Josef Abrhám
He graduated from DAMU, after which he played for three seasons at the Vinohrady Theatre (then the Czechoslovak Army Theatre). He then anchored at the Drama Club until 1992, where his performances won him critical acclaim. He briefly performed at the National Theatre, but left the theatre permanently in August 1994.
He became popular with the public mainly thanks to his appearances in film and television. His first major film role was given to him in 1962 by director Brynych in the film Transport from Paradise (1962). This was followed by the roles of the expectant father in The Scream (1963) and the writer Hašek, whom he played in The Great Journey (1963). In the film Man Against Destruction (1989) he played the main role of the writer Karel Čapek. From 1990 to 1995 he performed in accompanying programmes at exhibitions (Herbert Masaryk, T. G. Masaryk - Man and Art) organised by the Masaryk Democratic Movement.
In 2006 he was nominated for the Czech Lion in the category of supporting actor.
After an eight-year relationship with Nadia Urbánková, he was married to actress Libuša Šafránková from 1976 (until her death in June 2021). They have a son Josef (* 1977), who has 4 children - two sons with his first wife Denisa Grimmová, a director, sons Josef (* 2006) and Antonín (* 2009) and a daughter Laura and a son Benjamin with his second wife Ludmila.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 10.121 |
Birthday | 1939-12-14 |
Place of Birth | Zlín, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic] |
Also Known As | J. Abrhám, Josef Abrham, Йозеф Абрахам, Jozef Abrhám, Josef Abrhám st., |
2007
I Served the King of England
6.902/97
Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion th...
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I Served the King of England
1979
Ball Lightning
6.895/19
A comedy about exchange of 12 apartments , which, its organizer, lawyer Radosta, rightly called Action Ball Lightning. To prepare, organize and execut...
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Ball Lightning
1981
Run, Waiter, Run!
7.1/38
A comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant for women who decides to make some money by pretending to be a waiter and collec...
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Run, Waiter, Run!
1971
The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon
5.2/9
In a suburban villa, a woman of means is murdered. Police Superintendent Zdychynec from the Prague Liben neighborhood reports the case to Police Counc...
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The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon
1985
Prípad Platfus
0/0
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Prípad Platfus
1984
Dissolved and Effused
6.923/13
A police inspector and inexperienced trainee search for a mysteriously disappeared manufacturer of ointments for hair growth.
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Dissolved and Effused
1967
Happy End
7.6/49
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 "executi...
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Happy End
2008
Kouzla králů
6.6/6
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Kouzla králů
1972
Morgiana
7.2/46
Jealous of her vapidly "good" sister's popularity, poisonous Viktoria doses pretty Klara's tea with a slow-acting fatal substance. As the latter grows...
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Morgiana
1993
Big Beat
5.7/7
A period musical comedy set in a quiet Prague quarter at the end of the fifties. Using the western plot device of the "man from nowhere" a generation...
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Big Beat
1976
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
7.824/54
This comedy is about one average family. The father works as master in the factory and his son is studying on high school. One day father must start t...
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Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
2011
Odcházení
5.6/6
A bitter sweet comedy that follows a highly appointed Chancellor who set to step down from his position after years of service to his country. With ju...
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Odcházení
1981
The Hit
7.4/7
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The Hit
2006
Beauty in Trouble
6.6/16
Marcela can't bear Jarda any longer, so she threatens divorce and takes the kids to her mom's, whose husband is a creep. While Marcela is there, Jarda...
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Beauty in Trouble
1999
All My Loved Ones
7.2/11
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All My Loved Ones
1991
The Beggar's Opera
6/2
Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original h...
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The Beggar's Opera
1965
Courage for Every Day
5.9/11
A passionate communist worker is discouraged by the changing political climate and the failure of his peers to live up to his ideals.
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Courage for Every Day
1994
Angelic Eyes
4/2
Charming, witty and smart men represent a fictitious insurance company who soon fall for an innocent-looking young woman smarter than she seems.
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Angelic Eyes
1989
Člověk proti zkáze
8/1
Biography of Karel Čapek.
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Člověk proti zkáze
1994
Unexpected Encounters
7.4/7
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Unexpected Encounters
2013
Little Baby Jesus
6.3/31
Charming 60-something José returns to Prague after 30 years living in Mexico, though he was convinced that he would never see his hometown again. He w...
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Little Baby Jesus
1963
Transport from Paradise
4.8/6
Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribula...
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Transport from Paradise
1998
Halt, Or I'll Miss!
5/3
It is April 1945, spring begins and ends the war. German transport heading away from Bohemia.
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Halt, Or I'll Miss!
