Jiří Pleskot

Acting

Jiří Pleskot

Born — Died

1922-05-03 — 1997-12-01

Place of birth

Milostín by Rakovník, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Known for

Acting

Credits

80 titles

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 19 titles

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster
6.0

The television adventure film, based on Verne's novel of the same name, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, tells the adventures of three shipwrecked prisoners aboard the legendary submarine Nautilus.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1980

How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives poster
6.3

While Kendy returns to his hometown as an assistant director to film a thirteen-part series with a television crew, Štěpán Šafránek, equipped with his mother's advice after graduation, takes up his first position - as an intern at the local hospital. However, his inadaptability to local conditions and his sense of ethics in his chosen profession do not suit his other established colleagues. While they are amused by his zeal and responsibility, Štěpán has increasing problems with his superiors, until he is finally transferred to the position of rural district doctor, which everyone rejects. In Bezdíkov, however, he meets a new, perhaps permanent and reciprocated love, with whom he eventually decides to live and work in northern Bohemia.

How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives

1988

Lion with a White Mane poster
6.0

The film tells the exciting life of the great Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928), also known by the thick silver hair that crowned his head and his strong character, which could overcome the adversities of fate.

Lion with a White Mane

1987

The Galoshes of Happiness poster
7.7

The Slippers of Happiness is another film made by the Slovak Film Production in co-production with West German companies based on classic world fairy tales. After Slovak folk tales [The Greatest Peck in the World, Salt Over Gold] and the works of German fairy tale writers Wilhelm Hauff [The False Prince] and the Brothers Grimm [The Land of the Thrush's Beard, Perinbaba], screenwriter Alex Koenigsmark and director Juraj Herz were inspired by the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It tells the story of slippers that the Fairy of Fortune enchanted so that they would fulfill every human wish and thus bring people happiness. The filmmakers humorously transferred the plot from Copenhagen to old Prague.

The Galoshes of Happiness

1987

...and again that Lucy! poster
6.7

A second part of a funny adventures of six years old Lucie and her two magic dolls.

...and again that Lucy!

1984

Romaneto poster
7.0

A frightening atmosphere, full of chilling dampness and darkness, follows the fate of a desperate searcher who tries in vain to unravel the supposed secret of the altarpiece...

Romaneto

1981

No artwork available
NR

In one village, there lives a girl named Žofinka, who loves playing the clarinet, which makes her father a little angry, as he would rather see her working at home at the cottage. And in that country, in the royal castle, lives Prince Vendelín, who also loves playing the clarinet, and plays all day long, until the queen mother gets a headache. And as expected, these two find each other in a fairy tale and fall in love. And how does it happen that they finally unite their destinies despite the adversity of their surroundings? Two magical creatures help them in this – Strawberry and Blackberry.

Když hraje klarinet

1985

Ohnivé ženy mezi námi poster
6.0

The final part of the ghost triptych will take Marta, Magdalena and Janko to the world of television. The 700th anniversary of the town of Milotín is being celebrated, there is a pilgrimage on the square, an improvised stage, prepared for the jubilee variety show, which will be broadcast on television. The director faints from this and so Marta's ghost has a body. The emcee arrives, and at the right moment the ghost of Magdalena takes possession of her body. It takes a while for the "fiery women" to settle into their new roles. The entire television crew helps them. The librarian Holoubek, who will act as an expert, knowledgeable about ancient chronicles and the history of two burned witches - Marta and Magdalena, will contribute mainly to their success.

Ohnivé ženy mezi námi

1988

No artwork available
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kmotři z blat

1984

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Řekni mi to beze slov

1980

Lucy, the Menace of Street poster
7.3

A first part of a funny adventures of six years old Lucie and her two magic dolls.

Lucy, the Menace of Street

1984

Čas pracuje pro vraha poster
5.2

Vera, wife of the plumber Simandl (Josef Somr), is found murdered in the cinema next to the IDOC (Information and Documentation) agency where she worked. Police captain Marha (Frantisek Nemec), who is leading the investigation, is informed by Simandl that on the day of the murder Vera promised to bring home fifty thousand crowns to buy a car. Marha's primary suspects are the three men working at the agency: deputy editor-in-chief Brandl (Jirí Pleskot) and editors Pernata (Eduard Cupák) and Remes (Ludek Munzar, and of course also Simandl.

