Summer Cinema: Vrchní prchni

Name: Summer Cinema: Vrchní prchni
Start: 2026-08-08T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-08T23:30:00+02:00
Location: Kulturní dům

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Kulturní dům, Uherské Hradiště

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Summer film screening of the Czech comedy Vrchní prchni at the Cultural Centre in Uherské Hradiště.

About the venue: Kulturní dům

The Kulturní dům in Uherské Hradiště is run by Klub kultury, a municipal cultural organisation founded in 1992. Its year-round programme covers theatre, concerts across genres, folklore events and balls. A permanent puppet stage for children opened in 2012, while adults can subscribe to a series of jazz and classical concerts. The venue also hosts the painting biennial Hradišťský plenér and Setkání - Stretnutie, a joint showcase of Czech and Slovak visual artists.

Hradební 1198, 686 01 Uherské Hradiště Get directions

About: Zdeněk Svěrák

Actor, screenwriter and Cimrmanologist Zdeněk Svěrák is one of the founders of the Theatre of Jára Cimrman and the author of the Oscar-winning screenplay for Kolya (1996). The more than 400 songs he wrote with Jaroslav Uhlíř are known to virtually every Czech, from children to older generations.

feature films as an actor

400+

songs written with Jaroslav Uhlíř

3×

Magnesia Litera readers' award

Czech Lions for the film Kolja

What's new

2026-03
Zdeněk Svěrák celebrated his ninetieth birthday on March 28, 2026 with a festive evening at the Járy Cimrmana Theatre; the live broadcast was watched by over 180 cinemas throughout the republic, and President Petr Pavel came to congratulate him.
2026-03
René Zavoral, General Director of Czech Radio, inducted Zdeněk Svěrák into the radio hall of fame during the celebration of his ninetieth birthday.
2025-10
President Petr Pavel awarded Zdeněk Svěrák the Order of the White Lion, the highest state decoration of the Czech Republic.

Tracks

KoljaOscar-winning film (1996), screenplay and lead role by Zdeněk Svěrák

Není nutnocult song from the duo Svěrák & Uhlíř, a folk hit

Severní vítrsong from the film Vrchní, prchni! (1981), one of Svěrák's most famous texts

Marečku, podejte mi pero!cult Czech comedy (1976), screenplay by Svěrák & Smoljak

Vratné lahvefilm (2007), screenplay and lead role; Czech Lion for screenplay

About: Eliška Balzerová

An actress with over fifty years on stage and screen, whose name is inseparable from the role of Dr. Čeňková in Hospital at the End of the City and from the acclaimed one-woman show Můj báječný rozvod - a comedy in which she plays every character, running without interruption since its 2003 premiere.

200+

sold-out performances of My Wonderful Divorce

countries where My Wonderful Divorce is performed

30+

film roles since 1971

What's new

2025-12
Balzerová received the Master Prix 2025 award, which is presented by the Life of an Artist Foundation; the presentation took place on December 6, 2025 at the Lucerna cinema in Prague.
2025-12
In December 2025, a new theatrical production of Harold a Maude premiered, in which Balzerová plays one of the leading roles.
2025-04
In the Audiobook of the Year 2024 poll, Balzerová placed 3rd in the best narrator category for the audiobook Toyen: První dáma surrealismu published by Supraphon.

Tracks

Můj báječný rozvodsolo theatrical performance since 2003, over 200 sold-out performances, the longest-running Geraldine Aron production in one country

Nemocnice na kraji městacult TV series, role of Doctor Čeňková - for which she received the BAMBI award in Berlin (1982)

Ženy v pokušenífilm (2010), role of grandmother Vilma - Czech Lion for best female acting performance in a supporting role (2011)

Poslední aristokratka / Aristokratka ve varufilm comedy (2019/2024), role of housekeeper Mrs. Tichá

Vrchní, prchni!cult Czech film comedy (1981)

About: Josef Abrhám

Born in Zlín, Josef Abrhám was a cornerstone of Prague's Činoherní klub and one of the most recognisable faces of Czech cinema - from New Wave dramas of the 1960s through the cult comedies of Smoljak and Svěrák to later work with Jiří Menzel and Václav Havel. A Czech Lion and the Thalia Lifetime Achievement Award reflect the breadth of his contribution to stage and screen.

50+

films in career

Czech Lion for Best Male Acting Performance (Jackal Years, 1993)

What's new

2023-11
The remains of Josef Abrhám were buried in October 2023 by his son Josef Abrhám Jr. in the family crypt in Kunovice.
2022-05
Josef Abrhám died on May 16, 2022, at the age of 82 in a hospital in Mělník from pneumonia.
2020
In 2020, Josef Abrhám received the Thalia Prize for his lifetime contribution to Czech theatre.

Tracks

Vrchní, prchni! (1980)cult comedy, Abrhám as a fake waiter Dalibor Vrána - one of the most famous Czech film roles

Nemocnice na kraji města (1978-1981)legendary TV series, role of Doctor Blažej - brought him popularity abroad as well

Marečku, podejte mi pero! (1976)comedy by Smoljak and Svěrák, a turning point film in Abrhám's career

Šakalí léta (1993)film by Jan Hřebejka, for the role of Prokop he received the Czech Lion for best male acting performance

Odcházení (2011)film by Václav Havel, Abrhám in the lead role - nomination for the Czech Lion

About: Ladislav Smoljak

Director, screenwriter and actor Ladislav Smoljak ranks among the most distinctive figures in 20th-century Czech comedy. As co-founder of the Theatre of Jára Cimrman and author of fifteen plays about the fictional Czech genius, he left a mark on Czech culture that endures to this day.

theatrical plays written for Járy Cimrman Theatre (together with Svěrák)

feature films shot with Svěrák in 1974-1987

12000

performances staged by Járy Cimrman Theatre since its founding (as of 2010)

Jára Cimrman in the Greatest Czech poll (2005) - in the 1st round, as a fictional character was disqualified

What's new

2026-05
In May 2026, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the Žižkov Theatre of Járy Cimrman and confirmed that Filip Smoljak - heir to the copyright after Ladislav Smoljak - is entitled to approximately 130 thousand crowns for unauthorized performances of plays in 2019 and 2020.
2025-08
In August 2025, the Supreme Court rejected Filip Smoljak's appeal in a dispute over personality protection with the publishers of Respekt and Hospodářské noviny, finding that critical articles about the dispute concerning copyright to the plays of the Járy Cimrman Theatre constituted permissible criticism.
2025-06
On the occasion of the 59th anniversary of the creation of the character Járy Cimrman, Czech media recalled Smoljak's key contribution to the development of the Cimrman phenomenon and his initial skepticism toward the entire project.

Tracks

Marečku, podejte mi pero!film comedy (1976), screenplay by Smoljak and Svěrák, one of the most beloved Czech comedies

Kulový bleskfilm comedy (1978), Smoljak as co-author and co-director, a staple of television programming

Jára Cimrman, ležící, spícífeature film (1983), directed by Smoljak, the peak of Cimrman's film work

Vrchní, prchni!film comedy (1980), Smoljak's directorial debut

České nebetheatrical play DJC (2008), Smoljak's last work for the theater, written together with Svěrák

About: Libuše Šafránková

Libuše Šafránková (married Abrhámová; 7 June 1953 – 9 June 2021) was a Czech actress. She played leading roles in many Czech films and, according to audience polls, was the most popular Czech actress of the 20th century. She is best known for the title role in the 1973 fairy-tale film Three Wishes for Cinderella, which is a Christmas classic in many European countries. Her husband was actor Josef Abrhám.

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