Date of birth: 1907-04-10
Place of birth: Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: František Xaverius Mlejnek

1937-02-24
Professor Karas is widely known as enthusiastic propagator of the motto "Morality Above All Else". H

1935-04-19
Country tailor Florian Svíčička neglects his work because of his interest in medieval history. When

1932-03-25
The Portorican prime minister asks British detective Sherlock Holmes to find a twin for King Fernand

1931-05-01
Two secretaries go out on a double date, but the inexperienced Mary flees when offered money for s

1932-12-16
Anton Špelec (Vlasta Burin) is a producer of musical instruments by trade but a sharp-shooter at hea

1933-10-13
The story of love, between a sturdy village boy and a gentle country girl, filmed with a movingly g

1935-12-13
When their relatives from the countryside miss the train to their wedding anniversary, Lawyer Dr. He

1936-02-06
The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to pr
1934-08-17
Woman concert star seeks to connect with her adult daughter, by her former marriage to a staid indus

1935-10-18
On the coast of Yugoslavia lives fisherman Ivo Kralj, his wife Marie, son Vuk, and Ivo's mother in o

1935-02-22

1947-03-28
After the Battle of Lipany, the remnants of the Hussite troops concentrated under the leadership of
1942-02-13
Gabriela Tuzarová still loves her husband Petr very much, even though he has cooled off towards her.

1938-03-04
After many years, three friends are to meet in Prague. The magician Marek was in America and, togeth

1937-08-06
A fortune teller predicts that Dr. Přelouč will marry the third poor girl he meets. Míla, the daught
1935-12-25
The story of a janitor's daughter who married into a "better man". Obedient to her mother and eager
1938-12-23
The musical clowns Rik and Rak, father Švamberk and his daughter Zdeňka, are struggling miserably on
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Folk song collector Dr. Šerk arrives in the remote village of Lesov. He is enchanted by the singing
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Based on an anonymous letter about Margot's fiancée's infidelity, the factory owner Hora hires detec
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Engineer Frank Nor loses his sight in an unfortunate accident. When his superficial fiancée Eliška l

1947-08-22
A sometimes humorous, sometimes more serious look at the hustle and bustle of a house in Lesser Town

1935-04-12
The determined Mrs. Barbora Čápová, the owner of a goose farm in Brousilov, is trying to get her dau
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1937-09-15
Film about famous poet Karel Hynek Mácha

1932-01-15
Joint montage of the first three silent films about Švejk: Good Soldier Švejk (1926, director: Karel
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The owner of the ready-to-wear store, Mr. Richard Naceradec from Zizkov, is an enthusiastic fan of S
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The owner of a clothing store, Mr. Načeradec, spends most of his free time in a café, where he plays
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St. Wenceslas (Czech: Svatý Václav) is a 1930 Czechoslovak historical film about Saint Wenceslas.[2]
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Country girl Pepina sometimes misses her boyfriend Ferd. He works for the detective company "Bdělá s

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Vlasta Burian appears in a town of Czarist Russia impersonating an Inspector General, and he is ente
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The orphan Eliška Irovská, nicknamed Líza, arrives in her native village of Ptačice. As an orphan sh
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A comedy of misunderstanding and a love square

1933-12-01
Young music composer Viktor Honzl in vain looks for work. He is prevented from committing suicide by
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1934-10-26
A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings wit

1934-08-24
The captain of the Prague shipping company, Adam Korkorán, lives his dreams of commanding ocean line

1934-11-09
The Kráčmer couple work diligently in the vegetable garden. They are saving for a dowry for their on
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1936-01-17
Jánošík has been topic of many Slovak and Polish legends, books and films. According to the legend,

1935-09-20
A comedy about a small student boarding house, whose quirky and energetic owner, Miss Klatovská, tak

1936-09-25
Orphan Petr lives with his dog Puntja with his aunt. His uncle Gustav wants to get rid of Peter and
1937-04-30
Věra Donátová has graduated from law school and wants to open a law firm. However, she is financiall

