Jana Švandová

AKA: J. Svandová, J. Svandová-Topinková, Jana Svandová-Topinková
0.4594

1947-07-03

Prague, Czech Republic

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {137}

1978-04-06 0

Dům na konci města

Genre :Drama

1978-11-10 5

Čistá řeka

A film about a young sanitation worker who tries to prevent the pollution of a river, but pays the price... ...
Genre :Drama

Vlasta Kubíková, Bohunina matka

1990-07-01 0

Freelancing

Jazz musician and trumpeter Beno is originally Slovak, but has been living in Prague for a long time. As a true bohemian, he does not recognize any limitations in his personal or artistic life. He is ...
Genre :Comedy

Matka

2000-12-06 6.633

Wild Flowers

Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales - glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light - make up this Czech collection of visual poetry. The original piece of literature, written by Karel Ja ...
Genre :Drama, Horror, Fantasy

1979-11-23 0

Tvář za sklem

Alienation between the closest relatives is always a serious disorder of family judgment. Father and son not only do not see each other, but one does not even recognize the other when they meet by cha ...
Genre :Drama

Rosa Schmidt

1993-08-25 3.8

Chained Heat 2

An American tourist lands in a Slavic prison run by a twisted woman and the U.S. ambassador. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action

1980-01-01 0

Každý má svůj stín

Genre :Comedy

1987-02-21 0

Drahá tetičko...!

Genre :Comedy

1982-02-12 0

Víkend bez rodičů

Even great love does not necessarily overcome a difference of morals - although the young hero is very much in love, he still rejects the comfortable and easy existence he could lead thanks to the fam ...
Genre :Comedy

Hanka Zavřelová (voice)

1981-07-31 8.5

Mature Wine

A loose sequel to the 1976 comedy Stormy Wine. The screenwriters and the director recreate on screen a number of characters from the South Moravian town of Pálavice, characterised by their different a ...
Genre :Comedy

1983-02-01 0

Poslední vlak

A young man from a poor proletarian family successfully graduates from university, meets a girl who grew up in an orphanage - and surprises his surroundings, greedy relatives and a friend from a rich ...
Genre :Drama

1983-05-15 0

Plášť Marie Terezie

Genre :Drama

1983-07-17 0

Poslední návrat

Genre :Drama, Family

1982-09-09 0

Motiv

Genre :Crime, Drama

1985-04-01 0

Dva kluci v palbě

In the spring of 1945, the last war clashes took place on the Czech-Moravian border. However, amidst the heavy gunfire, colourful boyhood adventures also take place. The main characters, however, are ...
Genre :Family, Drama

1994-05-12 3.7

Hotýlek v srdci Evropy

This comedy starring Miroslav Donutil tells the story of an American of Czech origin who returns to his homeland in the 1990s. At his parents' request, he is supposed to take over the family hotel in ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Magdalena

1989-07-22 2

Penelopy

Beata, Bożena and Magdalena are waiting for their husbands-seamen in the Tri-City. ...
Genre :Drama

Ula

1978-07-24 6.5

Top Dog

An ironic look at a climber who decides to do anything to get a job he thinks will launch him into a better career. ...
Genre :Drama

1969-01-01 0

Babie leto, čas smútku

Genre :Drama

1985-04-08 0

O chamtivém strašidle

Genre :Fantasy, Family

sestra

1971-05-07 6

Jumping Over Puddles

This Czechoslovakian children’s film takes place during the last days of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The young son of a horse trainer loves nothing more than riding his horse, until he is stricken by ...
Genre :Drama, Family

Marlyn

1997-02-13 6.9

An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World

Set over a two-decade period in a tiny Central European village, this drama not only chronicles a couple's tragic star-crossed love, it also serves as a metaphor for the tragedy of lost traditions. Af ...
Genre :Mystery, Fantasy

1972-04-14 0

Svět otevřený náhodám

An unemployed young man in the second half of the 1930s, he tries various ways of making a living and, under the influence of a group of communist youth, eventually goes to Spain as an inter-brigadist ...
Genre :Drama

Regina

2024-02-22 4

Runaway Mum

An overburdened working mother temporarily leaves her family and rents a spare room from a taxi driver she just met to sort out her chaotic life. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self

