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Štefan Uher
Štefan Uher (4 July 1930 – 29 March 1993) was a Slovak film director, one of the members of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Life and work He was born in Prievidza on 4 June 1930. He graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, FAMU in Prague in 1955. Among his fellow students were future directors Martin Hollý Jr. and Peter Solan (director), Peter Solan. All three began to work at the Koliba film studios (then called the Feature Film Studio and the Short Film Studio) in Bratislava after graduation. Uher first worked in the short film division. The first movie he directed was ''My z deviatej A'' about the life of a group of 15-year-old students and their school. His second feature was ''The Sun in a Net''. His next two movies ''The Organ (film), The Organ'' (1964), and ''Three Daughters (1967 film), Three Daughters'' (1967) were based on screenplay by Alfonz Bednár. He worked with a composer Ilja Zeljenka on 8 of his movies. Uher's last fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prievidza
Prievidza (; , ) is a city in the western Slovakia. With approximately 46,000 inhabitants it is the second biggest municipality in the Trenčín Region and 11th List of cities and towns in Slovakia, largest city in Slovakia generally. Name The name is probably derived from a personal name ''Previd'' with possessive suffix ''-ja'', signifying 'Previd's village'. An alternative and less probable derivation is from the word element, ''vid-'' (as in , 'to see'), so, , 'to see through', thus 'the village which can be seen from all directions', or 'the village in the thin stand'. Full text: . History Oldest settlement The Upper Nitra Basin was inhabited as early as the middle of the Paleolithic, Paleolithic period, as evidenced by the rich paleontological findings in Bojnice and Prievidza. Thousands of artifacts have been discovered, including stone tools, animal bone fossils and fireplace remnants. Middle Ages and early modern period The first written mention of Prievidza was in 111 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonz Bednár
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''* Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: ''Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Prievidza
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Deaths
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1930 Births
Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on January 1, 2257, at . * January 26 – The Indian National Congress declares this date as Independence Day, or as the day for Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence). * January 28 – The first patent for a field-effect transistor is granted in the United States, to Julius Edgar Lilienfeld. * January 30 – Pavel Molchanov launches a radiosonde from Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Slutsk in the Soviet Union. February * February 10 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French Indochina, French colonial rule in Vietnam. * February 18 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh confirms the existence of Pluto, a celestial body considered a planet until redefined as a dwarf planet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope (1978 Film)
''Penelope'' () is a Slovak psychological drama film directed by Štefan Uher. Starring Božidara Turzonovová and Eva Kristínová, the movie was released on January 20, 1978. Similarly as with some of previous works directed by Uher, such as '' Slnko v sieti'' (1962), he reunited with screenwriter Alfonz Bednár and cinematographer Stanislav Szomolányi. Plot Restorer Eva Kamenická ( Božidara Turzonovová) arrives to the village to repair frescoes of the heroines of ancient myths for the local castle. In daily life of the village inhabitants Eva soon finds some elements of ancient tragedy, especially in fate of a lonely old lady named Malovcová (Eva Kristínová). The woman, commonly referred to by locals as "Waitress of Change", awaits the return of her husband and son, who had gone to work in America twenty years ago. Eva sees in her a picture of the devoted and patient "Penelope", whose courage and faith impress young restorer. Experience gained while staying in the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th Moscow International Film Festival
The 13th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1983. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Moroccan-Guinea-Senegalese film ''Amok (1983 film), Amok'' directed by Souheil Ben-Barka, the Nicaraguan-Cuban-Mexican-Costa Rican film ''Alsino and the Condor'' directed by Miguel Littín and the Soviet film ''Vassa (film), Vassa'' directed by Gleb Panfilov. Jury * Stanislav Rostotsky (USSR – President of the Jury) * Maya-Gozel Aimedova (USSR) * Vladimir Baskakov USSR) * Blanca Guerra (Mexico) * Cesare Zavattini (Italy) * Jacques Duqeau-Rupp (France) * Stanisław Mikulski (Poland) * Ulyses Petit de Murat (Argentina) * Ion Popescu-Gopo (Romania) * Dusan Roll (Czechoslovakia) * Alimata Salambere (Upper Volta) * Mrinal Sen (India) * Georgi Stoyanov (director), Georgi Stoyanov (Bulgaria) * Pham Nguoc Truong (Vietnam) * Theo Hinz (West Germany) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden Prizes: ** ''Amok (1983 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Grazed Horses On Concrete
