Jiri Labus Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Screenwriter

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Kozi Pribeh - Povesti Stare Prahy

Actors: Jiri Labus, Matej Hadek, Mahulena Bocanova, Michal Dlouhy, Petr Pelzer

Synopsis: As one of the highest-budgeted children's films to emerge from the early 21st century Czech Republic, the CG-animated Kozi Pribeh - Povesti Stare Prahy (The Old Prague Legends - Goat Story humorously tells of the goofy, garrulous Goat, and his friendship with a villager named Jemmy - a young man Read More

10/16/08
I Served the King of England

Actors: Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch, Martin Huba, Marian Labuda

Synopsis: Despite the 1997 death of longtime friend and Closely Watched Trains collaborator Bohumil Hrabal, 1960s-era Czech New Wave filmmaker Jirí Menzel enters into a postmortem collaboration with the famed author in this pitch-black comedy detailing the shrewd rise of an ambitious waiter. All diminutive Read More

8/22/08
Václav

Actors: Ivan Trojan, Emilia Vasaryova, Jiri Labus, Jan Budar, Petra Spalkova

Synopsis: This offbeat slice-of-life chronicle - a seriocomedy with darkly comic moments yet sad thematic undercurrents - hones in on the quadragenarian Václav. A sufferer of mild autism who lives with his mother, Václav finds himself relegated to black sheep of the local village; its residents mock the Read More

2008
The Catfish Summer

Actors: Petr Ctvrtnicek, Josef Polasek, Rudolf Hrusínsky, Jiri Labus, Pavel Simcik

Synopsis: One man is determined to reel in the uncatchable fish in this playful comedy from the Czech Republic. Jarda (Petr Ctvrtnicek) spends each summer living and working at Angel's Lake, a small rural beachside community where the locals find share the sun and the water with a handful of tourists from Read More

2008
O Rodicích a Detech

Actors: David Novotny, Josef Somr, Lubos Kostelny, Marianu Kroftovou, Zuzana Stivinova

Synopsis: With his bittersweet, slice-of-life seriocomedy Of Parents and Children (adapted from the novel of the same title by Emil Hakl) director Vladimir Michalek explores the many layers and nuances of an eminently complex relationship between two individuals. At the heart of the story are an unnamed Read More

2007
Cert Vi Proc

Actors: Tatiana Pauhofova, Iva Janzurová, Stepan Kubista, Josef Somr, Csongor Kassai

Synopsis: A good-hearted prince from another kingdom wanders into a nearby realm that has been overtaken by dark forces in Czech director Roman Vavra's 2003 family-oriented fairy tale Cert Vi Proc (The Devil Knows Why). The realm of King Dobromil has descended into evil after the formerly good king makes a Read More

2003
Autumn Spring

Actors: Vlastimil Brodský, Stella Zázvorková, Stanislav Zindulka, Ondrej Vetchý, Zita Kabatova

Synopsis: Fanda (Vlastimil Brodský of Larks on a String), an elderly former actor, can't resist playing practical jokes on everyone around him. As Autumn Spring opens, Fanda and his best friend and co-conspirator, Eda (Stanislav Zindulka), have convinced a real estate agent that Fanda is a retired star from Read More

9/27/01
Eliska Ma Rada Divocinu

Actors: Boleslav Polívka, Zuzana Stivinova, Veronika Zilkova, Martin Dejdar, Jiri Labus

Synopsis: At a summer resort somewhere in Europe, Marcelo (famed comedian Boleslav Polivka), a lifeguard and cabaret performer, wants nothing more than to tour Italy with his wife and performing partner, Eliska (Zuzana Stivinova). But in the meantime, Marcelo and Eliska spend lots of time kidding around Read More

2000
Zapomenute Svetlo

Actors: Boleslav Polívka, Veronika Zilkova, Peter Kavan, Jiri Pecha, Simona Pekova

Synopsis: Father Holy is having a crisis of faith and spirit. Though the Soviets are finally leaving his country to govern itself, years of struggling with communist bureaucrats and corrupt clerics of higher rank have taken their toll. When he learns that the parish he has fought so hard to maintain is to Read More

1997
Amerika

Actors: Martin Dejdar, Jiri Labus, Jjarka Rytychova, Katerina Kozakova, Jiri Schmitzer

Synopsis: This Czech drama is the first film version of Kafka's unfinished novel. The film has a theatrical feel as it follows protagonist Karel Rosmann from Europe to America where stays with his Uncle Jacob, an industrialist. Karel has many experiences there that leave him beginning to feel paranoid; Read More

1994
Slunce, Seno A Par Facek

1989
Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Actors: Stephanie Beacham, Mel Smith, Geraldine James

Synopsis: Stuart Orme directed this charming children's adventure-fantasy based on the book by Joan Aiken. Set during the imaginary reign of King James III, sometime in the last century, the story takes place in the snowbound and wolf-infested North Yorkshire countryside in England. The tale centers upon Read More

1988
Velka Filmova Loupez

Crew: Screenwriter

1986
A High Bet on a Small Beer

1981
Noc oranzovych ohnu

Actors: Svatopluk Matyas, Jiri Labus, Vaclav Svorc, Zdenek Kryzanek

Synopsis: Totally committed to the Communist Party and its principles, the hero of this movie got drunk on his 45th birthday and hit a pedestrian. Unwilling to evade any law or its consequences, he confesses and is sentenced to 18 months in jail. Because of his Party membership, the jailors and prisoners Read More

1974