Jiří Roll
Also Known As: Иржи Ролл, Jiří Čapek-Roll, Jiří Čapek
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tábor, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Birthday: May 18, 1914
Deathday: August 18, 2000
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The End of a Priest
Overview: A verger, who likes to dress as a priest, is invited, by one of the villagers, to be the pastor at a vacant church. The atheist teacher resents the pastor, and tries to embarrass him in various ways, including being caught with the local girl, Majka.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-01-10
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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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Portáši
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1947-10-24
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Magical River
Overview: Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now has nothing to do compared to his energetic wife. He's growing old and troubled by the fact that he betrayed his first love Emča and his beloved river Sázava where he spent his childhood and youth. A visit from an old friend Lebeda brings it all back to him. After a nervous breakdown Leopold secretly visits his home instead of going to the spa. A wandering tramp suggest Leopold should bathe in the magical waters of the Sázava, and slowly his youth returns to him.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1946-01-25
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Žízeň
Overview: The catastrophically dry weather of 1947 causes immense problems in the countryside. In the small village Klícov, only farmers Hánek and Bervida and the old Hromádka have water. The others must queue every day for a drop for themselves and their cattle. All the villagers lament over their previous decision to turn down the cooperative chairman Kouba's proposal to built a new village water-supply system.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1950-03-24
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A 105 p.c. Alibi
Overview: On an early Sunday evening, people of the small town are reading lottery results that are hung on a board. Young man Karel Antos is annoyed that his lottery-ticket missed the main prize, a car, by only one number. Karel is going to the pub to drink away his bad luck with his friend Jirka Broz. The old accountant auditor Zelinka drops a wallet. Karel picks it up and before he gives it back he notices the winning lottery-ticket in it. Both young men accompany the old drunk man. Karel steals the ticket and exchanges it with his own. Next day, Zelinka is found dead. Investigators, Captain Tuma and the Lieutenant Líbal, soon discover that this is a murder case covered up as an accident.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1959-11-20
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