Jiří Kodet
Date of birth: 1937-12-06
Place of birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jirí Kodet
Biography
He came from a very old Czech theatrical family of Steimar and artistic family of Kodet, he was the son of Czech actress Jiřina Steimar and sculptor Jan Kodet. After her parents divorced, her mother married Jaroslav Juhan, a car racer, but he emigrated. This had an impact on the further studies of Jiří Kodet, who was expelled from the grammar school and was not admitted to the DAMU until the second time. He left the DAMU before graduating and began his theatre career at the East Bohemian Theatre in Pardubice (1961-1962). In 1962-64 he was in the Artistic Military Ensemble, based in Pohořelec, Prague. With this ensemble he toured a large part of the former Czechoslovakia. His future colleagues from the Drama Club, Jiří Hrzán, Jiří Zahajský and Petr Skoumal, were in the ensemble with him. In Pardubice, he was sought out by Jan Kačer, who was assembling a troupe for the Petr Bezruč Theatre in Ostrava. Kodet worked in Ostrava from 1963-1965, and from 1966 he played at the Prague Drama Club, where some of the members of the Ostrava ensemble moved. In 1991 he became a member of the drama company of the National Theatre in Prague. During his lifetime he played a number of small and episodic roles in film and television, but it was not until the end of his life that he was able to play major roles, mainly thanks to director Jan Hřebejk, who cast him in his film Divided We Fall, and earlier also in Cosy Dens, which was his most successful film ever. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jiří Kodet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Zlaté rybky
1978-04-07
Police discover Eva Nejtková dead in her apartment and her husband Zdeněk unconscious from a shotgun
Pumpaři od Zlaté podkovy
1979-01-12
A petrol pump is run by a permanent team: the manager Vávra, a former civil engineer ing. Stejskal,
The Secret of Steel City
1979-05-11
The film is a metaphor for the Cold War. It depicts two neighbouring nations: peace loving Fortuna a
Dvě z Paříže
1989-04-09
Smeč
1983-03-05
Lepší pán
1994-01-01
A comedy about a charming con artist who decisively intervenes in the life of a wealthy industrialis
Divided We Fall
2000-03-15
In 1943, a childless couple, the Čížeks, decide to hide a Jewish refugee, David Wiener, the son of Č
Cosy Dens
1999-04-08
Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. T
Julek
1980-05-09
The future communist journalist Julius Fučík had a stimulating childhood and youth in a working-clas
Accumulator 1
1994-03-24
In this movie, TV sets are full of life. If a person is in TV (e.g. because it was filmed on the str
How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives
1988-06-01
While Kendy returns to his hometown as an assistant director to film a thirteen-part series with a t
The Apple Game
1978-02-03
Sarcastic comedy about the Czechoslovakia of the seventies. A young gynaecologist can't figure out w
The Jester and the Queen
1988-04-01
The movie is a satirical look at foreign occupation - a medieval Czech jester entertains a German ki
Love Without Words
1962-05-18
1. A taxi driver barely finishes his coffee before a young woman asks for a ride to impress her boyf
Dissolved and Effused
1985-01-01
A police inspector and inexperienced trainee search for a mysteriously disappeared manufacturer of o
Blues pro EFB
1980-10-10
An image and music collage - a cinema concert - guided by a young sound engineer David, for whom the
Ing.
1996-11-15
Short musical comedy from Tomas Vorel.
Girl with Shells
1981-02-13
Thirteen-year-old Vendula dozes off at school and dreams about her parents riding in a carriage dres
Děti zítřků
1980-12-05
Morgiana
1972-09-15
Jealous of her vapidly "good" sister's popularity, poisonous Viktoria doses pretty Klara's tea with
Just Whistle a Little
1981-04-10
Several big-city teenagers are falsely accused of vandalizing a valuable organ, casting light on the
Lidé jako ty
1960-12-09
A "fairly ordinary and mundane" working day in various operations of large steel mills...
Escape Home
1980-10-17
A twelve-year-old is looking for his biological parents after discovering the fact that he was adopt
V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový
1980-12-05
A na konci je začátek
1981-01-18
Drž se rovně, Kačenko
1981-10-22
Rána pod pás
1981-05-21
Sobota odpoledne, počátek léta
1981-11-26
How the World Is Losing Poets
1982-11-12
Inseparable friends Štěpán and Kendy are students in their final year of high school. When they are
Plaché příběhy
1982-07-09
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
1983-07-01
Two aliens stir up trouble on Earth in order to study humans. Misunderstandings ensue.
