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Stella Zázvorková

Stella Zázvorková

Stella Zázvorková (14 April 1922 – 18 May 2005) was a Czech actress from Prague.

Zázvorková, an alumnus of Prague's theatre school of E. F. Burian, appeared in more than a hundred films and series. She was married to the actor from the polytechnic Miloš Kopecký. She became known abroad through series including Arabela, The Territory of White Deer, and the Hospital at the End of the City, and also through her role in the Oscar-winning movie Kolya would Jan Svěrák.

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From Subway with Love (2005)

This romantic comedy presents a story of two women, twenty-year-old Laura, an editor at a woman's weekly, and her widowed mother, a translator-interpreter named Jana. The two of them tirelessly seek Mr. Right. Having once lived through an intense relations ...

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Max, Sally and the Magic Phone (2001)

Max and Sally, the heroes of popular Czech animated series are leaving the TV in order to become a regular boy and girl. ...

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Autumn Spring (2001)

A bittersweet comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodský as Fanda, an old man who refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife who wants him to make serious decisions about the future, Fanda ignores the nagging and spends his days seeking ...

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Wild Flowers (2000)

Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales - glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light - make up this Czech collection of visual poetry. The original piece of literature, written by Karel Jaromír Erben in 1853, contained twelve tales. ...

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Cosy Dens (1999)

Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. The teenage kids think that their fathers are totally stupid, and the fathers are sure that their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they ...

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Helluva Good Luck (1999)

Dora, a lazy and evil woman, is in love with her servant, Hannes. Hannes, however, loves her sister-in-law, Margareta. When Dora learns about this, she vows revenge against the couple. ...

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Kolya (1996)

After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it's not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members. ...

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The Magic Book (1996)

An evil witch is trying to steal a magic purse possessed by the local ruler. Thanks to Princess Blanka's love, Prince Petr wins out over the witch. ...

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Every Man for Yourself (1994)

Georges Flavier, once renowned Parisian hairdresser, lives alone since the death of his son and the departure of his wife. One night, he saves a stranger from drowning in the Canal Saint-Martin. ...

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The End of Old Times (1990)

Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa the administrator of the Kratochvile Castle. Although with no aristocratic background, he is a man of fortune and is trying to buy the castle. To impress his neighbors and the local ...

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Larks on a String (1990)

In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is a young man who pines for a female convict. ...

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Fair Play (1987)

Tereza lives and works in Prague. She meets a handsome man, Tommie, speaking in a language incomprehensible to her. It seems that he is the manager of the Finnish ice hockey team. A love story starts to blossom. When the coach of the Czech ice hockey team ...

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The Great Movie Robbery (1987)

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 Kaise ...

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Domek u lesa (1985)

Every one of us has certainly been in a situation for which he or she is not prepared and is not able to orient him or herself immediately and correctly. And the hero of our story also finds out in a rather unpleasant way that it leads to a number of misun ...

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Don't Take the Sweater Off (1981)

A young Czech couple are terrorized by their funny family. ...

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Co je doma to se počítá, pánové... (1980)

For the Novák and Bartáček families, money is king, and they'll do just about anything to get it. While René Novák pitches his parents a lucrative scheme to swindle as many people with the last name Novák in the country as possible, the Bartáček cl ...

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How to Wake a Princess (1978)

At long last, King Dalimil and Queen Eliška have produced an heir, Princess Růženka. Consumed with envy, Eliška's sister Melánie casts a curse: On the day Růženka turns seventeen, she will prick her finger and fall into a deep sleep together with th ...

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How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth (1977)

Vasek, 8 years old boy is desperate to find a new "father" for his mother. ...

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A Nice Plate of Spinach (1977)

The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska. ...

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We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling... (1976)

Mr. Novak tells a lie to his neighbor Mrs. Bartackova that her husband is unfaithful to her and that is how it all started. ...

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Dva muži hlásí příchod (1975)

An only son, Jirí Valenta (Jaromír Hanzlík), has been drafted to the army. At the barracks he acquires the nickname Seamstress because he sews rugs in his spare time. One day, his friend introduces him to Julka Vávrová (Jorga Kotrbová), a girl he is ...

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Do We Match Each Other, Darling? (1975)

Marta (Jana Brejchová) and Viktor (Vlastimil Brodský) celebrate the tenth anniversary of their wedding half-heartedly. They both think they don't suit together. While visiting Marta's friend Alena (Iva Janzurová), who just got married for the third time ...

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How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1975)

There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only w ...

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A Night at Karlstein (1974)

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. ...

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Three Men Travelling (1973)

Three Men Travelling is billed as a loosely related sequel to Tri chlapi v chalupe (1963), sending our country protagonists set out from their family nests in the village of Ouplavice into the big wide world. Grandpa Potucek, (Lubomír Lipský) and his son ...

