Jiří Vršťala
Also Known As: Иржи Врстала, Иржи Врштяла
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Liberec, Czechoslovakia
Adult: No
Birthday: July 31, 1920
Age: 104 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 10, 1999
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The Story of a Murder
Overview: In the mid-1950s, mayor Zwischenzahl is killed on the day of his inauguration in a West German town. The killer is Ruth Bodenheim, a Jewish woman, who wanted to avenge the death of her parents. Zwischenzahl, a former SA member, was apparently involved in the deportation of her parents to a concentration camp during the war. Ruth cannot bear the horrible events and the death of her parents and wants to open the eyes of the town′s residents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-02-25
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Just a Joke
Overview: The grey hero of grey workdays, the divorced cashier of a cinema who is always willing to sacrifice herself for others, Etelka, is awarded a two-week-holiday at Lake Balaton. Following the advice of her female friend, she tries to live life at full speed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1961-11-30
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Transport from Paradise
Overview: Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their hopes and dreams unfold against the perpetual threat of deportation (or worse) by the Nazis. Based on the novel "Night and Hope" by Arnost Lustig.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1963-03-15
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Fortress on the Rhine
Overview: During the Second World War, an old fortress is transformed into a detention camp for arrested allied generals who the Germans provide with every possible comfort. In the nearby garrison camp, however, hundreds of captured private soldiers try to survive hunger and cold.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1962-12-21
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Assassination
Overview: The assassination of Heydrich in Prague during WWII.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-08-20
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Bubny
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Genres: Drama Comedy Horror
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-03-12
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The Five Sinners
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1964-12-04
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The Sons of Great Bear
Overview: As American settlers encroach on the lands of the Lakota people, Tokei-ihto witnesses the murder of his father at the hands of Red Fox, who wanted information on where the tribe finds its gold. Two years later, at the height of the Great Sioux War, Tokei-ihto and Red Fox meet again.
Genres: Drama Western Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-02-18
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Der kleine und der große Klaus
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Genres: Fantasy Family TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1971-12-24
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Dialogue 20-40-60
Overview: "Using the same, three times repeating dialogue – dramatic conversation between man and woman – Jerzy Skolimowski from Poland, Slovak director Peter Solan and Czech director Zbynìk Brynych shot three different stories. The result was an extraordinary experiment in the world cinema, which we can call an insight in the relationships of men and women of different age groups, an analysis of love and marriage of those who are at the beginning, in the middle or going towards the end of their life."
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1968-11-29
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The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
Overview: In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a doctor-turned-warehouse employee reluctantly agrees to treat a gravely wounded political fugitive, putting himself and everyone living in his building complex in danger.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-02-12
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I, Justice
Overview: At the year 1946, the time of the Nuremberg Process. One of the main actors of the Second World War, who reportedly committed suicide, Adolf Hitler is, however, missing. The Czech doctor Herman (Karel Höger) is kidnapped from Prague and driven to the sanatorium of Professor Rolf Harting (Jirí Vrstála). The sanatorium is a disguised military stronghold, most probably occupied by a Nazi garrison, with prison cells and an execution chamber in the basement. At night, Herman is taken to a patient in whom he, to his horror, recognizes Hitler (Fritz Diez).
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1968-04-12
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Clown Ferdinand and the Rocket
Overview: When Clown Ferdinand enters an abandoned city in his wagon he ends up on a space rocket where he meets a robot that can turn invisible. This film reuses sets from Polák's Ikarie XB 1 (1963).
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1963-05-10
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Ants Bring Death
Overview: A crime movie directed by Zbynek Brynych.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1986-04-01
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Frozen Flashes
Overview: In November of 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives documents saying that the Nazis are conducting secret rocket research in Peenemünde. But the British doubt the authenticity of the so called "Oslo report". Thus, the Germans continue their experiments unimpeded. At the same time, resistance groups from France, England, Poland, and Germany try to find and to sabotage the secret Nazi research base. When the first "V 2" rocket is successfully launched, the Allied commanders finally become interested in the "Oslo report".
Genres: Drama War Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-04-13
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Clown Ferdinand will schlafen
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-12-08
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A Face of an Angel
Overview: Story of 11-year old Tadeusz, a prisoner in a children's concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-01-20
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The Criminal on Vacation
Overview: The plot takes place in a picturesque Montenegrin islet of Sveti Stefan. The local authorities investigate the murder of a tourist, which background turns out to be connected with the Nazi crimes.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Der Weihnachtsmann heißt Willi
Overview: Five-year-old Peter and his older brother Hans drop the Christmas present for their parents in the middle of the road and it gets flattened by a car. Deeply distressed, they go to a Christmas fair and buy a lottery ticket with their remaining money. To their delight, they win a washing machine! Peter is especially excited when Santa Claus shows up and promises to transport the machine for him, but the old man instead vanishes with the boys' gift. Hans is convinced that Peter has been conned and chases after the fleeing Santa. But Peter simply cannot believe that Santa Claus could be anything other than kind and helpful.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1969-11-30
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Plavecký mariáš
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1953-04-24
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Death Behind a Curtain
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1967-03-17
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Die Nacht im Grenzwald
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1968-06-15
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Flucht ins Schweigen
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-05-27
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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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Veliká příležitost
Overview: An optimistic collective drama from the life of the workers on the construction site of the Youth Track. An amnestied prisoner wants to atone for his wrongdoing with an honest strike and reveals the vandal who was going to poison the drinking water cistern.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1950-04-14
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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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Comedians
Overview: Komedianti is a 1954 Czech film directed by Vladimír Vlcek. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1954-04-16
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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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The Best Man
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1954-12-25
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From My Life
Overview: Venice Film Festival 1955
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1955-10-28
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Ikarie XB 1
Overview: The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB 1 embarks on a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront the effects of a malignant dark star, the destructive legacy of the 20th century and, ultimately, the limits of their own sanity.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1963-07-26
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Veselý souboj
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1951-03-09
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Výstraha
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1954-06-04
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Ztracená revue
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Genres: Music Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Mordová rokle
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1952-05-23
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Na konci města
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1955-03-11
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Můj přítel Fabián
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1955-01-07
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Muž v povětří
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1956-01-20
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Muži mě pronásledují
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Punta and the Four-Leaf Clover
Overview: A film about a boy who is protective of a runaway dog and the dog, who is protective of the boy.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1955-04-15
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Korunka ke korunce
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Páté oddělení
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1961-01-20
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Narozeniny režiséra Z. K.
Overview: A directors autobiography about his debut during the rise of socialism.
Genres: History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1988-03-01
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