Ondřej Vetchý
Popularity:0.3554
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1962-05-16
Place of Birth:Jihlava, Czechoslovakia [now Czechia]
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Also Known As:Ondrej Vetchy, Ondrej Vetchý, Ondra Vetchy, Ondra Vetchý

Princ Mamánek (2022)
Prince Louis Ottomar Charles XII, born Noble, is very close to his loving mother, Queen Ludmilla. However, Prince Louis is already a bit too old, he...

Kolya (1996)
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s...

Girlie (2002)
A love story which unfolds over three days and nights on the outskirts of the metropolis. Seventeen-year-old Ema (Dorota Nvotová) breaks up...

Empties (2007)
Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he...

Army of Thieves (2021)
A mysterious woman recruits bank teller Ludwig Dieter to lead a group of aspiring thieves on a top-secret heist during the early stages of the zombie...

Leť, ptáku leť! (1979)
Even a strict and not very popular teacher can achieve extraordinary popularity with his pupils. When their favourite teacher breaks his leg just...

Mistr Kampanus (1993)
A TV adaptation of the famous novel in which writer Zikmund Winter depicts the life story of Prague university professor and humanist poet Jan...

Black Barons (1992)
Life of Czechoslovak soldiers in a military unit for the so called "politically unreliable" - the Technical auxiliary battalions, aka "the black...

Broken Promise (2009)
Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedmann gathers to celebrate his bar mitzvah and make a...

Dark Blue World (2001)
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...

The Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997)
Capturing the dark humor of Czech author Michal Viewegh's chronicle of life after the Velvet Revolution, this black comedy chronicles three decades...

Prachy dělaj člověka (2006)
The dark crime comedy is set in the present day. The story is inspired by the two biggest and still unsolved robberies that have taken place in our...

The Trial (1993)
Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and...

Tajemství staré bambitky (2011)
In a small kingdom where King William and Queen Olivia are perpetually away, corrupt councilors Ferenc and Lorenc exploit their power by piling on...

Kooky (2010)
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...

Give the Devil His Due (1985)
Dorota, a bad woman married the miller, out of sheer greed drives him to death. She then took the mill away from his son Peter and threw him out of...

Prezidentka (2022)
President Kateřina Čechová, exhausted by the pressures of her first year in office, secretly dons a disguise to slip out of the castle at...

Konec básníků v Čechách... (1993)
Dr. Štěpán, dismissed for his outspokenness, returns to his hometown determined not to bend his ethical principles to the ruthless new...

Don't Be Afraid (1989)
Woodcutter Ondra, who for his bold nature is called Nebojsa. He goes into the world to learn fear. During his journey, on which he is accompanied by...

Innocence (2011)
The fall from the top to the absolute bottom can be very fast. A renowned physician, also a beloved father and husband, is accused of a serious...

Hodina života (1981)
It is 1883 and Josef Hibes, a social democrat, is organising a strike of textile workers. The main demand is a reduction in working hours...

Car Fairy Tales (2011)
The film consists of five parts - a live-action framing story and four distinct animated episodes - each by a different creative team and in a...

Don't Call Me Major (1981)
A group of children is trying to solve a mystery related to the diamonds smuggling.

Lovers & Murderers (2004)
Lovers & Murderers is about the ongoing war between those who have and those who want to have what the others have. The have-nots see themselves...

The Confidant (2012)
New husband Adam reluctantly takes a job with state security in a totalitarian country, thus becoming a secret police agent. This "contract with the...

Love Is Love (2012)
Maruska is a blind girl and student at the Conservatory of Music who dreams of love and having a family despite her blindness. Her dream guy has...

Cesta peklem (1995)
A dramatic action film about stuntmen who perform the most dangerous stunts in the film world. One day, however, one of them is struck by a family...

Okresní přebor – Poslední zápas Pepika Hnátka (2012)
Based on the popular television series Okresní přebor. As the title suggests, the film features the legendary figure of licensed coach Josef...

Kožené slunce (2002)
As the name suggests, the movie is about football. It is not about big league soccer, making huge money. It is about football, which lives just from...

Vendeta (2011)
In a deserted clearing, a forest ranger finds the lifeless body of a man. He manages to revive him, but the man remembers nothing. He doesn't know...

Vesnice roku (2011)
Josef Loucký is the popular mayor of the village of Sedlčánky and has ambitions to win the prestigious title of Village of the Year....

