Story of Souls (1965)
• April 18th, 1965 • 1h 34min
Comedy, TV Movie
Overview
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 actor let all registers of his mature acting sound, from outright comical positions to tones sounding with tragic undertones. And although the character of Vavřinec Konopka clearly dominates in this story, the great actor disciplinedly left enough space for his teammates, especially Jaroslav Marvan, Dana Medřická (her poisonous Petronila is an excellent figure), the modest Libuša Havelková and the bohemian Josef Kemr and everyone else. The director František Filip was actually the conductor here, who got a beautifully coordinated orchestra of soloists at his disposal... But let's go back to the century before last. Where is the dignified and rather burly official Mr. Konopka peláší? And even runs with a jet and without a hat…
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Ett sommarspel
Released on: 1994-05-11
TV Movie, Drama
A woman named Agnes who emigrated to the USA returns to her home village with her new husband Algot....
Re-Animator
Released on: 1985-10-18
Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror
Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert Wes...
Zvláštní případ
Released on: 1971-12-01
Crime, TV Movie
Lieutenant Vasátko is spending Christmas vacation in a mountain cabin where a diverse group of peopl...
Rosamunde Pilcher: Frühstück bei Tessa
Released on: 2024-01-07
Romance, TV Movie, Drama
Tessa Grant, the feisty owner of a bed and breakfast in Cornwall, and David Johnson, an upper-class ...
Duel
Released on: 1971-11-13
Action, Thriller, TV Movie
Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the California d...
Come Along with Me
Released on: 1982-02-16
Comedy, TV Movie
Newly-widowed Mabel Lederer, who has psychic and mediumistic abilities, sells her house and belongin...
Good Luck Chuck
Released on: 2007-09-21
Comedy, Romance
Cursed since childhood, dentist Charlie Logan cannot find the right woman. Even worse, he learns tha...
Larks on a String
Released on: 1990-02-01
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work...
GrimTrax
Released on: 2024-01-19
Comedy
For the first time ever, we’ve assembled five shorts about death, loneliness, and dismemberment into...
The Garden
Released on: 1968-12-06
Drama, Comedy
Frank visits his friend Josef, who introduces him to his pedigree rabbits and his wife Mary. Frank i...
Trucks
Released on: 1997-10-29
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Action, TV Movie
A group of seemingly humanistic trucks takeover a truck stop and starts killing everything in sight....
The Love Bug
Released on: 1968-12-23
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its ow...
The Acid House
Released on: 1998-12-31
Comedy, Drama
A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of s...
Moon Over Parador
Released on: 1988-09-09
Comedy, Romance
Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the...
Spravedlnost pro Selvina
Released on: 1968-12-09
Comedy, Drama
The fate of the insignificant poet Leonard Undene is transposed into the media atmosphere of the lat...