Jan Werich

Jan Werich

Between 1916 and 1924, Werich attended "reálné gymnasium" (equivalent to high school) in Křemencova Street in Prague (where his future business partner, Jiří Voskovec, also studied). He studied law at the Charles University Law School from 1924 to 1927, from which he made an early departure to begin his artistic career and forge one of the most important partnerships of his life. For more than 10 years he worked in theatre Jiří Voskovec and Jaroslav Ježek. Their partnership was a platform for their numerous left-wing political satires, most notably in the Osvobozené divadlo (Liberated Theatre). The trio's work took inspiration from Dada, with its love of the absurd, a reaction against bourgeois values and the horrors of World War I. In 1955 he begun working in cinema, and 1960s were a peak in his actor career. From the creation of the ABC Theatre he moved to the City Theatres of Prague and then to the Musical Theatre of Karlin and Nusle. Werich was originally cast by producer Harry Saltzman to play Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice. Upon his arrival at the Pinewood set, both producer Albert R. Broccoli and director Lewis Gilbert felt that he was a poor choice, resembling a "poor, benevolent Santa Claus".

  • Title: Jan Werich
  • Popularity: 2.155
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1905-02-06
  • Place of Birth: Praha - Československo
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  • Also Known As: Ян Верих
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Jan Werich Movies

  • 1968
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    Assignment K

    Assignment K

    6 1968 HD

    Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents...

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  • 1962
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    The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

    The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

    7.5 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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  • 1952
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    The Emperor and the Golem

    The Emperor and the Golem

    6.9 1952 HD

    The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels successful, at least, when he discovers...

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  • 2002
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    Jan Werich's Fimfarum

    Jan Werich's Fimfarum

    6.9 2002 HD

    feature-length animated band on the themes of Jan Werich's book. A funny and instructive narrative about fairy-tale and everyday things, about the...

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  • 2006
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    Fimfarum 2

    Fimfarum 2

    7.4 2006 HD

    In this antological film, four fairy tales from the book by Jan Werich, each one by a different director. Břetislav Pojar directs the story of...

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  • 1955
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    Two Little Frosts

    Two Little Frosts

    6.5 1955 HD

    Two mischievous frost spirits make things chilly for a pair of travelers in this wintry comic folktale.

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  • 1955
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    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    8 1955 HD

    A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three...

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  • 2011
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    Fimfarum - To the good of all

    Fimfarum - To the good of all

    6.8 2011 HD

    The film contains three Jan Werich's fairy tales, each directed by one artist. The first story sets out to the Sumava mountains in Southern Bohemia...

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  • 1958
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    The Creation of the World

    The Creation of the World

    6.9 1958 HD

    La Création du Monde is among the first animated feature films made in France. But to be exact, the film was animated in Czechoslovakia and...

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  • 1932
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    Your Money or Your Life

    Your Money or Your Life

    7 1932 HD

    A czech film that focuses on an unfaithful husband who married in to money, as well as an impoverished man who is turns to theft.

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  • 1966
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    Pražská strašidla

    Pražská strašidla

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Fall of Berlin

    The Fall of Berlin

    5.1 1950 HD

    Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The "Little Father of the Peoples" takes this...

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  • 1955
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    Hudba z Marsu

    Hudba z Marsu

    5.9 1955 HD

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  • 1934
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    Heave-Ho!

    Heave-Ho!

    7 1934 HD

    A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings with a worker, Filip Kornet, he discovers he still...

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  • 1960
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    Těžká Barbora

    Těžká Barbora

    6.2 1960 HD

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  • 1932
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    Powder and Petrol

    Powder and Petrol

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1937
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    The World Belongs to Us

    The World Belongs to Us

    6.8 1937 HD

    One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be directly named due to censorship: Gangsters with gray hats...

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  • 1963
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    When the Cat Comes

    When the Cat Comes

    7 1963 HD

    While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in...

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  • 1956
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    The Good Soldier Schweik

    The Good Soldier Schweik

    7.2 1956 HD

    Adapting Jaroslav Hasek's raucous satirical novel, and also bringing Josef Lada's equally famous illustrations to garrulous puppet life, posed Trnka...

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  • 1939
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    Crisis

    Crisis

    1 1939 HD

    A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2.

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  • 1934
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    U nás v Kocourkově

    U nás v Kocourkově

    7.5 1934 HD

    Curious citizens await the arrival of an important guest, the son of poacher, who became famous abroad. Begins celebration in his honor, but nobody...

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  • 1963
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    Uspořená libra

    Uspořená libra

    7.8 1963 HD

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  • 1960
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    Balada z hadrů

    Balada z hadrů

    7 1960 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Dear Departed

    The Dear Departed

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1957
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    Silvestr 1957

    Silvestr 1957

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1991
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    When the Oak Leaves Fall

    When the Oak Leaves Fall

    8.3 1991 HD

    The story is a celebration of the cleverness and wit of the simple peasant Čupera, who triumphs not only over the demon of alcohol, but also over...

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  • 1967
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    The 25th Hour

    The 25th Hour

    7.7 1967 HD

    A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's...

