Jan Kašpar

Acting

Jan Kašpar

Born 1952-09-06 · Praha, Česko

Acting credits

Kolya poster
7.4

After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.

Kolya

1996

Czech Heaven poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

Czech Heaven

2008

My Sweet Little Village poster
7.4

The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík works as an assistant truck driver with Mr. Pávek, his older colleague and practical-minded neighbor. Pávek's family takes care of Otík, whose parents are dead. However, the two coworkers become at odds over Otík's inability to perform even the simplest tasks. Pávek demands that Otík be transferred to assist another driver, who happens to be a choleric and suspicious man named Turek (Turk in Czech). Rather than work with Turek, Otík decides to accept an offer of employment in Prague, but finds he does not fit in to the city life. After discovering that the transfer of Otík to Prague was a trick by a crooked politician to get a deal on Otík's large inherited house, Pávek agrees to give Otík a second chance and retrieves him from the city to resume their work together.

My Sweet Little Village

1985

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping poster
8.2

Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher).

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

1983

Blaník poster
7.6

Cimrman sees the reason for the popularity of the Blanik legend in Bohemia mainly in the geographical location of our homeland. In agreement with Palacký, he was aware that "we are here in Europe like a grain between two millstones. From the west, German imperialism presses upon us, and from the east, the expansionism of the Great Russian colossus crushes us. It is no wonder that a small nation under such pressure seeks supernatural and even miraculous protection, for only a miracle can enable it to survive here."

Blaník

1997

Dissolved and Effused poster
6.9

A police inspector and inexperienced trainee search for a mysteriously disappeared manufacturer of ointments for hair growth.

Dissolved and Effused

1985

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Motýl na anténě

1991

Run, Waiter, Run! poster
7.1

A comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant for women who decides to make some money by pretending to be a waiter and collecting cash from unsuspecting diners.

Run, Waiter, Run!

1981

Africa poster
8.5

The fourteenth Cimrman play takes us to the heart of a continent almost untouched by civilization. Czech travelers encounter a strange tribe of cannibals and almost end up on their menu. The members of this tribe are unusual in two ways: their appearance and their extraordinary docility. These characteristics enabled Cimrman to solve linguistic and staging problems with an elegance that other world playwrights can only envy. If, say, G. B. Shaw had tackled such a theme, the audience would have spent 5 to 7 hours in the auditorium. Cimrman managed to do it in just one hour (not counting the introductory scientific seminar). For the first time in the history of the Jára Cimrman Theater, a live animal appears on stage.

Africa

2002

40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry poster
NR

Jára Cimrman in the whirlwind of the past forty years, as discovered, recorded, and brought to life by the theater.

40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry

2007

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cimrmani

1997

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NR

The comedy tells the story of how cowboy Bill, thanks to his clever talking horse Lightning, became brave, defeated the evil Jackal, and thus freed the village from fear and the old tyrant, with humorous hyperbole.

Ať ten kůň mlčí!

1992

Long, Broad and Nearsight poster
7.8

The play itself tells the story of a harrowing journey aimed at restoring Princess Goldilocks’s feminine beauty—she had been enchanted by the evil giant Koloděj. In the first scene, Prince Jasoň arrives at the royal castle and discovers that his beloved bride—Princess Zlatovláska—has (thanks to Koloděj’s magic) a beard and a foot size of “45.” Jason decides to free Zlatovláska from the evil curse, and together with her, her royal father, and Bystrozrakým, he sets off to see Děd Vševěd for advice on how to deal with Koloděj. Watching everything from afar is Jasoň’s twin—the evil Prince Drsoň, who is preparing to intervene at the right moment and claim the princess for himself...

Long, Broad and Nearsight

2007

An Uncertain Season poster
8.1

The small group of actors have to face many problems while preparing a new performance.

An Uncertain Season

1988

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NR

Two different productions of Václav Havel's Beggar's Opera reveal the political dynamics of Czechoslovakia before and after the velvet revolution.

A znovu Žebrácká opera

1996

The Stand In poster
10.0

Poverty was one of the many unfortunate aspects of Cimrman's life. His traveling theater company, Lipany, suffered from high actor turnover. If an actor's departure was agreed upon well in advance, the situation could be managed. However, if it happened with shouting and slamming doors, often just a few hours before the performance, the troupe and its director experienced some tense moments. Such experiences form the backdrop to the play. Lovers of the work of this unrecognized Czech artist are now able to access testimony from this area of the master's life, in which his destiny was most fulfilled—the theater.

The Stand In

1997

Plum Tree poster
9.6

One day in life of simple dispatcher who meets remarkable people. They want to harvest plums.

Plum Tree

1997

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dobytí severního pólu

1991

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NR

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Tvrdý chleba

1990

Behind the camera