Ilja Prachař
Date of birth: 1924-04-30
Place of birth: Malenovice u Zlína, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ilja Prachar, I. Prachar, Илья Прахарж, Ilja Vladimír Prachař
Biography
Ilja Prachař ( April 30, 1924, Malenovice – August 10, 2005, Prague ) was a Czech actor and playwright. He was born in Malenovice near Zlín as the middle of three sons of František Prachar (1899–2001), an official of the district health insurance company in Zlín, and his wife Ludmila (1901–1981). The elder brother Drahomír (1922–2008) later worked in a foreign trade company, the younger Kamil (1931–2020) became a theater actor and worked almost his entire professional career in the theater in Cheb . In Zlín and Malenovice, the parents actively engaged in associational life and performed volunteer theater. His wife Jana (*1937) is a puppeteer, his son David (*1959), grandson Jakub (*1983), granddaughter Mariana (*1994) and great-granddaughter Alžběta Malá (*1997) are acting. He began his acting career as a member of the drama group of the Army Art Ensemble of Vít Nejedlý (1945–1947), in the Workers' Theater in Zlín (1947–1952) and in the theater in Ostrava (1952–1954). From 1954 he performed at the S. K. Neumann Theater in Prague and from 1959 to 1990 at the Vinohrady Theatre. His best-known film role is probably the greedy and miserly landowner Trautenberk in the evening series Krkonošské pohádyky. He is the author of several plays and television scripts. Already in 1951, he received the State Prize for the play " Hádajú se o rozumné " and for his acting he was awarded the award for outstanding work (1967), the title of meritorious artist (1983) and the František Filipovský Award for lifetime mastery in dubbing (1997). Ilja Prachař was a member of the Communist Party . In November 1989, he gave a speech at the Summer Speech as a representative of the actors from the Vinohrady Theatre . In his personal life, Ilja Prachař was a big supporter of the football club Slavia . At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, he was even the chairman of the civic association of the Friends of Slavia for seven years.
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Pouta
1961-09-22
A young veterinarian, Jiří Klimeš, returns to his native village after graduation.
Podivný výlet
1978-03-10
Petr, Martin and Čenda spent part of their youth in the war in the Beskydy Mountains. They were unit
The Moravian Land
1978-02-24
The reason for making this film is clear: it was to cover up Vojtěch Jasný's famous chronicle "All t
Shadow of a Flying Bird
1977-10-01
It doesn't help to have an exacerbated situation like a family losing their only son - killed in a m
Pětina průměrného života
1978-02-16
Příjemce platí v dolarech
1981-01-01
Jak se zranit ve službě
1978-06-29
Sázka pro dva
1978-03-26
Pan Kobkán vdává dceru
1977-12-31
Dobrodruh a kavalír
1975-05-17
Indians from Vetrov
1979-09-07
In the frontier village Vetrov boys from the children's home called Indians lead a bitter "war" with
Postavení mimo hru
1979-12-28
The psychological story of a young top athlete - hockey player, showing the downside of the all-roun
Parcela 60, katastr Lukovice
1983-12-04
All My Good Countrymen
1969-07-04
The lives of 7 friends in a small Czech town from 1945 to some time after 1958.
Tvář za sklem
1979-11-23
Alienation between the closest relatives is always a serious disorder of family judgment. Father and
Pohádka o drakovi
1972-12-25
Inzerát
1984-04-22
Děti zítřků
1980-12-05
Transport from Paradise
1963-03-15
Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto.
