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Oldřich Kaiser
Oldřich Kaiser

He has starred in many films in his long career. Recent films include Dark Blue World, Shark in the Head and Handcuffs. He also plays the lead role in Menzel's adaptation of Hrabal's I Served the King of England. He is also famous for his roles in TV series such as 30 Cases of Major Zeman and Hospital on the Edge of Town. He has also appeared i... more

He has starred in many films in his long career. Recent films include Dark Blue World, Shark in the Head and Handcuffs. He also plays the lead role in Menzel's adaptation of Hrabal's I Served the King of England. He is also famous for his roles in TV series such as 30 Cases of Major Zeman and Hospital on the Edge of Town.

He has also appeared in many TV shows such as Maybe the Magician Will Come or the improvisational Russian Roulette as a well-known comedy duo with Jiří Lábus. Together they also made the long-running radio improvisation series The Tlučhořovi, which reached eight hundred episodes in November 2007, and the successful TV show Zeměkoule.

A species of shoebill (Cychrus kaiseri) is named after him, which he discovered together with entomologist and neurosurgeon Vladimir Benes in the summer of 2004 in Asia. From 1980 to 2005, his wife was the Czech actress Naďa Konvalinková. Since 2020, his wife has been the singer-songwriter Dáša Vokatá.

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I Served the King of England
(2007)
Comedy
Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion that to achieve his ambitious goal he must be diligent, listen and observe as much as he can, be always discreet and use what he learns to his own advantage; but the turbulent tides of hist...
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Jiří Menzel
Cast:
Ivan Barnev, Ivan Barnev, Oldřich Kaiser, Oldřich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch
7.4
80%
72
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Dark Blue World
(2001)
Action, Drama, War
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a ...
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Jan Svěrák
Cast:
Kryštof Hádek, Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance, Oldřich Kaiser, David Novotný
7.2
62%
56
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Kooky
(2010)
Adventure, Animation, Family
Young Ondra has asthma and so his parents throw away his favourite toy: a musty old stuffed bear named Kooky. That night Ondra dreams that Kooky is determined to find his way back home from the dump. In the boy's fantasy, the bear gets lost in a forest occupied by strange animals and remarkable beings that he never heard of while livin...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Jan Svěrák
Cast:
Zdeněk Svěrák, Ondřej Svěrák, Jiří Macháček, Jiří Lábus, Petr Ctvrtnícek
7.3
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A Prominent Patient
(2017)
Drama, History
In 1939, Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk flees to the United States to escape his recent past: Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and he is now a man with no nation; because, as the Czechoslovak ambassador in London, he failed to win the support of the British and could not avert the fall of his country and the outbreak of the World War II.
Runtime:
106 min
Cast:
Karel Roden, Arly Jover, Oldřich Kaiser, Oldřich Kaiser, Hanns Zischler
7.0
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Barefoot
(2017)
Comedy, Drama
Story of a small boy is forced to move out of Prague during World War 2 to a small village of Slavonice where he meets the rest of his family. He needs to make new friends and get used to a new life which is immensely different from what this city boy was used to.
Runtime:
111 min
Cast:
Ondřej Vetchý, Ondřej Vetchý, Tereza Voříšková, Tereza Voříšková, Jan Tříska
6.9
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Walking Too Fast
(2010)
Drama, Thriller
The psyche of a ruthless secret agent in Cold War Czechoslovakia begins to unravel when he obsesses over the girlfriend of a suspected subversive he is tracking. This taut political thriller is a bleak and potent rendering of the emotional destruction wreaked by totalitarianism.
Runtime:
140 min
Director:
Radim Špaček
Cast:
Ondřej Malý, Kristína Farkašová, Martin Finger, Luboš Veselý, Lukáš Latinák
7.1
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Smart Philip
(2003)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Inspired by the stories of the American writer Raymond Chandler, the classical hero is private detective Phil Marlowe, a romantic cowboy, who takes the law into his own hands in the rough prairie of a large city.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Václav Marhoul
Cast:
Tomáš Hanák, Vilma Cibulková, Pavel Liška, Jiří Macháček, Oldřich Kaiser
6.1
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The Octopuses from the Second Floor
(1987)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
While on vacation with their bickering parents, young Eva and her little brother Johnny find in a polluted lake two strange friendly sentient octopuses made of strange material that attracts electricity. They take them as pets.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Jindřich Polák
Cast:
Pavel Zedníček, Dagmar Veškrnová-Havlová, Milan Simácek, Žaneta Fuchsová, Boris Rösner
6.9
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Amerika
(1994)
Drama
