Karel Effa

Karel Effa

Karel Effa, originally named Karel Effenberger (May 23, 1922 in Prague - June 11, 1993 in Prague), was a Czech actor. As a professional soldier during World War II, he served in the Government Army during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which was deployed to Italy. Here he later ran to the Czechoslovak troops fighting on the side of the Western Allies. After the war, he remained in the army with the rank of sergeant, playing and singing for two years in the newly formed Army Art Ensemble of Vít Nejedlý. From there he went to the Theater of Satire, from there to the Theater of State Film, from there to the Music Theater in Karlín, from where he briefly jumped to the ABC Theater to return to the Karlín Theater. He has been a member of the Semafor Theater since 1979. Karel Effa was a very prominent comedian who created 71 smaller and episodic film roles during his life - such as the villain Pancho Kid in the Czech comedy Lemonade Joe or Horse Opera, the black Gustav in Zeman's famous film The Stolen Airship, or the treasure keeper in the fairy tale film Proud princess. Karel Effa worked for many years as a member of the Czechoslovak State Film Ensemble, resp. Film studio in Barrandov, he also performed in the Theater in Fidlovačka, or in the former musical theater in Prague's Nusle, he also worked in the post-war Theater of Satire. In addition to performing in theater and film, he has given six thousand touring performances during his lifetime, where he has used his folk humor, playing the guitar and singing tramp songs. He also remained a hiker all his life, he went to Brdy, often to the settlement of Ztracenka. In 1964, he became a founding member of the Department of Friends and Supporters of Slavia, which aimed to save and lift football Slavia, which at the time lived in the Second Football League.

  • Popularity : 2.372
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1922-05-23
  • Place of Birth : Praha, Československo
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Karel Effa Movies

  • 1978
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    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    7.6 1978 HD

    When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes...

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  • 1964
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    Lemonade Joe

    Lemonade Joe

    7.1 1964 HD

    A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lemonade and convinces everyone else in...

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  • 1977
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    Koncert pro mantinely

    Koncert pro mantinely

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Pozor, ide Jozefína...

    Pozor, ide Jozefína...

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Proud Princess

    The Proud Princess

    7.3 1952 HD

    It's very human and nice story about lofty princess (her father is amiable but incapable - unforgettable performance of S. Neumann) and good, nice,...

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  • 1980
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    Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem

    Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem

    8 1980 HD

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  • 1970
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    On the Comet

    On the Comet

    5.9 1970 HD

    When a comet passes the Earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa, and a small swathe of humanity, along with it.

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  • 1985
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    S Pydlou v zádech

    S Pydlou v zádech

    7 1985 HD

    Postavička prostého lidového chytráka, který se zaplétá v šachové partii mocných,...

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  • 1966
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    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

    6.963 1966 HD

    In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person's dream on a screen; disaster soon follows when...

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  • 1959
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    May Stars

    May Stars

    2.8 1959 HD

    May 1945. On the outskirts of Prague, ordinary people meet Soviet soldiers-liberators with tears of joy in their eyes. In the early days of the lull,...

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  • 1959
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    The Princess with the Golden Star

    The Princess with the Golden Star

    6.6 1959 HD

    A Czech fairy tale about a princess named Lada who runs away from home in a mouse fur disguise in order to escape an unwanted and forced marriage.

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  • 2016
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    Věčná Slavia

    Věčná Slavia

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1961
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    Black Saturday

    Black Saturday

    5 1961 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Jester's Tale

    The Jester's Tale

    7.5 1964 HD

    An anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years' War. It follows ploughman Petr, recruiter Matěj and country girl Lenka who get caught up in...

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  • 1977
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    Long Live Ghosts!

    Long Live Ghosts!

    6.9 1977 HD

    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...

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  • 1966
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    The Pipes

    The Pipes

    5 1966 HD

    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...

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  • 1968
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    The Wishing Machine

    The Wishing Machine

    6.5 1968 HD

    Two young boys, play hooky from school in order to explore an ultramodern world's fair. They take in the many marvelous scientific and industrial...