1937-08-13
A graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy, Karel Stržický earns extra money in the summer as a day lab

1938-03-31
Věra accepts the offer of her friend Kajetán, who arranges a position for her in Dominik's puppet fa
1938-11-18

1938-09-02
The likeable and charming Vanda Karhanová has problems in every job because of her appearance. So wh

1938-03-25
Dentist Dr. Matys employs two laboratory assistants, brothers Alois and Benjamin Zoubkova. They also

1947-02-28
At the end of the First World War, Nikola Shuhai and his friend from the army desert. On the way hom
1939-03-31

1941-04-12
Vlasta Burian, as a stowaway, disrupts the disciplined operation of a railway station. Mr. Ťopka giv

1946-09-06
Even the pre-Blohemian times were not idyllic. Even a bachelor, invited by the consuls to Rakovník t
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Colonel Švec (original Czech title: Plukovník Švec) is a 1930 Czechoslovak historical war drama. It

1930-12-25
In "Fidlovacka", the name of a Czechoslovakian festival, the proprietress of a cheese factory picks
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Rudolf Měšťák’s silent film The Prague Executioner, based on the novel of the same name by Josef Svá
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Curious citizens await the arrival of an important guest, the son of poacher, who became famous abro

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Lieutenant Orloff, a recently graduated Russian officier, is making his way across the snow-covered

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The young musician and composer Josef lives with Beethoven's music copyist in Grinzing. In the eveni

1937-03-04
A working class young woman disregards the wishes of her father to stay in her place, and marries hi

1936-10-23
Eighteen-year-old factory worker's daughter Věra Janáková is head over heels in love with the famous

1937-07-30
One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be directly n
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1941-01-17
Jana's beautiful niece arrives in Prague to live with two spinster aunts. Both women wish to marry h
1939-11-10
Milada Dvořáková is about to get married to her business partner Dub, a gas station owner. When she

1940-01-26
A painting of a girl from another time comes to life for it's buyer in this costume comedy.
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1941-11-28
A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first
1941-10-17
The imperial councilor Ullik decides to modernize his old mills by installing a new turbine. His ecc
1940-04-30
Adam Kavalír returns from abroad to take over the family factory from his father. But as a consequen

1942-08-21
Pavel Hora offers his friend Jiří Pulpán a place to live. When they get home, they find out that the
1940-04-05
Intern Plichta arrives to work at a country estate, where there is a strict ban on marriage for offi

1942-09-18
Tragicomic events in the idyllic town of Rukapán reveal both the prejudices of the local residents a

1942-09-11
Ryba, the owner of a boat rental shop and ferryman, has lived his entire life in a house by the rive

1947-11-28
Martin Plechatý and Petr Nový roam occupied Prague with their trams. Times are hard and sometimes su

1942-10-16
Young engineer Petr Pavelec works on a dam plan on the Loučnica River. He meets Irena, the daughter

1947-09-05
Antique dealer Kohout is not a bad person. However, he has an ideal: to be the unlimited master at h

1945-12-14
Prague, the beginning of the 17th century. Rozina falls in love with Italian glass worker Nikolo, b

1943-12-03
Hairdresser Žofka Stárková desires fame perhaps more than other girls. The petty plans of her fiancé

1943-12-25
Filmed during the Nazi occupation, this panoramic drama set in a Prague department store follows the

1946-01-25
Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now has nothing to do compared to his energet

1945-01-12
A social comedy about a wealthy man in his prime, for whom marital infidelity is just a pleasant and

1946-03-08
Inspector Cadek from the 13th police station should keep an eye on the released safe-cracker nicknam

1946-09-27
The foolish Pedro is supposed to marry the beautiful Rosita, who is also attracted to the adventurer
1946-12-20
Shortly before the end of World War II, a small town is home to a portly miller who bears an uncanny

1948-02-20
The family of Prague greengrocer Pavlas was among the first immigrants to settle in the border villa

1949-09-23
An innkeeper is grieving because his wife left him for a second-rate actor. His two nephews, who are