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Zdeněk Svěrák
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936 in Prague) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural perso…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936 in Prague) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies. Among his film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award), both directed by his son Jan Svěrák. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak, he created the fictional personality (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher) Jára Cimrman who won the voting for The Greatest Czech in 2005 (only the fact that Cimrman is fictional prevented him from actually winning). Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization Paraple (in English, "Umbrella") which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.
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2026
The Invisible Jan Gogola
Movie Self
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2026
Zdeněk Svěrák 90
Movie
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2024
Cimrmani zblízka
Movie
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2023
Kouzelný kopec
Movie Self
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2023
Perspektiva Ivana Mládka
Movie Self
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2023
Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem
Movie Self
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2022
Prince Mama's Boy
Movie Script Supervisor
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2022
Chinaski: Každej ví kulový
Movie Self
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2022
Bethlehem Light
Movie Karel Šejnoha
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2021
Minišou Karla Šípa
TV show Self
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2019
My Freedom
Movie Director
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2017
Psaní do nebe
Movie
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2017
Barefoot
Movie Headmaster
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2016
Operky
Movie
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2014
Three Brothers
Movie Vypravěč
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2012
Zpátky se Sobotou
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2012
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
Movie Self
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2011
Fimfarum - To the good of all
Movie Original Music Composer
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2010
Nepřítelem osudu
Movie Narrator
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2010
Kooky
Movie Hergot (voice)
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2009
Láska rohatá
Movie Lyricist
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2008
Czech Heaven
Movie Jan Ámos Komenský
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2008
Anatomie gagu
Movie
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2007
Long, Broad and Nearsight
Movie Clever-eyesighted
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2007
The Conquest of the North Pole
Movie Teaching Assistant
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2007
Empties
Movie Josef Tkaloun
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2006
Cimrman in the World of Music
Movie colonel "Colonel"
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2006
StarDance
TV show Special Judge
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2005
Největší Čech
TV show Zdeněk Svěrák
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2005
Pocta V+W
Movie Self
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2004
Daddy
Movie Self
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2004
Kam zmizel ten starý song
TV show Self
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2002
Africa
Movie Dr. Emil Žába
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2002
Já a moji synové...
Movie Self
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2001
Dark Blue World
Movie Screenplay
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1998
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
Movie Teacher
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1998
The Nude
Movie Dr. Turnovský
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1997
Cimrmani
Movie Self
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1997
Plum Tree
Movie Writer
