Acting

Susan Kodicek

Born 1947-09-25 · Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

British-based Czech born actress and later writer/director. Born Zuzana Opršalová, but mostly credited as Susan Kodicek or Hannah Kodicek, she was best known for her performance in the BBC's adaptation of John Le Carrie's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Acting credits

Audition poster
6.4

Two closely related episodes. Youths make problems for two local orchestras about to compete nationally, and in a talent competition a young girl gets stage fright, while another lies to her boss to compete.

Audition

1964

The Union poster
NR

A dramatised impression of the events surrounding the Electrical Trades Union ballot rigging case of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The Union

1981

Black Peter poster
6.6

A few days in the life of a Czechoslovak teenager when he starts work.

Black Peter

1964

No artwork available
NR

A tram pasted with posters travels through Prague. The mounted loudspeakers invite passers-by to a series of concerts of Giuseppe Verdi's masterpieces. On the tram a party of young people is getting drunk.

Forecast: Zero

1966

The Sin Bin poster
NR

TV play set in an experimental self-rehabilitations unit at a British Prison, where six lifers participate in group therapy.

The Sin Bin

1981

The Best of Friends poster
NR

What is friendship? Why do two grown men behave like egomaniac children or flustered prima donnas? And when they meet unexpectedly after ten years, how will things be?

The Best of Friends

1980

Christmas with Elisabeth poster
8.0

Surly solitary truck driver is given an assistant for his daily rounds: a young woman with a fondness for mini-skirts and boys, fresh out of prison.

Christmas with Elisabeth

1968

A Place in the Crowd poster
8.0

A film in five episodes, all based on an attempt to show the life of young people today, their feelings and relationships, their behaviour in public and private life.

A Place in the Crowd

1964

Cubs Trainers poster
NR

A family movie about a group of young children responsible for the bear cubs training in the Prague Zoo.

Cubs Trainers

1957

Over There poster
NR

'It's like the Sealed Knot innit, it's historical.' A group of World War II enthusiasts forgather in the Lake District to do battle with a similarly devoted group of Waffen SS, especially imported from Gravesend. Of course, Windermere 1979 is not Normandy 1944, but for some, perhaps wishing will make it so?

Over There

1979

Crime at the Girls School poster
6.4

Three short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with the murder case between climbers, the death of the dancer in the music theater and the strange disappearance of the mathematics professor.

Crime at the Girls School

1966

No artwork available
7.0

Jakubisko’s graduation work which examines the lives of young people on the eve of their joining the army for national service.

Waiting for Godot

1966

Behind the camera