Petr Lněnička

Acting

Petr Lněnička

Born 1979-07-20 · Litomyšl, Czechoslovakia

Petr Lněnička (born July 20, 1979 in Litomyšl) is a Czech theater and film actor and member of the Kašpar theater company. He studied drama at DAMU. While still a student, he appeared as a guest performer at the Vinohrady Theater and the National Theater. After graduating, he joined the Kašpar theater company, where he still performs in most productions. He is also involved in radio and dubbing work. He is the "voice" of Czech Radio's Radiožurnál station. He currently performs mainly at the Kašpar theater. He has appeared in episodic roles in the TV series Redakce, Poslední sezóna, Proč bychom se netopili, and in the films Swingtime, Tobruk, and Takový slušný člověk. He has been involved in dubbing for a long time. In 2015, he received the František Filipovský Award for dubbing. He played Jiří Markovič in the crime series Metoda Markovič: Hojer and Metoda Markovič: Straka. For this role, he won the 2024 Czech Lion Award in the category of Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Series.

Acting credits

Waves poster
7.4

At the end of the 1960s, when the air is filled with rock-and-roll and student rebellions are changing the world, the older of two brothers joins a prestigious newsroom of the public radio broadcaster. Not long after, he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous conflict between journalists and the secret service.

Waves

2024

The Proud Princess poster
6.5

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

The Indian and the Nurse poster
10.0

Two mismatched lovers struggle to find happiness in an unaccepting society in this drama. Marie is a woman of Romany heritage who works at a hospital in the Czech Republic. Marie wants to quietly assimilate into the culture around her, a notion that offenders her brother Tibor, who is proud of is Romany blood and must often defend himself against insults from his co-workers at a sawmill. One of Tibor's greatest antagonists is Wagan, who is friends with Frantisek, another sawmill employee with a passionate interest in Native American culture. Frantisek meets Marie by chance, and an immediate attraction blooms between them; however, Marie is already engaged to Martin, and Tibor will not hear of her leaving her fiancée for a Czech, especially one who is friends with Wagan. Frantisek discovers Wagan and his other friends are no more accepting of Marie, but their ridicule doesn't change the way he feels about her. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

The Indian and the Nurse

2006

Smetana poster
6.0

Life of Czech composer Smetana, his search for love and artistic inspiration despite hearing loss, and quest for his muse Eliska. Navigating personal and professional challenges and the founding of the National Theatre in Prague.

Smetana

2024

Kooky poster
6.7

Young Ondra has asthma and so his parents throw away his favourite toy: a musty old stuffed bear named Kooky. That night Ondra dreams that Kooky is determined to find his way back home from the dump. In the boy's fantasy, the bear gets lost in a forest occupied by strange animals and remarkable beings that he never heard of while living on the toy shelf in Ondra's room. And of course even in this small imaginary world, true good exists as does real evil, which Kooky must face up to in order to become a real hero.

Kooky

2010

Prague Five poster
7.6

Director Tomáš Vorel created his experimental feature debut with members of renowned Prague non-traditional auteur theaters. The ensembles presented their own poetics and style through five "short stories" connected by satirical commentary by the "expert" Dr. Milan Šteindler, CSc.

Prague Five

1989

Prince Mama's Boy poster
5.0

Prince Louis Ottomar Charles XII, born Noble, is very close to his loving mother, Queen Ludmilla. However, Prince Louis is already a bit too old, he is 39 years old. He's afraid of almost everything, doesn't want to get married, and spends most of his life hanging around the sumptuous castle and adjacent fields. The wise King Radomil therefore prepares an unexpected gift for him - the prince wakes up one morning in the forest in ordinary clothes and, accompanied by the rough knight Hudroval, he is to go out into the world to learn what life is all about and perhaps finally grow up. On his great journey of adventure, he will encounter things he has only read about in books. He will meet a powerful wizard, evil witches, a ghost, and the Lady Death herself... and maybe even find the love of his life. What will Mummy say about all this? And will Father King be happy?

Prince Mama's Boy

2022

Five plums poster
9.0

Věra lives alone and nothing seems to be waiting for her in life. She misses the time when she used to be truly happy – when she went to the sea with her friends. However, only debris remains of the old group and it is not certain whether they will be able to handle such an adventure. Nevertheless, they long to set sail together once again on the open sea towards idyllic bays and sunsets. Little does she know that the greatest threat to their expedition will not be the sea, nor the old grievances that will surface during the journey, but their own children, who have no sympathy for their elderly parents' crazy trip.

Five plums

2026

The Gardener's Year poster
6.7

A devoted gardener and his wife live peacefully at the foot of a hill, tending their nursery according to nature’s rhythms. When a new castle owner seeks to transform the entire estate and demands they sell their garden business, the couple refuses. In response, the owner erects barbed-wire fences and places a guard at the entrance road…

The Gardener's Year

2024

Invincibles poster
7.2

A passionate coach and manager drives the whole country crazy in an underrated sport during the World Para Ice Hockey Championship. With a consistently sold out arena and fantastic atmosphere, emotions are everywhere.