2001
Elixír a Halíbela
8/1
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Elixír a Halíbela
2009
Fispan's Apple
0/0
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Fispan's Apple
2013
Cyril and Methodius – The Apostles of the Slavs
4.6/5
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Cyril and Methodius – The Apostles of the Slavs
1983
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
8/17
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Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1976
A Girl Fit to Be Killed
6/8
The waitress Gita from the hotel "Bobí vrch" approaches her lover who has not left his wife yet and gives him an ultimatum: if he does not do all acco...
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A Girl Fit to Be Killed
1968
Bedtime Story
6.9/6
Comedy based on short Sean O'Casey play. John Jo Mulligan finds himself in a situation with which his pious conscience cannot cope. He has spent a nig...
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Bedtime Story
2004
Pánská jízda
6.5/2
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Pánská jízda
1984
Bridal Tour to Jilji
7.7/3
A scientist meets a nice girl and they start dating. He decides the only way to find out for sure if she’s the one is to take a long trip with her, bu...
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Bridal Tour to Jilji
1964
The Cry
6.9/11
While a woman is in the hospital preparing to deliver her child, her husband has all day to reflect upon his wife and their relationship. As he tends...
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The Cry
1990
Audience
6.5/2
A theater play by Václav Havel.
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Audience
2015
Korunní princ
6.5/11
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Korunní princ
1975
Operation: Daybreak
6.8/41
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
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Operation: Daybreak
1962
Ceiling
5.125/7
The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost comple...
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Ceiling
2016
Jak básníci čekají na zázrak
5.3/3
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Jak básníci čekají na zázrak
1989
The End of Old Times
6.3/7
Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa the administrator of the Kratochvile Castle. Although with no aristocratic b...
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The End of Old Times
2013
Hoteliér
0/0
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Hoteliér
1987
Portrét krále komiků
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Portrét krále komiků
1971
Revizor
9/1
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Revizor
2004
Konecná stanica
2/1
A successful Slovak film adaptation of the eponymous play Radošina Naive Theatre.
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Konecná stanica
2016
Angel 2
7.3/23
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Angel 2
1991
Flames of Royal Love
4.2/5
In 1992, Prague is the capital of a small kingdom. The prince is supposed to choose his bride to be at a royal ball. But to everybody's surprise, he c...
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Flames of Royal Love
1975
The Motive for Murder
3.5/2
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The Motive for Murder
1968
Dita Saxová
6.2/8
A beautiful, underachieving, 18-year-old orphan considers various suitors, ponders philosophy, and takes a young girl under her wing.
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Dita Saxová
1981
Panenka
6/1
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Panenka
1974
Půlpenny
0/0
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Půlpenny
1999
Return to Paradise Lost
4/1
A professor reunites with an old friend who inspires him to return to Czechoslovakia for the first time since he emigrated years ago.
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Return to Paradise Lost
1986
Young Wine
0/0
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Young Wine
1970
322
5.7/10
A story of a man threatened by a fatal illness evaluating his life (the number 322 in the film title stands for the diagnosis of one kind of cancer)....
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322
1963
A Great Road Ahead
6.5/2
About the great Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek, who was captured by the Russians during the First World War. Not wanting to fight for the interests of...
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A Great Road Ahead
2005
Restaurace U Prince
0/0
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Restaurace U Prince
1995
Městem chodí Mikuláš
8/2
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Městem chodí Mikuláš
1979
Jak je důležité míti Filipa
6.667/3
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Jak je důležité míti Filipa
1985
Princezny nejsou vždycky na vdávání
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Princezny nejsou vždycky na vdávání
1990
Pasiáns
4/2
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Pasiáns
1970
Aesop
7/1
This film brings us back to show us the life of the famous ancient sage Aesop, who helped people with his wisdom in their struggle for freedom and hap...
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Aesop
1979
Silvestr svobodného pána
6.5/2
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Silvestr svobodného pána
1974
Výstřely v Mariánských Lázních
0/0
Film by Toman and Gajer.
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Výstřely v Mariánských Lázních
1983
Švédská zápalka
4.5/2
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Švédská zápalka
1983
Hráči
6/1
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Hráči
1975
Miracle
0/0
This student film by the award-winning Helena Třeštíková bears many of the hallmarks of her later work. Made as a graduation piece when she was at the...
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Miracle
1971
Chance
4/2
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Chance
1980
A Vampire in High-Rise
6/1
Lada is a little boy who likes to read fiction and has a great imagination. He figures out that his sister Eva's boyfriend is a vampire, and so he and...
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A Vampire in High-Rise
2005
Černá karta
8/1
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Černá karta
1985
Žáku Kašíku, nežeň se!
6.3/3
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Žáku Kašíku, nežeň se!
1964
Black Peter
6.7/55
A few days in the life of a Czechoslovak teenager when he starts work.
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Black Peter
1962
Don't Take Shelter From The Rain
0/0
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Don't Take Shelter From The Rain
1986
Experiment Eva
0/0
In the mid-eighties, screenwriter and director Jaroslav Balík tried to give voice to the problems of an ambitious young woman who decides to get back...
