Zdeněk Svěrák
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 28, 1936
- Place of birth
- Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Biography
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Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936 in Prague) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies. Among his film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award), both directed by his son Jan Svěrák. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak, he created the fictional personality (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher) Jára Cimrman who won the voting for The Greatest Czech in 2005 (only the fact that Cimrman is fictional prevented him from actually winning). Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization Paraple (in English, "Umbrella") which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.
Movies with Zdeněk Svěrák
- Kolya 1996 · ★ 7.4
- My Sweet Little Village 1985 · ★ 7.4
- Empties 2007 · ★ 6.9
- The Elementary School 1991 · ★ 7.3
- Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! 1976 · ★ 7.8
- Kooky 2010 · ★ 6.7
- Run, Waiter, Run! 1981 · ★ 7.1
- Larks on a String 1990 · ★ 6.9
- Secluded, Near Woods 1976 · ★ 7.4
- Accumulator 1 1994 · ★ 7.0
- The Three Veterans 1984 · ★ 7.8
- Barefoot 2017 · ★ 5.7
- Joachim, Put It in the Machine 1974 · ★ 7.3
- The Snowdrop Festival 1984 · ★ 6.7
- You Are a Widow, Sir 1971 · ★ 6.8
- Three Brothers 2014 · ★ 6.6
- Ball Lightning 1979 · ★ 7.3
- Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping 1983 · ★ 8.2
- The Ride 1994 · ★ 6.9
- How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions 1985 · ★ 6.1
- Ruffiano and Sweeteeth 1997 · ★ 7.1
- Dissolved and Effused 1985 · ★ 6.9
- Calamity 1982 · ★ 5.7
- An Uncertain Season 1988 · ★ 8.1
- The Hit 1981 · ★ 7.2
- Hearty Greetings from the Globe 1983 · ★ 6.9
- What's Up Doc? 1985 · ★ 6.4
- Crime in the Night Club 1968 · ★ 6.3
- Czech Heaven 2008 · ★ 7.6
- 30 Maidens and Pythagoras 1977 · ★ 4.6
- Bethlehem Light 2022 · ★ 4.5
- The Conquest of the North Pole 2007 · ★ 7.9
- Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book 1998 · ★ 7.1
- Lijavec 1997 · ★ 7.3
- We Are Basically Normal 1982 · ★ 4.8
- The Nude 1998 · ★ 7.5
- Lucie and the Miracles 1971 · ★ 4.6
- As Good as Poison 1986 · ★ 7.2
- Brontosaurus 1980 · ★ 6.2
- Pub in the Glade 1997 · ★ 6.4
Movies directed by Zdeněk Svěrák
- My Freedom 2019