Miroslav Jíra
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: April 03, 1941
Age: 84 years old
Gender: Male
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Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Overview: When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy, the Gardener, who supposedly died years ago in a swamp...
Genres: Comedy Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1978-08-04
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On the Great River
Overview: Second movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1978-11-10
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Settlement of Crows
Overview: First movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1978-09-08
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Past na kachnu
Overview: Taxi driver Koukal (Miroslav Machácek) is stopped by the police for a routine traffic check. In the boot of his car the police find the body of a naked man. Koukal is arrested even though he claims he knows nothing about it. The case is assigned to Major Mlynár (Milan Sandhaus). The police identify the corpse as that of an Austrian citizen called Mitrik. Koukal has been regularly driving people interested in gambling to a secret gaming den. The police are put onto the gambling den by another taxi driver, who admits that he drove Mitrik there. Mlynár and officer cadet Pecka (Ivan Vyskocil) feign interest in gambling and visit the gaming den incognito.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1978-12-29
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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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Death of Hitch-Hikers
Overview: Maniac, a driver, sits on the track women, which then rape and kill. For loved ones, he is an ordinary person who has a wife and child. When exposed, he does not stop before killing his wife and takes his son hostage, under the guise of which he is trying to escape abroad.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1979-10-05
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Hra o královnu
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Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1981-03-13
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The Medal
Overview: The trenches of World War I provide for a captivating backdrop to the drama of Corporal Hoferik. In his devotion to the Habsburg Monarchy, he fanatically carries out his military orders, but he ultimately suffers the Empire's disfavor.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1980-10-31
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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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Dark Sun
Overview: A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1980-09-19
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Basically Normal
Overview: The film follows Karel Novák, who is appointed as the head of a research institute's new department. His ambitious wife, Eva, sees this as an opportunity for social advancement. She quits her job, turns their apartment into a hair salon, and begins networking with influential people. However, her efforts entangle Karel in a web of shady business dealings, including a dubious connection with a foreign company, Djungarden. As misunderstandings and comedic mishaps unfold, Karel finds himself in trouble with the police, while Eva struggles to maintain control over their chaotic rise in society.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1982-03-12
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La Chanson du mal-aimé
Overview: Biography of the life of Guillaume Apollinaire.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-02-03
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Cesta peklem
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Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1995-05-25
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Long Live Ghosts!
Overview: A trespassing gang of boys encounter a ghost in the ruins of a castle. When they rescue the ghost who is caught in a trapset, they become allies in a fight to prevent ruins from being turned into mushroom farm by the city authorities.
Genres: Family Comedy Music Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1977-11-11
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Miss Golem
Overview: It is the 1920's. The good-looking hostess Věra demonstrates household robots to visitors of the Futurum exhibition. Young inventor Petr comes to her rescue when she tries to flee from two men wanting to take her away. Věra confesses that she has fled from home because her father, a factory owner, wanted to profitably marry her off. Petr is fascinated by the emancipated woman and shows her round his laboratory, where he plans to create a robot of his own - but one that would be far more advanced. Věra cuts herself on a broken test-tube and a drop of her blood gets in the solution. In the morning, they are taken aback to see Věra's double. This lucky chance has helped Petr create an artificial being, Miss Golem. She has a single motive for her actions: to take care of Věra and allow her to do only what is good for her.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1973-03-30
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Svět otevřený náhodám
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1972-04-14
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Days of Betrayal
Overview: This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from the advance of Hitler's Germany. On the 29th of March 1938 the leader of the Sudeten Germans Henlein (Werner Ehrlicher) has a meeting with Hitler (Gunnar Möller). Hitler orders him to intensify pressure on the Czechoslovak government. On the 24th of April in Carlsbad, the Sudetendeutsche Partei (Sudeten German Party) decides upon eight demands that are unacceptable to the Czechoslovak President, since they would ultimately lead to the break-up of the Republic. Benes still shows a certain willingness to negotiate, and Henlein resents this. The Germans are determined to make further negotiations impossible through incidents and violence.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1973-04-27
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A Night at Karlstein
Overview: No Woman is allowed into Karlstejn Castle! Yet the enamoured Daniele Kolářová and the equally enamoured Jana Brejchová manage to spend one night in disguise in the Castle despite the strict royal ban.
Genres: Comedy History Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1974-07-12
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Dvacátý devátý
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1975-04-25
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Sokolovo
Overview: The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops for Sokolovo.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1975-05-09
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The Day That Shook the World
Overview: An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1975-10-31
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The Brave Blacksmith
Overview: Young blacksmith Mikeš sets out into the world for an adventure, accompanied by the miller's assistant Matěj and the boy Ondra. On their journey to rescue three enchanted princesses, the young men encounter a mischievous old hag, magic, and traps set by the Black King, but most importantly, they face their own temptations.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1984-09-01
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The Liberation of Prague
Overview: On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) discusses with his commanders how to transform the city into an impregnable fortress, but the Praguers do not intend to wait any longer. From the early hours of 4th of May people start assembling in the streets and tearing down German signs. On the next day, the 5th of May, the uprising begins.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1977-05-06
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The Little Mermaid
Overview: The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her beautiful voice against a life on land. It seems to work at first, the prince is enchanted with her lovely appearance. But the memory of a foreign princess still haunts him: The one who found him on the beach where the mermaid had left him, and whom he (of course) believes to be his saviour. To resolve this mistake is too much for the mute little mermaid, and not even her father, king of all seas, can help her in the impending catastrophe.
Genres: Fantasy Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1976-11-12
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Až do konce
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1985-12-01
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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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The Treasure of Count Chamaré
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1985-10-01
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Death Chooses
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1973-03-23
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All Against All
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1977-11-11
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Hrozba
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1978-11-17
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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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The Great Movie Robbery
Overview: The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the nationalisation of the Czechoslovak film industry, to be held at the Prague U Hybernu venue. The protagonists of the piece are comedians Oldrich Kaiser and Jirí Lábus, who are set to accept an award from Japanese television representatives at the exhibition. At the same time, five gangsters plot to seize a revolutionary invention devised by professor Suzuki - a super holograph, which enables any figure from television to be transported in the flesh into the real world, and vice-versa.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Currency and Peace
Overview: Martin is an innocent lad from small-town Mlada Boleslav who comes to big-city Prague, hoping to exchange his krona for deutschemarks so that he can visit Germany. A local spiv named Robert obliges Martin, but at an unfair exchange rate. When Martin finds out he was rooked, he plans revenge on Robert ... but then decides to join Robert's gang instead.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1988-07-01
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Piloti
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Genres: War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1989-05-01
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