
Jan Potměšil
Actor · 1966 – 2026 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Movies20
Movie6.5DramaCrimeMartin is an innocent lad from small-town Mlada Boleslav who comes to big-city Prague, hoping to exchange his krona for deutschemarks so that he can visit Germany. A local spiv named Robert obliges Martin, but at an unfair exchange rate. When Martin finds out he was rooked, he plans revenge on Robert ... but then decides to join Robert's gang instead.
Movie8.0DocumentaryVera Cáslavská, the most successful Czechoslovak sportswoman and the fourth most successful Olympic sportswoman globally, won seven gold and four silver medals. After her 1968 Mexico City Olympics victory, she became the second most popular woman after Jacqueline Kennedy. In 1968, she signed the 2000 Words Manifesto, which she never retracted. Despite her fame, she faced a troubled life due to political issues, marriage, and family tragedy. Her story reflects Czech society during both communist and democratic regimes, where she was active in the civil sphere. She views her sports career as fleeting fame compared to her challenging life. Now 68, 42 years after her sports career, she remains admired in the Czech Republic and Japan. Her life is a unique chapter in Czech history.
Věra 68
2012 · 2 votes
Movie5.9Science FictionDramaThe film is a metaphor for the Cold War. It depicts two neighbouring nations: peace loving Fortuna and the not so peaceful land of the Steel City.
Movie5.6ComedyMusicA period musical comedy set in a quiet Prague quarter at the end of the fifties. Using the western plot device of the "man from nowhere" a generation gap story unfolds of changing social climate. The action is driven by the character of a young man named Baby who causes a local rebellion by bringing rock'n'roll to a Communist neighborhood raised on swing.
Movie6.3DramaWhy? (Czech: Proč?) is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The film deals with the hooliganism in Czechoslovakia, particularly with the fans of football club Sparta from Prague, whose supporters were the pioneers of the football fan riots in Czechoslovakia, starting with hooligan actions already in the 1960s, like breaking the trains in which they travelled when they went on Sparta's away games. The film deals with one of such episodes
Movie6.0FamilyFantasyFairy tale about young cobbler Jíra, who had fashioned wings from leather in order to rescue princess Jasnenka from the tower of the royal castle, where her father had closed her to to save her from the evil witch and her daughter Cernava.
Movie4.0DramaAn overprotective mother plagues her daughter out of guilt over unintentionally scarring her daughter's cheek.
Movie2.5CrimeComedyUnemployed and in search of work, a young man gets roped into a series of shady schemes that unite a former band of money launderers.
Bony a klid 2
2014 · 14 votes
- MovieDramaDocumentary
Movie9.0FamilyDramaThe 11-year old Jakub is living in a children's home, when he is picked up by his father. The father has been "away" for four years, the boys mother doesn't want the child. Jakub gradually finds out, that his father is hiding a secret from him. But they gradually manage to build a warm relationship and a promising new life in the city.
Movie6.3FamilyComedyPostwoman Mrs Skorepa, her husband the ambulance driver Mr Skorepa and their eleven-year-old twins Petr and Pavel live in Prague in Malá Strana (Lesser Town), one of the Prague's historical and oldest quarters. The boys are crazy about cars and everything linked to them. They don't share their father's love of classical music. On the other hand, they are crazy about the newly announced scrap yard competition for paper collection. The lottery tickets awarded for every ten kilograms of old paper collected could win them a go-kart.
Movie7.3HistoryDramaThe life story of Blessed Zdislava of Lemberk, about whom legends rather than sparse historical references tell us that she was a deeply religious woman with healing powers who devoted herself entirely to the humble service of her sick and suffering neighbors.
V erbu lvice
1995 · 3 votes
Movie5.8DramaCrimeBased on real event, Bolero is an excellent story of progressive recovery of a crime. The story surprises all the time, shows new connections, new possibilities, exposes new ideas and facts. It's possible to understand the film on more levels. It describes the position and all the feelings of victim's family, the police work as well as the impact of the crime on it's malefactors. It also touches the topic of moral decay of the descendants of rich, high-posted families. In addition to this, the power of the storyline is accentuated by the quality of the artistic treatment of the whole piece.
Bolero
2004 · 9 votes
Movie10.0AdventureFamilyHow it will end? Let's just tell you that on one side of the mountain, the stream that had run before it dries up, and on the other side of the mountain, the creek starts to breathe.
- MovieComedy
- MovieDrama
Poslední šance
1985
- MovieDramaRomance
Cawdor a Fera
1986
- MovieTV MovieFantasy
- Movie2.0Drama
Sixteen-year-old Magda and Jakub, who is the same age, are in love. Nothing wrong with that, love is part of youth. But one day, Jakub invites Magda to a cottage instead of a disco. And the romance of the most beautiful sunsets for two is quickly replaced by the reality of life. Magda is pregnant.
Hrátky
1983 · 1 votes
- MovieTV MovieFamily
A fairy tale about brotherhood that turns into hatred and betrayal, and about love transformed into heroism and fearlessness.
Tři srdce
2007
Series7
TV7.0ComedyBakaláři
1972 · 2 votes
TV6.0CrimeŽivot a doba soudce A. K.
2014 · 2 votes
TV6.5DramaŽena za pultem
1977 · 7 votes
TV6.0CrimeEden
2005 · 1 votes
TV9.5DramaDruhý dech
1989 · 2 votes
- TV7.0Drama
Třetí patro
1986 · 1 votes
- TVDocumentary