Jan W. Speerger
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1896-04-29
Place of Birth:Adamov, Ceské Budejovice District, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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Also Known As:Ян В. Спеэргер, Ян Вацлав Спеэргер, Ян В. Спеергер

Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka (1970)
A joint edit of the first three silent films about Švejk: The Good Soldier Švejk (1926, directed by Karel Lamač), Švejk at the...

The Strange Bride (1930)
Two young people, during a hike on the C te d'Azur, meet a woman of great beauty whose driver has a sinister appearance. They find her in a castle....

The Kreutzer Sonata (1926)
We have a liberal, modern Czech flapper bound to a serious and bored husband and don't forget the important fact that the wife has a lover so soon...

Andula vyhrála (1938)
A rich bachelor, Pavel Haken, tries - with the help of his faithful servant - to escape the courtship of marriageable young ladies. They meet 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.

The Arrival from the Darkness (1921)
One of the first Czechoslovak films to be shown abroad--a fantasy horror, filmed on the fully furnished premises of the Berlin film studio Am Zoo....

Armored Car (1930)
An unknown gang has again broken into a van containing money from the European bank. Banker Sam Hamilton decides to use an armoured car for the next...

Lucerna (1925)
A Czechoslovakian comedy directed by Carl Lamac and starring himself Theodor Pistek & Anny Ondra.

Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)
The Portorican prime minister asks British detective Sherlock Holmes to find a twin for King Fernando XXIII, a weak and frightened man who fears...

Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
A very hardworking but also very naive insurance company clerk, Valentin Plavec, becomes the target of endless pranks, jokes and recessions from his...

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

Der Scheidungsgrund (1937)
The lawyer, Dr. Werkmann, is seeking a legal separation for Mr. Bernhof, who claims his wife is an incorrigible gambler. In reality, it is he who is...

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...

Men Without Wings (1946)
After an attack against the guard of the Third Reich, Nazi repression intensifies, and the Czechoslovakian resistance's organized sabotage in an...

Josef Kajetán Tyl (1926)
A biographical story about significant Czech dramatist, writer and actor Josef Kajetán Tyl.

The Old Man Bezousek (1927)
A Carl Lamac directed movie based on a novel by Karel Václav Rais.

Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
František Procházka was retired early because his soldiers sang a forbidden song about a c. and k. field marshal. Since he is a soldier...

Grandmother (1940)
A highly romanticized autobiographical novel by a Czech 19th century writer, Bozena Nemcova. It's a classical, compulsory reading in Czech schools,...

The Guild of the Kutná Hora Virgins (1938)
A morally questionable lord comes to the aid of a working class man who is to be executed for speaking out about thieving rich scoundrels sticking it...

Žena, která ví, co chce (1934)
Woman concert star seeks to connect with her adult daughter, by her former marriage to a staid industrialist who has kept the two apart since the...

The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
It all begins when Zuzanka, the new young owner, arrives at the dilapidated Blue Star Hotel. Determined to put the declining inheritance back on its...

Maryša (1935)
A village drama about the tragic culmination of a forced marriage. The film was financed by a Brno company, which required interventions in the...

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...

Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky (1949)
The plump, punctual and slightly despotic Mr. Tříška worked as a housing officer, which completely damaged his psychological...

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...

Madla from the Brickworks (1933)
Baron Dolanský is deeply interested in eugenics, he knows what happens when the same plants are crossed over and over again, and he rightly...

Okénko (1933)
Associate Professor Jakub Johanek was looking forward to his uncle's inheritance and celebrated it with his friends in advance, not knowing what...

Mazlíček (1934)
He, Doctor of Philosophy Alois Pech, is his mother's impenetrable and unindependent pet who works as a prison librarian. She, Marcela Johnová,...

Girl from the Beskids (1944)
The families of Vavruš Cagala and Cyril Hanulík live in a secluded area in the Beskydy Mountains. Vavruš and Cyril are...

