Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

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Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

1983

1h 21m

8.0(17 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher).

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135 members

Writing

Zdeněk Svěrák

Jára Cimrman

Acting

Valerie Kaplanová

průvodkyně

Acting

Josef Abrhám

divadelní vědec

Acting

Petr Čepek

arcivévoda / Nývlt

Acting

Milena Dvorská

arcivévodkyně

Acting

Libuše Šafránková

Alžběta

Acting

Jiří Kostka

císař / Macháně

No Image

Acting

Míla Myslíková

ředitelka

Acting

Václav Král

Unknown Role

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Directing

Vladimír Svitáček

Unknown Role

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Acting

Jaroslav Vozáb

Unknown Role

Acting

Marie Drahokoupilová

vedoucí zájezdu

Acting

Ladislav Šimek

Unknown Role

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Acting

Jiří Hálek

Unknown Role

Acting

Karel Houska

Unknown Role

Acting

Leoš Suchařípa

Eiffel

Acting

Jiří Zahajský

Holub

Acting

Nina Divíšková

Unknown Role

Acting

Petr Brukner

Unknown Role

Acting

František Volf

Unknown Role

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Acting

Jiří Wimmer

Unknown Role

Acting

Petr Kostka

Mánes

Acting

Ivan Lukeš

Unknown Role

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Acting

Ladislav Frej

Marold

Acting

Jan Cmíral

Unknown Role

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Acting

Bořík Procházka

Unknown Role

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Acting

Pavel Vondruška

Strauss

Acting

Věra Bublíková

Unknown Role

Acting

Jaromír Kučera

Unknown Role

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Acting

Gustav Skála

Unknown Role

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František Husák

Unknown Role

Acting

Boris Hybner

profesor biologie

Acting

Edita Dindělová

Unknown Role

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Jaroslav Weigel

Unknown Role

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Zdeňka Rosolová

Unknown Role

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Jan Hraběta

Unknown Role

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Radka Dulíková

Unknown Role

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Jaroslav Tomsa

Unknown Role

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Vlastimil Zavřel

Unknown Role

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Jan Kašpar

Unknown Role

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Jožka Stoklasa

Unknown Role

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Lena Birková

Unknown Role

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Václav Kotva

Unknown Role

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Josef Kubíček

Unknown Role

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Eva Trunečková

Unknown Role

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Gustav Vondráček

Unknown Role

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Nina Strnadová-Jarková

Unknown Role

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Josef A. Stehlík

Unknown Role

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Jana Viščaková

Unknown Role

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Acting

Rudolf Hrušínský ml.

Tomáš

Acting

Miroslav Vladyka

švagr

Acting

Vlasta Žehrová

Unknown Role

Acting

Oldřich Vlach

otec

Acting

Jiřina Jirásková

matka

Acting

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

teta

Acting

Jan Kehár

Unknown Role

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Acting

Filip Švarc

Unknown Role

Acting

Jan Unger

Unknown Role

Acting

Bohumil Vávra

Unknown Role

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Acting

Miloslav Štibich

Unknown Role

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Acting

Jiří Bruder

Unknown Role

Directing

Ladislav Smoljak

c. k. policajt u Moře v Praze

Camera

Ivan Šlapeta

Unknown Role

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Acting

Eva Kudláčková

Unknown Role

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Acting

Arnošt Kurell

Unknown Role

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Acting

Marian Cingroš

Unknown Role

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Acting

František Kubíček

Unknown Role

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Acting

Milan Klacek

Unknown Role

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Acting

Eliška Sirová

Unknown Role

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Acting

Alice Štěchová

Unknown Role

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Zdeněk Mašek

Unknown Role

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Acting

Martin Šotola

Unknown Role

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Veronika Vrabcová

Unknown Role

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Zdeněk Václavík

Unknown Role

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Acting

Linda Dřevikovská

Unknown Role

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Acting

Vladimír Švabík

Unknown Role

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Acting

Zdeněk Barášek

Musician

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Acting

Zdeněk Bulín

Musician

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Acting

Jiří Kaucký

Musician

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Acting

Jan Laibl

Unknown Role

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Writing

Ivan Kubíček

Unknown Role

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Acting

Zuzana Hojdová

Musician

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Acting

Josef Horák

Musician

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Acting

Lubomír Krystlík

Musician

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Acting

Olga Michálková

Musician

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Acting

Zdeněk Pok

Musician

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Acting

Jiří Schmiedt

Musician

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Acting

Jindřich Sejk

Musician

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Acting

Zdeněk Skalický

Musician

No Image

Acting

Marie Srbová

Musician

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Acting

Olga Světelská

Musician

No Image

Directing

Zdeněk Podskalský

Unknown Role

Acting

František Hajský

Driver

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Crew

David Smoljak

Unknown Role

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Acting

Antonín Cingl

Unknown Role

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Acting

František Doksanský

Musician

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Acting

Pavel Kutka

Musician

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Acting

František Maximovič

Musician

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Acting

Miroslav Nováček

Musician

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Acting

Taras Petrenko

Musician

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Acting

Karel Sommer

Musician

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Acting

Václav Šebor

Musician

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Acting

Viktor Šejna

Musician

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Acting

Jan Šimek

Musician

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Acting

Jaroslav Šimek

Musician

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Acting

Stanislav Šimek

Musician

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Acting

Jaroslav Tyl

Musician

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Acting

Oldřich Vitouš

Musician

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Acting

Slavomil Vrzal

Musician

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Acting

Václav Šimek

Musician

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Acting

Stanislav Šimek

Musician

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Acting

Karel Duchoslav

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Roman Gottlieb

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Ivan Havlíček

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Jiří Honus

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Vladimír Janoušek

Chorus Singer

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Acting

František Klimeš

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Tomáš Kopecký

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Jindřich Mendl

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Jaroslav Novák

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Oldřich Panovský

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Eduard Pavlíček

Chorus Singer

No Image

Acting

Milan Půlkrábek

Chorus Singer

No Image

Directing

Břetislav Rychlík

Chorus Singer

Acting

Miroslav Svoboda

Chorus Singer

No Image

Acting

Milan Šmíd

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Jan Švanda

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Jaroslav Tlapák

Chorus Singer

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Sound

Jaromír Vogel

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Rostislav Zeman

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Jaroslav Zvěřina

Chorus Singer

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Acting

Milan Zvěřina

Chorus Singer

No Image

Acting

Kateřina Smoljaková

Unknown Role

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Acting

Alžběta Smoljaková

Unknown Role

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Acting

Richard Honzovič

Recorded Guide Voice (voice)

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