Otto Šimánek

Otto Šimánek

Otto Šimánek (April 28, 1925 Třešť - May 8, 1992 Prague) was a Czech mime, film and theater actor. He has starred in a number of comedies and several fairy tales. Probably his most famous role was the title role in the series Pan Tau. He trained as an electrician at Tesla in Prague and has so far played the theater only amateuristically. He later got to the Theater on May 5 and also traveled for a few months at the Theater under the Placht of Jindřich Plachta. He gained acting experience in various theaters. He worked in theaters in Zlín, Ostrava and finally in 1958 he was engaged in the Municipal Theaters of Prague, where he lasted until 1990. He played a number of large roles on the stage. The character of the clown Jean Debureau remains unforgettable for the audience in the dramatization of Kožík's novel The Greatest of the Pierots, where he could fully use his love for pantomime. Acting in the Prague theater also meant an opportunity to win film and television roles. He mainly played smaller roles in about forty films. The most famous is probably the role from the movie I'll Get Up Tomorrow and Bake My Tea. His character, Mr. Tau, entered the European and, to some extent, world film consciousness in the co-production series of the same name by director Jindřich Polák and screenwriter Ota Hofman. He also taught pantomime at the Prague Conservatory and DAMU. Among his students was, among others, the actor Petr Čepek. On the site of the pharmacy where Otto Šimánek was born, an ash statue was installed in 2011 depicting an actor in the role of Mr. Tau with a typical hand movement near his hat. The author is Daniel Stejskal.

  • Title: Otto Šimánek
  • Popularity: 3.728
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1925-04-28
  • Place of Birth: Třešť, Československo
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  • Also Known As: Oto Šimánek, Otta Šimánek, Ota Šimánek
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Otto Šimánek Movies

  • 1958
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    Měšťáci

    Měšťáci

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Tlustý anděl z Rouenu

    Tlustý anděl z Rouenu

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1959
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    Dařbuján a Pandrhola

    Dařbuján a Pandrhola

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1961
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    Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

    Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

    1 1961 HD

    “A bored housewife, a husband who married her for show, and a stupid boy who is full of himself because he is dating a Swiss woman.” The...

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  • 1977
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    Básník, služka a král

    Básník, služka a král

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1968
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    Vo modrým ptáčku

    Vo modrým ptáčku

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1963
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    Tři chlapi v chalupě

    Tři chlapi v chalupě

    4 1963 HD

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  • 1959
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    Dům na Ořechovce

    Dům na Ořechovce

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1967
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    The End of Agent W4C

    The End of Agent W4C

    6.3 1967 HD

    The invincible agent Cyril Juan Borguette alias W4C has been assigned a mission to go to a hotel in Prague, get hold of a saltcellar with a plan for...

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  • 1979
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    Švec Janek v pohádkové zemi

    Švec Janek v pohádkové zemi

    1 1979 HD

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

    Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea

    6.211 1977 HD

    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...

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  • 1982
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    Kamenný orchestr

    Kamenný orchestr

    2 1982 HD

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  • 1961
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    Black Saturday

    Black Saturday

    5 1961 HD

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  • 1985
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    Šach mat

    Šach mat

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1961
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    Policejní hodina

    Policejní hodina

    4 1961 HD

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  • 1969
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    O kohoutovi, kose a kocourovi

    O kohoutovi, kose a kocourovi

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1962
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    Černá dynastie

    Černá dynastie

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1981
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    Mature Wine

    Mature Wine

    8.5 1981 HD

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  • 1962
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    Malý Bobeš ve městě

    Malý Bobeš ve městě

    7 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    Objev na Střapaté hůrce

    Objev na Střapaté hůrce

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1963
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    Death Is Called Engelchen

    Death Is Called Engelchen

    6 1963 HD

    Pavel is a Czech partisan fighter in the waning days of the war. Just as peace is declared, Pavel is shot in the spine and sent to the hospital...

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  • 1964
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    Začít znova

    Začít znova

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1960
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    Bajaja

    Bajaja

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1963
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    Táto, přečti to!

