František Vicena

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Days of Betrayal (1973)

This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from the advance of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otakar Vávra
CAST:  Jiří Pleskot  •  Bohumil Pastorek  •  Gunnar Möller  •  Jaroslav Radimecký

This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from the advance of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otakar Vávra
CAST:  Jiří Pleskot  •  Bohumil Pastorek  •  Gunnar Möller  •  Jaroslav Radimecký

Give the Devil His Due (1985)

Dorota, a bad woman married the miller, out of sheer greed drives him to death. She then took the mill away from his son Peter and threw him out of the hime. Lucifer, who is known to rule in hell, sends out the devil Janek. He is supposed to fetch Dorota because ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hynek Bočan
CAST:  Vladimír Dlouhý  •  Ondřej Vetchý  •  Josef Kemr  •  Viktor Preiss

Dorota, a bad woman married the miller, out of sheer greed drives him to death. She then took the mill away from his son Peter and threw him out of the hime. Lucifer, who is known to rule in hell, sends out the devil Janek. He is supposed to fetch Dorota because ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hynek Bočan
CAST:  Vladimír Dlouhý  •  Ondřej Vetchý  •  Josef Kemr  •  Viktor Preiss

Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)

Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-ageing pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Unfortunately the pilot, woman-chasing Karel Bures, dies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jindřich Polák
CAST:  Petr Kostka  •  Jiří Sovák  •  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Vladimír Menšík

Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-ageing pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Unfortunately the pilot, woman-chasing Karel Bures, dies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jindřich Polák
CAST:  Petr Kostka  •  Jiří Sovák  •  Vlastimil Brodský  •  Vladimír Menšík

The Hope (1964)

A group of outcasts, including a vagabond and a prostitute, gather at the outskirts of the industrial area of a large Czech city, one of the things that helps some of them survive is alcohol.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  František Peterka  •  Otto Šimánek  •  Ladislav Kazda

A group of outcasts, including a vagabond and a prostitute, gather at the outskirts of the industrial area of a large Czech city, one of the things that helps some of them survive is alcohol.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Kachyňa
CAST:  Rudolf Hrušínský  •  František Peterka  •  Otto Šimánek  •  Ladislav Kazda

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DIRECTION:  Věra Jordánová
CAST:  Milena Dvorská  •  Květa Fialová  •  Marek Vašut  •  Otto Šimánek

Transit Carlsbad (1966)

Even in the "enlightened" 60. years filmmakers like to play spies. In the grand-world environment, Luxury hotel in Karlovy Vary the sophisticated charade unfolds, in which several foreign agents interested in the famous Austrian scientist, the discoverer of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zbyněk Brynych
CAST:  Valentina Thielová  •  Miroslav Macháček  •  Jiří Adamíra  •  Jaroslav Raušer

Even in the "enlightened" 60. years filmmakers like to play spies. In the grand-world environment, Luxury hotel in Karlovy Vary the sophisticated charade unfolds, in which several foreign agents interested in the famous Austrian scientist, the discoverer of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zbyněk Brynych
CAST:  Valentina Thielová  •  Miroslav Macháček  •  Jiří Adamíra  •  Jaroslav Raušer

Grandpa, Kylian and I (1967)

The Karpísek married couple, both doctors, are leaving for London for two months on business. They entrust their five-year old son Jozánek to the care of their neighbor, Mrs Pokorná.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Hanibal
CAST:  David Schneider  •  Rudolf Deyl  •  František Vicena  •  Josef Větrovec

The Karpísek married couple, both doctors, are leaving for London for two months on business. They entrust their five-year old son Jozánek to the care of their neighbor, Mrs Pokorná.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Hanibal
CAST:  David Schneider  •  Rudolf Deyl  •  František Vicena  •  Josef Větrovec

Vrtkavý král (1975)

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DIRECTION:  Evžen Němec
CAST:  Josef Somr  •  Karolina Slunéčková  •  Hana Maciuchová  •  Jiří Holý

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DIRECTION:  Evžen Němec
CAST:  Josef Somr  •  Karolina Slunéčková  •  Hana Maciuchová  •  Jiří Holý

Sokolovo (1975)

The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops for Sokolovo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otakar Vávra
CAST:  Ladislav Chudík  •  Vladimir Samoylov  •  Martin Štěpánek  •  Jiří Pleskot

The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops for Sokolovo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otakar Vávra
CAST:  Ladislav Chudík  •  Vladimir Samoylov  •  Martin Štěpánek  •  Jiří Pleskot

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DIRECTION:  Evžen Sokolovský
CAST:  Jiří Vala  •  Jana Paulová  •  Blanka Waleská  •  Ota Sklenčka

The Liberation of Prague (1977)

On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) discusses with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otakar Vávra
CAST:  Vladimír Šmeral  •  František Vicena  •  Josef Větrovec  •  Ota Sklenčka

On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) discusses with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otakar Vávra
CAST:  Vladimír Šmeral  •  František Vicena  •  Josef Větrovec  •  Ota Sklenčka

Good Day, Town (1976)

The town is waking up. The bus driver Josef Král is saying goodbye to his wife Vera who is in a state of advanced pregnancy. At the rolling mill, the master craftsman Mares is preparing for retirement, which is now only two days away. Elderly Simon who grows and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Hanibal
CAST:  Alois Švehlík  •  Marie Málková  •  Petr Starý  •  Jaroslav Moučka

The town is waking up. The bus driver Josef Král is saying goodbye to his wife Vera who is in a state of advanced pregnancy. At the rolling mill, the master craftsman Mares is preparing for retirement, which is now only two days away. Elderly Simon who grows and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiří Hanibal
CAST:  Alois Švehlík  •  Marie Málková  •  Petr Starý  •  Jaroslav Moučka

The Key (1971)

Jan Zika is the legendary hero of the communist resistance movement during World War II and leading functionary of the second underground Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimír Čech
CAST:  František Vicena  •  Wilhelm Koch-Hooge  •  Zdeněk Kampf  •  Vlasta Vlasáková

Jan Zika is the legendary hero of the communist resistance movement during World War II and leading functionary of the second underground Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vladimír Čech
CAST:  František Vicena  •  Wilhelm Koch-Hooge  •  Zdeněk Kampf  •  Vlasta Vlasáková

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DIRECTION:  Eva Sadková
CAST:  Jana Preissová  •  Viktor Preiss  •  Radovan Lukavský  •  Pavel Soukup

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DIRECTION:  Jaroslav Mach
CAST:  František Vicena  •  L. H. Struna  •  Jan Skopeček  •  Ladislav Trojan

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DIRECTION:  Anna Procházková
CAST:  Rudolf Jelínek  •  Jiří Kodet  •  Ondřej Havelka  •  Ondřej Pavelka
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