--- name: "František Zvarík" canonical: "https://film.one/person/frantisek-zvarik" fi1m_id: "frantisek-zvarik" imdb_id: "nm0958903" tmdb_id: 1360516 wikidata_id: "Q756569" roles: ["Actor"] born: "17 July 1921" died: "17 August 2008" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T15:44:59.007585+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # František Zvarík ## Identity František Zvarík - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frantisek-zvarik - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** frantisek-zvarik - **IMDb ID:** nm0958903 - **TMDB ID:** 1360516 - **Wikidata ID:** Q756569 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Zvar%C3%ADk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q756569, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958903/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1360516 Actor. Born 17 July 1921 in Vrútky by Martin, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. Died 17 August 2008. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 17 July 1921, Vrútky by Martin, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia] - **Died:** 17 August 2008 - **Also known as:** Франтишек Зварик - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Zvar%C3%ADk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q756569, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958903/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1360516 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*The Shop on Main Street*](https://film.one/film/the-shop-on-main-street.md) (90) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography František Zvarík (1921–2008) was a Slovak actor. He trained at the Music and Drama Academy in Bratislava and joined the Slovak National Theatre as a student in 1939, becoming a permanent member of its drama company in 1940. He remained with the theatre for over fifty years and appeared in around two dozen Czechoslovak and Slovak films from the 1940s onwards. Zvarík is known for his supporting role as the town commander Markuš Kolkotský in the 1965 film *The Shop on Main Street*, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He was married to actress Eva Krížiková. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Shop on Main Street* (1965), Fi1m 90, as Markus Kolkocký — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shop-on-main-street.md) ## Complete filmography (141) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Cruel Joys* (2002), Actor - *Najdúch* (1992), Actor - *Romulus Veľký* (1992), as Achilles - *Obrana Sokratova* (1990), Actor - *Letiace tiene* (1990), Actor - *Turandot* (1989), Actor - *Mercadet* (1988), Actor - *Sokovia* (1988), Actor - *Čakanie na všedné dni* (1987), Actor - *Počítač* (1987), Actor - *Matej Bel z Očovej* (1987), series, Actor - *Šťastie na dobierku* (1986), Actor - *Rodina Tjaeldovcov* (1986), as pastor - *Výlet do Paríža* (1986), Actor - *Kára plná bolesti* (1986), Actor - *Tiene v raji* (1986), Actor - *Milovaný Célimare* (1986), Actor - *Mysterious Island* (1985), series, Actor - *Raz, dva, tri* (1985), Actor - *Modrá ruža* (1985), as Ing. Lenoir - *Bé rímska trojka lomeno šesť* (1984), Actor - *Svadba bude* (1984), Actor - *Cesta na krvavé pole* (1983), Actor - *Žakýlska Veronka* (1983), Actor - *Dvojaký život doktora Šela* (1983), Actor - *Tomáš a Zuzana* (1983), Actor - *Bite sa, pán Jedlinský!* (1982), Actor - *Mongolské rozprávky* (1982), series, as Nogoon Zelený (voice) - *Veď sme chlapi!