Pán a sluha (1938)
A young man named Láďa Tůma, along with his inheritance from his wealthy uncle, also acquires his uncle's favorite butler, Vlastimil...

The World Where One Goes Begging (1938)
The smooth narration, corresponding to the requirements of a light comedy, develops the smiling and optimistic story of the "one-armed" beggar...

Městečko na dlani (1942)
Tragicomic events in the idyllic town of Rukapán reveal both the prejudices of the local residents and their solidarity. The chronicle of the...

Veselá bída (1939)
Two young composers offer their operetta in vain - it is rejected before anyone reads it. By a coincidence, when its text ends up in the wrong...

Manželství na úvěr (1936)
The story of the love life of sisters Lea and Ema Pohl and the comical escapades of Kristýna Žitná, Ema's classmate.

Holka nebo kluk? (1938)
Landlord Orlický has had three failed marriages. This experience has made him a sworn enemy of all women. Only old bachelors can work on his...

Teď zas my (1939)
The factory owner Hložek is in a constant dispute with his son Jiří. Jiří wants to modernize the factory, but his father is afraid...

Matka Kráčmerka (1934)
The Kráčmer couple work diligently in the vegetable garden. They are saving for a dowry for their only daughter, Betynce, who is in a serious...

Irčin románek (1936)
Irča Miňovská, the daughter of a car factory director, meets mechanic Lexa Hora by chance. They fall in love, but Irča's father does not...

Preludium (1941)
Theater props maker Karel Vajgant has a young wife, Magda, and two children, seven-year-old Pavlík and eleven-year-old Pepička. Magda is a...

Host do domu (1942)
Pavel Hora offers his friend Jiří Pulpán a place to live. When they get home, they find out that the landlord has evicted Pavel to the...

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.

The Gingerbread House (1933)
Even children in an over-technified civilization need fairy tales, and Mrs. Fairy Tale invites them into her world. The woodcutter goes to the forest...

Okouzlená (1942)
In the garden of Hojtaš's estate, local dignitaries gather to watch a theatrical performance starring the author of the play, Dr. Pavel...

Děvčátko z venkova (1937)
Orphaned Zdeňka Štěpánová helps her foster parents in Moravia at an inn. One day she learns that she is to be taken in by the...

Svatební cesta (1938)
Kind and decent professor Artur Čejka is about to marry his fiancée Helena Frýdlová. On the eve of the wedding, he comes across...

Falešná kočička (1937)
A fortune teller predicts that Dr. Přelouč will marry the third poor girl he meets. Míla, the daughter of factory owner Janota, likes the...

Mother-Hen (1937)
A comedy about a caring protector of the family who had help, good advice and understanding for everyone. No one in the family calls Anna...

Boží mlýny (1938)
An old peasant from Chodský, Záhor, claims to the young Podestát that he returned three hundred gold pieces to his father before...

Bílá vrána (1938)
The indebted owner of the Dubanský chateau sees the only way out of his debts in marrying his daughter Jana to the son of his childhood friend...

Pozor straší (1938)
The musical clowns Rik and Rak, father Švamberk and his daughter Zdeňka, are struggling miserably on the pilgrimage. Zdeňka reveals to the...

Slečna matinka (1938)
The owner of a fashion factory, Rafael Klučina, is desperately looking for an imaginative advertising campaign that would attract the public and...

Uličnice (1936)
Eighteen-year-old factory worker's daughter Věra Janáková is head over heels in love with the famous pilot Jiří Málek....

Pepina Rejholcová (1932)
Country girl Pepina sometimes misses her boyfriend Ferd. He works for the detective company "Bdělá soůva" in Prague. Pepina takes the...

Panna (1940)
Mrs. Piskořová, co-owner of a debt-ridden boarding house, forces her daughter Klára to marry a wealthy elderly architect,...

