Josef Laufer

Acting

Josef Laufer

Born — Died

1939-08-11 — 2024-04-20

Place of birth

Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

56 titles

Known for

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The ZDF-Hitparade, or Hitparade for short was one of the most popular and most well-known music television series presenting mostly German Schlager.

Die ZDF-Hitparade

1969

No artwork available
4.2

The show was meant to compete with those on West German television. To this end it was fairly successful even attracting a following in parts of West Germany which could receive Eastern TV. Its production values were high. Apart from song and dance numbers and appearances from East German celebrities, almost every broadcast featured well-known stars from the west, often after their popularity had peaked in their home countries.

Ein Kessel Buntes

1972

We love Czechia poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

We love Czechia

2013

Ohnivý kuře poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ohnivý kuře

2016

Vyprávěj poster
7.6

Set in Czechoslovakia, the drama follows the lives of its characters against the backdrop of real historical events that shape their personal stories. To evoke period atmosphere, the series intersperses authentic clips from vintage Czechoslovak film newsreels, using their original commentaries or newly recorded historical voice-overs by Vladimír Fišer. A narrator, initially voiced by Vojtěch Kotek and later by Matěj Hádek, provides continuity and reflection, guiding viewers through changing times. Under the guidance of screenwriter Rudolf Merkner, each episode’s script weaves family and individual dramas into key moments of Czech and Slovak history: political shifts, cultural trends, and social transformations from the 1960s onward.

Vyprávěj

2009

Zirkus Humberto poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Zirkus Humberto

1988

Film credits

2000s · 4 titles

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A young king is expected to visit a country estate. The haughty countess would like to win his heart, so she longs for a dress made from the most beautiful fabric. After a long search, she finds a special shimmering silk at the mysterious White Old Woman's. However, the old woman warns her. The silk belongs to Lady Storm, and whoever wears a dress made from it will be cursed. The countess takes the fabric anyway and has a dress made by the village tailor. His daughter Anička cannot resist and secretly tries on the beautiful gown and veil. A young man named Lukáš sees her in the open doorway and cannot take his eyes off her. Suddenly, however, a wind blows and the girl disappears before his eyes, along with her veil. Lukáš decides to find Anička, whom he cannot forget, at any cost...

Zvon Lukáš

2002

Bad Joke 3 poster
2.6

In Kamenákov, the arrival of a Romany family becomes a problem for police chief Pepa and ignites an intense soccer rivalry.

Bad Joke 3

2005

Bad Joke poster
4.0

The story of Zdeněk Troška's new comedy, which was inspired by countless stone jokes, takes us to a peaceful South Bohemian town. A whole range of typically Czech characters and prototype families live here with their unchanging rhythm. For example, the Nováks. Pepa's father is a captain of the city police, his wife Vilma is a teacher, his daughter Julia is studying health, and nine-year-old Pepíček comments in an unspeakable way on everything that is happening around. The boy literally starts to have eyes on top of his head when a noble couple arrives in Kameňákov from England, to whom the local castle was returned as part of the restitution. Nothing is hidden in a small town, and soon everyone knows that the lord has come here to look for his father's treasure. Such news will bring the whole of Kameňákov to its feet and literally keep three local mafia members, the rich Kohn, the handsome chief of police and the experienced criminal, awake. And then things start to happen...

Bad Joke

2003

Bad Joke 2 poster
2.7

Kameňák 2, inspired again by well-known and less well-known stone jokes (director Zdeněk Tročko received an incredible sixty thousand of them from the audience!) directly follows the first part, which ends with the gushing of a blue erectile spring from the rock at the Kameňákov castle. The miraculous effect of the blue spring on potency causes an unprecedented uproar in the town, and even old Kropáčková experiences its beneficial power. However, as suddenly as the spring appeared, it also disappeared. But did it really disappear? And where? The insidious granny Kropáčková knows this best, who in the second part becomes a terror to the young men in the town. The disappearance of the blue spring of a lucrative business has not let even the local mafia sleep. All traces lead unmistakably to the Kropáčková house in the manor house...

Bad Joke 2

2004

1990s · 4 titles

1980s · 4 titles

1970s · 11 titles

Operation: Daybreak poster
6.9

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.

Operation: Daybreak

1975

Day for My Love poster
5.7

After their young daughter dies suddenly from a viral infection, Marie and Petr struggle to cope with the silence and emptiness left in their apartment. The couple drifts apart as Marie sinks into deep isolation while Petr attempts to distract himself through work and social interactions. Eventually, they decide to try for another child in an effort to move forward and rebuild their fractured relationship.

Day for My Love

1977

Beauty and the Beast poster
7.5

Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father. She goes to an enchanted castle in the woods and meets Netvor, a bird-like monster. As Netvor begins to fall in love with Julie, he must suppress his beastly urge to kill her.

Beauty and the Beast

1979

Boys Will Be Boys poster
6.8

Three friends - Tomás, Hubert and Jozka - are boys growing up in a little town. Tomás lives with his aunt Apolena and uncle Václav. Tomás is a boy with lots of ideas that often end up getting him into trouble not only with his teachers and aunt, but with the other inhabitants of the town as well. He has a crush on his schoolmate Blanka and for her sake he decides to try to get the prize for the best pupil in the school.

Boys Will Be Boys

1976

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Znojemský sen

1972

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Silvestr je za dveřmi

1974

Oil Lamps poster
6.0

In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work or to consummate the marriage, and then his health steadily declines.

Oil Lamps

1971

A Night at Karlstein poster
7.6

No Woman is allowed into Karlstejn Castle! Yet the enamoured Daniele Kolářová and the equally enamoured Jana Brejchová manage to spend one night in disguise in the Castle despite the strict royal ban.

