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Jirí Sovák(1920-2000)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Soundtrack
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Jirí Sovák in The Man from London (1974)
Jirí Sovák was born on 27 December 1920 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for When the Cat Comes (1963), Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) and Na kolejích ceká vrah (1970). He died on 6 September 2000 in Prague, Czech Republic.
BornDecember 27, 1920
DiedSeptember 6, 2000(79)
BornDecember 27, 1920
DiedSeptember 6, 2000(79)
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Known for

When the Cat Comes (1963)
When the Cat Comes
7.2
  • reditel skoly Karel
  • 1963
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
7.1
  • Klaus Abard
  • 1977
Regina Rázlová in Na kolejích ceká vrah (1970)
Na kolejích ceká vrah
6.8
  • Major Kalas
  • 1970
Jirí Sovák and Magda Vásáryová in Hry lásky sálivé (1971)
Hry lásky sálivé
7.0
  • Count(segment "Náusnice")
  • 1971

Credits

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Actor

  • Return to Paradise Lost (1999)
    Return to Paradise Lost
    4.6
    • Strejcek
    • 1999
  • Zdenek Sverák in Kolya (1996)
    Kolya
    7.7
    • Ruzicka
    • 1996
  • Z hricek o královnách: Záskok pro Sissi (útrzek rakousko-uherský) (1995)
    Z hricek o královnách: Záskok pro Sissi (útrzek rakousko-uherský)
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • Intendant
    • 1995
  • Divoké pivo (1995)
    Divoké pivo
    2.4
    • Old man
    • 1995
  • Navstívení
    TV Movie
    • 1994
  • Arabela se vrací (1993)
    Arabela se vrací
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Vigo
    • 1993–1994
  • Sherlock Holmes v pánském klubu aneb Komisar Dreyfus zasahuje
    TV Short
    • Host
    • 1992
  • Domácí predstavení
    TV Movie
    • 1991
  • Josef Bek, Jirina Bohdalová, Iva Janzurová, Jirina Jirásková, and Zdenek Rehor in Talisman (1991)
    Talisman
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • 1991
  • Území bílých králu (1991)
    Území bílých králu
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Rousar
    • 1991
  • Zabí král (1991)
    Zabí král
    5.8
    • Hippolytus
    • 1991
  • Magdalena Reifová, Ivana Spundová, and Nada Vanátková in Pane králi, jdeme zdáli (1989)
    Pane králi, jdeme zdáli
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • Král
    • 1989
  • Primerená vecere
    TV Movie
    • 1989
  • Ladislav Frej and Otto Simánek in Trezor (1989)
    Trezor
    4.7
    TV Movie
    • Drábek
    • 1989
  • Karel Hermánek, Nada Konvalinková, and Petr Nározný in V tomhle zámku strasí, séfe! (1989)
    V tomhle zámku strasí, séfe!
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Kastelán
    • 1989

Writer

  • Vladimír Mensík in Silvestr 1979 - Hrajeme si jako deti (1979)
    Silvestr 1979 - Hrajeme si jako deti
    TV Movie
    • skit "Diváci roku 2020"
    • 1979
  • Vladimír Mensík in Silvestr hravý a dravý (1978)
    Silvestr hravý a dravý
    TV Movie
    • skit "Imitátor ptactva"
    • 1978
  • Miroslav Hornícek and Jirí Sovák in Byli jednou dva písari (1972)
    Byli jednou dva písari
    8.4
    TV Series
    • dialogue
    • 1972
  • Marie Drahokoupilová and Miroslav Hornícek in Vera - nevera (1972)
    Vera - nevera
    6.6
    TV Short
    • Writer
    • 1972
  • Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Libícek, and Jirí Sovák in Svetáci (1969)
    Svetáci
    7.8
    • contribution (uncredited)
    • 1969

Soundtrack

  • Kam zmizel ten starý song
    7.3
    TV Series
    • performer: "Tam za vodou v rákosí"
    • 2005
  • Sovákoviny
    TV Special
    • performer: "Ó, hrebícku zahradnický"
    • 2001
  • To byl Jirí Sovák
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Usmejte se na me, slecno"
    • 2001
  • Divoké pivo (1995)
    Divoké pivo
    2.4
    • performer: "Dobromila dobré pivo pila"
    • 1995
  • Mature Wine (1981)
    Mature Wine
    5.8
    • performer: "Ovcáci ctveráci", "My cizinou jsme bloudili"
    • 1981
  • Kulaté písnicky
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Já mám doma gramofon"
    • 1980
  • Jirí Sovák in Jablko a jeho strom (1977)
    Jablko a jeho strom
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Je jaká je (Sereno è )"
    • 1977
  • Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
    Long Live Ghosts!
    7.6
    • performer: "Skrítkové tesari"
    • 1977
  • Hvezda pada vzhuru (1975)
    Hvezda pada vzhuru
    3.9
    • performer: "Pozor na závrat", "Usmejte se na me, slecno"
    • 1975
  • Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Libícek, and Jirí Sovák in Svetáci (1969)
    Svetáci
    7.8
    • performer: "Tak trikrát whisky s ledem"
    • 1969
  • Cintamani & podvodník (1965)
    Cintamani & podvodník
    7.2
    • performer: "Krásný vzhled je na ten bozí svet"
    • 1965
  • Mezi námi zlodeji (1964)
    Mezi námi zlodeji
    6.5
    • performer: "Dále, jen dál"
    • 1964
  • Závory
    Short
    • performer: "Talinskej rybník", "Ó hrebícku zahradnický"
    • 1963
  • Václav Lohniský and Jirí Sovák in Darbuján a Pandrhola (1960)
    Darbuján a Pandrhola
    7.5
    • performer: "Lepsí je ten kovárícek umounenej", "Glo glo glo, Gloria"
    • 1960
  • Neporazení (1956)
    Neporazení
    5.7
    • performer: "Jeste si já"
    • 1956

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • J. Sovák
  • Height
    • 6′ 2¾″ (1.90 m)
  • Born
    • December 27, 1920
    • Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
  • Died
    • September 6, 2000
    • Prague, Czech Republic
  • Children
    • Jirí Schmitzer

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  • Trivia
    Father of Jirí Schmitzer
  • Quotes
    [on working with Jan Werich]: "Werich was a giant for me. A giant of calm, of sovereignty. And I fell in love with him all the more when I found out on the set that this great Werich also had stage fright, that his soul was also fluttering."

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