Jan Kačer
Also Known As: Ян Качер
Biography: Jan Kačer (3 October 1936 – 24 May 2024) was a Czech actor and theatrical director. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1960 onwards. Kačer studied theatrical directing at DAMU. He was an actor and a director in The Drama Club and later Theatre on the Balustrade. Kačer was a parliamentary representative in the Federal Assembly from 1990 to 1992. His wife was the actress Nina Divíšková. Kačer died on 24 May 2024, at the age of 87.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Holice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Birthday: October 03, 1936
Deathday: May 24, 2024
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Gender: Male
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Psalm
Overview: A synagogue service in Bohemia, where the Torah scrolls are ceremoniously taken out and read, intercut with images of a Jewish cemetery.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Antonín Dvořák
Overview: A documentary about the composer who made Czech music famous all over the world.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Město mé naděje
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1979-04-20
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The End of Agent W4C
Overview: The invincible agent Cyril Juan Borguette alias W4C has been assigned a mission to go to a hotel in Prague, get hold of a saltcellar with a plan for the military exploitation of Venus hidden in it, and hand it over to the beautiful agent Alice. He will have to compete for the saltcellar with other agents working for the world's various greater and smaller powers. The head of the Prague counter-intelligence unit gets news of agent W4C's mission. Deficient in personnel, he nominates accountant Foustka as agent 13B. Mr Foustka takes his dog Pajda with him and the two head for the airport. Pajda helps him track down agent W4C in a classy hotel that becomes the battleground for the interests and plans of the secret agents from different countries, each trying to get hold of the precious saltcellar.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1967-10-06
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O princezně, měsíci a hvězdě
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Genres: Fantasy Family TV Movie
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Sonáta v Mariánských Lázních
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1979-05-24
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Probuzení
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1960-02-12
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Věčná Slavia
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Drž se rovně, Kačenko
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1981-10-22
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The Return of the Prodigal Son
Overview: Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via discussions both with the patient and with people who know him, tries to find out what made the young and seemingly satisfied man decide to end his own life. Jan's pretty wife Jana (Jana Brejchová) claims not to know about anything but she is conducting an affair with a family friend, almost publicly and with the blessing of her parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1967-03-10
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Bolero
Overview: Based on real event, Bolero is an excellent story of progressive recovery of a crime. The story surprises all the time, shows new connections, new possibilities, exposes new ideas and facts. It's possible to understand the film on more levels. It describes the position and all the feelings of victim's family, the police work as well as the impact of the crime on it's malefactors. It also touches the topic of moral decay of the descendants of rich, high-posted families. In addition to this, the power of the storyline is accentuated by the quality of the artistic treatment of the whole piece.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2004-03-11
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Wolf's Hole
Overview: Eleven disparate adolescents, gathered for a skiing camp at an isolated winter resort, find themselves preyed upon and set against one another by their three mysterious instructors.
Genres: Drama Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1987-06-01
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Passing Through a Thick Forest
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1964-04-10
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Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance
Overview: The brilliant Czech writer Milan Kundera has not given an interview in thirty years; nor does he appear in public. How did he become a legendary author? What is so unique about his books?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2021-10-21
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Schůzka se stíny
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1983-09-01
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Schůzka se stíny
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1983-09-01
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Kočka
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1983-03-24
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Posedlost
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1982-06-24
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Searching
Overview: Michal's father and his friends are stigmatized by their war experience and the post-war social deformations in which they took part either directly, or watched them cowardly and in silence. They are trying to repress their feelings of guilt and justify their behavior to the young generation with memories of their heroic war feats. Michal, however, does not want to have anything to do with their problems. He subconsciously perceives the unpleasant atmosphere in the family as well as his father's hypocrisy. After one of many quarrels with his father, he runs away from home, determined to go his own way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-04-01
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Reflection
Overview: A leading director of the Czech film renaissance provides a philosophical meditation on life and death, set amidst complex hospital apparatus and the sadness, hope, or resignation of the patients. Existentialist rather than optimist, the approach is one of humanistic atheism, accepting death as part of life. Interviews with doctors and nurses explore their outlook; all speak of death as a fact, without either sentimentality or religiosity. The studied objectivity of the film only imperfectly hides an intense emotionality.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-04-01
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Respice finem
Overview: "A refined film essay about the loneliness, wisdom and humility of old women. The film, most valued by Jan Špáta, was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, the Trilobit Award and Special Mention at the IFF in Karlovy Vary."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1968-08-30
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The Pipes
