Ivan Franěk

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.

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Vodka Lemon (2003)

In a remote, isolated Yazidi Kurdish village in post-Soviet Armenia, Hamo, a widower with a pitiful pension and three worthless sons, travels daily to his wife's grave. There he meets the lovely Nina, who is communing with her late husband. The two are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiner Saleem
CAST:  Romen Avinian  •  Lala Sarkissian  •  Ivan Franěk  •  Ruzan Mesropyan

In a remote, isolated Yazidi Kurdish village in post-Soviet Armenia, Hamo, a widower with a pitiful pension and three worthless sons, travels daily to his wife's grave. There he meets the lovely Nina, who is communing with her late husband. The two are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiner Saleem
CAST:  Romen Avinian  •  Lala Sarkissian  •  Ivan Franěk  •  Ruzan Mesropyan

One Life, Maybe Two (2010)

You're 20 years old and life is full of endless possibilities. But, on a rainy evening, you bumps into another car and life hasn't been the same anymore. Even though you have everything something keeps on eating you up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alessandro Aronadio
CAST:  Lorenzo Balducci  •  Ivan Franěk  •  Sarah Felberbaum  •  Teco Celio

You're 20 years old and life is full of endless possibilities. But, on a rainy evening, you bumps into another car and life hasn't been the same anymore. Even though you have everything something keeps on eating you up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alessandro Aronadio
CAST:  Lorenzo Balducci  •  Ivan Franěk  •  Sarah Felberbaum  •  Teco Celio

Little Girl Blue (2007)

Julie is a woman who seemingly has everything. A handsome husband, teenage daughter and a thriving, undemanding job as a translator and now even a new dream house ... But she also has a secret that is slowly changing her idyllic life...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alice Nellis
CAST:  Karel Roden  •  Iva Bittová  •  Martha Issová  •  Ivan Franěk

Julie is a woman who seemingly has everything. A handsome husband, teenage daughter and a thriving, undemanding job as a translator and now even a new dream house ... But she also has a secret that is slowly changing her idyllic life...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alice Nellis
CAST:  Karel Roden  •  Iva Bittová  •  Martha Issová  •  Ivan Franěk

Darkness (2009)

A man leaves his busy city life for the peace of the country home where he spent his early childhood. His new life is soon disturbed by strange events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juraj Herz
CAST:  Ivan Franěk  •  Lenka Krobotová  •  Małgorzata Kożuchowska  •  Michal Dlouhý

A man leaves his busy city life for the peace of the country home where he spent his early childhood. His new life is soon disturbed by strange events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juraj Herz
CAST:  Ivan Franěk  •  Lenka Krobotová  •  Małgorzata Kożuchowska  •  Michal Dlouhý

Tulpa - Demon of Desire (2012)

Lisa Boeri is at the top of her corporate career. At night she frequents the notorious Club Tulpa, owned by a mysterious Tibetan guru. Unshackled from repression and guilt, Lisa will do anything with any stranger to attain a higher consciousness. However, when her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Zampaglione
CAST:  Claudia Gerini  •  Michele Placido  •  Nuot Arquint  •  Crisula Stafida

Lisa Boeri is at the top of her corporate career. At night she frequents the notorious Club Tulpa, owned by a mysterious Tibetan guru. Unshackled from repression and guilt, Lisa will do anything with any stranger to attain a higher consciousness. However, when her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Zampaglione
CAST:  Claudia Gerini  •  Michele Placido  •  Nuot Arquint  •  Crisula Stafida

The Great Beauty (2013)

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Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Sorrentino
CAST:  Toni Servillo  •  Carlo Verdone  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Carlo Buccirosso

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Sorrentino
CAST:  Toni Servillo  •  Carlo Verdone  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Carlo Buccirosso

Miserere (2013)

Paris, December. A conductor of a choir is found mysteriously murdered, with burst eardrums. Lionel Kasdan, a police inspertor the verge of retirement, and Frank Salek, an official of Interpol, embark together on a hunt for the killer, and also to a secret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sylvain White
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  JoeyStarr  •  Héléna Noguerra  •  Marthe Keller