Štěstí pro dva (1940)
The famous operetta singer Jarmila Kšírová tries to hide her marital status from the sensationalist public. The heroine of the...

Fiery Summer (1939)
This romantic story turns on a stirring infatuation that takes hold of three young people under the influence of Simon, a Prague student. After the...

Zlatá Kateřina (1934)
The bad economic situation causes the owner of a fish shop, Kateřina Udadná, to declare bankruptcy. The woman is devastated because she has...

Virginity (1937)
The doomed love of a city girl caught in the vise of poverty is detailed in Vavra’s fluid, romantic work, one of the most elegant creations of...

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...

Lidé pod horami (1937)
A ballad drama set in a rural setting, set in a foothill area, where farmers struggle with harsh natural conditions and their own inner hardness. The...

Panenka (1938)
Věra accepts the offer of her friend Kajetán, who arranges a position for her in Dominik's puppet factory. The spirited girl impresses her...

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...

Naši furianti (1938)
The richest farmer and at the same time mayor Dubský and first councilman Bušek are constantly competing for supremacy. Their rivalry...

The Robber (1931)
Mimi lives with her parents and the maid Fanka in a villa near the forest. One day, a gamekeeper comes to court Mimi when her parents are away.

Chyťte ho! (1925)
Painter Johnny Miller bets his friends he can find his house blindfolded. But he stumbles into a bandits' camp, and being mistaken for one of them,...

To byl český muzikant (1940)
Teacher František Kmoch is suspended because he plays at dances or composes at night. He forms a band in Kolín and his supporter Baron...

The Incendiary's Daughter (1941)
The fiddler Valenta has troubled his wife with his drinking and disorderly life. His daughter Rozárka and her younger sisters go to their...

Vzbouření na vsi (1949)
The new era brings with it progress, which must inevitably penetrate even the most remote corners. It has also reached the village of Čirá....

Poor girl (1930)
The illegitimate child, Marie Růžová, grows up in the family of the Bořický miller. Childhood and youth spend with the son of...

All for love (1930)
Matej Krópal and his wife farm on a Haná farm. Their niece Vera is coming to stay with them for the holidays. In a small traffic...

Sister Angelika (1932)
Karla, a bar dancer, shoots her lover Mayer during a break-up. She hides from the police in pianist Pavel Ryant's apartment and promises to return...

The Hordubals (1938)
Juraj Hordubal returns from America after eight years, where he has earned enough money to improve his farm. However, his daughter Hafia does not...

The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
Elén, a girl living with her mother and stepfather in a secluded forest, has a great singing talent. On her twenty-first birthday, she runs...

Dr. Jenkins Miracle Cure (1923)
A brave young woman falls in love with a mysterious stranger.

Koriatovych (1922)
In Transcarpathia, Prince Laborets wields a divine ring that ensures his land’s peace and prosperity. Ambitious Hungarian Zoltan seizes the...

Gypsies (1922)
The tale of the Venetian gondolier whose desire for revenge following a thwarted love affair leads him to Bohemia. The intricate plot also deals with...

Year of the Revolution 1848 (1949)
The Czech revival movement is divided at the end of the first half of the 19th century. While the older generation, such as František...

The Lovers of an Old Criminal (1927)
Factory owner Pardon, meets Olga, daughter of clairvoyant Stefanie Lesczynska at a ball. Their brief acquaintance is interrupted when Olga and her...

Karel Hynek Mácha (1937)
Film about famous poet Karel Hynek Mácha

Black flame (1930)
Life and drama in a gypsy camp with the groups young lady falling in love with an outsider.

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...

Him and His Sister (1931)
Postman Brabec is a welcome guest of the revue theatre for his sense of humor, and he brings his director Holt letters from female admirers every...

Švejk On The Front (1926)
Lieutenant Lukáš was transferred to the marching battalion in České Budějovice together with Švejko. On the way,...

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

Feathered shadows (1931)
Disillusioned with his marriage which has ended in divorce, Petr Leroy goes off to the Riviera to the place where he first met his wife and where he...

