Jaroslav Průcha
Also Known As: Ярослав Пруха
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Skvrnany, Plzen, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Birthday: April 24, 1898
Deathday: April 25, 1963
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Journey Into the Depth of the Student's Soul
Overview: Small stories from a grammar school.Děj je poskládán z celé řady epizod, které během jednoho školního roku prožívají septimáni. Jejich pojítkem je příběh profesora přírodopisu Matulky, starého mládence a věčného suplenta, který si z přehnané svědomitosti ani v pokročilém věku netroufá složit tu poslední státnici. Stále se mu totiž zdá, že ještě něco nezná, a tak by snad bez diplomu odešel i do penze. Naštěstí jsou tu jeho studenti, kteří sice dávají dobráckému učiteli pěkně zabrat, ale po nezodpovědné klukovině s bouchacími kuličkami, kdy se Matulkovi udělá špatně, se kluci vzpamatují a s pomocí mladého profesora, někdejšího Matulkova žáka, připraví šlechetnou lest. Pod záminkou nákupu k doplnění školní entymologické sbírky je vylákán ke zkoušce u laskavého profesora Vondráka. (oficiální text distributora)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1939-10-31
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Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec
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Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1962-05-01
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The White Disease
Overview: In a country whose people have just been successfully persuaded of their superiority and the justification for military expansion by the fiery speeches of a dictator, the bacillus of a highly destructive form of leprosy has spread. It is called morbus Tshengi, or popularly „white disease“. The only one who has developed an effective cure for it is a physician of the poor named Galén. But he refuses to reveal the secret of his cure as long as the powerful destroy human lives through wars.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-12-21
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Hrdinové okamžiku
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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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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Virginity
Overview: The doomed love of a city girl caught in the vise of poverty is detailed in Vavra’s fluid, romantic work, one of the most elegant creations of the Czech Modernist era... The film lingers over its characters’ habitats and haunts, finding psychological truths in what each owns or desires, and countering every Hollywood-ready scene of gleaming restaurants and dazzling penthouses with realist moments of employment lines and crammed flats. Vavra’s classical camerawork and aura of romantic defeatism give Virginity a force comparable to the master of this genre, Hollywood’s Frank Borzage. (BAM/PFA)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-11-04
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May Fairy Tale
Overview: Ríša, a student of law, neglects his studies in favour of parties and pranks. His angry father refuses to continue helping him out of his debts. Ríša, however, is not entirely beyond hope. He decides to go and stay for a while with his uncle, a priest, who lives in Moravia, in order to prepare for his exams. He meets Helenka, the timid daughter of the local gamekeeper, at a village ball and is enchanted by her. The days pass and their idyllic relationship begins to tire Ríša. He begins to tell Helenka about his former debauched life the about the broken hearts of beautiful women. Helenka is hurt and refuses to see Ríša anymore. His uncle, the priest, is incensed at his behaviour and orders his nephew out of the house. Ríša tries desperately to find Helenka so he can make it up to her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1940-10-25
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Valentin Dobrotivý
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1942-07-31
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Wolf Trap
Overview: The title of this highly-regarded Czech drama translates as Wolf Trap. Set in the 1920s, the story revolves around an ambitious young provincial politician (Miroslav Dolozai) who enters into a marriage of convenience with a smotheringly possessive -- and much older -- woman (Jirina Sejbavola). Hoping to temporarily escape his overbearing wife's clutches, the husband strikes up a friendship with her young ward (Jana Brejchova). The relationship blossoms into a deep abiding love, but the jellyfish husband can't bring himself to declare his ardor to the girl. Even after the death of the wife, the husband hasn't the intestinal fortitude to admit his passion, and the results are bleak indeed for the unfortunate ward. Director Jiri Weiss does a masterful job staging his story of frustration and denial against a backdrop of post-WWI bourgeois banality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1958-05-23
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Humoreska
Overview: Venice Film Festival 1939
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1939-08-11
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Grandmother
Overview: "Grandmother" is a highly romanticized autobiographical novel by a Czech 19th century writer, Bozena Nemcova. It's a classical, compulsory reading in Czech schools, about a wise, working-class woman, happier in her simplicity and good heart than the nobles whom she serves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1940-11-15
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Fučík
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1956-11-09
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Strakonický dudák
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Genres: Music Fantasy Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1955-12-16
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Dog's Heads
Overview: Dog's Heads (Czech: Psohlavci) is a 1955 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič, based on the novel of the same name by Alois Jirásek. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1955-03-25
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Spanilá jízda
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1963-09-06
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The Guild of the Kutná Hora Virgins
Overview: A morally questionable lord comes to the aid of a working class man who is to be executed for speaking out about thieving rich scoundrels sticking it to the poor.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1938-09-16
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Madla zpívá Evropě
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Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1940-03-29
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The House of the Five Squirrels
Overview: Josef Houbička, the owner of the U pěti veverek apartment building in Malostran, is a kind and forgiving good man who allows himself to be ruthlessly oppressed by his proud wife, Filoména, and secretly fixes her problems with the tenants. He lends rent money to two poor painters and bribes offended maids just to keep the house quiet. He would like to restore the old soap factory in the house, but Filoména promotes more profitable garages. And since neither of them wants to back down, Houbička eventually leaves the house after one of the arguments. He makes friends with the innkeeper Pulec, who runs the not-so-prosperous inn At the Leaky Jug...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1944-02-25
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Capek's Tales
Overview: Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1947-09-19
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School Is the Foundation of Life
Overview: Seventh form pupils at a grammar school in Přívlaky are preparing for a secondary school sports competition. Class creep Krhounek gives the class teacher Lejsal a copy of the seventh form’s magazine Roar. Most of the teachers insist on severe punishing the culprit. The author does not own up and consequently the whole class is punished by being banned from taking part in the schools competition. The most gifted pupil, Benetka, rather sharply criticises the school in a homework essay on a subject of his choice. The strict Czech language teacher is convinced Benetka is the author of the school magazine. Benetka denies the charge but his expulsion from school is proposed anyway on account the views he expounded in his essay. Eventually, Boukal, the author of the school magazine comes forward and admits to writing it. The pupils are allowed to take part in the contest and thanks to Benetka they win. In the meantime however the teachers vote to expell him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1938-11-11
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Pacientka dr. Hegla
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1940-08-30
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Barbora Hlavsová
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1943-01-15
