Acting

Anna Pírková

Born 1892-06-19

Acting credits

Jánošík poster
6.2

Janosík, a friar retrained as a bandit, becomes the farmers' symbol of resistance and fight against the feudal conditions.

Jánošík

1921

Battalion poster
6.4

Skid-row epic about a lawyer's decline.

Battalion

1927

Ballad-Singer poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ballad-Singer

1932

One in a Million poster
10.0

Věra Kalinová lives a life of luxury with her uncle, a factory owner. Having just won a literary contest, she receives an offer to work for the social affairs column of a magazine. The aspiring writer takes her future editorial role very seriously—she wants to experience "real life" first. Telling her family she is heading to the mountains, she disguises herself as a poor girl and visits an employment agency.

One in a Million

1935

The Lovers of an Old Criminal poster
7.0

Factory owner Pardon, meets Olga, daughter of clairvoyant Stefanie Lesczynska at a ball. Their brief acquaintance is interrupted when Olga and her mother have to leave. Fifi Hrazánková has her sights set on the elligible Pardon. Pardon asks his Uncle Cyril Ponděliček if the girl could take over his position at work so that she may be dissuaded of her amorous intentions. Fifi seduces Pondělíček. In the meantime, Pardon meets Olga and Stefanie again by chance and offers them a place to stay at Ponděliček’s while Pondělíček passes himself off as Pardon.

The Lovers of an Old Criminal

1927

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cácorka

1935

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Arsonist’s Daughter

1923

Passage in the Paradise poster
10.0

Orphan Petr lives with his dog Puntja with his aunt. His uncle Gustav wants to get rid of Peter and puts him in an orphanage. Peter escapes from there and looks for his Punt. He finds him with the cool Tobias, but he doesn't want to give him back to Peter. Only when he sees how much the boy and the dog love each other does he let them both stay with him...

Passage in the Paradise

1936

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dvě matky

1921

The White Disease poster
6.9

In a country whose people have just been successfully persuaded of their superiority and the justification for military expansion by the fiery speeches of a dictator, the bacillus of a highly destructive form of leprosy has spread. It is called morbus Tshengi, or popularly „white disease“. The only one who has developed an effective cure for it is a physician of the poor named Galén. But he refuses to reveal the secret of his cure as long as the powerful destroy human lives through wars.

The White Disease

1937

Anton Špelec, Sharp-Shooter poster
7.1

Anton Špelec (Vlasta Burin) is a producer of musical instruments by trade but a sharp-shooter at heart. He expects to be awarded a medal at a large parade in town where veteran sharp-shooters will be honored. When the town council is one medal short, Anton must wait another year for his prized possession. He drowns his disappointment in drink at the local pub and becomes so drunk that he insults the emperor who sentences him to jail. Instead of fulfilling the emperor’s orders himself, Anton sends his employee in his stead.

Anton Špelec, Sharp-Shooter

1932

No artwork available
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Matkina spoveď

1938

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Křižovatky

1921

Girls, Stand Fast! poster
7.8

Emanuel Pokorný, a bachelor, is to join a rural church school as a professor. Before leaving, however, he finds an infant abandoned in his room. Since he has no time to search for the child's parents, he secretly takes the child to the boarding house. And from that moment on, there is no end to his travails...

Girls, Stand Fast!

1937

No artwork available
NR

The only employee of a small press office, secretary Jiřina Zvoníčková, decides to help her good-natured and unlucky boss Brok. In order to get an interview with the unapproachable "fashion king" Pavel Toman, she disguises herself as a young man and works as a messenger in Toman's company. This way, she manages to get not only the interview but also other interesting information about Toman. However, one day, Toman meets her in her girlish form in a café...

Poslíček lásky

1937

Její pastorkyně poster
7.0

Village drama. The widowed daughter-in-law of the old woman Buryjovka, called Kostelnička, is very proud of her pretty and well-bred ward Jenůfa. The girl is liked by both of the old woman's grandsons - her own Stevo and her step-grandson and a bit of aloof Laco...

Její pastorkyně

1938

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Klatovští dragouni

1938

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Život vojenský – život veselý

1934

Raging Barbora poster
5.7

The determined Mrs. Barbora Čápová, the owner of a goose farm in Brousilov, is trying to get her daughter married. The advertisement receives a whole box of responses, so the caring mother has plenty to choose from. Pavel Stehlík appears to be the most suitable candidate, and since her daughter also likes him, a famous party is held. The newlywed is not proud of the fact that he is literally drowning in debt. Moreover, he gets along suspiciously well with his father-in-law, and the two have all sorts of falling out. After some time, they set off on a trip to Prague together. As if by chance, Mrs. Barbora is on the same trip that same day - and meets her husband at a variety show, where she went with an old acquaintance. She promises cruel revenge on the unfaithful man, but her plans are thwarted by a completely unexpected event...

Raging Barbora

1935

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Komediantka

1920