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  • 1963
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    Kočár nejsvětější svátosti

    Kočár nejsvětější svátosti

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1961
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    Medvěd

    Medvěd

    9 1961 HD

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  • 1965
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    Magnetické vlny léčí

    Magnetické vlny léčí

    6.5 1965 HD

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  • 1967
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    King and Women

    King and Women

    8 1967 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Cry

    The Cry

    6.9 1964 HD

    While a woman is in the hospital preparing to deliver her child, her husband has all day to reflect upon his wife and their relationship. As he tends...

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  • 1963
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    Tears the World Can't See

    Tears the World Can't See

    7.5 1963 HD

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  • 1987
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    Mean Barbara

    Mean Barbara

    9.3 1987 HD

    When the village school master discovers the body of a mean-spirited, miserly old woman, with whom he has had a disagreement, he decides to dispose...

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  • 1961
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    Italienisches Capriccio

    Italienisches Capriccio

    10 1961 HD

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  • 1957
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    To jsou Bratři v triku

    To jsou Bratři v triku

    1 1957 HD

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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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  • 1951
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    The Golden Fish

    The Golden Fish

    5.7 1951 HD

    A poor fisherman catches the golden fish that promises him to fulfil three wishes if he sets her free again. He does so and the fish fulfils two of...

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  • 1968
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    Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy

    Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1953
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    Pouť noci silvestrovské

    Pouť noci silvestrovské

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1955
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    Dog's Heads

    Dog's Heads

    5 1955 HD

    Dog's Heads (Czech: Psohlavci) is a 1955 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič, based on the novel of the same name by Alois Jirásek. It...

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  • 1956
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    Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

    Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1954
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    Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče

    Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1955
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    Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku

    Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1956
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    Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

    Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

    5.4 1956 HD

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  • 2021
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    Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…

    Jan Werich: Když už člověk jednou je…

    1 2021 HD

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  • 1963
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    Uspořená libra

    Uspořená libra

    7.8 1963 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Emperor and the Golem

    The Emperor and the Golem

    6.9 1952 HD

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  • 1964
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    Tři veteráni

    Tři veteráni

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1955
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    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    8 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    8 1955 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Secret of Blood

    The Secret of Blood

    6 1953 HD

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  • 2011
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    Fimfarum - To the good of all

    Fimfarum - To the good of all

    6.8 2011 HD

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  • 1967
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    Golem

    Golem

    7 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    King and Women

    King and Women

    8 1967 HD

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  • 1960
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    Těžká Barbora

    Těžká Barbora

    6.2 1960 HD

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  • 1963
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    Kočár nejsvětější svátosti

    Kočár nejsvětější svátosti

    6 1963 HD

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  • 2006
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    Fimfarum 2

    Fimfarum 2

    7.4 2006 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Three Veterans

    The Three Veterans

    7.8 1984 HD

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  • 1997
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    RumplCimprCampr

    RumplCimprCampr

    5.9 1997 HD

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  • 1984
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    Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

    Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

    6.4 1984 HD

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  • 1960
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    Balada z hadrů

    Balada z hadrů

    7 1960 HD

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  • 1937
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    The World Belongs to Us

    The World Belongs to Us

    6.8 1937 HD

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  • 1963
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    Uspořená libra

    Uspořená libra

    7.8 1963 HD

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  • 1932
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    Your Money or Your Life

    Your Money or Your Life

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    Powder and Petrol

    Powder and Petrol

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    Powder and Petrol

    Powder and Petrol

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Good Soldier Schweik

    The Good Soldier Schweik

    7.2 1956 HD

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  • 1932
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    Your Money or Your Life

    Your Money or Your Life

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Golden Fish

    The Golden Fish

    5.7 1951 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Golden Fish

    The Golden Fish

    5.7 1951 HD

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  • 1934
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    Heave-Ho!

    Heave-Ho!

    7 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    Heave-Ho!

    Heave-Ho!

    7 1934 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Emperor and the Golem

    The Emperor and the Golem

    6.9 1952 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Emperor and the Golem

    The Emperor and the Golem

    6.9 1952 HD

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  • 1932
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    Powder and Petrol

    Powder and Petrol

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1934
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    U nás v Kocourkově

    U nás v Kocourkově

    7.5 1934 HD

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  • 1955
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    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

    8 1955 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Golem

    The Golem

    4.8 1936 HD

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  • 1937
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    The World Belongs to Us

    The World Belongs to Us

    6.8 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    The World Belongs to Us

    The World Belongs to Us

    6.8 1937 HD

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  • 1968
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    Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?

    Co tomu říkáte, pane Werich?

    10 1968 HD

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  • 1970
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    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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  • 1968
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    Přiložte životopis

    Přiložte životopis

    1 1968 HD

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  • 2005
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    Tři strážníci

    Tři strážníci

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2012
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    Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy

    Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1968
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    Klapzubova jedenáctka

    Klapzubova jedenáctka

    7 1968 HD

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  • 1970
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    Klapzubova jedenáctka

    Klapzubova jedenáctka

    1 1970 HD

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