Čas pracuje pro vraha

1980

Děkuju, pane profesore poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Děkuju, pane profesore

1983

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zločin v obrazárně

1985

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Žofka z Janovic

1984

No artwork available
NR

The story of an unhappy, childless princess, her loving husband and the poor villagers threatened by a terrible disease, who finally received help from above.

V zámku a podzámčí

1981

No artwork available
6.5

Otakar Vávra dedicated his latest film to events accompanying the devastation of the first World War. It takes place in representative centers of power, in the courts of Vienna, Berlin and Moscow. In parallel, it develops the fate of the Czech archivist, who will take part in the Serbian anti-Austrian branch.

Evropa tančila valčík

1989

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Honza a tajemná Hastroška

1987

Nevěsta k zulíbání poster
4.3

A love story of a couple of mature people of completely different characters, who lived and worked side by side for years only as colleagues, but whose accidental trip to Slovakia to attend the wedding of Hedin's sister brought them closer, probably for the rest of their lives...

Nevěsta k zulíbání

1981

1970s · 24 titles

Poéma o svedomí poster
10.0

Historical reconstruction of the events of the anti-fascist struggle in Slovakia in 1943 and 1944.

Poéma o svedomí

1979

Summer with a Cowboy poster
5.5

The main characters are a young psychologist Doubravka and a village youth, Honza Macháček. He is a tractor driver who temporarily lost his driver's license in a crazy bet, so he now herds a cooperative herd of cows, she is at the cottage with her boy Boba, who is not very successful in studying medicine and is currently preparing for his remedial exams. Honza's immediacy, optimism and approach to life and work contrast sharply with the selfish, weak-willed and unbalanced Boba, and Doubravka increasingly realizes that her feelings for Boba have disappeared and that she actually loves Honza. The question is how her somewhat conservative family will view such a game.

Summer with a Cowboy

1976

Sokolovo poster
4.2

The plot begins in the Soviet Union showing first efforts to establish the Czechoslovak legion in 1942. The film also shows the assassination of Heydrich and the subsequent annihilation of Lidice. The main topis of the film is battles with German troops for Sokolovo.

Sokolovo

1975

Když kluci drží basu poster
6.0

A telephone mechanic secretly pursues his passion for hunting, deceiving his wife and enlisting friends to cover for him. After a successful hunt, he mistakenly climbs onto the wrong balcony and is apprehended by police, but his disguise prevents identification, leading everyone, including his wife and friends, to deny it’s him.

Když kluci drží basu

1978

The Guard poster
9.5

Even in 1970, films were made, prepared in previous years and expressing the poetics of that time. Ivan Renč created an almost protocol parable, deliberately set outside time and space, playing out a supremely model situation. In a somewhat rambling and not always convincing story, it tells the story of a young prison guard who dreams of living on a lonely lighthouse. He is ridiculous in his own way, with a distorted character, he hardly finds any satisfaction in his job, he cannot command the slightest respect from the prisoners - and the hero then takes out his excess pressure by abusing a defenseless dog. And one day there will be a short circuit meeting.

The Guard

1970

Jak se stal hastrman v Rokytnici ševcem poster
NR

Franta, a shoemaker's apprentice, would like to marry Marjánka. But they are both poor, and the master shoemaker, a widow with a business, does not pay Franta for his work. On the contrary, she has her own designs on him. When she offers him her hand and her business, Franta refuses. But the master shoemaker throws him out of the house. Everyone laughs at her at the ball, so the shoemaker goes to the pond where the water sprite lives to ask for help...

Jak se stal hastrman v Rokytnici ševcem

1970

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mariáš

1971

Noc klavíristy poster
4.0

The problematic protagonist is the head designer of a housing association who wants to make a profit at any cost. His unwitting opponent is a bar pianist who accidentally witnesses the murder of a young man and sets out to investigate on his own. An old-world and somewhat comical figure, he poignantly interferes with the cops' work, only to find that he is the one who is credited with catching the perpetrator...

