Stella Zázvorková
Popularity:0.2173
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1922-04-14
Place of Birth:Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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Also Known As:Stela Zázvorková

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...

Podnájemníci (1976)
The first part of a loose trilogy about the travails of two orphaned siblings, thirteen-year-old Alenka and twenty-three-year-old Zbyněk, is based...

The Terribly Sad Princess (1968)
Musical fairy tale tells the story of prince and princesses from neighbouring friendly countries who have to marry each other, as decided by their...

How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth (1977)
Vasek, 8 years old boy is desperate to find a new "father" for his mother.

How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1975)
There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need...

About the Thick Fog (1976)
Short film made by Bretislav Pojar

How to Catch a Tiger (1977)
Short movie by Bretislav Pojar

Miluji Tě (1979)
Tomorrow is Alice's sixteenth birthday and her classmate Aleš, in the words of his grandmother, "preluded on the wall". On the fence opposite...

Angel in the Mountains (1955)
Mr. Angel goes winter sporting and at the same time investigates his son's fiancee.

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)
This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit...

Cosy Dens (1999)
Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. The teenage kids think that their fathers are...

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...

O Vánocích už nechci slyšet ani slovo (1982)

Tři chlapi v chalupě (1963)
The three Potůčks live in a house in Ouplavice: a widower grandfather, a son whose wife has run away, and a still unmarried grandson. The father...

Dva muži hlásí příchod (1975)
An only son, Jirí Valenta (Jaromír Hanzlík), has been drafted to the army. At the barracks he acquires the nickname Seamstress...

A Nice Plate of Spinach (1977)
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.

Straw Hat (1972)
Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it seems, to marry Helen Nonankur - daughter of a...

Happy End (1967)
A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an...

Hezký Štědrý večer (1979)
On the morning of Christmas Eve, Daddy was supposed to go to the cottage with his little son and stop on the way to pick up Mommy, who still had to...

Young Bohácek's Sufferings (1969)
Tóna Bohácek (Pavel Landovský) has been a great worry to his mother, Mrs Bohácková (Stella...

The Hit (1981)
Mr Jiš managed to give his first script at Barrandov. Already in the preparatory phase, he discovers with horror that the filmmakers have...

Dva z onoho světa (1962)
A musical comedy about two indistinguishably similar siblings who love music, but each of them is completely different. Pavel Fořt is a professor of...

We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling... (1976)
Mr. Novak tells a lie to his neighbor Mrs. Bartackova that her husband is unfaithful to her and that is how it all started.

Einstein kontra Babinský (1964)
A satire about small and large crooks who thrive in a planned economy. They made great use of all its strengths and weaknesses.

Čintamani & podvodník (1965)
Two short stories by Karel Čintamani a ptáci An avid collector of carpets, MUDr. Vitásek discovers a unique piece in Mrs....

Táto sežeň štěně (1964)
The holiday story revolves around the children of editor Hlavsa and their desire to get a dog. Dad bravely faces his children's wish and all he cares...

Do We Match Each Other, Darling? (1975)
Marta (Jana Brejchová) and Viktor (Vlastimil Brodský) celebrate the tenth anniversary of their wedding half-heartedly. They both think...

90° in the Shade (1965)
In a Prague shop, an assistant has been carrying on an affair with the dishonest, married manager. An emotionally repressed auditor with domestic...

Crooked Mirror (1956)
A satirical military "Fashion Show" instructing Czechoslovak soldiers how and how not to dress.

Don't Take the Sweater Off (1981)
A young Czech couple are terrorized by their funny family.

Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1971)
Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George...

Larks on a String (1990)
In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is...

Hrubeš a Mareš jsou kamarádi do deště (2004)
Slovak director Karpatti arrives in Prague to make a name for himself. He has brought all his belongings with him, as he can no longer show his face...

Třetí noc pro čaroděje (1994)
About the strange tasks Jeník was given in order to win the princess's hand... The advisor to Princess Lucie's suitors comes up with strange...

The Great Movie Robbery (1987)
The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the nationalisation of the Czechoslovak film...

The Girl on the Broomstick (1972)
A teenage witch, Saxana (Petra Černocká), frozen in time as a punishment for 300 years, finds herself in a modern world.