    Táto, přečti to!

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1962
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    Sganarel lékařem

    Sganarel lékařem

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec

    Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1965
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    Bubny

    Bubny

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1982
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    Zelená vlna

    Zelená vlna

    5 1982 HD

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  • 1983
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    Poslední návrat

    Poslední návrat

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1984
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    Lucy, the Menace of Street

    Lucy, the Menace of Street

    7.2 1984 HD

    A first part of a funny adventures of six years old Lucie and her two magic dolls.

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  • 1964
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    Zajatci tmy

    Zajatci tmy

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1966
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    Crime at the Girls School

    Crime at the Girls School

    6.4 1966 HD

    Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with the murder case...

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  • 1966
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    Poslední růže od Casanovy

    Poslední růže od Casanovy

    6 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Phantom of Morrisville

    The Phantom of Morrisville

    7.1 1966 HD

    Inspector Brumpby (Jaroslav Marvan) and the young crime reporter Allan Pinkerton (Vít Olmer) attend wedding of Sir Hannibal Morris (Oldrich...

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  • 1966
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    Sedm sestřiček

    Sedm sestřiček

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

    Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

    7 1966 HD

    In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person's dream on a screen; disaster soon follows when...

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  • 1975
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    Honza a Růžová panenka

    Honza a Růžová panenka

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1967
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    Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou

    Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou

    4.5 1967 HD

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  • 1968
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    Údolie večných karaván

    Údolie večných karaván

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1970
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    Kalif čápem

    Kalif čápem

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1969
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    Maryla

    Maryla

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1971
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    One of Them Is the Murderer

    One of Them Is the Murderer

    5.7 1971 HD

    Marek (Jirí Holý), formerly a driver of a long-distance lorry, has served his term for smuggling art works abroad and is released from...

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  • 1971
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    Svatby pana Voka

    Svatby pana Voka

    6 1971 HD

    Czech nobleman Petr Vok of Rozmberk (Milos Kopecký) is no longer so young, but his amatory adventures continue to arouse the envy of men and...

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  • 1988
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    Pan Tau – der Film

    Pan Tau – der Film

    6.4 1988 HD

    Pan Tau, the friend of all children, now also helps the adults. A movie producer is in trouble and decides to shoot another Pan-Tau movie. But the...

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  • 1960
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    Letiště nepřijímá

    Letiště nepřijímá

    5 1960 HD

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  • 1972
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    Touha Sherlocka Holmese

    Touha Sherlocka Holmese

    4 1972 HD

    Sherlock Holmes likes to play violin and expects a great career in music. He gets a place in a spa orchestra, but he is again and again distracted by...

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  • 1971
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    Lásky Emanuela Přibyla

    Lásky Emanuela Přibyla

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1979
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    No Magic from Tomorrow

    No Magic from Tomorrow

    7.5 1979 HD

    Mr. Tau, the quiet and kind magician with a bowler hat and an umbrella, shows up unexpectedly on the wings of a plane during flight. The terrified...

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  • 1978
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    Alarm in the Clouds

    Alarm in the Clouds

    5.5 1978 HD

    In defiance of all the laws of physics Mr. Tau is walking on the wing of an aircraft flying close to Prague. Young Alenka is enthusiastic, but the...

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  • 1967
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    Bidýlko

    Bidýlko

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1963
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    Světáci

    Světáci

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1966
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    Every Young Man

    Every Young Man

    6.5 1966 HD

    Jurácek's feature debut is shot in two parts. In the first, a corporal accompanies a new recruit with a sore Achilles tendon for his physical,...

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  • 1975
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    Dva muži hlásí příchod

    Dva muži hlásí příchod

    8 1975 HD

    An only son, Jirí Valenta (Jaromír Hanzlík), has been drafted to the army. At the barracks he acquires the nickname Seamstress...

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  • 1983
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    Duch soudce Pauknera

    Duch soudce Pauknera

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1976
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    Wine Working

    Wine Working

    7 1976 HD

    It is the summer of 1968 and also in South Moravian Pálavice appear political clashes. The so far peacefully farming Unified farmers'...