Your Money or Your Life (1932)
A czech film that focuses on an unfaithful husband who married in to money, as well as an impoverished man who is turns to theft.

The Undertaker (1932)
An employee of the funeral home Pleticha calls his superior. He overhears that he is supposed to buy a wedding gift and deliver it to his boss's...

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...

Švadlenka (1936)
Even though the heroine works as a seamstress, she would like to become a designer. And she really has the talent, even a businessman from Paris...

Three Eggs in a Glass (1937)
Vincenc Babočka, an insignificant employee of the police station, plays detective in private, convinced of his exceptional abilities. However, a...

Důvod k rozvodu (1937)
The cunning lawyer Dr. Werner tries to divorce Pavel Bertl, who is considered by everyone to be a notorious gambler and drunkard. In reality, he is a...

Vražda v Ostrovní ulici (1933)
Detective Klubíčko is searching for the murderer of a wealthy loan shark because he is the only one who does not believe that the victim's...

Heave-Ho! (1934)
A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings with a worker, Filip Kornet, he discovers he still...

Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934)
Eman Vovísek drinks away his unrequited love for Liduška, who married his cousin, the factory owner Danek. Because Eman is aggressive...

The Heroic Captain Korkoran (1934)
The captain of the Prague shipping company, Adam Korkorán, lives his dreams of commanding ocean liners, even though in reality he only sails a...

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

Studentská máma (1935)
A comedy about a small student boarding house, whose quirky and energetic owner, Miss Klatovská, takes maternal care of all her tenants,...

Sextánka (1936)
Sixth-year student Eva Martenová falls in love with the new young professor Jiří Hron. She cannot concentrate in his lessons, even...

Three Men in the Snow (1936)
Young doctor Hájek has been looking for a job for a long time in vain. But luck has smiled on him a little - he has won a competition for the...

Advokátka Věra (1937)
Věra Donátová has graduated from law school and wants to open a law firm. However, she is financially dependent on her parents. Her...

A Step into the Darkness (1938)
A dashing but mysterious man saves a gambler from suicide, crashes the posh party of a prominent industrialist, falls in love with his daughter, and...

Lucerna (1938)
A young princess arrives at her estate. She is bored by the welcoming ceremony and is quite happy to hear about the rebellious miller who refused to...

Vandiny trampoty (1938)
The likeable and charming Vanda Karhanová has problems in every job because of her appearance. So when she is about to start a new job, she...

V horách duní (1946)
A war drama about the anti-Nazi resistance in the early spring of the last year of the war. German villains are furiously searching for their...

Nikola Shuhai (1947)
At the end of the First World War, Nikola Shuhai and his friend from the army desert. On the way home, to the village of Kolochava, they both find...

Průlom (1946)
A small Czech town in the 1860s. The townspeople once made a fortune from the proceeds of gold mines that are now flooded. However, they do not want...

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

Děvče z předměstí anebo Všecko příjde na jevo (1939)

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,...

Přijdu hned (1942)
The stuffed animal dealer Václav Barvínek spent twenty-four hours in prison for a petty dispute. And that very day, his uncle's will...

White Paradise (1924)
After a young man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, the daughter of the local tavern owners must spring to the rescue.

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.

On the Sunnyside (1933)
A story of two story of two children tossed between their indifferent parents and a progressive boarding school.

Svítání (1933)
The family of the worker Kučera lives happily. His daughter Anežka, engaged to technical draftsman Adolf, is a seamstress. His son...

Jízdní hlídka (1936)
The war drama The Horse Patrol is an adaptation of the play of the same name by writer and military doctor František Langer. It takes place in...

Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle (1937)
Slightly ironic comedy of wretches, who come to understand the rich and are able to accept charity, and also about how love and work prevail over the...

History of Philosophy (1937)
A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

The World Belongs to Us (1937)
One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be directly named due to censorship: Gangsters with gray hats...