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  • 1955
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    Hudba z Marsu

    Hudba z Marsu

    5.9 1955 HD

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  • 1969
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    Pražská romance

    Pražská romance

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1970
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    I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen

    I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen

    6.1 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1974
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    Sám proti městu

    Sám proti městu

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1972
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    Straw Hat

    Straw Hat

    6.1 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 1988
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    Paní Liška

    Paní Liška

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1971
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    Zpívající přístavy

    Zpívající přístavy

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1973
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    Affairs of my Wife

    Affairs of my Wife

    7 1973 HD

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  • 1974
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    A Night at Karlstein

    A Night at Karlstein

    7.6 1974 HD

    No Woman is allowed into Karlstejn Castle! Yet the enamoured Daniele Kolářová and the equally enamoured Jana Brejchová manage...

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  • 1977
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    Almost King

    Almost King

    6.3 1977 HD

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  • 1961
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    Tlouštík

    Tlouštík

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Stolen Border

    The Stolen Border

    3 1947 HD

    Czech film tells the story of a border town in World War II. Family members and friends become enemies.

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  • 1965
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    The Borrowed Face

    The Borrowed Face

    5.5 1965 HD

    It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration...

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  • 1984
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    ...and again that Lucy!

    ...and again that Lucy!

    6.6 1984 HD

    A second part of a funny adventures of six years old Lucie and her two magic dolls.

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  • 1949
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    Distant Journey

    Distant Journey

    6.7 1949 HD

    Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is...

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  • 1985
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    Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval

    Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1971
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    Four Murders Are Enough, Darling

    Four Murders Are Enough, Darling

    6.3 1971 HD

    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...

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  • 1981
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    Bulldogs and Cherries

    Bulldogs and Cherries

    4.4 1981 HD

    The dreaded Italian mafioso, Marian Labuda, will also be convinced. Mafioso Carmello was guilty of the principles of his organization when he tried...

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  • 1984
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    Amadeus

    Amadeus

    8.03 1984 HD

    Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young...

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  • 1985
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    The Feather Fairy

    The Feather Fairy

    6.9 1985 HD

    A fairy-tale about an old lady who takes care of snow and Jakub who does not fear death. It reflects the idea of people's longing for happiness, love...

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  • 1984
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    Byt je vykraden, maminko...

    Byt je vykraden, maminko...

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1985
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    The False Prince

    The False Prince

    8 1985 HD

    The Sultan awaits the arrival of his son, Prince Omar, who has brought up in a distant land. The master tailor and his assistances are making clothes...

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  • 1986
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    Růžový Hubert

    Růžový Hubert

    4 1986 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

    The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

    7.5 1962 HD

    A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters...

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  • 1960
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    The Lost Photography

    The Lost Photography

    7 1960 HD

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

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  • 1963
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    When the Cat Comes

    When the Cat Comes

    7 1963 HD

    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...

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  • 1963
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    A Great Road Ahead

    A Great Road Ahead

    6.5 1963 HD

    About the great Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek, who was captured by the Russians during the First World War. Not wanting to fight for the...

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  • 1971
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    Marcelka

    Marcelka

    1 1971 HD

    A rich man can not cheer his daughter Marcelka. He calls overseas doctors and tries to repaint his castle but nothing helps. Only young boy Petrik is...

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  • 1957
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    Florenc 13,30

    Florenc 13,30

    5.5 1957 HD

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  • 1976
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    Circus in the Circus

    Circus in the Circus

    4.8 1976 HD

    To Moscow have arrived the participants of the international conference of the zoophilologists and also the international jury which is to elect for...

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  • 1967
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    The Stolen Airship

    The Stolen Airship

    6.9 1967 HD

    The Stolen Airship (Czech: Ukradená vzducholod) is a 1967 live-action/animated film by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman. The story is based loosely...

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  • 1956
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    Muž v povětří

    Muž v povětří

    7 1956 HD

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  • 1959
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    Of Things Supernatural

    Of Things Supernatural

    6.2 1959 HD

    Czech comedy fantasy directed by Jiri Krejcik et al.

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  • 1971
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    You Are a Widow, Sir

    You Are a Widow, Sir

    7 1971 HD

    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...

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  • 1968
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    The Terribly Sad Princess

    The Terribly Sad Princess

    7.6 1968 HD

    Musical fairy tale tells the story of prince and princesses from neighbouring friendly countries who have to marry each other, as decided by their...

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  • 1949
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    Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky

    Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky

    5 1949 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Ninth Heart

    The Ninth Heart

    6.3 1979 HD

    Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to...

