22-09-1896
Birthday
Virgo
Zodiac Sign
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Genres
88
Total Films
Zdenek Stepanek, Зденек Штепанек
Also known as (male)
Tvorsovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Place of Birth
22-09-1896
Birthday
Virgo
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
88
Total Films
Zdenek Stepanek
Also Known As (male)
Tvorsovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Place of Birth
actor
88 Works
producer
0 Works
director
5 Works
writer
5 Works
other
0 Works
Maratón
It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.Year:
1968
Jegor Bulyčov
Year:
1968
Lucerna
Year:
1967
Marketa Lazarová
Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.Year:
1967
Na zapřenou
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1967
Pentos a Iola
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1967
Waterloo
Year:
1967
Sign of the Cancer
A murder in a hospital run by incompetents.Year:
1967
The Stolen Airship
The Stolen Airship (Czech: Ukradená vzducholod) is a 1967 live-action/animated film by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman. The story is based loosely on Jules Verne's novels Two Years' Vacation and The Mysterious Island. The film in Art Nouveau style consists of live-action scenes, generally shot in black and white, as well as hand-drawn, stop motion, and cutout animation. Various live-action and animated elements are often composited into the same scene.Year:
1967
Noc bez úsvitu
Year:
1967
Princezna Pampeliška
Year:
1967
Lékař v rozpacích
Year:
1966
Hände hoch oder ich schieße
Small town policeman Holms suffers from a rather unusual problem: Because of the low crime rate, there is simply not enough to do for him. Deadly bored, he sinks into the depths of depression and requests the help of a psychiatrist. But his imagination is far more effective: In his dreams, he chases gangsters in London. Finally, some small-time crooks find a way to help "their" policeman out of his emotional misery: They steal a memorial from the market square and thus help Holms to a spectacular case.Year:
1966
Mlha
The work of actors on a stage makes a dreamlike parallelism between artistic immagination and the concreteness of everyday life. Tribute to Prague's Divadlo na zàbradlì, theater that has been a point of reference for Theater of the Absurd in Czechoslovakia in SixtiesYear:
1966
The Invisible
Year:
1965
A Star Named Wormwood
At the end of May 1918, released prisoners return to the Rumburk garrison from Russian captivity, hoping that the war is over for them. The only thing they want is to get their withheld ...Year:
1965
Horký vzduch
Year:
1965
Bez svatozáře
Year:
1964
A Face in the Window
A movie built up of three stories about life in a small Slovak town. The Prosecutor: the district attorney is a jazz orchestra soloist at the same time and that is much disliked by the local provincial society. The Defender: is about a young doctor's relation to his patient, who is open about his reactionary opinions. The Judge: it is only after long years that the old judge realizes that his own marriage is in jeopardy.Year:
1963
Tři zlaté vlasy děda Vševěda
Year:
1963
Ikarie XB 1
The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB 1 embarks on a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront the effects of a malignant dark star, the destructive legacy of the 20th century and, ultimately, the limits of their own sanity.Year:
1963
Ikarie XB 1
The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB 1 embarks on a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront the effects of a malignant dark star, the destructive legacy of the 20th century and, ultimately, the limits of their own sanity.Year:
1963
Transport from Paradise
Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their hopes and dreams unfold against the perpetual threat of deportation (or worse) by the Nazis. Based on the novel "Night and Hope" by Arnost Lustig.Year:
1963
Horoucí srdce
Year:
1963
Smrt na Cukrovém ostrově
Year:
1962
Reportáž psaná na oprátce
Year:
1962
Pouta
Year:
1961
Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová
Year:
1961
Hrdinové okamžiku
Year:
1961
Lucerna
Year:
1960
Všude žijí lidé
Year:
1960
Národní umělec Zdeněk Štěpánek
Year:
1960
Zkouška pokračuje
Year:
1960
První a poslední
Year:
1959
Občan Brych
Year:
1959
Today for the Last Time
Concert master Karel Mašek is a drunk, as well as engineer Danda and other regular guests of the pub U Kroců. Mašek returns from the pub in the morning and promises the woman that he will stop drinking. But he failed again, and the orchestra players refuse to play with him. Danda returns home without a bag and goes to Krocs again in the morning, even though he has an important job at work. He has been degraded to subordinate job position, but he refused to admit it at home.Year:
1958
Bitter Love
Year:
1958
Povodeň
Year:
1958
Bomba
Year:
1958
Against All
After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Prague citizens request help against the army of Zikmund. The Hussite army with Jan Žižka in the lead make their way towards Prague. They fortify themselves on the mountain Vítkov and engage in a bloody battle with Zikmund’s huge army.Year:
1957
Legend of Love
A spring is hidden in the Iron Mountain but the people of Arzen cannot get to it and they are suffering from thirst.Year:
1957
Jan Žižka
The second part of the revolutionary Hussite trilogy takes place in the years 1419-1420.Year:
1956
Jan Hus
Jan Hus is a 1954 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is the first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most famous works of the Czechoslovak director, completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957).Year:
1955
Dog's Heads
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 was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.Year:
1955
Krejčovská povídka
Year:
1954
Kutná Hora
Year:
1954
Jenský kodex
Year:
1954
The Secret of Blood
Year:
1953
Old Czech Legends
A monumental piece of art bringing the heroes of the ancient Czech myths back to life. The picture consists of seven parts: Cech the Forefather, Bivoj, Libuse, Premysl, Girls War, Horymir, Lucka War.Year:
1953
Měsíc nad řekou
Year:
1953
Nástup
"The Rally" is based on a communist writer Vaclav Řezáč's well-written novel of the same nameYear:
1953
Early Days
