Laco Déczi

Sound
1938-03-29
Bernolákovo, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]

Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles

#1Martyrs of Love

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.3 / 10
RomanceComedy

Three loosely-connected tales that represent different aspects of love: temptation, dreams, and adventure.

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#2Příběhy českého jazzu

Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes as Self

8.8 / 10
Documentary

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#3How the World Is Losing Poets

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as Musician

6.2 / 10
Comedy

Inseparable friends Štěpán and Kendy are students in their final year of high school. When they are in the principal's office after the trouble with the rather scandalous song "On the Carpet", the school principal gives them the idea of ​​rehearsing a theater performance. They decide on Tyl's Forest Maiden in a rather unconventional version - with music, singing, and several unusual props. While Kendy sees the theater as not only an opportunity to enjoy himself, for Štěpán it is a chance to get closer to the charming Marcela Borůvková. What was originally just a student recession soon starts to get out of hand for both authors, not only because of the quirky cast but also because of information in the press, which is taken care of by the father of one of the classmates. The business is gaining in size, and even a television station is contacted, which shows an interest in making a program about the performance. At that moment, the disaster seems inevitable to Štěpán and Kendy.

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#4Calamity

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.7 / 10
Comedy

Funny banter about love, sex, social status, and other ideals, while a new railway employee is trained and sent on his first run as driver.

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#5Steam on the River

Movie - 2016, 2h 15m as Himself

8.8 / 10
DocumentaryMusic

Like the steam that silently appears and then disappears over a flowing river, the life of every human is just as fleeting, and this particularly applies in the case of artists. The transience of their fame is the main topic of this documentary, which provides a glimpse into the lives of three ageing jazzmen: trumpeter Laco Deczi, saxophonist Ľubomír Tamaškovič, and contrabass player Ján Jankeje, who fled from the Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia to the West, where their stars shone alongside those of the world’s famous musicians.

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#6Lovers in the Year One

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m as Musician

6.7 / 10
DramaRomance

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 law. With his eight-millimeter camera, he films everything that catches his attention. One day he captures an interesting face on film, a girl with an air of mystery. Pavel visits the girl, whose name is Helena, and meets hers and her elder energetic sister Olga. From Olga, he learns that the girls have spent the years of German occupation in a concentration camp and cannot forget the horrors they have lived through.

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