Sign of the Virgin
1966-10-14
The military airfield crew are not allowed to leave the area because alert level two has been declar
Hlavní přelíčení
1971-08-15
The King of Kings
1963-07-12
During his work assignment in Tamani Kingdom, Czech worker Lojza saves a local man from dying in the
Střecha pod vodou
1981-09-13
Zámek pro Barborku
1963-01-18
Twelve graduates of one year of DAMU decide to go to the regional theatre together. During the first
Passing Through a Thick Forest
1964-04-10
The story of two communist friends, one of whom leaves as secretary to the district committee of the
Zlý jelen
1962-12-24
Slečna se špatnou pověstí
1982-09-23
Tales About Children
1965-02-28
Three small short stories, each of which was created by one of the famous Czechoslovak filmmakers of
Škola hříšníků
1966-01-14
Pavlata, the director of an educational institution for juvenile offenders, will push for the early
Golden Queen
1965-10-22
A man returns to his native village in search of renewed faith and his old girlfriend. But she, now
The Fair Is Here
1974-11-15
Children from the village Bystrá are awaiting a nice and thrilling weekend. On Saturday they will pl
Dita Saxová
1968-02-23
A beautiful, underachieving, 18-year-old orphan considers various suitors, ponders philosophy, and t
A Man Who Rose in Price
1968-06-28
Mr. Benda, a married father of two children, works for a company that liquidates old banknotes. Afte
The Medal
1980-10-31
The trenches of World War I provide for a captivating backdrop to the drama of Corporal Hoferik. In
Proklatě váhavý svědek
1969-08-02
Squandered Sunday
1990-04-01
A day in the life of Arnošt, a soldier staying in Josefov. A sense of desperation permeates the envi
Devilish Honeymoon
1970-09-04
Black comedy about a genius inventor and two young, smart and beautiful women. Both of them putting
Za ranních červánků
1970-12-24
Lekce
1972-01-14
During World War II, a German university professor creates a spy ring that supplies the Allies with
Straw Hat
1972-03-24
Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it s
Lásky Emanuela Přibyla
1971-12-31
Otcové a děti
1972-07-09
Klíč pod rohožkou
1972-01-01
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
1965-02-12
In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a doctor-turned-warehouse employee reluctantly agrees to treat a gr
Silvestr na přání aneb Čí jsou hory Kavčí
1977-12-31
Days of Betrayal
1973-04-27
This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslov
Družina černého pera
1974-04-19
A group of children from a working-class neighbourhood in Pilsen search for a way to effectively pro
Horká zima
1974-01-18
A man who was a communist MP during the First Republic joins the Slovak National Uprising, but is wo
Kronika žhavého léta
1973-08-31
A broadly drawn ideological epic set in the summer of 1947 in the borderlands of northern Bohemia: r
Počkám, až zabiješ
1973-05-11
During World War II, dogs were trained in special centres for guard duty in concentration camps. How
Modrý kosatec
1984-09-22
Čestné kolo
1989-07-23
The theme is inspired by the real life stories of Czechoslovak cyclists Jan Vesely and Jan Kubro. It
Dobré světlo
1986-10-01
Viktor Průcha, a successful small-town architect, lives well but knows his comfort rests on compromi
Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně
1975-02-14
This story from the time of the occupation tells how the students of the teachers' institute decided
Světáci
1963-05-01
Two families live in a weaver's cottage - the Menecs and the Hroms. The women are pretty from the st
A Girl Fit to Be Killed
1976-04-16
The waitress Gita from the hotel "Bobí vrch" approaches her lover who has not left his wife yet and
Cinderella
1969-12-25
During the day, Cinderella's face is covered in soot, but at night she transforms into a fairy-tale
Královská hra
1981-02-22
Television play
Kdo se bojí, utíká
1987-05-01
In a school somewhere in the border region, a young teacher is trying to integrate Romani children i
Chased and Suspected
1979-08-31
Late at night Eva Trojanová returns home to an agitated husband; three days later, her body is found
Dům Na poříčí
1977-02-04
The film was based on the novel "Milión" by Karel Štorkán. The book and the film depict the events s
The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley
1984-03-01
In 1947 by the Beskid mountains, the traces of war still linger, destroyed tanks dispersed throughou
The Apple Game
1978-02-03
Sarcastic comedy about the Czechoslovakia of the seventies. A young gynaecologist can't figure out w
On the Trail of Blood
1970-03-27
Major Kalas from the Prague criminal intelligence service has been sent to a small town of Dubá in N
The Cremator
1969-03-14
In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering
Proces s vrahy Martynové
1998-01-01
Loosely inspired by a real criminal court case. It took place in Prague and the Tatra Mountains betw
The White Lady
1965-09-24
This castle has its own ghost - a mysterious White lady. She emerges from the painting on the wall w
Střílej oběma rukama
1976-01-01
The specter of collectivization looms over Malšín. Young Čeněk Kotál returns to his native village a
One of Them Is the Murderer
1971-04-23
Marek (Jirí Holý), formerly a driver of a long-distance lorry, has served his term for smuggling art
The Motive for Murder
1975-04-04
A short story film depicting the three different faces of crime. In the short story "The Weekend", K
Transit Carlsbad
1966-11-25
Even in the "enlightened" 60. years filmmakers like to play spies. In the grand-world environment, L
Men About Town
1969-10-10
Three blue collar workers have a night out in big city Prague.
