Acting

Jan Foll

Born — Died

1951-03-07 — 2021-04-13

Known for

Acting

Credits

10 titles

Known for

The Price of Happiness poster
2.5

Happiness is often found unexpectedly, so what? A lesbian couple raise their two children in perfect harmony when a man from the past intervenes. Violent psychopath demands the custody of his daughter, while his ex-wife suffers his terror. Two teenagers simply run away and a devout man does not have the strength to protect his love.

The Price of Happiness

2019

Mňága – Happy End poster
7.4

A crazy pseudo-documentary about Mnaga&Zdorp, a real (and much loved) Czech pop-rock group. It depicts their fictitious history of being created artificially, on demand of the musical market.

Mňága – Happy End

1996

No artwork available
7.5

The theatre director encounters the disinterest and irresponsibility of the acting troupe, whose members are scheming and looking for side income. The tired and sick artist wants to finish his work at any cost.

Byli jsme to my?

1991

Pražákům, těm je hej poster
7.5

The story begins in 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, few years before the end of Communist era. The band Pražský výběr (Prague's selection) has just received the news thier 5-year ban has expired and they are alowed to perform once again. This half fantasy half document about the band would draw the atmosphere of middle european late Communist era and the eufory of it's end.

Pražákům, těm je hej

1991

The Smoke poster
6.9

The film is based on a legendary school film of Tomáš Vorel, called INg (1985). The storyline stays the same - a young engineer finds a new job and wants to work, this proves to be impossible in the last days of the communist era.

The Smoke

1991

No artwork available
6.5

9.10. 1989 - the day of the 49th anniversary. J. Lennon's birthday. At Ruzyně airport, Martin (35), a take-off mechanic, recalls how he spent the entire 1970s and 1980s looking for hard-to-find recordings and information about the Beatles and J. L. His life crisis culminates in a nervous breakdown. Returning from treatment, he wanders alone through a city that has changed a lot on the outside...

Looking for Lennon

1991

Film credits

1990s · 7 titles

Mňága – Happy End poster
7.4

A crazy pseudo-documentary about Mnaga&Zdorp, a real (and much loved) Czech pop-rock group. It depicts their fictitious history of being created artificially, on demand of the musical market.

Mňága – Happy End

1996

No artwork available
7.5

The theatre director encounters the disinterest and irresponsibility of the acting troupe, whose members are scheming and looking for side income. The tired and sick artist wants to finish his work at any cost.

Byli jsme to my?

1991

Pražákům, těm je hej poster
7.5

The story begins in 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, few years before the end of Communist era. The band Pražský výběr (Prague's selection) has just received the news thier 5-year ban has expired and they are alowed to perform once again. This half fantasy half document about the band would draw the atmosphere of middle european late Communist era and the eufory of it's end.

Pražákům, těm je hej

1991

The Smoke poster
6.9

The film is based on a legendary school film of Tomáš Vorel, called INg (1985). The storyline stays the same - a young engineer finds a new job and wants to work, this proves to be impossible in the last days of the communist era.

The Smoke

1991

No artwork available
6.5

9.10. 1989 - the day of the 49th anniversary. J. Lennon's birthday. At Ruzyně airport, Martin (35), a take-off mechanic, recalls how he spent the entire 1970s and 1980s looking for hard-to-find recordings and information about the Beatles and J. L. His life crisis culminates in a nervous breakdown. Returning from treatment, he wanders alone through a city that has changed a lot on the outside...

Looking for Lennon

1991

Stone Bridge poster
4.5

A bitter comedic-drama centering around Tomas, a former promising young director who must cope with a commerce driven world he no longer wants to participate in.

Stone Bridge

1996

Nemocný bílý slon poster
7.5

The fate of an unlucky director of a dismantled cultural house who temporarily believes in the meaningfulness of his actions, exposed to the pressure of many different difficulties.

Nemocný bílý slon

1990