Invincibles

2025

Into the Darkness poster
6.5

What led a former top scientist to rob a bank and hold a dozen hostages? Czech Television's crime thriller based on Martin Goffa's novel "The Little Girl" is squeezed into two environments - the interior of a robbed bank with hostages and the interior of a crisis management car, from where the police communicate with the mysterious attacker and try, like him, to play for time and find out more about him. The flashbacks also tell the story of the attacker's daughter Karin from the recent past, gradually revealing a connection with what is happening in the current storyline.

Into the Darkness

2023

Plešatá zpěvačka poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Plešatá zpěvačka

2009

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

Tobruk poster
5.2

It is the story of Jiri and Jan, two Czech soldiers, battling alongside the allied forces against the Germans, during World War II in Tobruk, Libya. Jiri Pospichal, eighteen years old, signs up as a volunteer in the Czechoslovak army. His naive ideas about heroism are rawly confronted with the hell of the African desert, complicated relationships in his unit and the ubiquitous threat of death.

Tobruk

2008

Šťovík, pečené brambory poster
NR

A comedy by a contemporary Hungarian author who is himself a passionate soccer player and thus intimately familiar with the behind-the-scenes world of the sport, which he is able to view with considerable detachment. He takes us into the locker room of three soccer referees before a match that will have a decisive impact on the career of one of them.

Šťovík, pečené brambory

2007

No artwork available
5.0

In one castle, there is a headstrong, spoiled princess named Maja, whose angry outbursts upset not only the servants but also her helpless father, the prince. No one could mistake this shrew for the kind and hardworking Mařenka from the castle grounds. But only until, thanks to the magic of a wise herbalist, the spoiled Maja wakes up in a poor cottage and the kind Mařenka in the luxury of the castle. Will anyone even recognize that they are completely different people? Will Princess Maja learn kindness, and will Mařenka achieve what she desires most?

Dvě Mařenky

2023

Snow Dragon poster
5.0

A princess grows up without a mother. Her father, a kind and just king, loves his daughter above all else, but wants to marry her off at any cost. And no one really knows why he is in such a hurry. The king organizes a grand ball at the castle. A number of princes court the princess, but the one she chooses does not appeal to her father for reasons that are incomprehensible... Only later does it become clear that behind it all lies an ancient curse, the ruler of the empire of witches, and the Snow Dragon. The princess and her chosen one thus embark on a difficult and dangerous journey...

Snow Dragon

2013

Mom and Dad are Gods poster
NR

In a clash of distant centuries and cultures, two children from the 7th century awaken inside a mystical cave from a thousand-year slumber into the chaotic 21st century. Along with them, two ancient Slavic gods rise, incarnating themselves as the parents of Petr and Simona, siblings from the 21st century, leading to countless entertaining adventures in which the four children join forces and bridge the gap between old and new times, cultures, and customs to save the souls of their parents, who are currently unbearably divine.

Mom and Dad are Gods

2026

Bez tváře poster
NR

Friends and college classmates Petr and Mirek meet Katka, a student at the art academy. Petr falls in love with the charming painter, but Katka ultimately chooses Mirek. Their brief romantic relationship is interrupted by an argument and Mirek's internship abroad. Petr uses this as an opportunity to offer Katka a family and emotional foundation. After some time, when the two are living together in one house with her parents and Petr is patiently enduring the hardships of dependent cohabitation, Mirek suddenly returns from abroad. His unexpected visit only confirms Katka's belief that her marriage to Petr and her unsuccessful attempts to conceive a child are not fulfilling her.

Bez tváře

2010

The Blacksmith from Woodham poster
4.3

The story takes place in the small town of Podlesie, which was once invaded by the Turks. The good fairies were - in good faith - asked for help, but it consisted in hurting others. This has not brought happiness to the town, and it needs to be put right... Perhaps the young blacksmith's nephew Tonko will succeed.

The Blacksmith from Woodham

2013

The Last of Aporver poster
NR

A fantasy story about a boy and girl who save the wold of Aporver by their love.

The Last of Aporver

No artwork available
NR

Two mischievous siblings, Klotylda and Barnabáš, fail their final exams at the wizardly lyceum. In their father Zachariáš’s absence, they break the strict rule and open the forbidden thirteenth chamber, accidentally freeing the evil sorcerer Vzdoroděj. He enchants all the adults and sets off to find a powerful gemstone that will destroy their father and conquer the realm. Hiding with their stern Aunt Berta, the children must manage the household while improving their magical skills and learning to cooperate. When Berta’s rescue plan falters and Vzdoroděj approaches, Klotylda and Barnabáš face him alone.

Čarodějnická pohádka

2024

Růže pro Algernon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Růže pro Algernon

2006

Tajemství života Bedřicha Smetany poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tajemství života Bedřicha Smetany

2024