Paris, December. A conductor of a choir is found mysteriously murdered, with burst eardrums. Lionel Kasdan, a police inspertor the verge of retirement, and Frank Salek, an official of Interpol, embark together on a hunt for the killer, and also to a secret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sylvain White
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  JoeyStarr  •  Héléna Noguerra  •  Marthe Keller

Islands (2011)

Ivan is an undocumented immigrant from Eastern Europe who is in Italy looking for work to support himself and his father, who has a gambling addiction. When Ivan hears of work on a nearby island, he makes the trip only to be cheated and beaten by unscrupulous thugs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefano Chiantini
CAST:  Asia Argento  •  Giorgio Colangeli  •  Anna Ferruzzo  •  Ivan Franěk

Ivan is an undocumented immigrant from Eastern Europe who is in Italy looking for work to support himself and his father, who has a gambling addiction. When Ivan hears of work on a nearby island, he makes the trip only to be cheated and beaten by unscrupulous thugs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefano Chiantini
CAST:  Asia Argento  •  Giorgio Colangeli  •  Anna Ferruzzo  •  Ivan Franěk

We Believed (2010)

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Luigi Pisani  •  Francesca Inaudi

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Luigi Pisani  •  Francesca Inaudi

Unknown Hour (2009)

Hynek Michánek wants to study medicine but fails his entrance exams five times. He starts a job as an orderly in a district hospital where one of the doctors on the examining board works as well. He feels no-one takes him seriously and he loathes the doctors, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Svátek
CAST:  Karel Heřman  •  Václav Jiráček  •  Marián Geišberg  •  Ivan Franěk

Hynek Michánek wants to study medicine but fails his entrance exams five times. He starts a job as an orderly in a district hospital where one of the doctors on the examining board works as well. He feels no-one takes him seriously and he loathes the doctors, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dan Svátek
CAST:  Karel Heřman  •  Václav Jiráček  •  Marián Geišberg  •  Ivan Franěk

Caged (2010)

Somewhere in Eastern Europe. Carole is a young nurse with a humanitarian aid group that has reached the end of its mission. But just then, the young woman and her two colleagues are kidnapped by strangers for mysterious reasons. Held captive, cared for and kept ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yann Gozlan
CAST:  Zoé Félix  •  Arié Elmaleh  •  Ivan Franěk  •  Igor Skreblin

Somewhere in Eastern Europe. Carole is a young nurse with a humanitarian aid group that has reached the end of its mission. But just then, the young woman and her two colleagues are kidnapped by strangers for mysterious reasons. Held captive, cared for and kept ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yann Gozlan
CAST:  Zoé Félix  •  Arié Elmaleh  •  Ivan Franěk  •  Igor Skreblin

Provincia meccanica (2005)

A mentally unstable woman loses her daughter's custody to her mother. Things get even more complicated when her husband has a car accident and befriends a Czech mechanic, bringing the man into their dysfunctional home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefano Mordini
CAST:  Stefano Accorsi  •  Valentina Cervi  •  Adele Ferruzzi  •  Lorenzo Zanetti

A mentally unstable woman loses her daughter's custody to her mother. Things get even more complicated when her husband has a car accident and befriends a Czech mechanic, bringing the man into their dysfunctional home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefano Mordini
CAST:  Stefano Accorsi  •  Valentina Cervi  •  Adele Ferruzzi  •  Lorenzo Zanetti

Brucio nel vento (2002)

For ten years, immigrant Tobias has worked at a Swiss clock factory and, in the relentless ticking, he saw life go by without much expectation. One day, he sees Caroline, a former schoolmate from back in Eastern Europe, and falls in love with her, but she's married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Ivan Franěk  •  Ctirad Götz  •  Barbara Lukešová  •  Caroline Baehr

For ten years, immigrant Tobias has worked at a Swiss clock factory and, in the relentless ticking, he saw life go by without much expectation. One day, he sees Caroline, a former schoolmate from back in Eastern Europe, and falls in love with her, but she's married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Ivan Franěk  •  Ctirad Götz  •  Barbara Lukešová  •  Caroline Baehr

