Acting

Zlatomír Vacek

Born — Died

1918-10-22 — 1972-12-03

Known for

Acting

Credits

42 titles

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 29 titles

The Devil's Trap poster
6.9

A small town is one day visited by a priest who is there on a secret mission. He is a member of the Inquisition sent to investigate the activities of a local miller. The miller and his son are the descendants of an old family whose ancestral home burned down a century ago, but was rebuilt from scratch. The miller inherited much of his knowledge about the land, water, and a building's stability from generations of family experience. His reputation for finding water and predicting when a structure might collapse have come to the attention of the Inquisition -surely he must be in league with the Devil.

The Devil's Trap

1962

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Pozvání spravedlivých

1968

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Obyčejný člověk

1966

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Les

1967

I Survived Certain Death poster
7.0

Telling the prisoners of a death camp. Boxer Tony Majer, who got into a concentration camp for a fight with the Gestapo, remembers the murderous work in quarries, on the cruel torture of the Nazis and prison solidarity that helped him survive.

I Survived Certain Death

1960

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Akce Lucy

1966

Transport from Paradise poster
5.3

Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their hopes and dreams unfold against the perpetual threat of deportation (or worse) by the Nazis. Based on the novel "Night and Hope" by Arnost Lustig.

Transport from Paradise

1963

Všude žijí lidé poster
10.0

Even if a person grumbles about difficulties, he should realize that he will find a place where he did not want to go at all. Such an exemplary realization is also reached by a budding doctor who was assigned a remote border village as his first posting - his fiancé did not want to go to such a backwater at all. But the example of the local doctor, who is about to retire, convinces him that a good doctor is needed everywhere.

Všude žijí lidé

1960

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Blátivé cesty

1963

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Já jsem Osango

1969

The Borrowed Face poster
7.0

It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration of human tissues after transplantation. His former colleague Rosen, now working as an assistant at the private clinic of surgeon Kirchenbruch, considers the research a mere utopia. The disappointed Bartos, trying to verify his theories, therefore accepts the outrageous proposal of Marion, owner of a brothel - to surgically replace the face of her lover, the wanted thief Cutter, with the face of murdered Father Hopsasa. Bartos is well paid but his successful operation remains a secret.

The Borrowed Face

1965

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6.1

Seven people waiting for their death. A group of assasins - three men and two women - and Gypsy thief spend their time in prison to be tucked up.

The Ballad of Seven Hanged Men

1968

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Traktér u královny Pedauky

1967

Reportáž psaná na oprátce poster
6.5

Screen adaptation of Julius Fucik's story about communist fighters.

Reportáž psaná na oprátce

1962

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Kdo zabil Jean Norwoodovou?

1965

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Zajatci tmy

1964

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Člověk nikdy neví

1967

The Sheriff Behind Bars poster
4.5

A dramatic story from the setting of a youth de tention center. Youngster Jakub, out of delusory solidarity, gets convicted of theft and goes to prison in place ofthe "sheriff" of his gang. He naively hopes that the sheriff will appreciate his gesture and leaves the stolen goods in a safe hideaway to later divide them fairly among the gang members. This conviction gives Jakub the strength to endure the unbearable conditions in the center. But reality is often much harsher than naive ideals and hollow relations in the gang.

The Sheriff Behind Bars

1966

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Výslech profesora Mrože

1963

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Útěk do Budína

1966

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Případ korneta Jelagina

1968

The Black Dynasty poster
9.0

The family is connected with Prague's "Kolbenka", the ČKD locomotive factory. Grandfather Antonín, already retired, son Rudolf, a master in the locomotive assembly section and grandson Antonín, a promising football player. The film also tells the story of Rudolf's daughter Vera - each generation has its own ideas about life and cannot identify with the others. The film is linked by retrospective sequences from the lives of Antonín the Elder and Rudolf, especially from the war years. It is a realistic take on working-class life, unencumbered by ideology (despite the opening dedication), featuring well-known and time-tested actors in mainly male roles.

The Black Dynasty

1962

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6.2

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Těžká Barbora

1960

Zelené obzory poster
6.0

A young agricultural expert fails as the manager of a cattle farm on a state farm in the borderlands... The attempt at a realistic view of the problems of nationalised agriculture did not exceed the average of the time.

Zelené obzory

1962

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Čtvrtý obratel

1965

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Úspěch

1967

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Den velkého hněvu

1967

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Moudrý Engelbert

1968

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Kníže

1969

1950s · 2 titles

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