Early Days follows the early life of famous Czech writer Alois Jirásek. Jirásek had already developed his own view of the history of the Czech nation while he was at grammar school in Broumov. When he becomes the supply teach in Litomyšl, he has already written his first book and a number of poems. The local dignitaries await the arrival of the young writer in excited anticipation. Jirásek, however, is sickened by the empty patriotism from the depths of his soul and soon becomes disagreeable to the notables. The district sheriff tries to remove Jirásek from the school and drive him out of town. Unable to do this, the sheriff appoints a pro-Austrian headmaster who attempts to sabotage Jirásek. The students stand behind Jirásek , however, and discontent is not only felt in Litomyšl but throughout Bohemia.Year:
1953
Mikoláš Aleš
Year:
1952
The Emperor and the Golem
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 the legendary Golem, which he believes can protect him and even cure his imaginary illnesses but, when he disappears while on a bender, his kindly baker, who looks just like him, is mistaken for him, and begins to put things in order. However, the conspirators, not to be outdone, determine to bring the Golem back to life to do their bidding.Year:
1952
Rok stalinské epochy
Year:
1951
Revoluční rok 1848
Year of the Revolution 1848Year:
1949
Lost in the Suburbs
Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War IIYear:
1949
Sign of the Anchor
Year:
1947
The Adventurous Bachelor
Shown in Cannes 1946.Year:
1946
Rozina the Love Child
Prague, the beginning of the 17th century. Rozina falls in love with Italian glass worker Nikolo, but after returning home, she gets a message that will never come to Prague. She falls for the promise of an older man to marry her, but when Nikolo does return, the tragic fate of Rozina is sealed.Year:
1945
X. slet všesokolský
Year:
1945
Mist on the Moors
Mist on the Moors examines fates of just about a few people. Their stories are outlined in a short space of time and are a symbolic representation of the drama of life, struggle for justice, human cognizance and the healing power of love. One of the most important components of the film is the nature, which ceases to be a mere stage for its plot—it serves almost as an autonomous plot agent. The movie landscape is a precisely defined and localized one. Only the South Bohemian ponds can serve as the right environment for development of such earthy and typically human stories as we encounter in the Mist on the Moors.Year:
1944
Experiment
Year:
1943
Preludium
Year:
1941
The Incendiary's Daughter
Year:
1941
Druhá směna
Year:
1940
Man from the Unknown
Venice Film Festival 1940Year:
1939
The Magic House
When Vilem appears in the road with an unconscious young woman, it disturbs the peaceful life of three generations of the Balvínova family.Year:
1939
Její hřích
Year:
1939
Neporažená armáda
Year:
1938
The Guild of the Kutná Hora Virgins
A morally questionable lord comes to the aid of a working class man who is to be executed for speaking out about thieving rich scoundrels sticking it to the poor.Year:
1938
The Way of the Cross
Year:
1938
The Illusion Factory
In this reportage, film professionals offer the viewers a peek behind the scenes at the Barrandov studios. We see how sets are constructed and we find out what sorts of things are stored in the prop department. The friendly commentary describes the journey from camera negatives to a film on the big screen. We learn about film technology and take a glance into film laboratories and editing rooms. The film also presents unique footage from the filming of The White Disease, namely the dramatic scene with five hundred extras in which the Marshal announces his declaration of war.Year:
1938
Jan Výrava
Year:
1938
The White Disease
In a country whose people have just been successfully persuaded of their superiority and the justification for military expansion by the fiery speeches of a dictator, the bacillus of a highly destructive form of leprosy has spread. It is called morbus Tshengi, or popularly „white disease“. The only one who has developed an effective cure for it is a physician of the poor named Galén. But he refuses to reveal the secret of his cure as long as the powerful destroy human lives through wars.Year:
1937
Virginity
The doomed love of a city girl caught in the vise of poverty is detailed in Vavra’s fluid, romantic work, one of the most elegant creations of the Czech Modernist era... The film lingers over its characters’ habitats and haunts, finding psychological truths in what each owns or desires, and countering every Hollywood-ready scene of gleaming restaurants and dazzling penthouses with realist moments of employment lines and crammed flats. Vavra’s classical camerawork and aura of romantic defeatism give Virginity a force comparable to the master of this genre, Hollywood’s Frank Borzage. (BAM/PFA)Year:
1937
The World Belongs to Us
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 stir up trouble in what is obviously the Sudetenland.Year:
1937
Žena na rozcestí
Year:
1937
Vojnarka
Year:
1936
Ulička v ráji
Year:
1936
Jízdní hlídka
Year:
1936
Jana
Year:
1935
Conversion of Ferdys Pistora
Year:
1932
Third Company
Year:
1931
St. Wenceslas
St. Wenceslas (Czech: Svatý Václav) is a 1930 Czechoslovak historical film about Saint Wenceslas.[2] It was the most expensive Czech film to date,[3] with the largest set constructed in Europe to accommodate an all-star cast of over a hundred, together with 1,000 extras for the lavish battle scenes.Year:
1930
Román hloupého Honzy
Year:
1927
Josef Kajetán Tyl
A biographical story about significant Czech dramatist, writer and actor Josef Kajetán Tyl.Year:
1926
The Gold Key
Young Matula has succumbed to gambling and he steals money from his parents to finance his passion. His father catches him red-handed and throws him out of the house. Matula roams the world and meets Vávra, also a tramp, who accepts a job as a road-sweeper but he soon dies in a car accident. On his lone wanderings Matula finds a miraculous little key which opens all locks. With its help he acquires a great fortune. He breaks into a bank and steals more money. He then meets the daughter of the cashier who was wrongly accused under suspicion of theft and when he sees her despair, he realises his wrong-doings. Finally he wakes up - it had all been a dream. (According to the censor's certificate).Year:
1922
