Writing

Milan Šimek

Born 1934-06-24

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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10.0

Eleven-year old Mísa has the temperament of a proper boy and endless problems with the grown-ups. It is no wonder that he longs to become an adult without further delay. Mísa keeps house together with his father and has various duties. After a failed attempt at dish-washing he goes off to the research institute where his father is working on an important invention. He is trying to produce a substance that would make poultry and other animals bigger and thus help the struggle against famine in the world, but so far he has only managed to produce a shrinking substance. After his father leaves the laboratory, Mísa mixes up different ingredients and makes the growth substance. He drinks it and instantly becomes an adult. His father, conversely, turns into a toddler after drinking the shrinking substance with his beer by mistake.

Just Because You're Grown-Up

1970

30 Maidens and Pythagoras poster
4.6

A musical starring Jiří Menzel (whose part is sung by Achilles Michailidis) as a math and physics teacher employing innovative teaching methods.

30 Maidens and Pythagoras

1977

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ten člověk!

1970

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sázka

1965

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NR

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Sázka

1965

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NR

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První třída

1969

The Glass Marble poster
8.0

Different animals play with a marble in this whimsical story from Hermína Týrlová, ‘the mother of Czech animation’

The Glass Marble

1963

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6.5

A romantic story between two wool skeins.

Two Balls of Wool

1963

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Poplach na hradě

1986

Lost in Pajamas poster
8.0

Tanya, a 10-year-old Russian tourist traveling with her parents from Prague to Brno, is left behind in a foreign country. Tanya leaves her compartment when the train stops because of a cow. Disobeying her parent's instructions, she gets off the train to investigate, lingers too long, and is left behind. Cold, lonely, and clad only in her pajamas in the unfamiliar countryside, the girl is relieved to meet up with two rather nervous Czech boys camping out together for the first time. At first the would-be "cowboys" are frightened by her ghost-like appearance. After hearing her story, the boys find Tanya a dress to wear and accompany the girl on foot to her final destination, Brno.

Lost in Pajamas

1967

Kámen a život poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kámen a život

1966

Men Don't Cry poster
7.5

The holidays began and Pepík Janousek is playing with his friend Hadraba, whose nickname is Sun. Sun has to baby-sit his small brother in a pram and envies Pepík his nice adoptive parents because his own father beats him often. Pepík is happy - he will have soon the same surname Marek as his father and mother. Pepík is shocked when Sun tells him that Mrs Marková is pregnant. He falls from a height and ends up in hospital. Despite of all expressed love and care Pepík is afraid that the Mareks will no longer want him.

Men Don't Cry

1980

Little Ice-Hockey Player poster
8.5

Hockey requires great commitment and even sacrifice from an early age. The thirteen-year-old players of a school hockey team, led by an experienced and perceptive coach, struggle with various problems of their age, from first loves to low self-confidence and disciplinary problems, but in the end they are all consumed by a sense of responsibility. The film touches on the dark side of the demanding sport, but it often acts childishly and simplifies the complex motivations of teenage boys.

Little Ice-Hockey Player

1983

Neobyčejná třída poster
6.0

High school students experience the everyday worries of their age - they prepare for their high school graduation, go on a production internship at an engineering plant, and compete for a ski trip to the Krkonoše Mountains...

Neobyčejná třída

1965

Free Admittance poster
9.0

Adventures of a little Czech girl Yana visiting in Moscow with her parents and dog.

Free Admittance

1987

For Boys Only Is for Girls Too poster
6.6

A story of Ivana - a young girl who's' very good in soccer and even helps the boys team to win an important game.

For Boys Only Is for Girls Too

1964

Three of Us and Dog from Petipas poster
7.3

The summer holidays are approaching and the children are bragging about all the exciting places they are going to visit during the long-awaited two months of summer. Only Tonda is not looking forward to staying in Prague over the holidays. He brightens up after his father announces that the boy can visit some friends of the family in the village of Petipas.

Three of Us and Dog from Petipas

1972

Hurá za ním poster
8.5

The children's detective story describes a thrilling and cheerful search for a lynx that someone stole from the zoo corner of the house of pioneers and young people (the creators apparently assume that large carnivores are commonly bred in the children's facility). However, the film is made completely ingeniously, the naïve plots hardly catch the eye. In one of the last roles, Vladimír Menšík will introduce himself as a police captain, leading a long-complicated investigation

Hurá za ním

1989

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NR

Humorous adventures of children in the village.

Strašidelný mlyn

1973

Car Romance poster
NR

Three little cars, love at first sight and a fight out of jealousy.

Car Romance

1990

Mezi námi kluky poster
4.7

Pistolník is a teacher who rules the boys' boarding school of a vocational school with a firm hand. Room No. 135 is Pavel, Tonda, Roman, Slavek and especially Olin, nicknamed Koblih, five classmates who, with extraordinary imagination, drive Pistolník crazy with new and new Canadian pranks. Their recessions are only put to an end by the arrival of a new and young teacher, Kamila, who is not affected by their tried and tested tricks. Despite their seemingly carefree life, each of the boys has his own problems, which gradually surface, and so in the avalanche of funny moments, a serious tone is occasionally heard.

Mezi námi kluky

1982

The Giraffe in the Window poster
8.0

Thieves Svarc and Cihák are interrupted in their robbery of a jeweler's store. In order to disappear as quickly as possible, they jump into the nearest car and leave, finding on the way that a little boy named Jirka, son of the car's owner, is with them. They take him to a cottage where Cihák's eighteen-year old daughter Milena attends to him. Jirka first treats Milena with hostility, but as days pass, the "prisoner" and the "guard" become close. Milena cooks for the boy and takes care of him, but nothing can intimidate the dauntless Jirka and he seeks for the first opportunity to escape.

The Giraffe in the Window

1968

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Osudná smyčka

1967

Captain Korda poster
10.0

A story of Pepik, an orphaned boy recently adopted by foster family.

Captain Korda

1970