Noc klavíristy

1977

Oddechový čas poster
7.0

The drama of a man for whom work has become the only meaning of life. His cold and impersonal manner arouses the disapproval of his colleagues and family members and leads to alienation. Eventually, he realizes the need for "time out" to reflect on his own life...

Oddechový čas

1978

Tři muži se žralokem poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tři muži se žralokem

1975

Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně poster
7.0

This story from the time of the occupation tells how the students of the teachers' institute decided to hold a traditional ball despite the ban. However, they had to cope with conditions more than threatening: the presence of Nazi thugs who intend to execute captured partisans as a warning...

Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně

1975

Konečně si rozumíme poster
7.0

After a few months at the spa, 14-year-old Pavel discovers that his love, his classmate Zuzana, has outgrown him. In addition, she has found a new boy classmate, who is nicknamed Eifelák because of his height. This is a big shock for Pavel and like a proper teenager he is very worried, he invents blood feuds which usually turn against him, in short he is completely distraught. His problems and suffering are understood more by his grandfather than by his busy parents. But the right patch for the wound is found in the form of another girl whom Pavel meets by chance and who is very special...

Konečně si rozumíme

1977

Jezdec formule risk poster
10.0

The story of a juvenile delinquent who, despite society's efforts to reform him, irrevocably ruined his life.

Jezdec formule risk

1973

Proč nevěřit na zázraky poster
7.0

Wartime events from a child's perspective were a popular theme during the previous regime - here it is a twelve-year-old village boy who experiences dangerous situations with retreating Nazi troops in picturesque South Bohemia... Any attempt to achieve a more believable depiction is destroyed by the staging's grandeur, and in the end the result is an awkward piece, suitable at most for celebrating the relevant national holidays. A longer copy with a tragic ending is stored in the NFA. Milda is shot unnoticed by an SS major.

Proč nevěřit na zázraky

1978

A Story of Love and Honor poster
6.5

A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as well as economic, political, and social hypocrisy. Two extraordinary but lonely artists share a passionate love, as evidenced by the preserved letters that they exchanged.

A Story of Love and Honor

1978

Brouk v hlavě poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Brouk v hlavě

1970

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jak se dělá divadlo

1970

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pětina průměrného života

1978

No artwork available
6.0

The short story film follows the fate of three young men who will soon have to decide what to do with their lives. The first "Poet", an aspiring author, publishes his first poem, while the sporting career of the second "Rep", a national table tennis player, is disrupted by a maths repartee. The last "Beaver Grizzly" is a tramp more used to solitude, yet he starts a pioneer troop...

Maturita za školou

1973

Tři nevinní poster
6.5

The car thief Halama, the shy groom Poupě, the divorcing jealous Pic and the mustachioed cinema projectionist Vlk are suspected of robbing the cinema box office. They are so similar, however, that the sharp-witted Public Security investigator Doll doesn't know them at all...

Tři nevinní

1974

Dalskabáty, hříšná ves aneb Zapomenutý čert poster
9.0

The cheeky, energetic Plajznerka, whose body is filled with the desire for a thick slice of happiness, tames and whips the forgotten devil to make him a "hardworking and honest musketeer", who would be able to properly wield the blacksmith at the anvil and on Plajznerka's small farm. And to help her overcome all the worldly pitfalls, slander and the hostility of her neighbors. From the eloquence of this charming woman, Trepifajksl soon understands that he will be much better off as a human being than as an old, worn-out devil...

Dalskabáty, hříšná ves aneb Zapomenutý čert

1977

No artwork available
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eva a její klan

1972

Paleta lásky poster
4.3

The years of Mánes' studies at art schools and on the period when the mature and distinctive artist was already promoting his concept of a new decoration of the Old Town Clock.

Paleta lásky

1976

No artwork available
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vilém Rozkoč

1976

1960s · 11 titles

No artwork available
7.5

On Christmas Eve, 1944, in Nazi-occupied Slovakia, the Kubiš family grapples with survival amidst brutal reprisals. Marián collaborates as a fascist guard leader, while his sister Angela has an affair with their Nazi lodger, Major Brecker. The situation escalates when their younger son, Juraj, a former partisan fighter, returns home wounded. As Germans search homes for escapees, Juraj hides in the attic, while an unsettling Christmas dinner unfolds below with Major Brecker present.