1977-12-31 5

Silvestr na přání aneb Čí jsou hory Kavčí

Genre :Comedy, Music

Captain

1984-05-01 0

Pod nohama nebe

Olda Raška, a novice pilot, is going through an emotional crisis that will greatly affect his professional abilities. Only thanks to the understanding of his superiors will he realise his shortcomings ...
Genre :Drama

1974-04-05 4.2

Zatykač na královnu

Captain Záruba investigates after an anonymous tip flags the seemingly extravagant lifestyle of Chemotex technician Dagmar Králová. Summoned to discuss the matter, Králová’s quarrel with engineer Vaně ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1974-10-25 1

V každém pokoji žena

The plethora of heroines living in the makeshift former Women's Homes share one feature - they mostly feel lonely. Some of them got used to this state and resigned, others still believe in a happier f ...
Genre :Drama

1996-03-07 0

Holčičky na život a na smrt

Children's games will affect the lives of two young women years later. ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

Irena

1986-11-01 2

Antonyho šance

Antony is obsessed with the idea of a happy family life, but his young daughter has to be cared for by the parents of his wife, who died in a car accident. Unfortunately, Martha, whom Antony has somew ...
Genre :Drama

1975-08-08 5.9

My Brother Has a Cute Brother

Honza Pavelka (Jan Hrusínský) wins the junior motorbike speed races. His thirteen-year-old brother Martin (Roman Cada), his assistant and biggest fan, answers the questions of his schoolfriend Pavlína ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1976-06-11 1

Plavení hříbat

The holidays of Vince Adamek, a student of the agricultural school in his native village in South Moravia, are purely working. He likes his job as a zootechnician so much that he seems to turn down an ...
Genre :Drama

1975-10-31 5.9

The Day That Shook the World

An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Viera Blažejová

1976-05-28 0

Šepkajúci fantóm

A dangerous maniac is on the loose in the city, targeting women... The last episode of the free Slovak crime series depicts the fight between law enforcement officers and a maniac who threatens women. ...
Genre :Crime

Brunette

1975-12-26 0

Mlynářka z Granady

Genre :Music, Comedy

1977-04-22 0

Běž, ať ti neuteče

The film from 1976, a film that is exemplary in its devotion to the canons of normalised cinema, is the work of director Stanislav Strnad. He brought to life the script of an unusual author - the secr ...
Genre :Drama

1979-08-31 0

Chased and Suspected

Late at night Eva Trojanová returns home to an agitated husband; three days later, her body is found with bruises on her neck. Her spouse, missing after a business trip, becomes the prime suspect and ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Secretary

1976-09-17 0

10 % nádeje

Genre :Drama

1977-05-27 3.7

Noc klavíristy

The problematic protagonist is the head designer of a housing association who wants to make a profit at any cost. His unwitting opponent is a bar pianist who accidentally witnesses the murder of a you ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1976-12-31 0

Good Day, Town

The town is waking up. The bus driver Josef Král is saying goodbye to his wife Vera who is in a state of advanced pregnancy. At the rolling mill, the master craftsman Mares is preparing for retirement ...
Genre :Drama

1978-10-06 2

Hněv

Sunday in September 1977, a celebration of the Miners Day. The old Hepnar is sitting at the cemetery and is recalling events from ten years ago. That time the representative of the ministry Barvír ann ...
Genre :Drama

Drahuše Helfertová

1986-08-01 4.8

It's Not Me

The two heroes of the film's story - the decent but dry engineer Zárub and the marriage swindler Majer - are granted this wish by the mysterious forces of the moon. The two men change their appearance ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy

1982-03-12 4

Basically Normal

The film follows Karel Novák, who is appointed as the head of a research institute's new department. His ambitious wife, Eva, sees this as an opportunity for social advancement. She quits her job, tur ...
Genre :Comedy

dívka

1975-05-23 6.8

My Dear Aunt and Me

Two kind but foolish sisters live together in their villa in a small town in South Bohemia. Fany (Natasa Gollová) has never married and Andelka (Eva Svobodová) is a widow. In the morning, the two sist ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

1983-10-27 0

Krásná vyhlídka aneb Bellevue

Genre :Drama

1988-01-01 0

Setníkův štít

Centurion Kubát, of Czech origin, is staying in the camp of the Habsburg army, which is suppressing the Great French Revolution in France. He is staying in a house where a girl named Francoise lives. ...
Genre :History, Drama

1983-01-01 0

Petra a Pavla

Genre :Family

Miluška

2016-04-28 3.3

Jak se zbavit nevěsty

Eva, a driven pastry-shop owner and single mother with a meddlesome but well-meaning mother, is thrown for a loop when her ex-husband Janá, whom she still gets along with perfectly, announces he’s fal ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

1984-04-10 0

Byt je vykraden, maminko...

