František Filipovský

Acting

František Filipovský

Born 1907-09-23

František Filipovský was born in Prelouc, Austra-Hungary (now the Czech Republic).  In his youth and into adulthood he participated in numerous small theater companies throughout Europe, notaly the Zizkov and National Theatre in Prague.  In addition to his numerous theater and Czech television roles, Filipovský was also a talented voice-over artist.  

Acting credits

Straw Hat poster
5.6

Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it seems, to marry Helen Nonankur - daughter of a wealthy farmer. At the last meeting with his mistress in a nearby forest Fadinar's horse eats straw hat which belongs to a married lady, spending time in the company of young and hot Lieutenant Emil. Emil literally puts a knife to Maurice throat - or the lady will get back the exact same hat immediately, or he will arrange such a scandal that no wedding will not happen ...

Straw Hat

1972

Murder in the Excelsior Hotel poster
5.9

In Vražda v hotelu Excelsior, the interwar period homicide detective squad from Prague investigates the murder of a wealthy woman, Mrs Matoušová, which threatens the reputation of the eponymous luxury hotel popular with Prague’s elite. Even the retired police inspector Mrázek (František Filipovský), who works at the Excelsior as a hotel detective, is unable to help at first. Although the investigation inevitably uncovers the hotel staff’s scheming, Vacátko and his team unerringly follow the trail that leads them to the murderer…

Murder in the Excelsior Hotel

1971

The Borrowed Face poster
7.0

It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration of human tissues after transplantation. His former colleague Rosen, now working as an assistant at the private clinic of surgeon Kirchenbruch, considers the research a mere utopia. The disappointed Bartos, trying to verify his theories, therefore accepts the outrageous proposal of Marion, owner of a brothel - to surgically replace the face of her lover, the wanted thief Cutter, with the face of murdered Father Hopsasa. Bartos is well paid but his successful operation remains a secret.

The Borrowed Face

1965

The Lawyer poster
8.0

The story of a young lawyer who finds herself in a difficult situation when she encounters troubles in her burgeoning career and complications in private her life.

The Lawyer

1978

Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy poster
6.7

Four short stories by the greatest Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek. "Soup for Poor Children" tells the story of how Prince Robert himself cooked soup for poor children, "Meeting of the Municipal Council in Mejdlovary" is the history of filling the position of municipal policeman, "Trampotes of Mr. Tenkrát" shows how strange events lead to marriage and promotion, "Revolt of the Convict Šejba" depicts the victorious fight of the convict Šejba for a dumpling for ministering at mass.

Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy

1952

Burian the Liar poster
6.8

Fifty years old Baron von Fibberg lives at The Fibberg Castle with his wife Olga and daughter Charley. Besides the delight in hunting, Baron is very enthusiastic about truth. Although he can't withstand any falsehood of others, he keeps his own intimate secrets from his wife. Charley seems to be an innocent girl at first glance, but she has a little secret too. She fell in love with a young fop Ernest Benda and married him in secret. Her only concern is the way, how to let her strict father know about the marriage. Together with her husband they prepare a plan how to do it, but it turns out to be a catastrophe for the whole family.

Burian the Liar

1940

A Great Road Ahead poster
6.7

About the great Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek, who was captured by the Russians during the First World War. Not wanting to fight for the interests of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Hašek enters the Red Army and, as a commissar of the international brigade, goes the military way from Samara to Irkutsk.

A Great Road Ahead

1963

Angel in the Mountains poster
6.9

Mr. Angel goes winter sporting and at the same time investigates his son's fiancee.

Angel in the Mountains

1955

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NR

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Kouříme domovinu

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NR

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Šibalství Scapinova

1961

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6.7

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Kdybych byl tátou

1939

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6.5

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Nebožtíci na bále

1980

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7.0

Gabriela Tuzarová still loves her husband Petr very much, even though he has cooled off towards her. Petr is an accountant in a printing house. He secretly speculates on the stock market and maintains a relationship with the owner of the company, Šeborová. He speculated on Gabriela's dowry and thirty thousand crowns, which he borrowed from the company treasury. The famous conductor Štěpán Tuzar, Petr's brother, arrives in Prague. Štěpán is enchanted by Gabriela...

Gabriela

1942

The Good Soldier Švejk poster
7.5

Good-natured and garrulous, Schweik becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I -- although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Playing cards and getting drunk, he uses all his cunning and genial subterfuge to deal with the police, clergy, and officers who chivy him toward battle.

The Good Soldier Švejk

1957

Young Love poster
6.0

The story of love, between a sturdy village boy and a gentle country girl, filmed with a movingly genuine charm.

Young Love

1933

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NR

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Kukačky

1974

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

30 Maidens and Pythagoras poster
4.6

A musical starring Jiří Menzel (whose part is sung by Achilles Michailidis) as a math and physics teacher employing innovative teaching methods.

30 Maidens and Pythagoras

1977

Dva muži hlásí příchod poster
8.0

An only son, Jirí Valenta (Jaromír Hanzlík), has been drafted to the army. At the barracks he acquires the nickname Seamstress because he sews rugs in his spare time. One day, his friend introduces him to Julka Vávrová (Jorga Kotrbová), a girl he is desperate to get rid of. The naive Jirí falls in love with the girl and accepts her invitation to spend Easter together in the country. There he learns that the girl is the single mother of the young boy Martínek, whose father is the married tractor driver.

Dva muži hlásí příchod

1975

The Hard Life of an Adventurer poster
7.0

A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.

The Hard Life of an Adventurer

1941

School Is the Foundation of Life poster
8.2

Seventh form pupils at a grammar school in Přívlaky are preparing for a secondary school sports competition. Class creep Krhounek gives the class teacher Lejsal a copy of the seventh form’s magazine Roar. Most of the teachers insist on severe punishing the culprit. The author does not own up and consequently the whole class is punished by being banned from taking part in the schools competition. The most gifted pupil, Benetka, rather sharply criticises the school in a homework essay on a subject of his choice. The strict Czech language teacher is convinced Benetka is the author of the school magazine. Benetka denies the charge but his expulsion from school is proposed anyway on account the views he expounded in his essay. Eventually, Boukal, the author of the school magazine comes forward and admits to writing it. The pupils are allowed to take part in the contest and thanks to Benetka they win. In the meantime however the teachers vote to expell him.

School Is the Foundation of Life

1938

Aesop poster
7.3

This film brings us back to show us the life of the famous ancient sage Aesop, who helped people with his wisdom in their struggle for freedom and happiness.

Aesop

1970

Štědrý večer pana rady Vacátka poster
7.0

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Štědrý večer pana rady Vacátka

1972

Psí kusy poster
8.0

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Psí kusy

1971