Rabín a jeho Golem (1995)
The TV fairy tale based on a book of tales and legends from Prague's Old Town. Its author, writer E. Petiška, set the story at the end of the...

The Emperor and the Drummer (1998)
A fairy tale based on motifs taken from Josephine tales. Like Josef II, the fictitious emperor Maxmilián often disappears from the castle in...

Zelený rytíř (1993)
Who among us would not want to find themselves, at least for a short time, in the romantic era of knightly duels, a time when friendship, love, and...

Return to Paradise Lost (1999)
A professor reunites with an old friend who inspires him to return to Czechoslovakia for the first time since he emigrated years ago.

Dirty Soul (2004)
When sisters Jana and Anna meet their half-brother at their father's funeral, the siblings' lives entwine as they navigate relationships and setbacks.

Cruel Joys (2002)
This simple story is the feature debut for well-known Slovak theater and television director Juraj Nvota. Set in a Slovak village at the turn of the...

Shadow of the Deceased (2005)
The nurse Helga meets Baltic nobleman Arno when he's wounded in the Russo-Finnish war. They have a short but passionate affair before Arno is called...

Seven Days of Sin (2012)
This story actually happened in the region around the city of Sumperk in Jeseniky Mountains in May 1945. The disappearance of Agnes, the German wife...

Scumbags (2013)
Manipulation, coercion, humiliation, aggression. Hidden cameras captured the rough background of the seniors' demonstration events. What really...

Skřivánčí ticho (1990)
The hero of the story is a forty-something intellectual, a sensitive composer of classical music. His exclusive profession, his work, which is...

Lucky Loser (2012)
Young Filip is cursed with terrible luck ever since his father dared to outwit Lady Fortune herself, and to make matters worse, Filip falls...

Godfather's Story (2013)
Godfather's story is the story of the greatest of Czech post-revolutionary 'entrepreneurs'. His activities often crossed the edge of the law, and his...

An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes (2009)
Adolescence is always a difficult time; it is doubly so for Gábina. For one thing, she is growing up in the normalization years of the 1970s,...

Fandy ó Fandy (1983)
Little kids, little worries, big kids, big worries, sighs many a parent often. This is no different for the mother of eighteen-year-old Frantisek,...

Curious Donkey (1997)
It tells the story of a young man who was turned into a donkey by curiosity and a fatal mistake. While the hero despairs and does not know how to...

Zlatá princezna (2001)
The princess, who laughs at the lake lord's feelings because of his non-human appearance, is herself transformed into a living golden statue. The...

Kdyby byly ryby (2014)
The once-prosperous Kingdom of Three Ponds has been laid waste by a curse that stripped its waters of every fish, bringing famine and unrest to the...

Sestricky (1984)
A Czech psychological film about the school of life, its sorrows and beauties. The main character is a young aspiring nurse Marie Sahulová,...

Pánská jízda (2004)
Father Viktor, highly capable and successful in his profession, and his son Petr, an equally successful and promising student, suddenly find...

All My Loved Ones (1999)
Told from the perspective of man reflecting on his childhood in Prague in the early years of World War II and the eventual destruction of his family...

The Rain Fairy (2010)
The elements that rule Earth - Air, Fire, Earth and Water - are in their "regular inspection tour". We are following Water, in the form of the Rain...

Revenge (1995)
A celebrated theatre director’s perfect life unravels when his wife’s secret lover exposes the hollowness beneath his success, leading to...

A Little Piece of Heaven (2005)
A Little Piece of Heaven tells a story of love, friendship, and solidarity, aspects of life that allows us to live with dignity even at the most...

Hostage (2014)
Tragicomic family film about the world of children heroes - particularly the son of a local communist officer and his friend, a little hostage of the...

Life Is Life (2015)
Pedantic policeman Frantisek (Ondrej Vetchý) wants to bring up his three daughters with a firm hand. He would like to see the girls coupled...

Martha and I (1990)
Emil (Vaclav Chalupa as a teen, Ondrej Vetchy as an adult) has been naughty, and his family is at a loss about what to do with him. He's been...

Even Mice Belong in Heaven (2021)
Whizzy is a little mouse, Whitebelly is a fox. They are naturally mortal enemies. One day, after an unfortunate accident, both meet in animal heaven....

Born Into Sh*t (2006)
Worried that his father is gay and that it's hereditary, 13-year-old Tomás gets his girlfriend pregnant. Therein ensues a romantic comedy of...

Čarodějné námluvy (1997)
A cheerful fairy tale about a prince whose parents wanted to cure him with a magic potion. The king and queen are very unhappy with their son's...

