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Zdeněk Svěrák (b. 1936)

Alias:
Zdenek Sverák

Birthplace:
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Born:
March 28, 1936

Biography from TheMovieDB

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936 in Prague) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.  In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies. Among his film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award), both directed by his son Jan Svěrák. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak, he created the fictional personality (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher) Jára Cimrman who won the voting for The Greatest Czech in 2005 (only the fact that Cimrman is fictional prevented him from actually winning). Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization Paraple (in English, "Umbrella") which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.

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Film Production

Author:
1997  Lijavec

Book:
1997  Lijavec
2022  Bethlehem Light

Director:
1997  Lijavec
2019  My Freedom
2022  Bethlehem Light

Lyricist:
1974  Who Looks for Gold?
1977  Long Live Ghosts!
1981  Princové jsou na draka
1984  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
1984  The Three Veterans
1985  Give the Devil His Due
1997  Lijavec
2009  Láska rohatá
2019  My Freedom
2022  Bethlehem Light

Original Music Composer:
1974  Who Looks for Gold?
1977  Long Live Ghosts!
1981  Princové jsou na draka
1984  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
1984  The Three Veterans
1985  Give the Devil His Due
1997  Lijavec
2009  Láska rohatá
2011  Fimfarum - To the good of all
2019  My Freedom
2022  Bethlehem Light

Screenplay:
1973  Spolužáci
1974  Joachim, Put It in the Machine
1974  Muž, který se spustil
1974  Who Looks for Gold?
1975  Hledám paní na hlídání
1976  Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
1976  Secluded, Near Woods
1977  30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1977  Dveře
1977  Long Live Ghosts!
1979  Ball Lightning
1981  Princové jsou na draka
1981  Run, Waiter, Run!
1981  The Hit
1983  Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1984  Inzerát
1984  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
1984  The Three Veterans
1985  Dissolved and Effused
1985  Give the Devil His Due
1985  My Sweet Little Village
1985  What's Up Doc?
1988  An Uncertain Season
1991  The Elementary School
1996  Kolya
1997  Dvě z policejní brašny
1997  Lijavec
1997  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
2001  Dark Blue World
2007  40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
2007  Empties
2009  Láska rohatá
2011  Fimfarum - To the good of all
2014  Three Brothers
2016  Operky
2019  My Freedom
2022  Bethlehem Light

Script Supervisor:
1973  Spolužáci
1974  Joachim, Put It in the Machine
1974  Muž, který se spustil
1974  Who Looks for Gold?
1975  Hledám paní na hlídání
1976  Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
1976  Secluded, Near Woods
1977  30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1977  Dveře
1977  Long Live Ghosts!
1979  Ball Lightning
1981  Princové jsou na draka
1981  Run, Waiter, Run!
1981  The Hit
1983  Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1984  Inzerát
1984  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
1984  The Three Veterans
1985  Dissolved and Effused
1985  Give the Devil His Due
1985  My Sweet Little Village
1985  What's Up Doc?
1988  An Uncertain Season
1991  The Elementary School
1996  Kolya
1997  Dvě z policejní brašny
1997  Lijavec
1997  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
2001  Dark Blue World
2007  40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
2007  Empties
2009  Láska rohatá
2011  Fimfarum - To the good of all
2014  Three Brothers
2016  Operky
2019  My Freedom
2022  Bethlehem Light
2022  Princ Mamánek

Story:
1973  Spolužáci
1974  Joachim, Put It in the Machine
1974  Muž, který se spustil
1974  Who Looks for Gold?
1975  Hledám paní na hlídání
1976  Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
1976  Secluded, Near Woods
1977  30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1977  Dveře
1977  Long Live Ghosts!
1979  Ball Lightning
1981  Princové jsou na draka
1981  Run, Waiter, Run!
1981  The Hit
1983  Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1984  Inzerát
1984  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
1984  The Three Veterans
1985  Dissolved and Effused
1985  Give the Devil His Due
1985  My Sweet Little Village
1985  What's Up Doc?
1988  An Uncertain Season
1991  The Elementary School
1996  Kolya
1997  Dvě z policejní brašny
1997  Lijavec
1997  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
2001  Dark Blue World
2007  40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
2007  Empties
2009  Láska rohatá
2011  Fimfarum - To the good of all
2014  Three Brothers
2016  Operky
2019  My Freedom
2022  Bethlehem Light
2022  Princ Mamánek

Theatre Play:
1973  Spolužáci
1974  Joachim, Put It in the Machine
1974  Muž, který se spustil
1974  Who Looks for Gold?
1975  Hledám paní na hlídání
1976  Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
1976  Secluded, Near Woods
1977  30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1977  Dveře
1977  Long Live Ghosts!
1979  Ball Lightning
1981  Princové jsou na draka
1981  Run, Waiter, Run!
1981  The Hit
1983  Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1984  Inzerát
1984  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
1984  The Three Veterans
1985  Dissolved and Effused
1985  Give the Devil His Due
1985  My Sweet Little Village
1985  What's Up Doc?
1988  An Uncertain Season
1991  The Elementary School
1996  Kolya
1997  Dvě z policejní brašny
1997  Lijavec
1997  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
2001  Dark Blue World
2007  40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
2007  Empties
2009  Láska rohatá
2011  Fimfarum - To the good of all
2014  Three Brothers
2016  Operky
2019  My Freedom
2022  Bethlehem Light
2022  Princ Mamánek

Writer:
1973  Spolužáci
1974  Joachim, Put It in the Machine
1974  Muž, který se spustil
1974  Who Looks for Gold?
1975  Hledám paní na hlídání
1976  Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
1976  Secluded, Near Woods
1977  30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1977  Dveře
1977  Long Live Ghosts!
1979  Ball Lightning
1981  Princové jsou na draka
1981  Run, Waiter, Run!
1981  The Hit
1983  Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1984  Inzerát
1984  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
1984  The Three Veterans
1985  Dissolved and Effused
1985  Give the Devil His Due
1985  My Sweet Little Village
1985  Prípad Platfus
1985  The Conquest of the North Pole
1985  What's Up Doc?
1987  Narostl mu hřebínek
1988  An Uncertain Season
1991  The Elementary School
1994  Accumulator 1
1994  Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
1996  Kolya
1997  Blaník
1997  Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
1997  Dvě z policejní brašny
1997  Lijavec
1997  Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
1997  Plum Tree
1997  Posel z Liptákova
1997  Pub in the Glade
1997  Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
1997  The Stand In
1998  Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
1998  The Nude
2001  Dark Blue World
2002  Africa
2006  Cimrman in the World of Music
2007  40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
2007  Empties
2007  Long, Broad and Nearsight
2008  Czech Heaven
2009  Láska rohatá
2011  Fimfarum - To the good of all
2014  Three Brothers
2016  Operky
2017  Barefoot
2019  My Freedom
2022  Bethlehem Light
2022  Princ Mamánek

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Screenplay:
1989  Radovanovy radovánky

Story:
1989  Radovanovy radovánky
1991  Cimrman sobě

Writer:
1988  Veselé příhody z natáčení
1989  Radovanovy radovánky
1991  Cimrman sobě

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