Klícka (1972)
The apartment in the old house is occupied by a large family: a couple with three daughters, one of whom lives here with her husband and child. The...

From Subway with Love (2005)
This romantic comedy presents a story of two women, twenty-year-old Laura, an editor at a woman’s weekly, and her widowed mother, a...

Silvestr na přání aneb Čí jsou hory Kavčí (1977)

Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti (1979)

Silvestr budiž pestr aneb Do půlnoci mnoho času nezbývá (1972)

A Night at Karlstein (1974)
No Woman is allowed into Karlstejn Castle! Yet the enamoured Daniele Kolářová and the equally enamoured Jana Brejchová manage...

Co je doma to se počítá, pánové... (1980)
For the Novák and Bartáček families, money is king, and they'll do just about anything to get it. While René Novák...

Max, Sally and the Magic Phone (2001)
Max and Sally, the heroes of popular Czech animated series are leaving the TV in order to become a regular boy and girl.

The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon (1971)
In a suburban villa, a woman of means is murdered. Police Superintendent Zdychynec from the Prague Liben neighborhood reports the case to Police...

The Unfortunate Bridegroom (1967)
A comedy about two bumbling policemen investigating an alleged rape in a small Czech town. One of the alleged rapists is supposed to get married the...

The End of Old Times (1990)
Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa the administrator of the Kratochvile Castle. Although with no aristocratic...

Oči pro pláč (1984)
A comedy about the unhinged owner of a lavish Art Nouveau villa. However, she is not entirely serious about the frequent advertisements in which she...

Fair Play (1987)
Tereza lives and works in Prague. She meets a handsome man, Tommie, speaking in a language incomprehensible to her. It seems that he is the manager...

Among Us Thieves (1964)
The story of a trio of released criminals that even prison re-education did not reform. They intend to "bankrupt" a farming cooperative, but soon...

Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou (1967)

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...

The Lost Photography (1960)
A young boy from Prague is trying to find a Soviet soldier from the old 1945 picture.

When the Cat Comes (1963)
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in...

Women Offside (1971)
Kastl is a hairdresser but his real passion is his second job as football referee. This job takes all his free time and makes his wife very nervous.

School for Fathers (1957)
A new teacher with high standards and a strong sense of duty replaces an easy grader. Once bad grades begin to pile up, a product of his...

The Good Soldier Švejk (1957)
Good-natured and garrulous, Schweik becomes the Austrian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of World War I --...

How to Wake a Princess (1978)
At long last, King Dalimil and Queen Eliška have produced an heir, Princess Růženka. Consumed with envy, Eliška’s sister...

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.

You Are a Widow, Sir (1971)
After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill...

Bill, Please (1956)
The director of the company Restaurants and Canteens arrives to attend a screening of a film made in various restaurants. A group of villagers come...

Wild Flowers (2000)
Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales - glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light - make up this Czech collection of visual poetry....

Story of Souls (1965)
The dramatization of the Old Prague short story by the writer Ignát Herrmann is an acting concert by Jan Pivec. In this film from 1964, the...

Helluva Good Luck (1999)
Dora, a lazy and evil woman, is in love with her servant, Hannes. Hannes, however, loves her sister-in-law, Margareta. When Dora learns about this,...

Námluvy komtesy Gladioly aneb Přistání ve skleníku (1970)

Three Men Travelling (1973)
Three Men Travelling is billed as a loosely related sequel to Tri chlapi v chalupe (1963), sending our country protagonists set out from their family...

Spadla s měsíce (1961)
A story about the uproar caused by the arrival of a new, young and, by local standards, too energetic zookeeper in a village JZD. Her name is Maya...

A Star Travels South (1964)
The Prague Grand Orchestra travels by train to a music festival in Yugoslavia. Only the singer Sona Klánová missed the departure. In...

This Is How Love Begins... (1975)
Two hilarious short stories set in the milieu of apprentice youth, depicting the amorous travails of teenage boys. In the first story, "The Sorrows...

A Pact with the Devil (1967)
A comedy about five students who are un-justly suspected of trying to lose their virginity before their graduation. The five girls first try to...