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The Girl on the Broomstick (1972)

A teenage witch, Saxana (Petra Černocká), frozen in time as a punishment for 300 years, finds herself in a modern world. ...

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Straw Hat (1972)

Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it seems, to marry Helen Nonankur - daughter of a wealthy farmer. At the last meeting with his mistress in a nearby forest Fadinar's horse eats straw hat which ...

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The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon (1971)

In a suburban villa, a woman of means is murdered. Police Superintendent Zdychynec from the Prague Liben neighborhood reports the case to Police Councilman Vacátko, upon whose order an investigation is launched immediately. Zdychynec begins to suspect the ...

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Women Offside (1971)

Kastl is a hairdresser but his real passion is his second job as football referee. This job takes all his free time and makes his wife very nervous. ...

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You Are a Widow, Sir (1971)

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti and with brain of ...

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Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)

Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply increases, Camel is mistakenly regarded as a mass murderer and cunni ...

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I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)

This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, with the proposed solution of building a time machine. The decision ...

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Young Bohácek's Sufferings (1969)

Tóna Bohácek (Pavel Landovský) has been a great worry to his mother, Mrs Bohácková (Stella Zázvorková). All his friends equal in age are already married and some of them even have children - only Tóna still has nothing. Mother Bohácková thus publ ...

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The Terribly Sad Princess (1968)

Musical fairy tale tells the story of prince and princesses from neighbouring friendly countries who have to marry each other, as decided by their wise fathers with their advisors. However, the royal children want to decide their fate themselves. They meet ...

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Příliš mnoho něhy (1968)

An animated lecture that totally overthrows the idea of the tender character of women and violent character of men. It proves that the reality is different. ...

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A Pact with the Devil (1967)

A comedy about five students who are un-justly suspected of trying to lose their virginity before their graduation. The five girls first try to defend themselves, but when they find out that nobody believes them - neither the school principal nor even thei ...

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Happy End (1967)

A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an "execution" of the main protagonist and goes back to explore his previous actions and motivations. ...

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The Unfortunate Bridegroom (1967)

A comedy about two bumbling policemen investigating an alleged rape in a small Czech town. One of the alleged rapists is supposed to get married the day he's locked up. ...

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90° in the Shade (1965)

In a Prague shop, an assistant has been carrying on an affair with the dishonest, married manager. An emotionally repressed auditor with domestic problems of his own uncovers serious stock discrepancies. A test of loyalties and a questioning of values conc ...

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Story of Souls (1965)

The dramatization of the Old Prague short story by the writer Ignát Herrmann is an acting concert by Jan Pivec. In this film from 1964, the actor let all registers of his mature acting sound, from outright comical positions to tones sounding with tragic u ...

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A Star Travels South (1964)

The Prague Grand Orchestra travels by train to a music festival in Yugoslavia. Only the singer Sona Klánová missed the departure. In the meantime, she managed to buy a ticket to Belgrade at the air-terminal from Mrs Navrátilová, who couldn't make the t ...

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When the Cat Comes (1963)

While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town. ...

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The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin (1961)

Farmers get away from their arguments by embarking on a religious pilgrimage, enjoy a picnic en route, and on their return decide to form a cooperative. ...

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The Lost Photography (1960)

A young boy from Prague is trying to find a Soviet soldier from the old 1945 picture. ...

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Today for the Last Time (1958)

Concert master Karel Mašek is a drunk, as well as engineer Danda and other regular guests of the pub U Kroců. Mašek returns from the pub in the morning and promises the woman that he will stop drinking. But he failed again, and the orchestra players ref ...

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Florenc 13,30 (1957)

Česká celovečerní veselohra. Děj filmu sleduje jízdu autobusu na trati Praha - Karlovy Vary a počínání lidí v něm. V autobusu se sešla pestrá společnost lidí nejrůznějších zájmů, povolání a povah. Jejich střetnutí v těsném prost ...

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At the Terminus (1957)

Several bittersweet stories set in a Prague apartment building. ...

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School for Fathers (1957)

A new teacher with high standards and a strong sense of duty replaces an easy grader. Once bad grades begin to pile up, a product of his predecessor's subservience to the system, the new teacher has to stand up for himself and his students. ...

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The Good Soldier Švejk (1957)

Good-natured and garrulous, Schweik becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I -- although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards and ...

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Bill, Please (1956)

The director of the company Restaurants and Canteens arrives to attend a screening of a film made in various restaurants. A group of villagers come in to one of the restaurants for their lunch. The two waiters carry on chatting and ignore their customers. ...

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Crooked Mirror (1956)

A satirical military "Fashion Show" instructing Czechoslovak soldiers how and how not to dress. ...

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Angel in the Mountains (1955)

Mr. Angel goes winter sporting and at the same time investigates his son's fiancee. ...

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