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Ivan Franěk

Date of birth: 1964-06-17

Place of birth: Plzeň, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Ivan Franeck, Ivan Franěk, Ivan Franek

Ivan Franěk

Biography

Ivan Franěk (born June 17, 1964) is a Czech actor. After relocating from former Czechoslovakia to France in 1989, he has been active mainly in French and – particularly – Italian film & TV industry. His breakthrough role was lead Tobias Horvath in the Italian romance drama Brucio nel vento (2002), directed by Silvio Soldini and based on the novel Hier by Ágota Kristóf.

Movie Credits

Unknown Hour
2.1

Unknown Hour

2009-08-27

Hynek Michánek wants to study medicine but fails his entrance exams five times. He starts a job as a

Brucio nel vento
2.9

Brucio nel vento

2002-01-18

For ten years, immigrant Tobias has worked at a Swiss clock factory and, in the relentless ticking,

36th Precinct
3.5

36th Precinct

2004-11-24

In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search

L'Entente cordiale
2.4

L'Entente cordiale

2006-06-21

The upper-class secret agent teaming up accidentally with an easily-corrupted, sly interpreter...

La banda dei tre
1.8

La banda dei tre

2020-02-12

Take an irascible dwarf whose surname is Piccolo, with an easy trigger and an immoderate passion for

Night Bus
3.1

Night Bus

2007-05-11

Valerio Mastandrea is Franz, a night bus driver on the airport route who owes a lot of money from po

Anything for Her
3.5

Anything for Her

2008-12-03

Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life ra

One Life, Maybe Two
2.4

One Life, Maybe Two

2010-05-07

You're 20 years old and life is full of endless possibilities. But, on a rainy evening, you bumps in

Provincia meccanica
2.7

Provincia meccanica

2005-01-01

A mentally unstable woman loses her daughter's custody to her mother. Things get even more complicat

Little Girl Blue
2.6

Little Girl Blue

2007-05-17

Julie is a woman who seemingly has everything. A handsome husband, teenage daughter and a thriving,

Smolu nosíš ty, láska
2.5

Smolu nosíš ty, láska

2023-06-15

Monika, a woman in her fifties, feels that she has reached all the important milestones in her life.

Two Words as the Key
0.5

Two Words as the Key

2023-07-27

Stories about parent-child relationships, fate, and the unknown forces that guide our steps unfold a

Caged
2.7

Caged

2010-10-06

Somewhere in Eastern Europe. Carole is a young nurse with a humanitarian aid group that has reached

Fuori dal coro
0

Fuori dal coro

2015-06-04

Il prossimo tuo
0

Il prossimo tuo

2009-06-19

Rome, Paris and Helsinki right after the Madrid bombings. Three stories about people who, for differ

Darkness
1.8

Darkness

2009-07-07

A man leaves his busy city life for the peace of the country home where he spent his early childhood

Islands
2.9

Islands

2011-05-10

Ivan, a drifting immigrant in search of work and dignity, lands on an Italian island only to be met

Il silenzio dell'allodola
2.5

Il silenzio dell'allodola

2005-06-10

L'amore non basta
2.4

L'amore non basta

2008-04-18

Four of Us
3

Four of Us

2014-03-20

James prepares for his eighth grade oral exams while his family is going through different times.

Ritual - A Psychomagic Story
2.3

Ritual - A Psychomagic Story

2013-04-20

The fragile Lia suffers from a deep depression. Her relationship with her boyfriend Viktor is gettin

Cuore di donna
3.3

Cuore di donna

2002-10-31

Occamova břitva
1.7

Occamova břitva

2013-01-12

A married couple unexpectedly find themselves witness to a murder. The perpetrators pay them to rema

Chaos
3.2

Chaos

2001-10-03

A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into t

OSS 117: From Africa with Love
2.9

OSS 117: From Africa with Love

2021-08-04

1981. Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, aka OSS 117, is back. For this new mission – more delicate, more

Deux femmes à Paris
3.5

Deux femmes à Paris

2000-11-27

In Paris in 1935, a young Jewish woman married to an anti-fascist activist befriends her neighbor wh

Lost Seamen
2

Lost Seamen

2003-11-12

Based on a novel by Jean-Claude Izzo, this melancholic movie focuses on three sailors being the last

Blood of My Blood
2.9

Blood of My Blood

2015-09-09

In the Middle Ages, Federico, a soldier, visits the convent in Bobbio, where Sister Benedetta is fac

