4 Movies Starring Josef Somr

Closely Watched Trains

Closely Watched Trains

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-11-18

Languages:

Czech, German

Countries:

Czechoslovakia

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (7731 Reviews)

Director:

Jirè Menzel

Cast:

Writer:

Bohumil Hrabal (novel)

Bohumil Hrabal (screenplay)

Jirè Menzel (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young man follows his father's footsteps and joins the railway company, where he learns the job and has his first affair. Set in the country, during the German occupation.

Smutecnè slavnost

Smutecnè slavnost

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-06-01

Languages:

Czech

Countries:

Czechoslovakia

Runtime:

70 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (76 Reviews)

Director:

Zdenek Sirovè

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Zdenek Sirovè (screenplay)

Eva Kantèrkovè

Fullplot:

The Joke

The Joke

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-02-28

Languages:

Czech

Countries:

Czechoslovakia

Runtime:

80 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (693 Reviews)

Director:

Jaromil Jires

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Zdenek Blèha (dramaturge)

Jaromil Jires (screenplay)

Milan Kundera (novel)

Milan Kundera (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In the 1950's, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years later, he tries to get his revenge by seducing Helena, the wife of one of his accusers.

Of Parents and Children

Of Parents and Children

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-03-06

Languages:

Czech

Countries:

Czech Republic

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (121 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Emil Hakl (novel)

Jirè Krizan (screenplay)

Vladimèr Michèlek (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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