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  • 1984
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    ...and again that Lucy!

    ...and again that Lucy!

    6.6 1984 HD

    A second part of a funny adventures of six years old Lucie and her two magic dolls.

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  • 1987
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    Ohnivé ženy se vracejí

    Ohnivé ženy se vracejí

    7 1987 HD

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  • 1968
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    Vajíčko

    Vajíčko

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Hope

    The Hope

    6.4 1964 HD

    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...

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  • 1962
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    Chicken on Travels

    Chicken on Travels

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

    The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

    7.4 1962 HD

    A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters...

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  • 1958
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    Desire

    Desire

    6 1958 HD

    A poignant overview of how short life can be, this interesting drama from Czech director Vojetch Jasny is divided into four separate segments. In the...

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  • 1969
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    Men About Town

    Men About Town

    6.7 1969 HD

    Three blue collar workers have a night out in big city Prague.

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  • 1958
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    The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

    The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

    7.1 1958 HD

    As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and...

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  • 1971
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    You Are a Widow, Sir

    You Are a Widow, Sir

    7 1971 HD

    After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill...

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  • 1983
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    O bílém jadýrku

    O bílém jadýrku

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1987
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    Kde bydlí štěstí

    Kde bydlí štěstí

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1976
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    Panenka z vltavské tůně

    Panenka z vltavské tůně

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1965
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    A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova

    A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova

    1 1965 HD

    A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they are to be traded to the American army for several...

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  • 1964
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    Fear

    Fear

    5.3 1964 HD

    A car deliberately runs down a young man on a road by a small border town. The locals recognize the dead man as one of the students who were there on...

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  • 1987
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    Merry Christmas Octopus

    Merry Christmas Octopus

    6.9 1987 HD

    Eva and her younger brother Johnny own two sentient octopuses made out of strange matter. Will their parents divorce and ruin Christmas? Will a...

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  • 1989
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    Trezor

    Trezor

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1961
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    Spadla s měsíce

    Spadla s měsíce

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1954
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    Shoesmachine

    Shoesmachine

    1 1954 HD

    The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.

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  • 1985
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    Stalo se jedné neděle

    Stalo se jedné neděle

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1964
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    Šlechetný cowboy Sandy

    Šlechetný cowboy Sandy

    10 1964 HD

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  • 1965
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    Polka jede do světa

    Polka jede do světa

    8 1965 HD

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Cesta řeky k moři

    Cesta řeky k moři

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1960
    imgMovies

    Všude žijí lidé

    Všude žijí lidé

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1966
    imgMovies

    Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!

    Svatební cesta aneb Ještě ne, Evžene!

    5 1966 HD

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  • 1964
    imgMovies

    Tři chlapi po roce

    Tři chlapi po roce

    10 1964 HD

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  • 1967
    imgMovies

    Ta naše písnička česká

    Ta naše písnička česká

    8 1967 HD

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  • 1949
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    I andělé ztrácejí trpělivost

    I andělé ztrácejí trpělivost

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Statečný Azmun

    Statečný Azmun

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1968
    imgMovies

    Přísně tajné premiéry

    Přísně tajné premiéry

    6 1968 HD

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  • 1954
    imgMovies

    Nedělní dostaveníčko

    Nedělní dostaveníčko

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    Co je platno kárat, co je platno kázat

    Co je platno kárat, co je platno kázat

    5 1978 HD

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  • 1985
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    Santa Lucia

    Santa Lucia

    6 1985 HD

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  • 1991
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    Podnájem na Champs Ellysèes

    Podnájem na Champs Ellysèes

    8 1991 HD

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  • 1956
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    Medvěd

    Medvěd

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1960
    imgMovies

    Zkouška pokračuje

    Zkouška pokračuje

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1973
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    Three Wishes for Cinderella

    Three Wishes for Cinderella

    7.5 1973 HD

    Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house and confides in her closest friend the owl. When she comes...