Genre :Comedy

1986-01-01 5

Shades of Fern

Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables of Josef’s older brother, the legendary Czech novel ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1981-01-02 6.2

Don't Look Back, There Is a Horse Behind Us

Postwoman Mrs Skorepa, her husband the ambulance driver Mr Skorepa and their eleven-year-old twins Petr and Pavel live in Prague in Malá Strana (Lesser Town), one of the Prague's historical and oldest ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Jana

1970-11-27 5.7

322

A story of a man threatened by a fatal illness evaluating his life (the number 322 in the film title stands for the diagnosis of one kind of cancer). He understands his illness as a form of punishment ...
Genre :Drama

2012-02-23 3.3

Školní výlet

A group of classmates is invited to stay at a spa. However, they experience many twists and turns, funny situations, but also personal dramas. At the same time, we follow the story of a young thief wh ...
Genre :Comedy

1976-12-24 2

Paleta lásky

The years of Mánes' studies at art schools and on the period when the mature and distinctive artist was already promoting his concept of a new decoration of the Old Town Clock. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Irena Kocúriková

2009-10-21 5.222

Grapes 2

The film follows Marie, Jirka and their wealthy parents, as well as murderer Jiří Tichý. The film takes place mostly in southern Moravia. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

1996-05-02 0

Ceremoniář

Who is this confident man who, with unusual elegance and surprising professionalism, began working at the reception desks of the highest government and party leaders one day? Where did he come from, w ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Hortensie

1985-09-08 0

O Rozárce a zakletém králi

The fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" has been adapted countless times. For example, as a ballet or as a famous French film. The writer F. Hrubín retold it for children, and a television story about t ...
Genre :Family, Fantasy

Queen of the Yellow Sea

1976-11-12 6.802

The Little Mermaid

The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her beautiful voice against a life on land. It seems to work at ...
Genre :Fantasy, Romance

Osnofla

1994-01-01 2.8

Nexus 2.431

This international co-production, shot at Barrandov Studios with international cast including Czech actors is an attempt to create a sci-fi fantasy in the tradition of Star Wars and Star Trek. Sometim ...
Genre :Science Fiction

Niebieskooka

1989-12-18 1

Return of the Pied Piper

The story of the pied piper, the German legend of the rat catcher of Hameln, retold as a punk invasion of a Polish small town. ...
Genre :Drama

Teresa

1995-06-09 7.319

The Garden

Jakub's life arrived at a dead-end. He leaves his job, and gets into conflict with his father. The trouble just grows by his relation with a married woman. Breaking out, Jakub realizes the pleasures o ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2012-10-03 0

Kleopatra

The lavish musical brings to life the legendary Egyptian queen through an original score by Michal David and evocative book and lyrics by Zdeněk Borovec, Lucie Stropnická, and Lou Fanánek Hagen. ...
Genre :Music, Drama

Régine

1991-03-30 3

The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg

The 35-year-old ministry official Baron Leisenbohg had the stage career ten years ago as the cast of the "Queen of the Night", opera that promoted singer Klare Hell. Klare shows no gratitude however. ...
Genre :TV Movie

1969-03-02 0

Lucky Jim

TV play adapted from humorous novel by Kingsley Amis (1954). ...
Genre :Comedy

maminka Přibylová

1981-05-22 6

Sugar House

In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with the Germans. After the funeral, the widow (Jana Svandová) and her two young sons Martin and Ondra m ...
Genre :Drama, War

Wally

1988-09-01 3.5

The World Knows Nothing

The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls apart. His German friend forced him to enter the Nazi party. ...
Genre :Drama

2019-03-21 4.5

LOVEhunt

35-year-old Eliska has a wedding and is waiting for her big moment. Instead of his "yes", the groom says "no" and runs away from the altar. Fortunately, overwhelmed Eliska has a great friend with a cl ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Laura

1969-12-05 3

Graf Porno und die liebesdurstigen Töchter

Garibaldus lives in the family inherited castle, but with the finances he has problems. To solve their financial problems, he wants to marry his son to a rich girl. ...
Genre :Comedy