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The World Belongs to Us
Overview: One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be directly named due to censorship: Gangsters with gray hats stir up trouble in what is obviously the Sudetenland.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-07-30
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Ulička v ráji
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Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1936-09-25
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Městečko na dlani
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1942-09-18
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Hlídač č. 47
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-12-03
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Velká přehrada
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1942-10-16
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The Magic House
Overview: When Vilem appears in the road with an unconscious young woman, it disturbs the peaceful life of three generations of the Balvínova family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1939-11-21
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Man from the Unknown
Overview: Venice Film Festival 1940
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1939-12-22
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Jan Cimbura
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1941-11-21
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Muži nestárnou
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1942-04-03
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Pozdní láska
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1935-06-07
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Vzdušné torpédo 48
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Genres: Drama Adventure Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-03-05
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Skalní plemeno
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1944-03-17
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Battalion
Overview: Attorney František Uher is known for his patriotic mindset and active assistance in disputes between the Czechs and the Austrian justice system. One of his clients is the poet Šulc, who, while staying with Uhry, discovers that the lawyer's wife Anna is flirting with Uhry's cousin Hojer. When Anna does not respond to Šulc's warning, the poet draws attention to Anna's relationship with Uhra. Uher wants to know the truth, so he returns early from a business trip and actually catches Anna cheating. Disappointment brings him to the "Batalion" pub in Old Prague, where Šulc also used to go some time ago. Here, Uher becomes a mentor to the poorest, but gradually falls into alcoholism. He once again finds strength and stands on the side of justice when he accuses the police in court of murdering poor Lojzík, who wanted to marry the unfortunate waitress from "Battalion" Mimi. After appearing in court, Uher is arrested and "Battalion" is closed. After his release, Uher becomes an organist...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-10-01
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Mist on the Moors
Overview: Mist on the Moors examines fates of just about a few people. Their stories are outlined in a short space of time and are a symbolic representation of the drama of life, struggle for justice, human cognizance and the healing power of love. One of the most important components of the film is the nature, which ceases to be a mere stage for its plot—it serves almost as an autonomous plot agent. The movie landscape is a precisely defined and localized one. Only the South Bohemian ponds can serve as the right environment for development of such earthy and typically human stories as we encounter in the Mist on the Moors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1944-01-14
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Hudba srdcí
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1934-09-28
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The Way of the Cross
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1938-04-15
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The Avalanche
Overview: An ambitious and selfish lawyer confesses to the murder of his first wife. Some of the scenes were filmed in the last weeks of the war.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1946-07-05
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A Week in the Quiet House
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1947-08-22
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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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Karel Hynek Mácha
Overview: Film about famous poet Karel Hynek Mácha
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-09-15
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Rudá záře nad Kladnem
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1956-02-24
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The Good Soldier Schweik
Overview: Joint montage of the first three silent films about Švejk: Good Soldier Švejk (1926, director: Karel Lamač), Švejk on the Front (1926, director Karel Lamač) and Švejk in Russian Captivity (1926, director: Svatopluk Innemann, model Karel Vaněk). The lead role was played by Karel Noll, who was very popular at the time. The last silent sequel Švejk v civilu (1927) exists independently, but the copy of the film is badly damaged.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1930-06-11
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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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Your Money or Your Life
Overview: A czech film that focuses on an unfaithful husband who married in to money, as well as an impoverished man who is turns to theft.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1932-10-14
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Heave-Ho!
Overview: A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings with a worker, Filip Kornet, he discovers he still owns a half-finished apartment-house. They rally the workers and complete the building for use as a collectivist dairy. The cooperative flourishes and after a chase/pursuit with the police, pratfalls, slapstick and various crashes, the workers buy out the Milk-Trust.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1934-10-26
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Pan otec Karafiát
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1935-08-02
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V horách duní
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1946-08-16
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Za ranních červánků
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1934-10-26
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Občan Brych
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1959-02-20
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Jménem Jeho Veličenstva
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1929-05-31
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Here in Kocourkov
Overview: Curious citizens await the arrival of an important guest, the son of poacher, who became famous abroad. Begins celebration in his honor, but nobody knows that instead of the hero arrived cursory prisoner number 1313. He quickly understand how things are and decides to take the opportunity and very quickly gets into a new role.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1934-11-23
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Láska a lidé
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-07-25
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History of Philosophy
Overview: A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-11-05
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Neporažená armáda
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1938-10-28
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O ševci Matoušovi
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1948-03-26
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Návrat presidenta dr. Edvarda Beneše do Prahy 16. května 1945
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1945-01-01
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Velký případ
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1946-12-20
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Krakatit
Overview: In early 20th century Czechoslovakia, a gravely ill chemist recalls his discovery of a powerful explosive and how it landed in the hands of anarchists.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Horror
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1948-04-09
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Milujeme
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1952-09-12
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Krejčovská povídka
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1954-06-18
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Píseň léta
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1940-01-25
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