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Experiment Eva
1982
Spor herečky Kvapilové
7/1
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Spor herečky Kvapilové
1981
Zločin na poště
4/2
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Zločin na poště
1991
Kafka
6.4/132
Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all...
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Kafka
1971
Návrat pana Ryšánka
7.3/3
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Návrat pana Ryšánka
2002
O víle Arnoštce
6/1
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O víle Arnoštce
1990
Aksál
0/0
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Aksál
1969
Bellevue
0/0
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Bellevue
1976
Tetované časom
0/0
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Tetované časom
1972
Konfrontace
3.5/2
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Konfrontace
1967
The Nun's Night
7.2/6
A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the m...
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The Nun's Night
1961
Where an Alibi Is Not Everything
0/1
“A bored housewife, a husband who married her for show, and a stupid boy who is full of himself because he is dating a Swiss woman.” The words of Insp...
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Where an Alibi Is Not Everything
1974
Sen noci svatojánské
4/2
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Sen noci svatojánské
1974
Zbojník Ondráš
0/0
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Zbojník Ondráš
1990
Dětinské hry dospělých
0/0
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Dětinské hry dospělých
1980
Demokrati
0/0
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Demokrati
1969
Hádankář Vojta
0/0
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Hádankář Vojta
1981
Netopýr
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Netopýr
1976
Fata morgana
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Fata morgana
1986
Dokonalý muž, dokonalá žena
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Dokonalý muž, dokonalá žena
1962
Černá dynastie
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Černá dynastie
1963
On the Tightrope
6/1
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On the Tightrope
1965
Bubny
0/0
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Bubny
1965
Pension pro svobodné pány
6/1
A young man living in a strictly run boarding house secretly brings a girl of loose morals into his room at night, who is nevertheless well-groomed an...
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Pension pro svobodné pány
1967
The Return of the Prodigal Son
5.8/13
Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via discussio...
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The Return of the Prodigal Son
1966
Closely Watched Trains
7.314/221
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to...
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Closely Watched Trains
1966
Lékař v rozpacích
0/0
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Lékař v rozpacích
1969
Prague Nights
5.1/8
A stuffy middle-aged foreigner, a businessman named Fabricius, lonely and looking for a night's diversion, finds it in the form of a mysterious blonde...
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Prague Nights
1968
Natali
0/0
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Natali
1969
Ohnice
0/0
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Ohnice
1969
Hvězda
0/0
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Hvězda
1969
Bahno
0/0
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Bahno
1970
Kalif čápem
0/0
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Kalif čápem
1970
O tlustém pradědečkovi
4/1
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O tlustém pradědečkovi
1972
Jeden ze soubojů
3.5/2
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Jeden ze soubojů
1972
The Harder They Fall
0/0
A Czech TV film adaptation of Budd Schulberg's novel The Harder They Fall, which had previously been made as the 1956 US movie of the same name starri...
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The Harder They Fall
1973
Pokus o vraždu
6/1
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Pokus o vraždu
1973
Poslední dopis
6/1
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Poslední dopis
1974
Quails and King
1/1
Police find a girl with a bleeding face in a small town park at night. First the girl, a textile factory worker Jana, refuses to talk, and then she de...
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Quails and King
1974
Princ Chocholouš
0/0
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Princ Chocholouš
1984
Záchvěv strachu
4.3/3
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Záchvěv strachu
1975
Tři muži se žralokem
0/0
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Tři muži se žralokem
1976
Vilém Rozkoč
1/1
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Vilém Rozkoč
1985
Bandité
0/0
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Bandité
1979
Polská krev
0/0
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Polská krev
1980
Tím pádem
0/0
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Tím pádem
1983
Plášť Marie Terezie
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Plášť Marie Terezie
1981
Proč se lidé bojí zajíců
0/0
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Proč se lidé bojí zajíců
1993
Noc rozhodnutí
6/1
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Noc rozhodnutí
1986
The Great Movie Robbery
6/4
The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the nationalisation of the Czechoslovak film ind...
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The Great Movie Robbery
1986
Výsledek testu
0/0
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Výsledek testu
2003
ELFilm
0/0
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ELFilm
1984
The Snowdrop Festival
6.534/29
This movie is based on texts of Bohumil Hrabal, world-known Czech prosaic. It's a story (in a form of a mosaic of short episodes and pictures) about t...
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The Snowdrop Festival
1998
Proces s vrahy Martynové
0/0
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Proces s vrahy Martynové
1983
Společnost s ručením omezeným
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Společnost s ručením omezeným
1995
Pohádka o Faustovi
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Pohádka o Faustovi
1986
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války
0/0
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Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války
2008
Anatomie gagu
0/0
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Anatomie gagu
1981
Tři v tom
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