Neporažená armáda (1938)
A young farmer, Jan Aleš, is drafted from his native Pošumaví to join the army. Since he likes his new environment, he stays...

Pelikán má alibi (1940)
While street photographers Máček and Kalabis are vainly offering their services to passersby, a pair of cronies rob a jewelry store almost...

Eighteen Years Old (1939)
The story tells of a village girl, falsely accused by her sister-in-law of the murder of her illegitimate child. The unfortunate girl ends up in...

Nocturnal Butterfly (1941)
Marta Dekasová works as a governess in a garrison town. The beautiful girl is the center of attention of many men, but she only desires...

Zborov (1939)
In the Škoda factory, where they are feverishly rearming in 1914, works the foreman Kalina, the father of the young men Pavel and Jan. Pavel...

The Girl in Blue (1940)
A painting of a girl from another time comes to life for it's buyer in this costume comedy.

Man from the Unknown (1939)
While in Bohemia, an American industrialist named Craigs goes missing. In Prague, the police have arrested a man without identification, who bears a...

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

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.

Barbora Hlavsová (1943)
The generally respected director of a small-town savings bank, Hlavsa, commits embezzlement because of his wasteful and spoiled wife, and when the...

Karel a já (1942)
The factory owner's son Oldřich missed his own wedding. He overdid his bachelor party and spent the night before the wedding in Mr. Šourek's...

Nobody Knows Anything (1947)
Martin Plechatý and Petr Nový roam occupied Prague with their trams. Times are hard and sometimes survival is not easy - especially...

O ševci Matoušovi (1948)
The revolutionary year of 1848 brought great hopes among the hitherto silent classes, awakening social and national hopes. The response also...

The Portrait (1948)
People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon...

Rozina the Love Child (1945)
Prague, the beginning of the 17th century. Rozina falls in love with Italian glass worker Nikolo, but after returning home, she gets a message that...

Bláhový sen (1943)
Hairdresser Žofka Stárková desires fame perhaps more than other girls. The petty plans of her fiancé František do not...

Mist on the Moors (1944)
Mist on the Moors examines fates of just about a few people. Their stories are outlined in a short space of time and are a symbolic representation of...

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...

Sobota (1945)
A social comedy about a wealthy man in his prime, for whom marital infidelity is just a pleasant and regular sport. A young flower shop owner, to...

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...

Housle a sen (1947)
The biographical film about the prematurely deceased violin virtuoso Josef Slavík takes place entirely like a haunting dream, in the mind of a...

Pancho se žení (1946)
The foolish Pedro is supposed to marry the beautiful Rosita, who is also attracted to the adventurer Pancho - during his journey to see her, Pancho...

Velký případ (1946)
Shortly before the end of World War II, a small town is home to a portly miller who bears an uncanny resemblance to the tall Nazi leader. Of course,...

Sign of the Anchor (1947)
The mysterious story of a young girl Pavla, who mysteriously disappeared from her mother five years ago, takes place in the dark corners of the...

Divá Bára (1949)
This is a romantic story about a brave, self-made girl, despised daughter of a shepherd. She is not afraid of anything - neither night nor swimming....

Lost in the Suburbs (1949)
Czechoslovak drama film about soldiers returning from World War II

Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1949)
An innkeeper is grieving because his wife left him for a second-rate actor. His two nephews, who are not on speaking terms, have to take over the...

Racek Is Late (1950)
Baker Jan Racek (Vladimír Repa) is a very hard-working and sensible man. His great passion is pigeon-keeping and also, for many years, Ruzenka...

Beware! (1947)
A drama about Slovaks who emigrated before WW I. It is focused on the life of Ondrej Muranica. He emigrates to America because of the hard life that...

Jánošík (1921)
Janosík, a friar retrained as a bandit, becomes the farmers' symbol of resistance and fight against the feudal conditions.