Pleschkeová

1988-03-15 0

Uloupené dětství

The true story of a little boy who was taken from his grandmother's care during the war by a court decision at the request of his father and his upbringing was entrusted to the German authorities. Upb ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

1972-04-28 4.3

The Secret of a Great Narrator

The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and in addition to the screenplay he also wrote a three ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, History

Kovalová

1988-08-27 3.5

Přízrak

A thrilling detective story based on a short story by writer Hana Prošková takes place shortly after the war in a castle, where a group of students work part-time to re-register the archive. During lo ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller, TV Movie

1985-05-19 2

Angolský deník lékařky

The true story of a group of Czechoslovak citizens who are building a paper industry in Alto Catumbela, Angola, as part of economic development aid. Based on a true story, the film describes the raid ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

1982-12-10 0

Má láska s Jakubem

A budding teacher comes from Prague to the South Bohemian district town where her fiancé Jakub, a young promising engineer at the local paper mill, lives. Petra is getting to know her new colleagues a ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1975-01-01 0

Pomsta

Krista Bendová's original television comedy set in a village setting, Revenge, directed by Ján Roháč, is the story of the secretary of the Local National Committee and his energetic octogenarian grand ...
Genre :Comedy

1980-06-07 3

Dívka světových parametrů

Jindra is a carefree young man, always surrounded by a bevy of girls. He has two small siblings, whom he has to take care of when his parents go abroad. But his little brother misses him, so Jindra tr ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

1986-01-01 0

Zátah

A pair of criminals, an escaped prisoner and a young thief, are about to make a joint, obviously illegal, escape across the border. They escape for a long time, even managing to infiltrate Polish terr ...
Genre :Crime

1989-09-23 0

Útěk ze seriálu

Genre :Comedy

1987-01-01 0

Dámská jízda

Genre :Comedy

Eva

1984-11-15 0

Zaspala nevěsta

Genre :Comedy

Jana

1974-03-15 5

Lovers in the Year One

It is the summer of 1945. A party of young people are enjoying the beginning of a new life to the full. For them this is the year one. One of them, law student Pavel, is more attracted to film than to ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1980-12-13 0

Můj nezdolný lev

Genre :Drama

1971-10-04 0

Strýčkův sen

Genre :Drama, Comedy

1998-05-27 0

Listonošky

The bachelor's thesis tells an original story about how children have great imaginations and their playfulness can cause all sorts of fun things to happen. Three little girls would like to become post ...
Genre :Comedy

1994-01-01 8

Růženko, spíte sama?

A young poet and dreamer, poor as a church mouse, discovers that he is to inherit a vast fortune from his very wealthy, dying uncle. However, there is one catch to the inheritance - the property can o ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

1985-10-10 0

Mládě

Genre :Drama, Family

Self

2024-11-09 0

Čmaňa

Genre :Documentary

1987-07-01 4

Můj hříšný muž

A Czech film about love and marital crisis as a work injury. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1988-03-01 1

Narozeniny režiséra Z. K.

A directors autobiography about his debut during the rise of socialism. ...
Genre :History

Olga Janečková

1988-01-01 0

Setkání

Genre :Drama

Senft's Mother

1991-11-01 5.4

Vracenky

In the fifites the 10 year old boy Honza lives with his single mother in Prague. The mother is a dedicated communist in the beginning but she changes her mind when a show trial is held. She speaks abo ...
Genre :Drama

1991-10-01 4.3

The Beggar's Opera

Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original hugely successful 1728 political satire written by ...
Genre :Comedy

1986-12-31 0

Sardinky, aneb Život jedné rodinky

College student Marta decides to seal her relationship with Zdeněk with a secret wedding. All that remains is to announce this fact to both parents. The bride's parents are a very interesting couple - ...
Genre :Comedy

Linda

1996-01-18 3

Malostranské humoresky

The short story film based on the book of the same name by Karel Pecka depicts the atmosphere of the Lesser Town in the 1980s. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1997-05-15 6.8

Bringing Up Girls in Bohemia

The film adaptation of the novel of the same by Michal Viewegh. The hero of the novel is a primary school teacher with a successful writing career ahead of him who accepts well-paid employment from an ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1991-10-01 0