Plášť Marie Terezie
1983-05-15
Romance ze Savoy baru
1982-08-07
Angel in a Devil's Body
1984-02-01
In a chateau near Prague there is a chantry and brothel Riviera, designed for the clientele from the
Krysař
1964-03-16
Set in a wintry, haunting Prague, the mysterious Piper arrives at New Year’s Eve in a red car and me
Assassination
1965-08-20
In autumn 1941, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich’s brutal rule in occupied Bohemia and Moravia fuel
Eine zauberhafte Erbschaft
1986-07-11
In 18th century Bohemia, the mercenary troops of a cruel duke roam the countryside. A cap maker who
Crime at the Girls School
1966-02-18
Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubom
Higher Principle
1960-11-23
During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretex
Closely Watched Trains
1966-11-18
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to
Dita Saxová
1968-02-23
A beautiful, underachieving, 18-year-old orphan considers various suitors, ponders philosophy, and t
Lacrimae Rerum
1967-03-16
All My Good Countrymen
1969-07-04
The lives of 7 friends in a small Czech town from 1945 to some time after 1958.
The Medal
1980-10-31
The trenches of World War I provide for a captivating backdrop to the drama of Corporal Hoferik. In
The Great Movie Robbery
1987-01-01
The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary o
The Great Unknown
1970-10-23
Three detective stories, three different views of life and death... Collection of three horror short
Lekce
1972-01-14
During World War II, a German university professor creates a spy ring that supplies the Allies with
Rodeo
1973-01-26
More v kvapke vody
1980-01-01
Zatykač na královnu
1974-04-05
Captain Záruba investigates after an anonymous tip flags the seemingly extravagant lifestyle of Chem
The Day That Shook the World
1975-10-31
An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, wo
Egyptologové
1974-09-01
Comedy, 1974 (Czech Republic) : The movie takes place in England. A group of married middle-aged gen
Sokolovo
1975-05-09
The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 19
Vážení přátelé, ano
1989-10-01
During the change of functions in the Fortuna medical ceramics company, Bohouš Fisher, an independen
Run, Waiter, Run!
1981-01-09
A comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant for women who decides to make
Bridal Tour to Jilji
1984-12-29
A scientist meets a nice girl and they start dating. He decides the only way to find out for sure if
Město nic neví
1976-04-02
Three detective stories from industrial Ostrava. Police search in vain for a missing 16-year-old gir
Ten kůň musí pryč
1975-10-12
Elishka loves animals. She rides a horse that got injured in the riding arena and has to be taken to
Duch soudce Pauknera
1983-07-03
Modré z nebe
1984-02-01
The fantastic world of little Thomas, who conjured up beauty and happiness.
Noc klavíristy
1977-05-27
The problematic protagonist is the head designer of a housing association who wants to make a profit
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 Liberation of Prague
1977-05-06
On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germa
Friday Is No Holiday
1980-03-14
A Czech film comedy about the ordinary days of an ordinary Novák family, about the confusion of find
Putování Jana Amose
1983-10-01
The distressing fate of the Czech great Jan Amos Komenský, forced to leave his homeland after the Wh
Jen se spolehni
1983-11-19
Mark of Cain
1989-11-27
In 1866, as Austria faces war with Prussia, 19-year-old Ludvík Machl joins a secret Czech resistance
Síť na bludičku
1983-10-15
Klec pro dva
1968-03-06
A simple print worker selflessly cares for his sick mother. He spends all his free time with her and
Jestli jednou odejdu
1985-12-26
No Magic from Tomorrow
1979-11-01
Mr. Tau, the quiet and kind magician with a bowler hat and an umbrella, shows up unexpectedly on the
Alarm in the Clouds
1978-11-01
In defiance of all the laws of physics Mr. Tau is walking on the wing of an aircraft flying close to
The Glass House
1982-08-20
A story about a life of a group of children in the foster home.
Papilio
1987-05-01
František Cepl is a young man from a simple family. He graduated from a real school and was going to
Zbraně pro Prahu
1975-05-02
In May 1945, Czech revolutionaries used several armoured trains in the fighting - partly captured, p
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981-09-11
The dreaded Italian mafioso, Marian Labuda, will also be convinced. Mafioso Carmello was guilty of t
Bergman a Bergman, detektivní kancelář
1984-01-01
The story of father and son detectives takes place mostly in the dignified surroundings of a concert
Tři v tom
1981-11-16
How to marry off two daughters and a maid, especially when the father has no idea that it's high tim
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
1984-04-10
Past na kachnu
1978-12-29
Taxi driver Koukal (Miroslav Machácek) is stopped by the police for a routine traffic check. In the
Revizor
1971-01-01
A recording of a theatre production directed by Jan Kačer from 1967.