''She Grazed Horses on Concrete'' () is a 1982 Slovakian-Czech comedy-drama film exploring themes of female sexual mores and abortion, holding out in society balanced with comedy and irony in proportions that instantly made it one of the biggest domestic blockbusters in Slovak cinema. A quarter of a century later, its DVD release sold out within weeks. The film, directed by the reputed Štefan Uher, made the women at its center stage stand for humankind as matter-of-factly as much of Central European filmmaking had been portraying men's worlds, the quiet turnaround never even became a talking point. It was also the first film that employed a regional variety of the language that would be naturally used where the story took place, which provided an additional layer of humor whose novelty had people rolling in the aisles. Its baffling title quotes a verse from a fresh folk song about a woman striving to accomplish impossible feats. Attempts to render it in English resulted in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilja Zeljenka
Ilja Zeljenka (21 December 1932 – 13 July 2007) was a Slovaks, Slovak composer. Born in Bratislava, Zeljenka studied music with Ján Cikker from 1951-1956. During the 1970s his more experimental idiom was suppressed by the Communism, Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, and he produced music based on folk music and neoromanticism, neoromantic styles. His very large output includes three operas (including ''Bátoryčka'' (1994), based on the story of Elizabeth Báthory and ''Posledné dni Veľkej Moravy [The Last Days of Greater Moravia]'' (1996)), film music, piano works (including two pieces for piano and bongo drum, bongos), fourteen string quartets, nine symphony, symphonies, theatre music and electronic music. Among his vocal compositions is the cantata ''Oświęcim'' (1959), about the Auschwitz concentration camp. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Daughters (1967 Film)
''Teen Kanya'' () is a 1961 Indian Bengali-language anthology film directed by Satyajit Ray, and based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore. The film's original Indian release contained three stories. The international release of the film contained two stories, missing the second ("Monihara: The Lost Jewels"). This version was released on VHS in 1997 under the title ''Two Daughters''. The Academy Film Archive preserved the international version of ''Teen Kanya'' in 1996. Plot ''The Postmaster'' The Postmaster Nandalal (Anil Chatterjee), a young man, arrives from Calcutta as the postmaster of a small village. Ratan (Chandana Banerjee), a pre-adolescent orphan girl, is his housekeeper/maid. Though only a child herself, she cooks, cleans and cares for Nandalal. Nandalal, a city bred young man, is like a fish out of water in the village. He is bored. On an impulse and probably to kill time, he begins teaching her to read and write. She responds eagerly. A tender bond develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, some sources estimate daily number of people moving around the city based on mobile phone SIM cards is more than 570,000. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia at the foot of the Little Carpathians, occupying both banks of the Danube and the left bank of the Morava (river), River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital to border two sovereign states. The city's history has been influenced by people of many nations and religions, including Austrians, Bulgarians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarian people, Hungarians, Jews and Slovaks. It was the coronation site and legislative center and capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783; elev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Organ (film)
''The Organ'' is a 1965 Slovak film by Štefan Uher Štefan Uher (4 July 1930 – 29 March 1993) was a Slovak film director, one of the members of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Life and work He was born in Prievidza on 4 June 1930. He graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Perform ... made at Filmové Studio Bratislava.Liliya Berezhnaya, Christian Schmitt - Iconic Turns: Nation and Religion in Eastern European Cinema since 1989 9004250816 2013 "more and more, there were also religious motifs to be found in the official genre of anti-fascist films: in Štefan Uher's Slovak movie Organ (The Organ; 1965), a Polish deserter counters the dogmatism of slovak clerical fascism — hostile to the spirit as well as to humanity — with the spiritual force of Bach's organ music. This also indirectly comments on the socialist present as well." The cast features Frantisek Bubik, Alexandr Brezina, and Kamil Marek. The plot concerns a young Polish deserter and a conservative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