Midnight Mass

1962

The Fifth Horseman Is Fear poster
6.5

In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a doctor-turned-warehouse employee reluctantly agrees to treat a gravely wounded political fugitive, putting himself and everyone living in his building complex in danger.

The Fifth Horseman Is Fear

1965

The End of Agent W4C poster
6.1

The invincible agent Cyril Juan Borguette alias W4C has been assigned a mission to go to a hotel in Prague, get hold of a saltcellar with a plan for the military exploitation of Venus hidden in it, and hand it over to the beautiful agent Alice. He will have to compete for the saltcellar with other agents working for the world's various greater and smaller powers. The head of the Prague counter-intelligence unit gets news of agent W4C's mission. Deficient in personnel, he nominates accountant Foustka as agent 13B. Mr Foustka takes his dog Pajda with him and the two head for the airport. Pajda helps him track down agent W4C in a classy hotel that becomes the battleground for the interests and plans of the secret agents from different countries, each trying to get hold of the precious saltcellar.

The End of Agent W4C

1967

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec

1962

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tři chlapi po roce

1964

The Murderer Hides His Face poster
5.7

In the forest near the village of Drahovice, a nurse from the local health center is found murdered. Three months ago, another young woman died nearby and a sexual motive was proved in the case of her murder. In the case of the nurse, the motives are not so clear. Two criminologists from Prague - Major Kalas (Rudolf Hrusínský) and Lieutenant Varga (Radoslav Brzobohatý) - patiently collect all available leads and question the villagers.

The Murderer Hides His Face

1966

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tchýně

1969

Malé letní blues poster
7.0

A holiday story about first tentative love, set in a romantic cottage village on the banks of a river. There, a 15-year-old girl feels lonely and confused, bitterly reliving her hopes and disappointments...

Malé letní blues

1968

Marathon poster
5.6

It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.

Marathon

1968

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Talisman

1968

Searching poster
5.4

Michal, a disillusioned teenager, clashes with his authoritarian father and runs away from home. Adrift in the city, he navigates a restless journey of fleeting encounters while rejecting the rigid values of his parents' generation.

Searching

1966

Series credits

Bakaláři poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bakaláři

1972

Dobrodružství kriminalistiky poster
8.6

No synopsis available yet.

Dobrodružství kriminalistiky

1989

Thirty Cases of Major Zema poster
7.3

Thirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the communist party. The series were filmed in the 1970s. Each episode encompasses one year, and investigations are stylized to that year. Most are inspired by real cases. The series follows the life of police investigator Jan Zeman during his career from 1945 to 1975.

Thirty Cases of Major Zema

1976

Arabela poster
8.2

Arabela was a children's television series produced in Czechoslovakia which aired from 1979 to 1981. The series has 13 episodes and is in the Czech language.

Arabela

1980

Malý pitaval z velkého města poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Malý pitaval z velkého města

1983

F. L. Věk poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

F. L. Věk

1971

Sanitka poster
7.5

Sanitka was a Czech television, drama series, first broadcast in 1984 and eleven episodes were made. It starred Jaromír Hanzlík, Tomáš Juricka and Zlata Adamovská among others.

Sanitka

1984

The Train of Childhood and Expectation poster
9.0

A story of a little girl Verka and her life during the beginning of WWII. Based on Vera Sládková novels.

The Train of Childhood and Expectation

1989

No artwork available
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tři chlapi v chalupě

1961

Doktor z vejminku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Doktor z vejminku

1983

Sňatky z rozumu poster
7.8

Sňatky z rozumu was a Czechoslovak television programme which was first broadcast in 1968. The programme was directed by František Filip.

Sňatky z rozumu

1968

Slavné historky zbojnické poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

Slavné historky zbojnické

1986

Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy poster
7.0

Follows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them is German, the other one Jewish.

Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy

1986

Dobrá Voda poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Dobrá Voda

1983

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Černá země

1985

Luzie, der Schrecken der Straße poster
7.6

1980 German/Czech Children TV series

Luzie, der Schrecken der Straße

1980

Stopy zločinu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Stopy zločinu

1985

No artwork available
NR

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Brána k domovu

1975

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Roky prelomu

1989

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

České pohádky

1968