A Night at Karlstein

1974

Slečna ze spořitelny poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Slečna ze spořitelny

1974

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NR

A certain Mr. Mlácen is brought to the asylum, wanting to sell two church bells. He first offers them to merchants in an inn. He claims that he received them as an inheritance from his uncle, but he doesn't know what to do with them. But no one wants to buy them. Because of this, he first finds himself in a commissary and is eventually sent to an asylum. The professor (L. Kopřiva), who believes that Mr. Mlácen suffers from some kind of fixed idea and is mentally ill, promises him that he will buy his two bells back...

Zvony pana Mlácena

1973

No artwork available
7.0

Rambling Engelbert: 1973 Czechoslovakian T.V. movie musical

Rambling Engelbert

1973

1960s · 10 titles

Jak se krade milión poster
6.3

The exemplary accountant Antonín Safránek lives his orderly life as a citizen of a small town. His wife Eliska brings up their three children and desperately tries to get by on her husband's low salary every month. At the same time, she sadly watches the luxurious life of their neighbor and other people like him who have no qualms about improving their standard of living by cheating. One day, the infallible Safránek makes a mistake in the cash clearance and there are nine one-hundred Crown bills left in the safe. An unexpected company control carried out the next day passes without problems and the account is closed. The temptation is too strong. The insufficient control enables Safránek to gradually steal one million Crowns.

Jak se krade milión

1967

Adventures with a Naked Boy poster
4.0

A man boards on a tram together with a naked boy. Somebody has stolen the boy's clothes when he was out bathing, leaving him with not even change for the tram. The man has taken care of him and is taking him home. At first nobody notices them but as soon as the people realize they are seeing something out of the ordinary they begin to react to the situation. Some are content with the simple explanation as to why the boy is naked. Others are agitated, for they see the whole situation as something unseemly. An ordinary incident, which might have been passed over in silence, results in a heated argument that turns into a fight. More and more people join in the fight until the police are forced to intervene.

Adventures with a Naked Boy

1965

Gentlemani poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gentlemani

1969

Škola hříšníků poster
4.5

Pavlata, the director of an educational institution for juvenile offenders, will push for the early release of Pepík Adamec, whom he respects for his sincere efforts and good work record. However, the boy bears the dishonest and dishonourable behaviour of adults in his new job and in his family.

Škola hříšníků

1966

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Madam a sedm loupežníků

1969

Niet inej cesty poster
7.0

A biographical film about the Slovak nationalist Ľudovít Štúr. It captures the revolutionary events of 1848 in Austria-Hungary, when Štúr, as a member of the Diet, led the fight for the national rights of the Slovak people.

Niet inej cesty

1968

The Hop-Pickers poster
6.0

Working on the hops fields gathering hops for beer, Filip catches a glimpse of fellow worker/comrade Hanka and falls for her. Trying to keep their love secret from the field owners,fellow worker Honza becomes jealous of Filip having a romance with Hanka, which leads to Honza deciding that he will feed the hop field owners Hanka and Filip's secret romantic hops.

The Hop-Pickers

1964

No artwork available
9.0

Three stories (Gabriela, Eda and Jana), two of which are dedicated to girls. They share a common motif of disillusionment when the protagonists encounter scorn and disinterest.

Strakatí andělé

1965

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hrozné děti

1969

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Komediantská historie

1969

Series credits

No artwork available
NR

The ZDF-Hitparade, or Hitparade for short was one of the most popular and most well-known music television series presenting mostly German Schlager.

Die ZDF-Hitparade

1969

No artwork available
4.2

The show was meant to compete with those on West German television. To this end it was fairly successful even attracting a following in parts of West Germany which could receive Eastern TV. Its production values were high. Apart from song and dance numbers and appearances from East German celebrities, almost every broadcast featured well-known stars from the west, often after their popularity had peaked in their home countries.

Ein Kessel Buntes

1972

We love Czechia poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

We love Czechia

2013

Ohnivý kuře poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ohnivý kuře

2016

Vyprávěj poster
7.6

Set in Czechoslovakia, the drama follows the lives of its characters against the backdrop of real historical events that shape their personal stories. To evoke period atmosphere, the series intersperses authentic clips from vintage Czechoslovak film newsreels, using their original commentaries or newly recorded historical voice-overs by Vladimír Fišer. A narrator, initially voiced by Vojtěch Kotek and later by Matěj Hádek, provides continuity and reflection, guiding viewers through changing times. Under the guidance of screenwriter Rudolf Merkner, each episode’s script weaves family and individual dramas into key moments of Czech and Slovak history: political shifts, cultural trends, and social transformations from the 1960s onward.

Vyprávěj

2009

Zirkus Humberto poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Zirkus Humberto

1988

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet

1966

Dobrá čtvrť poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Dobrá čtvrť

2005

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Europarty

1967

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Night-Club

1968

Možná přijde i kouzelník poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Možná přijde i kouzelník

1983

Píseň pro Rudolfa III. poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Píseň pro Rudolfa III.

1967

Inženýrská odysea poster
NR

Inženýrská odysea is a Czechoslovak/Czech TV series about three young students and their lives.

Inženýrská odysea

1980

Bubu and Filip poster
NR

A short stories about two brothers whose parents own a car shop.

Bubu and Filip

1996

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cesta za hvězdným prachem

1987

Karel je Gott poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Karel je Gott

2019

Marktplatz der Sensationen poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Marktplatz der Sensationen

1985

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bailando, tanec pre teba

2007

Behind the camera