Jiří Hálek

Acting

Jiří Hálek

Born 1930-09-10 · Praha, Československo

Jiří Hálek, his native name Hugo Frischmann (* September 10, 1930 in Prague) is a Czech actor. After studying at DAMU in Prague, he first worked briefly in Ostrava at the Municipal Youth Theater, [2] then served basic military service in the army ensemble "Winning Wings", after playing military service in Mladá Boleslav from where he then went to the Paravan Theater. From 1965 until 2002 he was a member of the ensemble at the Prague Drama Club. It is an actor of small body growth, a distinctive profile in the face, as well as a distinctive voice speech. He debuted in Czech film in 1948 in the film Crossroads of Life, then performed in a number of predominantly minor roles, for example in Marek, give me a pen! or How the world comes to the poets. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting credits

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen poster
5.9

This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, with the proposed solution of building a time machine. The decision is made to travel back in time and murder Einstein, with the hopeful result being that without the noted mathematician's research there will be no atomic bombs.

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen

1970

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

O perlové panně poster
5.7

A fairy tale full of mystery, love, and heroic battles. A story about the love of Knight Cornelius and comedian Vendelin for a mysterious beauty, about whom legend says that when she cries, real pearls roll down her cheeks.

O perlové panně

1997

The Uninvited Guest poster
6.5

A run-of-the-mill family is terrorized by strangers dressed in military garb who invade their private realm.

The Uninvited Guest

1991

Hearty Greetings from the Globe poster
6.9

​Two aliens stir up trouble on Earth in order to study humans. Misunderstandings ensue.

Hearty Greetings from the Globe

1983

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rodeo

1973

About Show-White poster
8.0

Sixth-grade pupil Katka daydreams during a math class about being Snow White and being freed by a prince who looks very much like Dzery from the eighth grade. Katka, her girl friends Lenka and Martina, and her fellow-pupils Franta, Joska and freckled Vrabcák, have spent five years going to the same little one-class school in their home mountain village of Pastvina. Their kind teacher Smetácek was very understanding about their games and fantasies, but he didn't teach them much about arithmetic. They are now laughed at for their ignorance by the strict Bidlo, their new teacher at the near-by little town. As he does every year, Smetácek is preparing a theatre performance with the local children. Katka suggests the fairytale about Snow White

About Show-White

1972

Flying Saucers Over Our Village poster
6.3

A model Communist village is visited by a flying saucer.

Flying Saucers Over Our Village

1977

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dřevěná Marika

2001

The Cremator poster
7.8

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

The Cremator

1969

Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea poster
6.2

Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-ageing pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Unfortunately the pilot, woman-chasing Karel Bures, dies on the morning of the trip and his earnest twin brother Jan impersonates him, without knowing about the plot.

Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea

1977

Kdo přichází před půlnocí poster
8.0

The accountants at a agricultural cooperative near Prague have completed the calculation of wages. The driver with the cashier are leaving for a bank in Prague to withdraw the cash amounting to over one million crowns. On returning back, an oncoming heavy truck appears, crashing into their car. The injured men cannot defend themselves, and the whole cash is stolen from them.

Kdo přichází před půlnocí

1980

The Motive for Murder poster
4.3

A short story film depicting the three different faces of crime. In the short story "The Weekend", Karas kills a woman he raped some time ago in order to silence her. However, he accidentally kills another woman. In "Hostages", a drug addict, Chaban, terrorizes the hospital's operating team, but the disciplined doctors handle the difficult situation. In "The Pickpocket", the thief Benda wants to return to his trade immediately after his release, but his attempt ends tragically.

The Motive for Murder

1975

Closely Watched Trains poster
7.2

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.

Closely Watched Trains

1966

An Angel Seduces the Devil poster
4.8

Once again, you can take a look behind the scenes of the Riviera Chateau on the Prague periphery, where a brothel for the socialites is hidden under the guise of an exclusive nightclub. The story takes place in 1930 and although several years have passed since the events of the first volume, the passions unleashed by the intrigues of the time have not cooled down. Once again you meet Renata, called Angel, formerly a prostitute, now the wife of the banker Justice and owner of the Riviera. The elegant Madame, who owned the business before and now works there as a mere manager, is plotting new schemes to get back everything she has...

An Angel Seduces the Devil

1988

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Společenská hra

1991

The Three Veterans poster
7.8

It is a story of three veterans released from the army. During one night spent camping in the country they one by one wake up and meet three elvish brothers. Each of the veterans is given a magic item - one gets magic harp that provides him with servants by wish, other one endless pouch of gold and the last one owns magic hat that can create all the staff excluding money and people.

The Three Veterans

1984

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Čardášová Julie

1985

No artwork available
10.0

A career woman's struggle and fight against a male dominated society.

Znásilnění

2001

Chief, It's Amazing poster
6.3

Criminal comedy, a first movie from the "Chief" series.

Chief, It's Amazing

1982

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

In flagranti

1993

Touha Sherlocka Holmese poster
6.0

Sherlock Holmes likes to play violin and expects a great career in music. He gets a place in a spa orchestra, but he is again and again distracted by criminal cases. Therefore he is the only one who does not see that his violin has no future. He solves the criminal mysteries in passing but the final test shows that the famous detective is tone-deaf.

Touha Sherlocka Holmese

1972

No artwork available
8.0

Chytilová was not allowed to direct films between 1969 and 1976. The sole exception was the made-for-TV film Kamarádi, now virtually unknown.

Comrades

1971

Queen of the Lake poster
6.4

Prince Victor looks in vain for a swan which was wounded by one of his servants. Instead he discovers a beautiful girl with golden hair who has an arrow in her shoulder. She is dumb and can't explain her origin. He falls immediately for her. The girl quickly recovers, but disappears mysteriously.

Queen of the Lake

1998