Klauni a vlastenci

Genre :Drama, Comedy

1991-04-07 0

Elektro, má lásko

Genre :Drama

1988-03-03 0

Bogan

Genre :Drama

1994-01-01 0

Televize

Genre :Comedy

Host

1972-02-19 7

Bakaláři

Genre :Comedy

1979-01-07 4.5

Ve znamení Merkura

Genre :Drama

Greta Kadlecová

2023-03-10 8.2

Sex O’Clock

The protagonist of Sex OClock is a teenager, Adam, who until now has been mainly concerned with his dancing career. But his father soon turns the whole familys life upside down and starts a whole chai ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Zdena Čistá

2005-09-05 4.6

Ulice

Ulice is a Czech soap opera produced and broadcast by Nova. In the Czech language Ulice means street. The show describes the lives of the Farský, Jordán, Boháč, Nikl, and Liška families and many othe ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1995-01-01 0

Aneta

Genre :Family

1983-04-23 0

Doktor z vejminku

Genre :Comedy

2005-09-05 4.6

Ulice

Ulice is a Czech soap opera produced and broadcast by Nova. In the Czech language Ulice means street. The show describes the lives of the Farský, Jordán, Boháč, Nikl, and Liška families and many othe ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Křečková

1988-12-24 7

Křeček v noční košili

Genre :Family

1995-01-01 0

Sins for Detective Show Viewers

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Crime

1979-01-01 0

Dobrí ľudia ešte žijú

Genre :Drama

2016-03-05 5

Ohnivý kuře

Genre :Comedy

2005-10-02 0

Eden

Genre :Crime

2022-01-13 7.6

ZOO

Genre :Family, Comedy, Drama

Sidonie Novotná

2022-01-13 7.6

ZOO

Genre :Family, Comedy, Drama

1971-12-27 0

Legenda o živých mrtvých

Genre :Drama

1976-11-24 8.3

Slovácko sa nesúdí

Genre :Comedy

Vlasta

2000-09-04 0

Pra Pra Pra...

Genre :Comedy

2000-09-04 0

Pra Pra Pra...

Genre :Comedy

Ettie Shafterová

1983-05-26 0

Brakýři

Genre :Drama, Crime

1983-11-05 7.7

The Visitors

It's the year 2484 and the Earth is threatened by a rogue comet which could fatally change its orbit. The solution is surprising - Adam Bernau, the greatest genius of 20th century developed 500 years ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Comedy

Dressmaker

1983-11-10 0

Oblouk světla

Genre :Drama

1985-05-16 0

Stopy zločinu

Genre :Crime

matka Ireny

2020-01-26 4

Vysoká hra

Genre :Crime, Drama

Carmen

2014-11-02 5.5

Head Over Heels

The ups and downs of three couples living in Prague and their interconnected love triangles. ...
Genre :Comedy

Květa

2013-01-08 0

Hlavne, že sa máme radi...

Genre :Comedy

1984-11-25 7.4

Sanitka

Sanitka was a Czech television, drama series, first broadcast in 1984 and eleven episodes were made. It starred Jaromír Hanzlík, Tomáš Juricka and Zlata Adamovská among others. ...
Genre :Drama

Jana Medunová

2008-03-03 2

Ošklivka Katka

Genre :Comedy, Drama

2021-01-11 5.6

Hlava Medúzy

Genre :Crime

Anita Sušerová

2014-06-29 4.5

Svatby v Benátkách

Genre :Comedy

2014-06-29 4.5

Svatby v Benátkách

Genre :Comedy

Naďa Soukupová

2024-12-06 2

Večne mladí

Genre :Family, Comedy

Brnčalová

1985-01-01 0

Hĺbkový rekord

Genre :Drama

2024-12-06 2

Večne mladí

Genre :Family, Comedy

Vilma Holasová

2023-01-03 6.2

One Family

Divorce doesn't have to spell disaster. Even with alternating care, it can be fun. Especially when such quirky characters as ours are involved. Sure, even in One Family, things get rough sometimes, bu ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

1992-01-01 8

Hříchy pro pátera Knoxe

Genre :Crime, Comedy, Drama

Naděžda Bočková

2025-08-26 0

Bratři a sestry

What can a simple DNA test do? For example, it can trigger an avalanche of surprising findings that will shake up the fates of parents and their adult children. The secrets revealed can hurt many, but ...
Genre :Family

Věra

1991-11-26 9

Co teď a co potom?

Genre :Drama

1972-02-19 7

Bakaláři

Genre :Comedy

Natálie

1989-11-11 8.2

Dobrodružství kriminalistiky

Genre :Crime