Vladimír Michálek chose an unconventional adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel for his feature debut. Artistically reminiscent of the classic films of Karel Zeman, the director reinterpreted this dark story of a man vainly seeking a place in a rigidly ordered society by changing the desperate conclusion into a happy end. The film provided...
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Vladimír Michálek
Cast:
Jiří Lábus, Kateřina Kozáková-Bílková, Pavel Nový, Jiří Schmitzer, Jarka Rytychová
6.1
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Červený kapitán
(2016)
Crime, Thriller
Three years after the fall of the Berlin Wall; six months before the split of Czechoslovakia. Despite all warnings, a young homicide detective sets on investigating a convoluted case that involves Catholic clerical elite and high-ranked agents of the former secret service.
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Michal Kollár
Cast:
Maciej Stuhr, Oldřich Kaiser, Marián Geišberg, Zuzana Kronerová, Ladislav Chudík
5.9
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Three Brothers
(2014)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Three brothers leave their home to see the world. During their journey, young men as by miracle enter into famous fairy tales (Little Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Twelve Months) and face traps, unexpected moments and even love in a story full of humor and songs.
5.8
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Clownwise
(2013)
Comedy, Drama
Once a hugely popular clown trio, Oskar, Max, and Viktor are now living very different lives. The intense fight that ended their friendship has left them on bad terms for over 40 years. Max is battling colon cancer, Viktor's wife is losing a battle to Alzheimer's, and Oskar, who's never been the best dad, is trying to rescue his daught...
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Viktor Tauš
Cast:
Oldřich Kaiser, Jiří Lábus, Didier Flamand, Julie Ferrier, Kati Outinen
6.6
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Shark in the Head
(2004)
Comedy, Drama
Shark in the Head unfolds into a stunning cinematic powerhouse that combines comedy and drama for a touching story about how we influence the people we meet while being profoundly affected ourselves by the colors they bring to our own lives.
Runtime:
75 min
7.1
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Meeting in July
(1978)
Drama, Family, Romance
A romantic story about Jakub, a student in the summer camp, and his teacher Klara.
Runtime:
87 min
7.0
N/A
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You Kiss Like a God
(2009)
Comedy, Family, Romance
A romantic comedy about love and life of young French teacher Helena.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Marie Poledňáková
Cast:
Kamila Magálová, Oldřich Kaiser, Jiří Bartoška, Eva Holubová
4.9
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Vendeta
(2011)
Drama, Thriller
Director:
Miroslav Ondrus
Cast:
Ondřej Vetchý, Oldřich Kaiser, Igor Chmela, Marek Taclík, Lucie Šteflová
6.1
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Love
(1973)
Drama, Romance
Sixteen-year-old students of a grammar school are supposed to write essays on "Love". The class best student Andrea (Jaroslava Schallerová) writes about a patriotic love to a country as she has no experience with a partner love. She has been living alone with her divorced pretty mother Eva (Milena Dvorská), a dentist, for many years. R...
Runtime:
88 min
6.4
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Pražákům, těm je hej
(1991)
Documentary, Drama, Music
The story begins in 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, few years before the end of Communist era. The band Pražský výběr (Prague's selection) has just received the news thier 5-year ban has expired and they are alowed to perform once again. This half fantasy half document about the band would draw the atmosphere of middle european late Co...
Runtime:
92 min
6.5
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It's Not Me
(1986)
Comedy, Fantasy
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Václav Vorlíček
Cast:
Petr Nárožný, Oldřich Kaiser, Eva Jakoubková, Eva Jakoubková, Jana Švandová
5.4
N/A
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Crazy Kingdom
(2016)
Family, Fantasy
By some quirk of fate, the two small-time thieves and the spoiled princess find themselves in the Black Forest full of magic beings who believe that everyone has a chance to mend his ways. However, sometimes even the best intentions need to take a pretty long way round to be achieved... Funny fairy tale full of action, excitement, fun,...
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
Marta Ferencová
Cast:
Bolek Polívka, Denisa Pfauserová, Josef Rarach, Vilma Cibulková, Oldřich Kaiser
4.9
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O princezně na klíček
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O princezně na klíček
(1987)
Comedy, Family, Music
Director:
Libuše Koutná
Cast:
Světlana Nálepková, Petr Nárožný, Iva Janžurová, Oldřich Kaiser, Jiří Lábus
5.8
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Vyžilý Boudník
(1991)
Comedy, Drama
Director:
Václav Křístek
Cast:
Arnošt Goldflam, Pavel Zedníček, Vilma Cibulková, Stanislav Zindulka, Libuše Pospíšilová
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Sny o Zambezi
(1982)
Drama directed by Stanislav Strnad.
Director:
Stanislav Strnad
Cast:
Jana Dítětová, Karel Engel, Oldřich Kaiser
N/A
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