Martin Zahálka

Acting

Martin Zahálka

Born

1958-12-01 (67)

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

The Proud Princess poster
6.8

Time has come for young and handsome King Benjamin to find a wife. When presented the portrait of beautiful princess Carolina, he is so enchanted that in return he sends his portrait to her, but spoiled and proud princess Carolina selfishly rejects him. King Benjamin decides to win her over and, disguised as a gardener, manages to work at her castle,” reads a synopsis provided by All Rights. He finds out that the princess was once happy and kind, and with the help of music and flowers, she falls for him. When her counselors, eager to remain in power, found her a weak prince to marry, Carolina and Benjamin hastily flee together. The many obstacles they face in their escape will bring them closer. However, Benjamin will still have to reveal the truth, but love and happiness will prevail.

The Proud Princess

2024

Zbojník poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zbojník

2023

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O kouzelné rybí kostičce

2021

The Call poster
NR

Evening. Periphery of the city. A seemingly banal phone call between a man and a woman turns into a single contact between a mugged girl and her boyfriend. Can the man intervene in time to save the girl?

The Call

2020

Brouk v hlavě poster
4.0

A recording of the final performance of the famous production of G. Feydeau's comedy, directed by Jiří Menzel, which was successfully performed by the Vinohrady Theater for twenty years. The fame of Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear was established at the Vinohrady Theatre in the 1960s by director Václav Hudeček with his production starring Vlastimil Brodský in the dual lead role. The studio version is now considered a television classic. In the second half of the 1990s, the theater's dramaturgy returned to this comedy bestseller and entrusted the direction to film and theater director Jiří Menzel. Another strong generation of actors was given the opportunity. The successful premiere took place on November 15, 1996, and the production ran for twenty long years. The recording is from April 6, 2016, when the performance was staged for the 363rd and last time. The director and all those who had appeared in the comedy over the long period were in attendance.

Brouk v hlavě

2020

Loupežník poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Loupežník

2020

2010s · 4 titles

Lucky Loser poster
5.5

Young Filip is cursed with terrible luck ever since his father dared to outwit Lady Fortune herself, and to make matters worse, Filip falls hopelessly in love with Fortune’s daughter, Hanička. Determined to win her heart and break his family’s jinx, he embarks on a fantastical journey around the world, where an unlikely alliance with a compulsive liar named Kdokoliv (“Anybody”) becomes his only hope in the struggle for Hanička’s love.

Lucky Loser

2012

Oldies but Goldies poster
6.2

A bitter-sweet comedy about two people who wish to live life to the full despite their age. Ota is a retired high-school teacher and at this point in life has various foibles that complicate life for his son and daughter-in-law. Moreover, he has a complicated and risky eye operation ahead. That is why Ota decides that this is the time to look up Jana, the retired actress who had influenced the course of his life many years ago. However, his reunion with Jana - who lives in a retirement home - works out differently to his expectations. Although disappointed at first, it is actually this zestful lady who sets Ota in the right direction again. Thanks to Jana, Ota finds the courage to set out on an exciting road-movie trip of the kind he would never have had the courage for in his youth. Their meeting and the excursion, full of unexpected turns and new impressions, give their lives a new dimension.

Oldies but Goldies

2012

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nepovedený čert

2016

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NR

The revue about the life of Karel Hašler and his songs was written on commission by the Vinohrady Theater's most frequently performed original author, Pavel Kohout. It premiered in October 2014 and remains one of the most popular titles in the repertoire. That is why this revue was chosen as the gala performance for the theater's 110th anniversary.

Hašler...

2017

2000s · 7 titles

I Served the King of England poster
6.8

Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion that to achieve his ambitious goal he must be diligent, listen and observe as much as he can, be always discreet and use what he learns to his own advantage; but the turbulent tides of history will continually stand in his way.

I Served the King of England

2007

Angel poster
6.8

An angel who ruins everything he touches is sent to Earth to learn about love, forgiveness and selflessness -- and he has just one day to do it.

Angel

2005

No artwork available
1.0

Sixteen-year-old apprentice Zuzka commutes to Prague, where she is studying to become a "mechanic and agricultural machinery adjuster." She lives alternately at a boarding school and at her parents' farm. At home, endless work awaits her, and at school, she is constantly ridiculed by her classmates. Only at night, in the girls' dormitory, under the covers, can she live out her dreams of love. She is secretly and platonically in love with actor and singer Jiří Pavel, about whom she knows everything. She keeps a scrapbook diary in which she records all of Pavel's acting and singing successes.

Láska In Memoriam

2008

Swingtime poster
NR

The story is based on Operation Stone, during which State Security agents deliberately misled citizens of the Czechoslovak Republic who were attempting to leave the country illegally by creating fake borders and fake border patrols and interrogation teams from American, German, and French authorities. During interrogations, State Security officers convinced detainees that they had actually crossed the state border of our republic and obtained information from unsuspecting people, which was then used in criminal proceedings.

Swingtime

2007

No artwork available
6.0

Viktor Preiss in the role of Father Toufar in a fictional reconstruction of the background to the so-called Čihošť miracle.

In nomine patris

2004

Šejdrem poster
3.5

On the eve of May Day, a Prague actor’s insistence on “doing the maypole right” sparks a drunken village bet and regretful hangovers as tradition and hometown pride collide.