Overview: This three-part Austrian/Czech comedy stretches the boundaries of what is considered to be humorous. Part one finds a silent film actor upset because of a rival actor's attention to the former's wife. When he kills his rival, it is only when he is strapped to the electric chair that he realizes that this is his last live scene. The second episode has the wife of an elderly British nobleman having an affair with the young gamekeeper of their estate. Part three finds a peasant woman taking a lover when her husband goes off to fight the war.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-08-30
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Courage for Every Day
Overview: A passionate communist worker is discouraged by the changing political climate and the failure of his peers to live up to his ideals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-01-15
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O malém světě
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1968-02-23
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Ohnivé jaro
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-07-12
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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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Albert
Overview: Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Now he is playing time from time to rich people. Then Albert meets count Delesov, who tries to change Albert's life. Two different characters, two ways of life confront... Will Albert change? Should he?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Revenge
Overview: A dialogue between judge and convict, winner and loser, which offers the viewer a reflection on the relativity of guilt, heroism and crime in the world of "isms".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Nobody Will Laugh
Overview: A successful art historian who has trouble telling people difficult truths, finds himself in an inescapable situation when a small lie quickly gets out of hand.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-02-04
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Barcarole
Overview: Zdena, a young nurse, starts her first night shift at an old people’s home and immediately faces a difficult task: she has to deal with the body of a deceased client. A gentle portrait of faltering youth and a realistic tale of an encounter with death in a blend of physically intense moments and absurd humour.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2022-07-02
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Unexpected Encounters
Overview: An expedition arrives on planet Arkha, which appears desolate and uninhabited and yet suitable for a planned mass exodus from polluted Earth. One day seemingly from nowhere and quite unexpectedly a young boy wanders into their ship and then runs off.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Mata Hari
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1971-02-10
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Přízrak
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Lekce
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Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1972-01-14
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Krásno
Overview: Story follows two best friend on private investigation. They are going to their hometown to prove that Michals mother was killed by his stepmother.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2014-01-30
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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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Otcové a děti
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1972-07-09
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Modré z neba
Overview: Poetic movie about 3 generations of women.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1997-07-17
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The Great Unknown
Overview: Three detective stories, three different views of life and death... Collection of three horror short stories.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1970-10-23
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Ako listy jedného stromu
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1980-01-14
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Power
Overview: A boy is accidentally killed at an informal hunt somewhere on the border of two European countries. One of the people involved is Minister Berger, the hot candidate for the influential post of High Commissioner for Water Management, who will be tasked with finding the solution to increasing water shortages across Europe. The government hires secret agent Steiner to hush up the scandal. The more he investigates the case, the more embroiled he becomes in dilemmas of power and its execution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 2023-04-20
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Nothing Really Happened
Overview: An overprotective mother plagues her daughter out of guilt over unintentionally scarring her daughter's cheek.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1989-01-19
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Kouzelný kopec
Overview: Documentary about Barrandov studios.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2023-09-09
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Zaniklý svět Karla Pecky
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2000-03-28
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Vincenz Priessnitz
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Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1999-10-03
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Cesta ženy
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1975-01-23
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Mistr Theodorik
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Hranice stínu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1996-11-28
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Tajemství Heleny Růžičkové
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Zločin v obrazárně
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Genres: Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1985-12-15
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Zločin v Polné
Overview: An exciting drama from a detective history. In 1899 a dead girl - seamstress Anežka Hrůzová - was found between the village of Věžnička and the town of Polná. She was 19 and she had a cutting wound on the throat. There was no sexual violence involved and since the local doctors thought that there was not enough blood on the crime scene, everyone jumped to the conclusion that Jews must have killed her and added her blood to their passover matzot. There was a potential murderer at hand too - a cheeky, not very bright young Jewish rover, Leopold Hilsner…
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2016-01-31
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Hlas pro římského krále
Overview: Czech Television's epic historical film draws on the breathtaking dramatic life of the great of Czech history, King Charles IV.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2016-05-15
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Gump
Overview: A story told through the eyes of a stray dog called Gump . On a journey to find his way home to his owner, Gump encounters many challenges, meets new people, and makes a few canine friends along the way. A story about the devotion of a dog, who without hesitation will give his own life for the life of its beloved owner.