* (1982), Actor - *Rozprávky pätnástich sestier* (1982), series, Actor - *Otvorený účet* (1982), Actor - *Rembrandt van Rijn* (1981), series, Actor - *Prefíkaná vdova* (1981), as Pantalone - *More v kvapke vody* (1981), Actor - *Zaujímaví muži* (1981), Actor - *Victoria v podjeseň* (1981), Actor - *Nápadníci* (1981), Actor - *Vojvodkyňa z Amalfi* (1980), Actor - *Na skle maľované* (1980), as Žandár Rozvážny - *Sobota, nedeľa, pondelok* (1980), Actor - *Svadba bez nevesty* (1980), series, Actor - *Zimozel* (1980), as Bačkor - *Aký požičaj – taký vráť* (1980), Actor - *Recept od starej mamy* (1980), Actor - *Podobizeň prvej lásky* (1980), Actor - *Poéma o svedomí* (1979), Actor - *Chobotnica* (1979), as Tree - *Place of the World Istanbul* (1979), Actor - *She Came Out of the Blue Sky* (1979), series, Actor - *Útek zo zlatej krajiny* (1979), series, as Olaf Henderson - *Frontové divadlo* (1979), Actor - *Ťaví zadok* (1979), Actor - *Traja svedkovia* (1979), as (voice) - *Jubilejné spomienky* (1979), Actor - *Súkromná vojna* (1978), Actor - *Cudzí jazyk* (1978), Actor - *Duša spoločnosti* (1978), Actor - *Sesternica Beta* (1978), series, Actor - *Klebetnice* (1978), Actor - *Yetiho stopy* (1977), Actor - *Humánna povinnosť* (1977), Actor - *Skrat* (1977), Actor - *Postup* (1977), Actor - *Deň zvýšenej intuície* (1977), Actor - *Odvážny Stepan* (1977), Actor - *Anjel prichádza oknom* (1976), Actor - *Zypa Cupak* (1976), Actor - *Príbeh o Fatime a Omarovi* (1975), Actor - *Stretnutie* (1975), Actor - *Big Night and Big Day* (1975), Actor - *Buddenbrookovci* (1975), series, Actor - *Tajomstvo divadelnej šatne* (1975), Actor - *Serenáda* (1975), Actor - *Divadlo v dome* (1975), series, Actor - *Džbán plný ambrózie* (1974), Actor - *Tajný agent* (1974), series, Actor - *Deň slnovratu* (1974), as Blanka's Trainer (voice) - *Rosmersholm* (1974), Actor - *Skrytý prameň* (1974), Actor - *Nešťastník* (1974), Actor - *Zorenka* (1974), Actor - *Jaríkovský kostol* (1974), Actor - *Days of Betrayal* (1973), Actor - *Noc v krčme „U veľkého diviaka“* (1973), as Viktorin Martin - *Hadí princ* (1973), Actor - *Návšteva* (1973), Actor - *Víno a voda* (1973), Actor - *Ako ostrihať manžela* (1973), as Dromedár - *Stávka o Leokádiu* (1972), Actor - *Red Wine* (1972), series, Actor - *Apollón z Bellacu* (1972), Actor - *Komisár je dobrák* (1972), Actor - *Bakaláři* (1972), series, Actor - *Klietka plná vtákov* (1972), Actor - *Kufor plný zlata* (1972), Actor - *Tuba plná peny* (1972), Actor - *V stolnom meste Kyjeve* (1972), Actor - *Zázrak v Alžbetkove* (1971), Actor - *Mŕtve duše* (1971), series, Actor - *Hľadači svetla* (1971), as Vasil (voice) - *Priehrštie vzdychov* (1971), Actor - *Pán si neželal nič* (1971), Actor - *Sedem múdrych majstrov* (1971), series, Actor - *322* (1970), as Waiter - *Pred západom slnka* (1970), Actor - *A. C. Dupin zasahuje* (1970), series, Actor - *Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa* (1970), series, Actor - *Generácia* (1969), series, Actor - *Volpone* (1969), as veliteľ - *Niet inej cesty* (1968), Actor - *The Limping Devil* (1968), as Head Physician Rudolf - *The Pickpockets* (1967), Actor - *Štyri strany sveta* (1967), Actor - *Čaj u pána senátora* (1967), Actor - *Master Executioner* (1966), as Stone Mason (voice) - *Smrť prichádza v daždi* (1966), Actor - *Zlaté jabĺčko* (1966), Actor - *Husári* (1966), Actor - *Na brehu priezračnej rieky* (1966), Actor - *Zlatá panna* (1965), Actor - *The Shop on Main Street* (1965), as Markus Kolkocký — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shop-on-main-street.md) - *Kde leží naša bieda* (1965), Actor - *Máje* (1965), Actor - *Vejár* (1965), as Baron del Cedro - *Oblomov* (1964), Actor - *Charleyho teta* (1964), Actor - *Elixír života* (1963), Actor - *Keď chybí trombón* (1962), Actor - *Chvastúň* (1962), Actor - *Trasorítka* (1962), Actor - *12 mesiačkov* (1962), Actor - *Fidelio* (1959), as Pizzaro - *Guľometný pás* (1959), Actor - *The Last Witch* (1957), Actor - *Jurášek* (1957), as Kretschmer - *Hudba z Marsu* (1955), Actor - *Homeland* (1954), as Ferko - *Čertova stena* (1949), Actor - *Three Pals* (1947), as Ing. Štěpán Donel - *Beware!* (1947), as Lord joining jamboree - *We Produce Glycerin* (1943), as Laboratory Technician / Commentary (voice) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Ľudovít Štúr Order 1st class 2001: Ľudovít Štúr Order 1st class (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/frantisek-zvarik