Jaroslav Marvan
Popularity:0.302
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1901-12-11
Place of Birth:Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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Also Known As:J. Marvan, Jar. Marvan, J. Mavran, Ярослав Марван

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...

The Phantom of Morrisville (1966)
Inspector Brumpby (Jaroslav Marvan) and the young crime reporter Allan Pinkerton (Vít Olmer) attend wedding of Sir Hannibal Morris (Oldrich...

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

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph (1956)

Journey Into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Small stories from a grammar school.Děj je poskládán z celé řady epizod, které během jednoho školního...

Station Master (1941)
Vlasta Burian jako černý pasažér rozvrátí disciplinovaný chod jednoho nádraží. Pan Ťopka...

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...

Murder in the Excelsior Hotel (1971)
In Vražda v hotelu Excelsior, the interwar period homicide detective squad from Prague investigates the murder of a wealthy woman, Mrs...

Burglar and Umbrella (1971)
In the morning twilight of Prague, the dead body of the safe-breaker Toufar is found floating on the river Vltava with a knife in his back. Police...

Pět z milionu (1959)
Five short stories: The Master and the Twentieth Disciple; Every Week is Sunday; It's Boniface's Fault; The Raggedy Song; The Spider's Web.

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

Ryba na suchu (1942)
Majitel půjčovny lodiček a převozník Ryba sídlí celý život v domku u řeky, která se často...

Sedmý kontinent (1961)
Together with a group of temporary workers, a group of experienced labourers is building a land reclamation system to turn the South Bohemian marshes...

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.

Tvrdohlavá žena a zamilovaný školní mládenec (1962)

Holiday with Angel (1953)
Strict and always dissatisfied grumbler Mr. Angel gets a voucher for summer recreation. He rejects it at first but he eventually decides to use it...

Zkáza Jeruzaléma (1964)
A grotesque story from the history of the film business. The owner of a second-rate rental company offers rural cinema operators a novelty - a...

School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Seventh form pupils at a grammar school in Přívlaky are preparing for a secondary school sports competition. Class creep Krhounek gives the...

The Catacombs (1940)
The title refers to the office of records in the basement of a large company... sort of the place where a troublesome employee may be dumped in a...

Cash Claim Chaos (1939)
Hospital orderly Rozruch, denied his therapeutic treatment, is mistaken for Dr. Marek at the insurance office and sent to a spa. Councilor Pěna,...

The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová (1926)
The film depicts the adventures of Kacenka (Zdena Kavková) and Vincek (Vlasta Burian), two innocent country bumpkins who live in a Czech small...

Silent Barricade (1949)
A fiction piece centered around the Czech resistance to the Nazis.

The Inspector-General (1933)
Vlasta Burian appears in a town of Czarist Russia impersonating an Inspector General, and he is entertained lavishly by the local political-hacks and...

Every day - Sunday (1962)
Jirka is a composer, his wife, Jana, a pianist. Jana would like to have an own concert, but so far she has only been selected to accompany Valenta...

The Hard Life of an Adventurer (1941)
A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.

Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter (1932)
Anton Špelec (Vlasta Burin) is a producer of musical instruments by trade but a sharp-shooter at heart. He expects to be awarded a medal at a...

Young Love (1933)
The story of love, between a sturdy village boy and a gentle country girl, filmed with a movingly genuine charm.

Chalk and Cheese (1941)
Rudolf Bartoš, the owner of a farm, quarry and factory, is extremely rich, however, he is unapproachable and irritable, and the dread of his...

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

Kristian (1939)
Alois Novák (Oldrich Nový), a minor clerk in a travel agency and the husband of a dowdy housewife Marenka (Natasa Gollová),...

Záhady aneb S Karlem Čapkem v soudní síni (1960)

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...

Here in Kocourkov (1934)
Curious citizens await the arrival of an important guest, the son of poacher, who became famous abroad. Begins celebration in his honor, but nobody...

Father Vojtech (1929)
Father Vojtech (Czech: Páter Vojtěch) is a 1929 silent Czech romance film directed by Martin Frič.

Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
Comedy film directed by Karel Lamač.

The Fake Sweetheart (1926)
The film depicts the troubles of Herr Verner ( Herr Karel Hasler ), a middle-aged bachelor dentist who wants to marry.

Nocturnal Butterfly (1941)
Venice Film Festival 1941

The Circus Will Be (1954)
A few bus-loads of holidaymakers from the agricultural cooperative on a day trip arrive to see the show at the Slavia Circus. But, they have bad...

Tetička (1941)
Rich spinster Berta celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Her faithful admirer Dr. Jelinek proposes. But Berta can not forget Edward, the great love of...

13th district (1946)
Inspector Cadek from the 13th police station should keep an eye on the released safe-cracker nicknamed The Cat. He rightly suspects that Cat will go...

Klec pro dva (1968)
A simple print worker selflessly cares for his sick mother. He spends all his free time with her and the only hobby he indulges in from time to time...

Skill of Gold (1943)
A village shop owner is convinced by his children to move to Prague, where they say he'll be able to enjoy a fine retirement in a modern furnished...

Adrift (1971)
A fisherman saves Anada, a woman adrift, from drowning. He takes her to his home, and protects her. Eventually, she occupies a larger place than was...

A Great Road Ahead (1963)
About the great Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek, who was captured by the Russians during the First World War. Not wanting to fight for the...