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  • 1961
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    Florián

    Florián

    5 1961 HD

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  • 1972
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    Zlatá svatba

    Zlatá svatba

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Circus Will Be

    The Circus Will Be

    7.3 1954 HD

    A few bus-loads of holidaymakers from the agricultural cooperative on a day trip arrive to see the show at the Slavia Circus. But, they have bad...

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  • 1961
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    Every Penny Counts

    Every Penny Counts

    4 1961 HD

    After inheriting a villa from his uncle, Emil Tuma meets its strange inhabitants, getting him in trouble.

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  • 1964
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    A Star Travels South

    A Star Travels South

    5.5 1964 HD

    The Prague Grand Orchestra travels by train to a music festival in Yugoslavia. Only the singer Sona Klánová missed the departure. In...

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  • 1949
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    Pan Novák

    Pan Novák

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1978
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    Good-for-Nothing

    Good-for-Nothing

    2 1978 HD

    A young man seeks freedom and eventually gets conformed. To escape society, he wanders south. After some adventures he returns to his lover, where he...

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  • 1952
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    Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy

    Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy

    6.6 1952 HD

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  • 1953
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    Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

    5 1953 HD

    Based on a true story

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  • 1956
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    Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

    Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

    5.4 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    Sons of the Mountains

    Sons of the Mountains

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1986
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    A co ten ruksak, králi?

    A co ten ruksak, králi?

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1963
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    Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!

    Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1966
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    Martin and Nine Fools

    Martin and Nine Fools

    6 1966 HD

    Captain Martin from the police's child department and his colleague Kraus are called to Znojmo to help solve a case regarding stolen toys found in...

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  • 1947
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    Nobody Knows Anything

    Nobody Knows Anything

    7 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    Parohy

    Parohy

    3.3 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    Portáši

    Portáši

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    Poslední mohykán

    Poslední mohykán

    7 1947 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin

    The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin

    7 1961 HD

    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...

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  • 1966
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    Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!

    Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!

    5 1966 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Musician

    The Musician

    5 1948 HD

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  • 1948
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    Ves v pohraničí

    Ves v pohraničí

    5 1948 HD

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  • 1947
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    Sign of the Anchor

    Sign of the Anchor

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1949
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    Red Lizard

    Red Lizard

    1 1949 HD

    Grammar school teacher Bláha hurts himself in pursuit of a red lizard, and is lying unconscious in the lonely house of Santrucek family. The...

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  • 1948
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    Old Ironside

    Old Ironside

    1 1948 HD

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  • 1961
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    Ztracená revue

    Ztracená revue

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1949
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    Zrcadlo na vesnici 3

    Zrcadlo na vesnici 3

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1949
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    Zrcadlo byrokratické 2

    Zrcadlo byrokratické 2

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1953
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    Nad námi svítá

    Nad námi svítá

    5 1953 HD

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  • 1961
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    Pochodně

    Pochodně

    5 1961 HD

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  • 1984
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    ...and again that Lucy!

    ...and again that Lucy!

    6.6 1984 HD

    A second part of a funny adventures of six years old Lucie and her two magic dolls.

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  • 1973
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    Three Men Travelling

    Three Men Travelling

    1 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 1972
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    Bakaláři

    Bakaláři

    7 1972 HD

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  • 1980
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    Dnes v jednom domě

    Dnes v jednom domě

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1970
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    Pan Tau

    Pan Tau

    6.6 1970 HD

    Pan Tau always had a gentle expression and a friendly smile, he was elegantly dressed in a stroller, with an umbrella and a white carnation in the...

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  • 1968
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    Klapzubova jedenáctka

    Klapzubova jedenáctka

    7 1968 HD

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  • 1976
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    Thirty Cases of Major Zema

    Thirty Cases of Major Zema

    7.1 1976 HD

    Thirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the...

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  • 1984
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    The Flying Cestmir

    The Flying Cestmir

    6.2 1984 HD

    Young boy Cestmir finds a magic rock which allows him to bring the seeds of the flowers which allow flying from Blue Planet...

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  • 1978
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    Nemocnice na kraji města

    Nemocnice na kraji města

    6.9 1978 HD

    Hospital at the End of the City is a popular television series first released in Czechoslovakia in 1977, it featured an ensemble cast and received...

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  • 1983
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    Ze staré drogerie

    Ze staré drogerie

    8.3 1983 HD

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