''Pupendo'' is a 2003

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comedy drama film directed by

Jan Hřebejk Jan Hřebejk (; born 27 June 1967) is a Czech film director and actor. Life and career Born in Prague, Hřebejk graduated from high school in 1987 and continued his studies at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague ...

Plot

Pupendo shows the difficulty of life in Czechoslovakia during the 1980s. Artist Bedřich Mára (Bolek Polivka) is unable to find much secure work due to his public antagonism toward the ruling Communist Party. He has a wife and two children. Life begins to change when art historian Alois Fábera (Jiři Pecha) begins working on a piece about Bedřich, leading to a job offer from a Party official. Things are looking up, until the wrong people hear portions of the historian's writing.

Cast

Bolek Polívka Boleslav Polívka (born 31 July 1949, in Vizovice) is a Czech film and theatre actor, mime, playwright, and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 40 films. Career Polívka first started appearing in films in the 1960s. He graduated from ...

- Bedrich Mára *

Eva Holubová Eva Holubová (born 7 March 1959) is a Czech actress. She is known for having cured herself of alcoholism. She received a Czech Lion Award in 2000 for her supporting role in the film ''Ene Bene'', and in 2006, she won the award for Best Actres ...

- Alena Márová *

Jaroslav Dušek Jaroslav Dušek (born 30 April 1961) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * ''Kouř'' (1991) * ''Cosy Dens'' (1999) * ''Divided We Fall (film), Divided We Fall'' (2000) * ''Želary'' (2003) * ''Pupendo'' (2003) * ''Mazaný Filip'' (2003 ...

- Míla Brecka * Jiří Pecha - Alois Fábera *

Vilma Cibulková Vilma Cibulková (born 26 March 1963) is a Czech Republic, Czech film and stage actress. She won a Czech Lion for Best Supporting Actress at the 2003 Czech Lion Awards, for her role in the film ''Pupendo''. At the 2006 Thalia Awards she won the ca ...

- Magda Brecková * Lukáš Baborský - Matěj Mára

References

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* 2003 films Czech comedy-drama films 2000s Czech-language films Films directed by Jan Hřebejk Czech Lion Awards winners (films) Golden Kingfisher winners 2000s Czech films {{2000s-CzechRepublic-film-stub