Královský gambit
1974-01-01
Wenceslas II, who already has adult children Eliška and Václav, refuses to marry the young Alžběta R
Paleta lásky
1976-12-24
The years of Mánes' studies at art schools and on the period when the mature and distinctive artist
Poklad byzantského kupce
1967-07-21
A detective story revolving around an ancient treasure from the ninth century, believed to have been
Shadows of a Hot Summer
1978-09-15
Ondrej lives on a farm outside a small town with his family. One day a group of men arrive at the fa
The Unfortunate Bridegroom
1967-06-30
A comedy about two bumbling policemen investigating an alleged rape in a small Czech town. One of th
People From Caravans
1966-12-23
Story about the people around the circus and the unfortunate love of a young man an acrobat. Before
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova
1965-10-13
A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they a
Death Behind a Curtain
1967-03-17
Members of an organised group smuggling heroin from France to Italy send a new shipment of the drug
Jakou barvu má láska
1974-01-04
Cyril Dadák (Václav Postránecký), a TV reporter falls in love at first sight with a young engineer M
Witchhammer
1970-01-23
In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confe
Never Strike A Woman... Even with A Flower
1967-01-13
Shortish forty-year old Ludvík Podzimek, lute and flute player in a Prague orchestra, is far from be
Sign of the Cancer
1967-05-05
When Dr. Hahn is found murdered in the hospital’s inspection room, investigators question several su
Flirt se slečnou Stříbrnou
1969-09-19
At the centre of the story is Miss Lenka Stříbrná. An attractive, but a little strange young woman.
Pučálkovic Amina
1968-01-01
Uloupené dětství
1988-03-15
The true story of a little boy who was taken from his grandmother's care during the war by a court d
Reportáž psaná na oprátce
1962-01-05
Screen adaptation of Julius Fucik's story about communist fighters.
Spadla s měsíce
1961-08-18
A story about the uproar caused by the arrival of a new, young and, by local standards, too energeti
The Fortress
1994-11-24
Set in the late 80s in a quiet, rural village headed by a suspicious, conspiring group of nasty lead
Dva tygři
1966-06-03
When a volunteer police helper is too proactive, he causes more confusion than good. The unfortunate
Dogs and People
1971-09-03
The first short story "Naked in the Thorns" tells the story of a man whose clothes were taken away b
The Angel of Blissful Death
1966-03-04
Czechoslovak counter-espionage intercepts a coded message from the West German secret service orderi
Don't Take Shelter From The Rain
1962-08-03
A youthfully enthusiastic teacher tries to raise the standard of living of the residents of a declin
Psíčci lorda Carltona
1970-12-31
The Secret of the Gold Buddha
1973-06-01
A crime story set in the second half of the 19th century. Krasl, a Prague schoolteacher, is searchin
Kam slunce nechodí...
1971-12-31
Sometimes a person faces a difficult decision. Morality is on one scale, money is on the other. A th
Bomba
1958-01-01
The discovery of an unexploded aerial bomb on a construction site brings a shock to the peaceful exi
Přehlídce velím já!
1969-06-20
A cunning plan to deprive an "illegal millionaire" of his ill-gotten wealth. But the catch is that s
Stařeček vavříny vídeňské slávy ověnčený aneb Zpronevěra
1988-01-01
Kdo přichází před půlnocí
1980-05-30
The accountants at a agricultural cooperative near Prague have completed the calculation of wages. T
On Zizka's Battle Waggon
1968-11-29
Widowed yeoman Tuma and his household are on their way to help the town of Kourim, which is under at
Jak se dělá televizní soutěž
1971-01-01
The Hero Is Afraid
1966-06-24
Honza Vavrinec (Rudolf Hrusínský) works in the investment department of a large office. One day he g
Penelopa
1978-01-20
An emancipated restorer restores rare castle frescoes in an ancient village with figures of ancient
Medvěd pro hosta
1972-01-01
Odsouzený z Pinktownu
1965-12-31
Preclíková válka
1977-04-16
Kůzlátka otevřete...
1965-01-01
King of the Sumava
1959-12-25
A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Su
Zázrak v Oužlebičkách
1972-02-17
Raději dříve
1951-01-01
Zkouška pokračuje
1960-09-02
As a young actor František Lukávec and his teacher Vladimir Tuma became enemies. František insisted
Domek u lesa
1985-01-01
Every one of us has certainly been in a situation for which he or she is not prepared and is not abl
Narozeniny režiséra Z. K.
1988-03-01
A directors autobiography about his debut during the rise of socialism.
Lék pod kůži
1988-09-11
Vlci
1990-06-24
Zvonokosy
1990-01-01
Pařížský kat
1968-12-11