Jaroslav Marvan
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1901-12-11
Locus Natus: Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Et ut: J. Marvan, Jar. Marvan, J. Mavran, Ярослав Марван
The Terribly Sad Princess
Musical fairy tale tells the story of prince and princesses from neighbouring friendly countries who have to marry each other, as decided by their...
release : 1968.06.07popularis : 2.32
The Phantom of Morrisville
Inspector Brumpby (Jaroslav Marvan) and the young crime reporter Allan Pinkerton (Vít Olmer) attend wedding of Sir Hannibal Morris (Oldrich...
release : 1966.07.15popularis : 5.743
Angel in the Mountains
Mr. Angel goes winter sporting and at the same time investigates his son's fiancee.
release : 1955.11.25popularis : 2.912
Journey Into the Depth of the Student's Soul
Small stories from a grammar school.Děj je poskládán z celé řady epizod, které během jednoho...
release : 1939.10.31popularis : 1.915
Station Master
Vlasta Burian jako černý pasažér rozvrátí disciplinovaný chod jednoho nádraží. Pan...
release : 1941.04.12popularis : 1.127
The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon
In a suburban villa, a woman of means is murdered. Police Superintendent Zdychynec from the Prague Liben neighborhood reports the case to Police...
release : 1971.08.06popularis : 3.188
Murder in the Excelsior Hotel
In Vražda v hotelu Excelsior, the interwar period homicide detective squad from Prague investigates the murder of a wealthy woman, Mrs...
release : 1971.10.08popularis : 4.08
Burglar and Umbrella
In the morning twilight of Prague, the dead body of the safe-breaker Toufar is found floating on the river Vltava with a knife in his back. Police...
release : 1971.04.09popularis : 2.605
A Night at Karlstein
No Woman is allowed into Karlstejn Castle! Yet the enamoured Daniele Kolářová and the equally enamoured Jana Brejchová...
release : 1974.07.12popularis : 2.792
Ryba na suchu
Majitel půjčovny lodiček a převozník Ryba sídlí celý život v domku u řeky, která se...
release : 1942.09.11popularis : 1.941
Holiday with Angel
Strict and always dissatisfied grumbler Mr. Angel gets a voucher for summer recreation. He rejects it at first but he eventually decides to use it...
release : 1953.04.03popularis : 4.851
School Is the Foundation of Life
Seventh form pupils at a grammar school in Přívlaky are preparing for a secondary school sports competition. Class creep Krhounek gives...
release : 1938.11.11popularis : 2.174
The Catacombs
The title refers to the office of records in the basement of a large company... sort of the place where a troublesome employee may be dumped in a...
release : 1940.02.23popularis : 1.871
He Stood at the Till
U pokladny stál... is a Czech comedy film. It was released in 1939.
release : 1939.02.10popularis : 2.031
The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová
The film depicts the adventures of Kacenka (Zdena Kavková) and Vincek (Vlasta Burian), two innocent country bumpkins who live in a Czech small...
release : 1926.12.25popularis : 0.773
Silent Barricade
A fiction piece centered around the Czech resistance to the Nazis.
release : 1949.05.06popularis : 5.159
The Inspector-General
Vlasta Burian appears in a town of Czarist Russia impersonating an Inspector General, and he is entertained lavishly by the local political-hacks and...
release : 1933.09.29popularis : 0.916
Every day - Sunday
Jirka is a composer, his wife, Jana, a pianist. Jana would like to have an own concert, but so far she has only been selected to accompany Valenta...
release : 1962.08.12popularis : 0.426
The Hard Life of an Adventurer
A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.
release : 1941.11.28popularis : 1.053
Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter
Anton Špelec (Vlasta Burin) is a producer of musical instruments by trade but a sharp-shooter at heart. He expects to be awarded a medal at a...
release : 1932.12.16popularis : 4.017
Young Love
The story of love, between a sturdy village boy and a gentle country girl, filmed with a movingly genuine charm.
release : 1933.10.13popularis : 1.592
Nebe a dudy
Rudolf Bartoš, the owner of a farm, quarry and factory, is extremely rich, however, he is unapproachable and irritable, and the dread of his...
release : 1941.10.31popularis : 1.787
Kristian
Alois Novák (Oldrich Nový), a minor clerk in a travel agency and the husband of a dowdy housewife Marenka (Natasa Gollová),...
release : 1939.09.08popularis : 1.429
U nás v Kocourkově
Curious citizens await the arrival of an important guest, the son of poacher, who became famous abroad. Begins celebration in his honor, but nobody...
release : 1934.11.23popularis : 1.17
Father Vojtech
Father Vojtech (Czech: Páter Vojtěch) is a 1929 silent Czech romance film directed by Martin Frič.