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  • 1972
    imgS16 E10

    Bakaláři

    Bakaláři

    7 1972 HD

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  • 1980
    imgS1 E13

    Inženýrská odysea

    Inženýrská odysea

    1 1980 HD

    Inženýrská odysea is a Czechoslovak/Czech TV series about three young students and their lives.

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E7

    Pan Tau

    Pan Tau

    6.6 1970 HD

    Pan Tau always had a gentle expression and a friendly smile, he was elegantly dressed in a stroller, with an umbrella and a white carnation in the...

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  • 1981
    imgS1 E2

    Had z ráje

    Had z ráje

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1980
    imgS1 E13

    Arabela

    Arabela

    8.3 1980 HD

    Arabela was a children's television series produced in Czechoslovakia which aired from 1979 to 1981. The series has 13 episodes and is in the Czech...

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  • 1980
    imgS1 E13

    Arabela

    Arabela

    8.3 1980 HD

    Arabela was a children's television series produced in Czechoslovakia which aired from 1979 to 1981. The series has 13 episodes and is in the Czech...

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  • 1983
    imgS2 E6

    Malý pitaval z velkého města

    Malý pitaval z velkého města

    6.75 1983 HD

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  • 1986
    imgS1 E4

    The Octopuses from the Second Floor

    The Octopuses from the Second Floor

    7 1986 HD

    While on vacation with their bickering parents in Portugal, Eva and her little brother Johnny find two strange clots of clay on a polluted beach, who...

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  • 1961
    imgS1 E18

    Tři chlapi v chalupě

    Tři chlapi v chalupě

    5 1961 HD

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  • 1965
    imgS1 E7

    Případy komisaře Mejzlíka

    Případy komisaře Mejzlíka

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1967
    imgS1 E2

    Malá Dorritka

    Malá Dorritka

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1966
    imgS1 E13

    Bejvávalo

    Bejvávalo

    8 1966 HD

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  • 1969
    imgS1 E12

    Hříšní lidé města pražského

    Hříšní lidé města pražského

    8.4 1969 HD

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  • 1968
    imgS1 E5

    Sňatky z rozumu

    Sňatky z rozumu

    7.5 1968 HD

    Sňatky z rozumu was a Czechoslovak television programme which was first broadcast in 1968. The programme was directed by František Filip.

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  • 1967
    imgS1 E1

    Pinocchiova dobrodružství

    Pinocchiova dobrodružství

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Dobrodružství šesti trampů

    Dobrodružství šesti trampů

    6 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E7

    Pan Tau

    Pan Tau

    6.6 1970 HD

    Pan Tau always had a gentle expression and a friendly smile, he was elegantly dressed in a stroller, with an umbrella and a white carnation in the...

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  • 1971
    imgS1 E13

    F. L. Věk

    F. L. Věk

    6.8 1971 HD

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  • 1969
    imgS1 E9

    Úsměvy světa

    Úsměvy světa

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1948
    imgS1 E70

    Bambi Awards

    Bambi Awards

    9 1948 HD

    The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in...

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  • 1976
    imgS1 E11

    Muž na radnici

    Muž na radnici

    1 1976 HD

    Muž na radnici was a Czechoslovak television program which was broadcast in 1976. The program was directed by Evžen Sokolovský. In 2011, it...

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  • 1983
    imgS1 E15

    The Visitors

    The Visitors

    7.688 1983 HD

    It's the year 2484 and the Earth is threatened by a rogue comet which could fatally change its orbit. The solution is surprising - Adam Bernau, the...

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  • 1983
    imgS1 E2

    Tři mušketýři

    Tři mušketýři

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1981
    imgS1 E6

    Poručík Petr

    Poručík Petr

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1969
    imgS1 E79

    Das Sonntagskonzert

    Das Sonntagskonzert

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1989
    imgS1 E6

    The Train of Childhood and Expectation

    The Train of Childhood and Expectation

    8.8 1989 HD

    A story of a little girl Verka and her life during the beginning of WWII. Based on Vera Sládková novels.

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