicacity, the prince's almost naked soldiers win through. In Lucca in Italy Charles joins his father, and here he experiences an amorous adventure and escapes from the traps laid by the Italian rebels.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-07-08
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A Ridiculous Gentleman
Overview: When a noted professor receives a new treatment for his heart ailment, his outlook on life changes. Despite doctor's orders, he is determined to live out his final days on his own terms and fulfill his fantasies. He saves the life of a young woman who tries to kill herself after his recovery from heart surgery in this symbolic story of a man trying to determine his own fate in his last days alive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-11-28
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The Black Battalion
Overview: A fictionalized account of Czech soldiers who fought for the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1958-06-13
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Granny
Overview: A tale based on novel by Czech writer Bozena Nemcova.
Genres: Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-10-08
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Poslední výstřel Davida Sandela
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Genres: Western
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1972-04-07
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Jumping Over Puddles
Overview: This Czechoslovakian children’s film takes place during the last days of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The young son of a horse trainer loves nothing more than riding his horse, until he is stricken by polio…
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-05-07
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Svatba bez prstýnku
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1972-05-05
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Affairs of my Wife
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1973-03-16
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Tři nevinní
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1974-03-01
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Sedmého dne večer
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1975-01-31
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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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The Legend of the Silver Fir
Overview: According to one Beskydy Mountains legend, if you do a good deed you will see silver trees. Little Ondra knows trees like that. In his family's cottage hangs a picture showing silver firs, a person falling from a height and a watch. In art lessons Ondra paints trees of the same kind. - One day Lojzek Hojgr, a man who climbs fir trees to gather the seeds, comes to see Ondra's parents. Long-ago Ondra's father has had such a job and Lojzek is his long-time friend. Hojgr moves into a half-ruined wood cabin. Ondra's father takes him on a visit to Lojzek and both demonstrate the beautiful but dangerous work of seed-gathering to the boy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1973-12-28
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Za volantem nepřítel
Overview: 1974 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Steklý.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1975-10-03
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Akce v Istanbulu
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1975-12-19
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Wine Working
Overview: It is the summer of 1968 and also in South Moravian Pálavice appear political clashes. The so far peacefully farming Unified farmers' cooperative starts splitting. Some of the farmers have found the cooperative called Vidrupa and want to deal with wine in private trade. Michal Janák, chairman of the farmers' cooperative is a deliberate man and refuses the latent return to the capitalism. As an excellent farmer he continues preparing planting out new vineyards. His adversaries do not agree - the returns will come many years later. Jozka Hrdlicka, an émigré, notices on the Austrian TV the interview with the representatives of Vidrupa and decides to visit his native village. The new suit and the hired car transform the bankrupt and criminal to the successful businessman with wine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1976-04-30
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A Game Without Rules
Overview: A robbery in a Prague jeweler's shop results in the shop manager Kubát and his deputy Litera being shot and wounded. The culprits take the jewelery away in a stolen car and that very night hide the loot tens of kilometers outside Prague in a forest. Then the three robbers part with each other. One of them, Burian, leaves in the same car, the other two, Duda and Hovorka, take to flight in another car, which soon ends up in a car crash. Hovorka dies in the accident, but Duda survives and hides in an abandoned cottage. Burian is arrested, Duda is traced out by a police dog. Duda confesses to the robbery to the criminologist Málek, but refuses to say where is the jewelery. The robber then begins to shoot and Málek kills him in self-defense. The court fails to prove Litera's involvement in the robbery and the only one convicted is Burian. The disappointed Málek leaves the police and begins to work as a cab driver.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1967-04-14
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Funeral Ceremony
Overview: Matylda (Jaroslava Ticha), who lives in the Czech countryside, is trying to arrange burial plans for her dying husband, Jan (Ludvik Kroner). While Matylda hopes to have a funeral for Jan in the small town where they once lived, there are complications. Years earlier, Jan spoke out against the Communist government and was consequently expelled from the town. When Matylda fails to convince a local politician to allow the ceremony, she uses her husband's funeral as a public show of dissent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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I, Mournful God
Overview: Adolf (Miloš Kopecký), the irresistible seducer of women, is fond of Janicka (Hana Lelitová), a novice opera singer. The girl, however, prefers famous men and Adolf thus does not have a single chance with her. One day in a hospital, he meets a Greek partisan named Apostolek (Pavel Landovský) who impresses him with his spontaneity and ease in solving all problems, especially those with women. Adolf has an idea for a revenge. He makes Apostolek familiar with social manners, dresses him after the latest fashion and introduces him to Janicka as a Greek conductor. Janicka instantly falls in love with the made-up composer and Apostolek does no better.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-10-17
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Carlsbad Ponies
Overview: Angelika, a ten years old daughter of a spa visitor Bachmann is terribly bored in Karlovy Vary spa. Her father enjoys different spa procedures, trying to lose some weight, but the little girl feels to be only waiting for something to enjoy. Moreover, she cannot speak any Czech unlike her father. Kája, a son of the hotel receptionist Vlasta, attempts to amuse her despite he cannot speak German. Both children make friends although there is the language barrier.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-09-10
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The Nun's Night
Overview: A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the mass closure of monasteries and convents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1967-12-15
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Evil Night
Overview: Lieutenant VB, disguised as a laborer, is looking for a young woman killer among the staff of a wheel loader. But which of the possible motives found is the right one?