Genres: Family Adventure Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2021-07-22
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Hoteliér
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2013-10-31
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Stopa vede do Liptákova
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Hotel for Strangers
Overview: A gifted poet checks into a Gothic hotel in hopes of meeting the woman with whom he has long been enamored. He is surrounded by a variety of offbeat characters like the hefty homosexual cook, shadowy clerks, snooty waiters, and valets prone to violence. He finally meets the woman of his dreams only to lose her and ultimately meet with tragedy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1967-03-24
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Der sanfte Lauf
Overview: Bernhard works as a warehouse clerk in Munich. After being sentenced to probation for a physical altercation with a right-wing extremist, he could no longer continue his engineering studies. Bernhard meets Johanna. She comes from a well-to-do family; her father is a real-estate developer and her brother is in the diplomatic service. Bernhard wants to share his roots with her, so the two go to Prague, where he lived until the end of the war. But her father disapproves of the trip to the Eastern bloc. When Bernhard finds out that he owes his chance to develop new technology, which led to his career advancement, to his girlfriend’s father, he is upset …
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-05-24
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King Lear
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2003-05-27
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Romanetto
Overview: A young woman from an old patrician family in Prague collapses and is institutionalized in a psychic ward. The non-linear narration unveils here fortunes one by one. The prose of Jakub Arbes is the basis for this experimental film poem. The storyline is uncovered in a mosaic of pictures in a purely visual form, without a single word.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Nedosněné sny
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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My Daughter's Operation
Overview: A car accident occurs and Dusan's teenage daughter Milena gets very seriously injured. To add insult to injury, Dusan is unable to donate a kidney when he finds out he is not Milena's biological father. Dusan is left to cope with his wife's infidelity, as well as the life of his ailing daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1987-02-01
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Chalet for sale
Overview: When nostalgia makes her rethink the sale of her family cottage, a woman cajoles her husband and loved ones into one last getaway.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2018-07-26
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Flirt se slečnou Stříbrnou
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-09-19
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Prague – The Restless Heart of Europe
Overview: This distinctive documentary portrait of Prague extolls the beauty, significance and spirit of the ancient city adopting modern way of life. The form and content of the film share a common underlining principle. The author doesn't simply list out the sequence of events, but rather approaches them in a broader context of their historic implications and circumstances. The content of the film covers a large period from the pagan times to these days. The facts are grouped under several general headings (paganry, the spread of Christianity, renaissance, baroq and modern times) with allusions to the modern life of Prague and Praguers that has its roots in those times.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1985-02-06
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Sentiment
Overview: Sentiment is Tomáš Hejtmánek's intimate documentary portrait of the great Czech director František Vláčil. The film was inspired by encounters with the filmmaker and told through taped interviews, reconstructions of meetings with Vláčil, visits to actual film locations (of Marketa Lazarova, The Valley of the Bees and Adelheid) and Vláčil-inspired film sequences. The result is one of the most unique and personal portraits of any artist – a collage of voices, sounds and images that evoke and celebrate Vláčil’s life and work.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2003-11-06
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Kotva u přívozu
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Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Cizinec a krásná paní
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Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2012-05-13
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Měsíční tónina
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Mi(s)sing Dog
Overview: It's one bad day for Rudolf, a lonely 77-year old retired linguist, when he finds himself tailed by a dog he can't get rid of on his way to the post office. This encounter eventually leads to a complete and unexpected change in his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: mk
Release Date: 2019-05-22
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Súkromná vojna
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1978-05-05
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Vinobraní
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1982-10-14
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Pan herec Miroslav Donutil
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2021-02-06
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The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night
Overview: An allegory set in an archetypal Czech village, it tells of what happens when a sequence of mysterious events take place, including the disappearance of the stationmaster. While everything has a rational explanation, collective paranoia takes hold and everyone’s worst instincts are released. Interrogations, the abolition of rights and the search for scapegoats ultimately lead to murder
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1990-06-01
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Sama v čase normálnosti
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2021-01-08
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Jan Potměšil: Nikdy bych neměnil
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2019-11-19
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Svědek umírajícího času
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1991-02-01
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Petr a Jan
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1988-07-10
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