Všiváci (2014)
The story of two brothers separated by one woman. A top neurosurgeon mired in a vicious circle of surgeries, alcohol and amorous adventures and his...

Atomová katedrála (1985)
The construction of a gigantic facility such as the Dukovany nuclear power plant requires only the most capable experts. Such is the engineer...

Každý milion dobrý (2016)
Irena is the energetic owner of a thriving business. However, after a serious car accident, she decides to sell her company and donate the proceeds...

How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (1985)
A story about a young medical school student and his adventures.

Kariéra (1985)
The story of a young man who found the meaning of love and a place in life at the cost of a loss.

Love from the Passage (1985)
Nineteen-year-old Pavel Kříž spends all his free time in Prague's arcades, bistros and discos with a group of thieves called Roby. Pavel has...

Autumn Spring (2001)
A bittersweet comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodský as Fanda, an old man who refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife...

Chlapská čest (1989)
Two happily married couple, Michal and Blanka, experience a regrettable misunderstanding: the wife leaves home with their young son, but...

State of Emergency (2024)
Radio correspondent Karel Beran returns briefly to Prague from the Middle East due to an anonymous tip, but a revolution suddenly breaks out in...

Every Man for Yourself (1994)
Georges Flavier, once renowned Parisian hairdresser, lives alone since the death of his son and the departure of his wife. One night, he saves a...

Through This Night (2005)
The film portrays the final days of the most famous Czech authoress, Božena Nìmcová, who in the mid-19th century dared to live a life...

Johankino tajomstvo (2015)
A new man comes into the world and his fate is watched over by three female judges. One of them endows him with exceptional qualities, the second...

Devatenáct klavírů (2008)
Czech Television has successfully aired two TV movies detective novels by Emil Vachek: The man and the Shadow and Evil minute. In both stories of the...

Stuck with a Perfect Woman (2016)
Eliska's husband has left her for a younger woman. She is childless, in her early forties, yet still attractive. Till then she had taken care of her...

Fairy Tales for Emma (2016)
When London-based immigration officer Petr Miller receives a startling call from Prague informing him that the woman who listed him as guardian after...

The Elementary School (1991)
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined...

To See the Sea (2014)
As preteen, aspiring filmmaker Tomas trains his new camera’s lens on his own world, shocking family secrets around him come into sharp focus.

House for Two (1988)
Two brothers live with their mother in an old house on the outskirts of town. They both work in a printing house. Elder Bóža is a quiet,...

Barefoot (2017)
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...

Colette (2013)
As World War II rages on, Villi and Colette are captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Imprisoned within separate compounds, the lovers...

My Uncle Archimedes (2018)
Telling the story of Archimedes, one of thousands of refugees who left Greece for Czechoslovakia at the end of the 1940s, as the Greek civil war...

The Infinity Castle (1984)
Technical school student Pavel Brychta, arrives at a youth correctional facility located within a chateau in Konečno. He is an atypical, but not...

The Magic Book (1996)
An evil witch is trying to steal a magic purse possessed by the local ruler. Thanks to Princess Blanka's love, Prince Petr wins out over the witch.

V erbu lvice (1995)
The life story of Blessed Zdislava of Lemberk, about whom legends rather than sparse historical references tell us that she was a deeply religious...

Ptačí král (1997)
This romantic fairy tale, loosely based on an anonymous Arabic story, takes place at the sultan's court, where the evil sisters of the kind sultana...

O pyšném panovníkovi (1998)
It would never occur to a confident and proud ruler that someone somewhere is counting his misdeeds and that punishment will soon follow. Only when...

Dvanáct měsíčků (1992)
"Dear sister, strawberries don't grow in winter!" Marushka begs, but her crying is in vain, neither her stepmother nor Holena shrinks from her and...

Prodavač humoru (1984)
The honest and a bit naive director of a variety agency, Jožin Petránek, sits on the qualification committee that judges entertainers and...

Medieval (2022)
The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

The Magic Quill (2018)
The devil's magic quill keeps a tight record of sins. But when this precious artifact is stolen, a demon must find a way to make things right again.

Women on the Run (2019)
Vera has lived a wonderful life with Jindrich, and she is fully determined to fulfill his last wish - running a marathon. The emancipated and...

Cock-a-Doodle-Do (2009)
"Power is sweetest when it is completely disproportionate – when a fool rules over the wise..." Kundera's play reveals in a farcical, even...