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1973-12-21
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Night of Orange Fires
Overview: Petr Rynes (Svatopluk Matyás) is celebrating his forty-fifth birthday in the company of his friends. He is happy with his wife, and his abilities at work have been rewarded with the medal For Outstanding Work. But a few short seconds are enough to change his life when he makes the ill-judged decision to take his car to bring a friend's wife to the celebration, and hits a pedestrian on the way. He has of course been drinking at the party and is consequently sentenced to sixteen months in prison. Being in jail is not an easy thing for a honorable communist. He soon gets into conflict with several violent inmates, who think they can break his spirit by violence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1975-03-07
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Witchhammer
Overview: In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1970-01-23
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Aesop
Overview: This film brings us back to show us the life of the famous ancient sage Aesop, who helped people with his wisdom in their struggle for freedom and happiness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1970-06-28
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Velké dobrodružství
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1952-11-21
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Úplně vyřízený chlap
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-05-21
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Svatá hříšnice
Overview: In the Prague Old Town and the adjoining streets there is always plenty of life. Housewives shop, beggars arouse sympathy, the Salvation Army tries to put the godless on the road to salvation by hymns and sermons, and Ferdys Pistora hunts in the pockets of his fellow men and isn't even put off by the presence of an officer of the law. Ferdys sets off to burgle villa of the banker Rosenstok, but a fire breaks out in the house and Ferdys ends up saving the banker's two small children. For this he is celebrated as a hero and gets a place as an errand boy with the Rosenstoks. At home he is visited by representatives of the Salvation Army, Captain Kosterka and Terezka, with whom Ferdys instantly falls in love.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1970-12-25
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The Secret of a Great Narrator
Overview: The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and in addition to the screenplay he also wrote a three-part TV play about Dumas (starring Vladimír Menšík). In Kachyn's film, Dumas played the father and son of the Štěpánková brothers, and it was a very difficult and difficult task for these young actors.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1972-04-28
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The Key
Overview: Jan Zika is the legendary hero of the communist resistance movement during World War II and leading functionary of the second underground Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-05-14
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Vstanou noví bojovníci
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1951-02-23
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Anna the Proletarian
Overview: The movie describes proletarian life in the Czech Lands after World War I.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1953-02-20
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Kidnapped
Overview: Based on a true story
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1953-01-30
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Jestřáb kontra Hrdlička
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1953-11-27
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Severní přístav
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1954-05-28
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Conscience
Overview: Karel Doležal, insurance clerk and exemplary father of a family, leaves for a business trip with his secretary Vlasta. After spending the night together, they both return home. However, thanks to a small moment of inattention, they run over the boys. Karel runs away from the scene of the crime. He won't tell anyone what happened. Then when he reads in the newspaper that the boy did not survive the accident, he begins to feel guilty. He confides in his wife about the accident, not the infidelity. Their son Jirka overhears everything. His father has always been his role model, and that's why he doesn't want to accept his guilt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1948-03-25
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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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Nástup
Overview: "The Rally" is based on a communist writer Vaclav Řezáč's well-written novel of the same name
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1953-05-01
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Against All
Overview: After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Prague citizens request help against the army of Zikmund. The Hussite army with Jan Žižka in the lead make their way towards Prague. They fortify themselves on the mountain Vítkov and engage in a bloody battle with Zikmund’s huge army.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1957-10-04
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Temno
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1951-08-24
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Výstraha
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1954-06-04
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Jan Žižka
Overview: The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1956-02-05
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Pasťák
Overview: A young teacher is sent to a rural reform school, where he is faced with brutality of the inmates.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1990-12-01
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Dravci
Overview: Wild Beasts
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1948-04-30
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Ves v pohraničí
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1948-02-20
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Silent Barricade
Overview: A fiction piece centered around the Czech resistance to the Nazis.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1949-05-06
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Life for Jan Kaspar
Overview: The bridegroom Jan Kaspar is an officer in the Klement Gottwald's Nová Hut rolling-mill. After bidding farewell to his freedom, he accidentally takes a sip from the bottle of tetrachlore which he stores at home. He disregards the dizziness, but the next day, he faints in the factory and has a brain concussion. During her regular tests, doctor Dudková is shocked by a high percentage of residual nitrogen found in Kaspar's blood. Doctor Bohácek, with whom Dudková consults, thinks that it is a liver disease and informs the head physician Filip. The doctors know nothing about tetrachlore and are in the dark about the case. Despite that, they immediately start to fight for Kaspar's life and their struggle consequently affects their personal lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1959-05-29
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Milujeme
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1952-09-12
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Kosmas a paní Božetěcha
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Odvážná slečna
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1970-04-10
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Tam kde hnízdí čápi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1976-03-26
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Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
Overview: In medieval times, a horse merchant is forced by a noble to leave part of his stock as payment for crossing his land. Upon returning, he finds his horses near death, and when the noble refuses to compensate him, the merchant fights unsuccessfully against the injustice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-04-11
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