Šejdrem

2009

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NR

Today's story takes place in distant California, but it could just as easily happen here. It tells of dangerous intrigues, accusations, and slander that can have a devastating effect on anyone's life... Phillip Madison has a happy family and a thriving medical practice, with a reputation as one of the best surgeons around. However, an enemy suddenly appears in his almost idyllic life – the psychopathic Brittany Harding, who begins to blackmail Madison – accusing him of rape and threatening his marriage and professional reputation. When her blackmail fails, her aggression knows no bounds. One night, an accident occurs and the doctor is charged with causing bodily harm to two random pedestrians, resulting in their deaths. The investigation and subsequent trial aim to prove his guilt or find another culprit. Is the doctor innocent, and will he manage to clear himself of the false accusations and charges of manslaughter?

Falešné obvinění

2003

1990s · 6 titles

Byl jednou jeden polda poster
4.2

The film, which opens with students arriving at a police academy, is a crazy comedy that is more a series of zany episodes and jokes than a coherent story. They are linked by a simple plot in which the commander of the police academy, Major Maisner, searches among his recruits for an alleged FBI spy and, after a not-so-subtle practical joke, gets into a dispute with his subordinate, a dispute that ends in a genuine bank robbery.

Byl jednou jeden polda

1995

Discopríbeh 2 poster
5.2

The fate of father and son Horáček, but this time they switched roles. Jirka has married, settled down and grown up, while his father is in trouble because he has "second lymphoma" and, feeling that he is missing the last train, he starts a relationship with a stripper, Ala, dyes his hair, but mostly he likes a pretty and kind nurse, Lucie. Although he behaves in such a way that it seems to others as if he has lost his mind, everything turns out well, of course.

Discopríbeh 2

1991

The King of Colonnades poster
6.5

In May 1945, a broken violinist lies drunk by a creek, haunted by memories of his life before and during WWII. Once the celebrated first violin in spa orchestras, he married Jewish nurse Róza and dreamed of fatherhood, only to face brutal anti-Jewish persecution. Relegated to second violin, he spirals into alcoholism and betrayal, while Róza and their daughter are deported. Cast out by colleagues and lovers, he descends into madness, murdering a vagrant with his violin case. In a final psychotic haze, he tends a roadside Christ statue before collapsing, his shattered life a testament to love, loss, and atrocity.

The King of Colonnades

1991

No artwork available
5.7

The common theme of the short story film is the famous duels between two important historical figures: Pushkin and Casanova. Pushkin's tragic duel, which ended his life prematurely, is portrayed in connection with the creation of his short story "The Dirty Shot", while Casanova's story is conceived in a rather ironic and humorous way. The point is that the famous seducer never actually seduced, on the contrary, all his life he was in a constant battle with female seductions.

Divoká srdce

1990

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NR

Gabriela Preissová wrote her two most famous dramas, Gazdina roba and Její pastorkyňa, when she was not yet thirty. Both were set to music and became famous. The first opera, entitled Eva, was written by J. B. Foerster, and the second by Leoš Janáček. The fame of Janáček's work greatly overshadowed the original. On the other hand, "Gazdina roba," the author's debut work, is still performed on Czech stages, regardless of the era. That is how powerful and impressive this drama is. The production by director Zdeněk Kaloč premiered at the Vinohrady Theater in May 1992. Dagmar Veškrnová endowed the title role of Eva the seamstress with warmth, temperament, pride, and tragic shadows.

Gazdina roba

1994

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Poprask na laguně

1997

1980s · 5 titles

Series credits

Slunečná poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Slunečná

2020

Slunečná poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Slunečná

2020

Labyrinth poster
6.3

Finding the body of the regional politician Karas, killed in the spirit of medieval torture and carefully arranged in a strange scene, unleash police hunt for a sadistic perpetrator. He puts investigation team in the way of a complex series of murders that shake the local region and criminologists themselves.

Labyrinth

2015

Život a doba soudce A. K. poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Život a doba soudce A. K.

2014

Škoda lásky poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Škoda lásky

2013

Scene of the Crime Ostrava poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Scene of the Crime Ostrava

2020

Obchoďák poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Obchoďák

2012

Obchoďák poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Obchoďák

2012

Docent poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Docent

2023

The Prague Mysteries poster
5.9

The Inspector Hynek Budik as been assigned chief of police in the area on the outskirts of Prague, With detectives Martin Novacek an inexperienced rookie and the inspector Havlik will seek to solve difficult cases of murder.

The Prague Mysteries

2021

Lovec poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lovec

2024

Policajti z předměstí poster
3.4

Policajti z předměstí is a Czech television comedy series which premiered on TV Nova. In 1999, 21 episodes were aired.

Policajti z předměstí

1999

Záhadné případy poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Záhadné případy

2024

Vraždy v kraji poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Vraždy v kraji

2025

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Černá země

1985

My, občané Protektorátu poster
NR

Diaries, correspondence and family film recordings reveal a unique view of the life and privacy of the citizens of the so-called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia… Young documentarian Ondřej Veverka approached dozens of witnesses of the protectorate times and their descendants to share unique film recordings and written testimonies with him from that time. The result is a three-part documentary that provides a unique perspective on the protectorate. At that time, perhaps more than ever, amateur cameras noticed ordinary everyday things, small joys and ordinary life. Perhaps so that one can at least for a moment succumb to the illusion that the world is actually still in order. But soon tragedy entered these shots as well.

My, občané Protektorátu

2024

My, budovatelé republiky poster
NR

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My, budovatelé republiky

2025