Ohnivé ženy mezi námi (1988)
The final part of the ghost triptych will take Marta, Magdalena and Janko to the world of television. The 700th anniversary of the town of...

Intimity (2014)
A romantic film composed of seven intertwining love stories. Couples in love offer a glimpse into their intimate private lives as they deal with...

Impresário ze Smyrny (2006)
A wealthy Turk intends to establish an opera house in Smyrna with the help of opera lover Count Čipera. Opera singers are applying for the...

Léda (2011)
A psychological study of scenes from married and unmarried life, verging on the grotesque. A play about mutual attraction and insurmountable...

Velký případ (2000)
Based on the novel by French writer Jean Labord, who was a long-time court reporter for the Paris newspaper France-Soir, Jiří Hubač wrote a...

Sweethearts (2020)
The fates of several women intertwine as they navigate professional setbacks, repair dysfunctional relationships and take control of their lives.

Červený kamínek (1997)
"Drink your life, drink it to the fullest..." sings Ješek, a carefree squire, surrounded by friends and pretty girls in a village tavern....

Tajemství staré bambitky 2 (2022)
King Jakub and Queen Anička’s family grows with their curious daughter, Princess Johanka, who loves spending time with her kindly grandfather...

An Accident (1986)
In the 1980s, the building themes were transformed into bipolar moral dilemmas involving overly ambitious individuals who wanted to excel at any...

Víla z jeskyně zla (1991)
No one has ever managed to enter the dark cave of the fairy Asteria twice. Anyone brought here by chance or curiosity has been petrified. Only the...

The Golet in the Valley (1995)
In 1930s Ukraine, the desecration of a sacred bath disrupts the sex lives of Jewish villagers.

Variácie slávy (1991)
W. A. Mozart's childhood was very busy, connected with constant travelling, full of fame and admiration. His father Leopold, an accomplished...

Byli jsme to my? (1991)
The theatre director encounters the disinterest and irresponsibility of the acting troupe, whose members are scheming and looking for side income....

Stupně poražených (1988)
The top sport was also closely monitored in the communist era, and officials were naturally bothered that the pentathlon team failed to win the World...

Bethlehem Light (2022)
A well-known writer now aged 75 is aware of his increasing age and the risk that his literary style will grow worn. His everyday existence is...

Labyrint (1991)
Film makes the creative process visible by letting its narrative flow in the mind of a foreign director who is researching a film about Franz Kafka...

Television Microscene (1993)
Janez Burger's FAMácké exercise is exceptional in that it is the only comedic or actually parodic work he has ever made. The...

Landscape with Furniture (1987)
The story of a music academy student Zdenek, who meets a charming girl, and without realizing also gets a son with her. Dealing with such a situation...

Přátelé bermudského trojúhelníku (1987)
The idea of mystery unites the three debut stories - the original Bermuda Triangle with its mysterious phenomena has begun to shift and can be traced...

Figurky ze šmantů (1988)
Three short stories about the people and folk around the shaft.

How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1988)
While Kendy returns to his hometown as an assistant director to film a thirteen-part series with a television crew, Štěpán...

Moře na dvoře (2025)
Josef is a successful violin maker. He enjoys seeing the instruments he makes bring joy to people all over the world. He himself prefers to spend his...

The Beggar's Opera (1991)
Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original...

Bylo nás pět (1995)
Young Petr (Adam Novak) and his four friends undergoes several adventures throughout this series--setting a field on fire, sneaking into a theater...

Okresní přebor (2010)
Okresní přebor is a Czech television sport comedy series created by Jan Prušinovský that airs on TV Nova. The series premiered...

Vražedné stíny (2022)
Lieutenant Alan Kreiner tries to obtain evidence of criminal activity through an informant. However, when his boss is shot with his gun, Alan is...

Justice (2017)
Richard is a police investigator who hasn't seen his daughter Lily for very long time. The series starts when Lily shows up at his door and asks for...

Fallen Empire (2018)
A chronicle of the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire and the rise of the Balkan states.

Případy detektivní kanceláře Ostrozrak (2000)

Jak si nepodělat život (2019)
A primary school teacher with an inferiority complex about her weight, a bank clerk who suddenly develops a strange rash around her eyes, an aging...

Balkánem nahoru a dolů s Adamem Ondrou (2020)

Sanitka (1984)
Sanitka was a Czech television, drama series, first broadcast in 1984 and eleven episodes were made. It starred Jaromír Hanzlík,...