The Death of a Talented Cobbler
1983-04-01
Captain Exner solves another detective mystery - this time while he's on vacation. The most elegant
Růžový Hubert
1986-08-29
Eerie things are happening at Chelford Castle at night: Since the murder of Abbot Hubert some 400 ye
My Brother Has a Cute Brother
1975-08-08
Honza Pavelka (Jan Hrusínský) wins the junior motorbike speed races. His thirteen-year-old brother M
Hotel for Strangers
1967-03-24
A gifted poet checks into a Gothic hotel in hopes of meeting the woman with whom he has long been en
Something Different
1963-12-20
In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques t
My Daughter's Operation
1987-02-01
A car accident occurs and Dusan's teenage daughter Milena gets very seriously injured. To add insult
Panelstory or Birth of a Community
1981-12-25
An old man is wandering round a badly signposted and as yet mostly under construction Prague housing
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
1960-04-15
Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's att
Merry Christmas Octopus
1987-11-01
Eva and her younger brother Johnny own two sentient octopuses made out of strange matter. Will their
Sugar House
1981-05-22
In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with
Comrades
1971-01-01
Chytilová was not allowed to direct films between 1969 and 1976. The sole exception was the made-for
Sentiment
2003-11-06
Sentiment is Tomáš Hejtmánek's intimate documentary portrait of the great Czech director František V
Hráči
1983-01-01
A professional card player and swindler, Icharev, arrives in a small town with a plan to rip off som
Smrt v kruhu
1990-03-06
A small Moravian town near Brno in the 1920s. In a forest clearing, the mentally disabled Fricek dis
Probuzení
1960-02-12
Delinquent youths wander aimlessly and commit mischief. Few, however, manage to break free from the
Chance
1971-06-11
The actress, who is starring in a successful theatre production, is offered a big film role by an It
Blue Planet
1980-01-25
A young engineer, Štěpán Pavlík, dreams of becoming a cosmonaut.
Eugene among Us
1990-10-01
Young Eugene from the provinces travels to Prague in search of fame. Once there he gets an offer to
Pan Tau – der Film
1988-11-03
Pan Tau, the friend of all children, now also helps the adults. A movie producer is in trouble and
Zátah
1986-01-01
A pair of criminals, an escaped prisoner and a young thief, are about to make a joint, obviously ill
Bratři Kipové
1979-01-01
The ship's first officer, Karel Kip, and his brother, engineer Petr Kip, are convicted as mutineers
Zaspala nevěsta
1984-11-15
Lovers in the Year One
1974-03-15
It is the summer of 1945. A party of young people are enjoying the beginning of a new life to the fu
The Mysterious Mr. Hyde
1964-01-01
The television adaptation of Stevenson's well-known short story enriched the story with a new motif,
Evo, vdej se!
1984-11-01
A bitterly funny look at the beginning of a young teacher's career, based on Halina Pawlowska's firs
Fénix
1981-09-18
Even a top athlete, a discus thrower, faces difficulties when she has to consider her future. She se
Posel úsvitu
1951-09-28
A biographical film about a Czech mechanic and designer who was the first in the Czech lands to cons
V hlavní roli obhájce
1983-03-03
Hrozba
1978-11-17
The story takes place in a metallurgical plant where important technological changes are being made
Žofka z Janovic
1984-12-25
Pochodně
1961-03-10
Prague in the 1870s. Work in Smolík's sulphur factory is hard and dangerous to health. The poorly pa
Hlavní výhra
1959-05-15
A comedy about a young salesman Havelka, who gets his life's wish. He wins his dream car Spartacus i
Grófinka
1986-10-04
The Octopuses from the Second Floor
1987-07-01
While on vacation with their bickering parents, young Eva and her little brother Johnny find in a po
Můj hříšný muž
1987-07-01
A Czech film about love and marital crisis as a work injury.
Sólo pro mou ženu
1991-05-13
Skřivánčí ticho
1990-05-01
The hero of the story is a forty-something intellectual, a sensitive composer of classical music. Hi
Buttoners
1997-11-20
It is a film consisting of six short stories, which mostly tell in a black humorous, ironic, often b
Ohňostroj v Aspern
1989-01-12
Srdíčko
1987-12-22
Betazóna
1987-09-10
Bogan
1988-03-03
Ex offo
1999-05-05
Přepadení
2000-03-05