Long Live with Dearly Departed (1935)
Wealthy and ill Petr Kornel (Karel Hasler) is not pleased with the carousing lifestyle of his nephew. He stops supporting him financially and demands...

I Dutifully Report (1958)
A comedy based on the novel of Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Svejk happens during the World War I. I Dutifully Report: In the introduction...

Business in Distress (1931)
Finnicky efficiency expert is sent to straighten out business management problems at a jazz club, and finds self being drawn into the swingin' scene.

The House of the Five Squirrels (1944)
Josef Houbička, the owner of the U pěti veverek apartment building in Malostran, is a kind and forgiving good man who allows himself to be...

Burian the Liar (1940)
Fifty years old Baron von Fibberg lives at The Fibberg Castle with his wife Olga and daughter Charley. Besides the delight in hunting, Baron is very...

Líza Soars to the Skies (1938)
The orphan Eliška Irovská, nicknamed Líza, arrives in her native village of Ptačice. As an orphan she is housed in the local...

Capek's Tales (1947)
Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.

Of Things Supernatural (1959)
An anthology of three absurd, ironic tales inspired by Čapek’s “Tales from One Pocket” and “Fables and Side Stories,”...

A Charming Man (1941)
The main hero of the story is the editor Viktor Bláha, who likes to invent crazy mystifications, during which he has a good time at the...

The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
The bickering of envious mistresses, the criminal intentions of fraudsters and the love of two young people are at the center of events, in the...

The Bear and the Ghosts (1959)
Princess Blanka (Aglaia Morávková) is secretly meeting her beloved, huntsman Ondrej (Jirí Papez). Only the chamber-maid Anezka...

Men on the Offsides (1931)
The owner of the ready-to-wear store, Mr. Richard Naceradec from Zizkov, is an enthusiastic fan of S.K. Slavia and despite his wife's opposition, he...

Ulička v ráji (1936)
Orphan Petr lives with his dog Puntja with his aunt. His uncle Gustav wants to get rid of Peter and puts him in an orphanage. Peter escapes from...

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...

Happy Journey (1943)
Filmed during the Nazi occupation, this panoramic drama set in a Prague department store follows the divergent destinies of four female coworkers,...

We Study After School (1940)
The heroes of the Czech film comedy are the students of the Business Academy, who sleep in the school desks under the avalanche of a large amount of...

Její pastorkyně (1938)
Village drama. The widowed daughter-in-law of the old woman Buryjovka, called Kostelnička, is very proud of her pretty and well-bred ward Jenůfa....

The Borrowed Face (1965)
It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration...

The Ideal Schoolmaster (1932)
This light-hearted comedy operetta tells the story of a newly appointed high school professor who becomes an ideal target for pranks and jokes.

In Temptation (1939)
When the handsome parish priest takes on a single mother with a child, he has no idea what kind of malicious gossip he will be exposed to. But he is...

Děvče z předměstí anebo Všecko příjde na jevo (1939)

The Good Soldier Švejk (1926)
The first film treatment of the fate of the good soldier Švejk, a dog dealer from Prague, who is arrested after the Sarajevo assassination,...

Battalion (1937)
Attorney František Uher is known for his patriotic mindset and active assistance in disputes between the Czechs and the Austrian justice...

Horký vzduch (1965)
A tragicomedy set in a village where it depicts a diverse assemblage of old geezers spending the autumn of their lives in different ways. Some are...

Tulák Macoun (1939)
Venice Film Festival 1939

The White Yacht in Split (1939)
When the yacht of her former lover Mario Tudor arrives in Split, widowed Countess de Milesi, plagued by financial troubles, is hell-bent on selling...

Lidé na kře (1937)
Venice Film Festival 1937

Magical River (1946)
Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now has nothing to do compared to his energetic wife. He's growing old and troubled by...

The Young Lady from the Riverside (1959)
The young worker Helena Pokorná and her widowed father are employed in the same factory. The father is spending his holidays at home in Prague...

The Avalanche (1946)
An ambitious and selfish lawyer confesses to the murder of his first wife. Some of the scenes were filmed in the last weeks of the war.

The Hordubals (1938)
Venice Film Festival 1938

The Adventurous Bachelor (1946)
Even the pre-Blohemian times were not idyllic. Even a bachelor, invited by the consuls to Rakovník to elevate the local education system,...

Revoluční rok 1848 (1949)
Year of the Revolution 1848

Schweik in Russian Captivity (1927)
Directed by Svatopluk Innemann.

The Case of Colonel Redl (1931)
The case of Colonel Redl -- an officer blackmailed into spying by virtue of his homosexuality.

The Good Soldier Schweik (1930)
Joint montage of the first three silent films about Švejk: Good Soldier Švejk (1926, director: Karel Lamač), Švejk on the Front...

St. Wenceslas (1930)
St. Wenceslas (Czech: Svatý Václav) is a 1930 Czechoslovak historical film about Saint Wenceslas.[2] It was the most expensive Czech...

The Case Is Not Yet Closed (1957)
From a scientific enterprise, a large sum of money has been stolen, in addition, research protocols have been photographed...

Váhavý střelec (1957)
The hesitant shooter becomes a timid young man who only the war will make a real man.

Jánošík (1936)
Jánošík has been topic of many Slovak and Polish legends, books and films. According to the legend, he robbed nobles and gave...

Her Boy (1930)
Directed by Friedrich Feher.

King of the Sumava (1959)
A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Sumava".

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...