release : 1929.03.01popularis : 0.782
Imperial and Royal Field Marshal
Comedy film directed by Karel Lamač.
release : 1930.10.24popularis : 2.331
The Fake Sweetheart
The film depicts the troubles of Herr Verner ( Herr Karel Hasler ), a middle-aged bachelor dentist who wants to marry.
release : 1926.09.24popularis : 0.711
The Circus Will Be
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...
release : 1954.10.15popularis : 2.355
Tetička
Rich spinster Berta celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Her faithful admirer Dr. Jelinek proposes. But Berta can not forget Edward, the great love of...
release : 1941.09.05popularis : 0.441
13th district
Inspector Cadek from the 13th police station should keep an eye on the released safe-cracker nicknamed The Cat. He rightly suspects that Cat will go...
release : 1946.03.08popularis : 1.32
Skill of Gold
A village shop owner is convinced by his children to move to Prague, where they say he'll be able to enjoy a fine retirement in a modern furnished...
release : 1943.02.07popularis : 2.026
Adrift
A fisherman saves Anada, a woman adrift, from drowning. He takes her to his home, and protects her. Eventually, she occupies a larger place than was...
release : 1971.02.12popularis : 2.864
A Great Road Ahead
About the great Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek, who was captured by the Russians during the First World War. Not wanting to fight for the...
release : 1963.04.27popularis : 1.721
Long Live with Dearly Departed
Wealthy and ill Petr Kornel (Karel Hasler) is not pleased with the carousing lifestyle of his nephew. He stops supporting him financially and demands...
release : 1935.02.08popularis : 1.027
I Dutifully Report
A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War I. I Dutifully Report: In the introduction...
release : 1958.01.03popularis : 4.105
Business in Distress
Finnicky efficiency expert is sent to straighten out business management problems at a jazz club, and finds self being drawn into the swingin' scene.
release : 1931.10.16popularis : 0.763
Burian the Liar
Fifty years old Baron von Fibberg lives at The Fibberg Castle with his wife Olga and daughter Charley. Besides the delight in hunting, Baron is very...
release : 1940.09.13popularis : 0.658
Capek's Tales
Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.
release : 1947.09.19popularis : 2.099
Of Things Supernatural
Czech comedy fantasy directed by Jiri Krejcik et al.
release : 1959.01.09popularis : 1.5
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice
The bickering of envious mistresses, the criminal intentions of fraudsters and the love of two young people are at the center of events, in the...
release : 1944.10.06popularis : 1.94
The Bear and the Ghosts
Princess Blanka (Aglaia Morávková) is secretly meeting her beloved, huntsman Ondrej (Jirí Papez). Only the chamber-maid Anezka...
release : 1959.01.01popularis : 0.832
Men on the Offsides
The owner of the ready-to-wear store, Mr. Richard Naceradec from Zizkov, is an enthusiastic fan of S.K. Slavia and despite his wife's opposition, he...
release : 1931.09.11popularis : 3.484
Happy Journey
Filmed during the Nazi occupation, this panoramic drama set in a Prague department store follows the divergent destinies of four female coworkers,...
release : 1943.12.25popularis : 2.509
The Borrowed Face
It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration...
release : 1965.12.24popularis : 1.506
The Ideal Schoolmaster
This light-hearted comedy operetta tells the story of a newly appointed high school professor who becomes an ideal target for pranks and jokes.
release : 1932.09.23popularis : 1.273
The White Yacht in Split
When the yacht of her former lover Mario Tudor arrives in Split, widowed Countess de Milesi, plagued by financial troubles, is hell-bent on selling...
release : 1939.08.25popularis : 2.433
Magical River
Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now has nothing to do compared to his energetic wife. He's growing old and troubled by...
release : 1946.01.25popularis : 2.342
The Avalanche
An ambitious and selfish lawyer confesses to the murder of his first wife. Some of the scenes were filmed in the last weeks of the war.
release : 1946.07.05popularis : 1.038
The Case of Colonel Redl
The case of Colonel Redl -- an officer blackmailed into spying by virtue of his homosexuality.
release : 1931.02.20popularis : 1.693
The Good Soldier Schweik
A 1931 Czechoslovak black-and-white comedy film based on Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švejk.
release : 1931.06.11popularis : 0.932
St. Wenceslas
St. Wenceslas (Czech: Svatý Václav) is a 1930 Czechoslovak historical film about Saint Wenceslas.[2] It was the most expensive Czech...
release : 1930.03.04popularis : 0.979
Jánošík
Jánošík has been topic of many Slovak and Polish legends, books and films. According to the legend, he robbed nobles and gave...
release : 1936.01.17popularis : 1.113
King of the Sumava
A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Sumava".
release : 1959.12.25popularis : 3.358