Příliš mnoho něhy (1968)
An animated lecture that totally overthrows the idea of the tender character of women and violent character of men. It proves that the reality is...

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph (1956)

Společnice (2000)
The story of old Hana, who devoted her entire life to gardens. She designed them, planted them, cared for them, lived for them. Now she is old, sick,...

Today for the Last Time (1958)
Concert master Karel Mašek is a drunk, as well as engineer Danda and other regular guests of the pub U Kroců. Mašek returns from the...

Fanda (1977)
A VB officer regulates the arrival of fans at Sparta. He'd like to go too, but there are more fans in their ranks and they have to rotate duty. So he...

Róza, strážné strašidlo (1994)
Just in time, Róza Riedlová returns from the grave to beneficially intervene in the life of timid Jana, who is full of doubts about...

The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin (1961)
Farmers get away from their arguments by embarking on a religious pilgrimage, enjoy a picnic en route, and on their return decide to form a...

První a poslední (1959)
The film responds to the housing shortage that young couples in particular have had to deal with. This problem is also addressed by the couple...

Šach mat (1964)
A live, semi-documentary TV broadcast investigates why former prisoner Dr. Benet collapsed after defeating world chess champion Mirko Čentovič...

Ta naše písnička česká (1967)
The Haszler songs of Prague, so popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, have not aged. They are still sung in pubs and on...

Patnácté léto (1994)
Anna has been married to Karel for fifteen years and has a teenage daughter with him. Karel is growing distant from Anna, whose daily life consists...

Listonošky (1998)
The bachelor's thesis tells an original story about how children have great imaginations and their playfulness can cause all sorts of fun things to...

Bedřich má psy rád (1999)
A short story about Bedřich, the tyrant of the family. A bachelor's story.

Můj muž je Einstein (1999)
What happens when parents forget the password to their savings account. A short story from the popular series Bakaláři 1999... When Ivanka...

Jáma (1999)
A bachelor's thesis about memories of youth, in which a romantic treasure hunt unexpectedly takes on historical significance.

Odvážná slečna (1970)
JUDr. Kroupa will take over as President of the Civil Court from his colleague who is retiring. His job description is mostly to judge married...

Chlap jako hora (1960)
We learn that the greatest virtue of socialist competition is collective cooperation. This is what the young, physically fit assembler refuses to...

Konec jasnovidce (1957)
Private psychic Mathias Scibolini practices his profession properly and to the full satisfaction of his clients. When the integration of the...

At the Terminus (1957)
Several bittersweet stories set in a Prague apartment building.

To byla noc (1957)
On his first business trip in a new place, driver Rudo has an accident. A drunken truck driver dented the fender of the tatraplane and drove off...

What Will My Wife Say to This? (1958)
The hero of the story is the writer Vladimír Tůma, who is invited to spend a month studying in a neighbouring country. There, the foreign...

Mezi nebem a zemí (1958)
Working in the city office is a bitter clerk who believes he has only 14 days to live and so he bravely stands up to his bureaucratic director.

Domek u lesa (1985)
Every one of us has certainly been in a situation for which he or she is not prepared and is not able to orient him or herself immediately and...

Arabela se vrací aneb Rumburak králem Říše pohádek (1993)

Arabela (1980)
Arabela was a children's television series produced in Czechoslovakia which aired from 1979 to 1981. The series has 13 episodes and is in the Czech...

Nováci (1995)
The misadventures of the Nováci family.

Thirty Cases of Major Zema (1976)
Thirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the...

Chalupáři (1975)
Chalupáři is a Czechoslovak comedy TV series filmed in 1974 and 1975 by František Filip.

Territory of the White Kings (1991)
The story centers around a group of children, led by Leontinka and Olda. Father of Leontinka manages the local Deer Park with an invaluable breed of...

The Flying Cestmir (1984)
Young boy Cestmir finds a magic rock which allows him to bring the seeds of the flowers which allow flying from Blue Planet...

Nemocnice na kraji města (1978)
Hospital at the End of the City is a popular television series first released in Czechoslovakia in 1977, it featured an ensemble cast and received...

We All Are Required to Attend School (1984)
Stories from a daily life of children attending a regular school.