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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 Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977), Na kolejích ceká vrah (1970) and When the Cat Comes (1963). 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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Marie Drahokoupilová and Jirí Sovák in Vera - nevera (1972)
Jirí Sovák in Vera - nevera (1972)
Marie Drahokoupilová and Jirí Sovák in Vera - nevera (1972)
Jirí Sovák in Vera - nevera (1972)
Marie Drahokoupilová and Jirí Sovák in Vera - nevera (1972)
Miroslav Hornícek and Jirí Sovák in Vera - nevera (1972)
Miroslav Hornícek and Jirí Sovák in Vera - nevera (1972)
Miroslav Hornícek and Jirí Sovák in Vera - nevera (1972)
Miroslav Hornícek and Jirí Sovák in Vera - nevera (1972)
Jirí Sovák in Vera - nevera (1972)
Václav Lohniský and Jirí Sovák in Darbuján a Pandrhola (1960)
Jirí Sovák in Darbuján a Pandrhola (1960)

Known for

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
Na kolejích ceká vrah (1970)
Na kolejích ceká vrah
6.8
  • Major Kalas
  • 1970
When the Cat Comes (1963)
When the Cat Comes
7.2
  • reditel skoly Karel
  • 1963
Jana Brejchová, Vlastimil Brodský, Ondrej Kepka, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Jirí Lábus, Pavel Nový, Dagmar Patrasová, and Hana Sevcíková in Arabela se vrací (1993)
Arabela se vrací
6.7
TV Series
  • Vigo

Credits

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Actor

  • Return to Paradise Lost (1999)
    Return to Paradise Lost
  • Zdenek Sverák in Kolya (1996)
    Kolya
  • Z hricek o královnách: Záskok pro Sissi (útrzek rakousko-uherský) (1995)
    Z hricek o královnách: Záskok pro Sissi (útrzek rakousko-uherský)
  • Divoké pivo (1995)
    Divoké pivo
  • Navstívení
  • Jana Brejchová, Vlastimil Brodský, Ondrej Kepka, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Jirí Lábus, Pavel Nový, Dagmar Patrasová, and Hana Sevcíková in Arabela se vrací (1993)
    Arabela se vrací
  • Sherlock Holmes v pánském klubu aneb Komisar Dreyfus zasahuje
  • Domácí predstavení
  • Území bílých králu (1991)
    Území bílých králu
  • Josef Bek, Jirina Bohdalová, Iva Janzurová, Jirina Jirásková, and Zdenek Rehor in Talisman (1991)
    Talisman
  • Michal Dlouhý and Linda Rybová in Zabí král (1991)
    Zabí král
  • Primerená vecere
  • Magdalena Reifová, Ivana Spundová, and Nada Vanátková in Pane králi, jdeme zdáli (1989)
    Pane králi, jdeme zdáli
  • Trezor (1989)
    Trezor
  • Karel Hermánek, Nada Konvalinková, and Petr Nározný in V tomhle zámku strasí, séfe! (1989)
    V tomhle zámku strasí, séfe!

Writer

  • Vladimír Mensík in Silvestr 1979 - Hrajeme si jako deti (1979)
    Silvestr 1979 - Hrajeme si jako deti
  • Vladimír Mensík in Silvestr hravý a dravý (1978)
    Silvestr hravý a dravý
  • Marie Drahokoupilová and Miroslav Hornícek in Vera - nevera (1972)
    Vera - nevera
  • Miroslav Hornícek and Jirí Sovák in Byli jednou dva písari (1972)
    Byli jednou dva písari
  • Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Libícek, and Jirí Sovák in Svetáci (1969)
    Svetáci
    • (uncredited)

Soundtrack

  • Kam zmizel ten starý song
  • To byl Jirí Sovák
  • Sovákoviny
  • Kulaté písnicky
  • Jirí Sovák in Jablko a jeho strom (1977)
    Jablko a jeho strom
  • Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
    Long Live Ghosts!
  • Hvezda pada vzhuru (1975)
    Hvezda pada vzhuru
  • Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Libícek, and Jirí Sovák in Svetáci (1969)
    Svetáci

Personal details

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    • December 27, 1920
    • Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
    • September 6, 2000
    • Prague, Czech Republic
    • Jirí Schmitzer

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    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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