Night Bus (2007)

Valerio Mastandrea is Franz, a night bus driver on the airport route who owes a lot of money from poker debts. He's stumbled upon by the variously named Leila, a thief who has accidentally become wrapped up in a secretive blackmail deal involving the President. As ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Davide Marengo
CAST:  Giovanna Mezzogiorno  •  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Ennio Fantastichini  •  Anna Romantowska

Valerio Mastandrea is Franz, a night bus driver on the airport route who owes a lot of money from poker debts. He's stumbled upon by the variously named Leila, a thief who has accidentally become wrapped up in a secretive blackmail deal involving the President. As ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Davide Marengo
CAST:  Giovanna Mezzogiorno  •  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Ennio Fantastichini  •  Anna Romantowska

Anything for Her (2008)

Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life radically changes one morning, when the police comes to arrest Lisa on murder charges. She's sentenced to 20 years of prison. Convinced of his wife's innocence, Julien ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Cavayé
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Diane Kruger  •  Lancelot Roch  •  Olivier Marchal

Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life radically changes one morning, when the police comes to arrest Lisa on murder charges. She's sentenced to 20 years of prison. Convinced of his wife's innocence, Julien ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Cavayé
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Diane Kruger  •  Lancelot Roch  •  Olivier Marchal

Army of Crime (2009)

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Guédiguian
CAST:  Simon Abkarian  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  Robinson Stévenin  •  Lola Naymark

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Guédiguian
CAST:  Simon Abkarian  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  Robinson Stévenin  •  Lola Naymark

Lost Seamen (2003)

Based on a novel by Jean-Claude Izzo, this melancholic movie focuses on three sailors being the last remaining crew members on their ship which is aground in the harbor of Marseille. After the owner has sold the "Aldébaran", only the Lebanese captain Aziz, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claire Devers
CAST:  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Marie Trintignant  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Darry Cowl

Based on a novel by Jean-Claude Izzo, this melancholic movie focuses on three sailors being the last remaining crew members on their ship which is aground in the harbor of Marseille. After the owner has sold the "Aldébaran", only the Lebanese captain Aziz, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claire Devers
CAST:  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Marie Trintignant  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Darry Cowl

In carne e ossa (2010)

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DIRECTION:  Christian Angeli
CAST:  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Maddalena Crippa  •  Luigi Diberti  •  Ivan Franěk

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DIRECTION:  Christian Angeli
CAST:  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Maddalena Crippa  •  Luigi Diberti  •  Ivan Franěk

Ritual - A Psychomagic Story (2013)

The fragile Lia suffers from a deep depression. Her relationship with her boyfriend Viktor is getting worse and worse and in the last desperate attempt to cure herself, Lia goes to visit her old aunt Agata in her creepy 18th century villa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giulia Brazzale  •  Luca Immesi
CAST:  Désirée Giorgetti  •  Ivan Franěk  •  Anna Bonasso  •  Alejandro Jodorowsky

The fragile Lia suffers from a deep depression. Her relationship with her boyfriend Viktor is getting worse and worse and in the last desperate attempt to cure herself, Lia goes to visit her old aunt Agata in her creepy 18th century villa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giulia Brazzale  •  Luca Immesi
CAST:  Désirée Giorgetti  •  Ivan Franěk  •  Anna Bonasso  •  Alejandro Jodorowsky

Ears (2016)

A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: "Your friend Luigi has died. P.S. I took the car". The problem is that he does not even remember who this guy Luigi is. This is just the beginning of a tragicomic day ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alessandro Aronadio
CAST:  Daniele Parisi  •  Silvia D'Amico  •  Pamela Villoresi  •  Ivan Franěk

A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: "Your friend Luigi has died. P.S. I took the car". The problem is that he does not even remember who this guy Luigi is. This is just the beginning of a tragicomic day ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alessandro Aronadio
CAST:  Daniele Parisi  •  Silvia D'Amico  •  Pamela Villoresi  •  Ivan Franěk
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