Chlorine
2.8

Chlorine

2015-01-24

Seventeen-year-old Jenny dreams of becoming a synchronized swimmer. Family events turn her life upsi

The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
3.5

The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan

2023-04-05

D'Artagnan, a spirited young Gascon, is left for dead after trying to save a noblewoman from being k

Animali randagi
3

Animali randagi

2024-03-22

Bolgia totale
3

Bolgia totale

2014-10-09

Muddy Shoes
0

Muddy Shoes

An elderly Jewish woman, who was a teenager during the outset of the Holocaust and was forced to cho

Tulpa - Demon of Desire
2.3

Tulpa - Demon of Desire

2012-08-25

Lisa Boeri is at the top of her corporate career. At night she frequents the notorious Club Tulpa, o

Ears
3.5

Ears

2016-09-01

A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: "Y

Vodka Lemon
3.3

Vodka Lemon

2003-11-21

In a remote, isolated Yazidi Kurdish village in post-Soviet Armenia, Hamo, a widower with a pitiful

La Leggenda di Bob Wind
0

La Leggenda di Bob Wind

2016-11-10

Anna, a French journalist at the peak of her career, drops everything to pursue a small story. A mad

The Furlough
2.8

The Furlough

2017-03-30

The story of four inmates during their 48 hours furlough, of their reality and how it has brought th

L'Histoire d'une mère
1.8

L'Histoire d'une mère

2017-02-15

Upon My Skin
0

Upon My Skin

2003-11-02

On My Skin (Italian: Sulla mia pelle, also known as Upon My Skin) is a 2003 Italian crime-drama film

The Young Karl Marx
3.4

The Young Karl Marx

2017-03-02

26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets

We Believed
3.3

We Believed

2010-11-12

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young

Agadah
2.4

Agadah

2017-11-16

A hieratic Count sits in his elegant mansion finishing his writings - Alphonse, a young Waloon offic

Look Up
3.4

Look Up

2018-10-18

During a break on a rooftop, Teco, a young baker, notices the intriguing fall of a strange bird. He

The Invisible Boy: Second Generation
3.2

The Invisible Boy: Second Generation

2018-01-04

Three years later Michele (The Invisible boy) meets his mother and his twin sister. Both have storie

In carne e ossa
0

In carne e ossa

2010-11-05

The Hole
2.6

The Hole

2014-09-25

Ambulance-chasing lawyers takes on the case of a convicted murderer who, just being released after d

The Great Beauty
3.8

The Great Beauty

2013-05-21

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his

Smiles of Sad Men
3.4

Smiles of Sad Men

2018-07-12

A writer gets into a rehab where he meets a lot of successful men who destroyed their lives with alc

Codice Aurora
0

Codice Aurora

2008-10-10

Miserere
3

Miserere

2013-06-26

Paris, December. A conductor of a choir is found mysteriously murdered, with burst eardrums. Lionel

Anna
3.4

Anna

2019-06-19

Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and

White Flowers
2.3

White Flowers

2020-06-02

Mstitel
0.7

Mstitel

2021-07-01

Anton is, or rather was, a famous theater actor, but cruel life began to put treacherous obstacles i

Army of Crime
3.2

Army of Crime

2009-09-16

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker a

A New Perspective
1.5

A New Perspective

2020-11-26

Early one morning, in an unspecified and seemingly far off time, a 12 year old boy, together with s

The War in Paris
1.9

The War in Paris

2002-05-22

In Paris, in 1943, Jules, a 19-year-old Jew, lived without an ideal, tossed about by circumstances.

Chiara e Francesco
2.6

Chiara e Francesco

2007-01-01

Italy, XIII century. The story of friendship between two young people who dedicated their lives to G

L'ultima sfida
5

L'ultima sfida

2025-04-03

Waiting For Patrick
1.7

Waiting For Patrick

1990-01-01

Helenka, a textile industrial student, invents an ideal man who is the envy of all her friends. The

Kde končí láska
0

Kde končí láska

2025-05-01

Love takes many forms, and Albert, Kateřina, and Gábina are not afraid to go to extremes in their pu

Dracula
3.5

Dracula

2025-07-30

When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the devastating loss of his wife, he inherits an eter

Fichtelberg
0

Fichtelberg

2025-10-09

In 1547, young knight Petr Pětipeský is sent to the remote village of Urbach to oversee the construc

Fortuna
0

Fortuna