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Circus In The Circus
''Circus in the Circus'' ( cs, Cirkus v cirkuse; russian: Соло для слона с оркестром) is a Czechoslovak-Soviet comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský and released in 1976. The story takes place in the Big State Circus in Moscow where two international groups arrive simultaneously: a jury searching for outstanding numbers for the World Circus festival and a delegation of animal language scientists. The film was selected as the Czechoslovakian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences All circus acts were performed by Moscow and Zaporizhia circus troupes. Cast * Jiří Sovák as Prof. Ruzicka * Iva Janžurová as Doc. Whistlerová *Yevgeny Leonov as Reditel cirkusu * Natalya Varley as Tána * Alexander Lenkov as Císník Aljosa * Leonid Kuravlyov as Grísa * Savely Kramarov as Lopuchov * Aleksei Smirnov as a hypnotist Smirnov * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldřich Lipský
Oldřich Lipský (4 July 1924 – 19 October 1986) was a Czech film director and screenwriter, brother of actor Lubomír Lipský. All his films were comedies, frequently employing themes of Dadaism, farce and magical realism. He was a frequent collaborator with actor Miloš Kopecký, who appeared in most of his works. He was creating film before, during and after the Prague Spring. Selected filmography * '' The Hen and the Sexton'' (1951) * '' Haškovy povídky ze starého mocnářství'' (1952) * ''Cirkus bude!'' (1954) * '' Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph'' (1955) * ''Hvězda jede na jih'' (1958) * '' Man in Outer Space'' (1961) * ''Lemonade Joe'' (1964) * '' Happy End'' (1966) * ''I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen'' (1969) * ''Four Murders Are Enough, Darling'' (1971) * ''Straw Hat'' (1971) * ''Circus in the Circus'' (1974) * '' Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje!'' (1974) * ''Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!'' (1976) * ''Dinner for Adele'' (1977) * ''Long Live Ghosts!'' (1977) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savely Kramarov
Savely Viktorovich Kramarov (russian: Саве́лий Ви́кторович Кра́маров; 13 October 1934 – 6 June 1995) was a Soviet, Russian and American actor. He acted in at least 42 Soviet films, and later appeared in several more after his immigration to the United States. Early life Savely Kramarov was born 13 October 1934 to Jewish parents: father Viktor Savelyevich Kramarov (Виктор Савельевич Крамаров), a prominent Moscow attorney, and mother Benedikta Solomonovna "Basya" Kramarova (née Volchek) (Бенедиктa Соломоновнa "Бася" Крамарова (Волчек)). When young Savely was only three years old, the elder Kramarov represented some defendants in a widely publicized Soviet secret police case. Within a year Kramarov's's father was himself the victim of a "Stalinist purge"—his crime, representing his clients too vigorously. Arrested and tortured to confess, Kramarov's father was sentenced to a term of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Films
The year 1976 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January – Paramount Pictures sets up a separate motion picture division and names David V. Picker as president. *March 22 – Filming begins on George Lucas' ''Star Wars'' science fiction film. In one of the most lucrative business decisions in film history, Lucas declines his directing fee of $500,000 in exchange for complete ownership of merchandising and sequel rights. *April 1 – ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater (Now the IFC Center) in Greenwich Village in New York City, starting through the run and still being shown in there all around the world. *April 9 – Alfred Hitchcock's last film, '' Family Plot'', is released. *August 11 – John Wayne appears in his final film, ''The Shootist''. *August 26 – Alan Ladd Jr. i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Czechoslovak Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
Czechoslovakia submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film between 1964 and 1991 before splitting into the independent Czech and Slovakia republics in 1993. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. Czechoslovak films received six Oscar nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, two of which won the Oscar, namely the Slovak-language ''The Shop on Main Street'' and the Czech-language ''Closely Watched Trains'', both of which are black comedies set during World War II. Director Miloš Forman had two of his films selected to represent Czechoslovakia in the 1960s, and both were nominated. Forman eventually won two Oscars for Best Director after emigrating to the United States. After the breakup of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic both bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Submissions To The 48th Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States. The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country. For the 48th Academy Awards, twenty-one films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland and the Soviet Union, which won the award for a second time, for Japanese co-production '' Dersu Uzala'', directed by Akira Kurosawa. Submissions References Sources * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Effa
Karel Effa (born Karel Effenberger; 23 May 1922 – 11 June 1993) was a Czechoslovak character actor who appeared in some 65 films. Selected filmography * ''Uloupená hranice'' (1947) - Závodcí * ''Poslední mohykán'' (1947) * ''Parohy'' (1947) * ''Znamení kotvy'' (1947) * ''Ves v pohranicí'' (1948) - Jarda * ''Muzikant'' (1948) - Musician * ''Zelezný dedek'' (1948) - Seller * ''Cervená jesterka'' (1949) * ''Pan Novák'' (1949) - Vasek Kunc * ''Rodinné trampoty oficiála Trísky'' (1949) * '' Distant Journey'' (1950) - Prisoner building a gas chamber #2 * '' The Proud Princess'' (1952) - Guard of King's Treasure * ''Únos'' (1953) - American Journalist * ''Nad námi svítá'' (1953) - Kuba * ''Haskovy povidky ze stareho mocnarstvi'' (1954) - Porotce * ''Cirkus bude!'' (1954) - Taxikár Karel * '' Music from Mars'' (1955) - Kulhánek, hrác na cello a kytaru * '' Muž v povětří'' (1956) - Postman * ''Vzorný kinematograf Haska Jaroslava'' (1956) * ''Synove hor'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldřich Velen
Oldřich Velen, birth name Oldřich Volek (15 September 1921 in Brno-Tuřany – 4 May 2013) was a Czech actor. He is known from the successful television series '' Slovácko sa nesúdí'', after the books by Zdeněk Galuška where he played a major role (figure Jura Klásek) together with the popular actor Slovak Jozef Kroner. He also appeared in 5 episodes of '' Křeček v noční košili'' and 5 episodes of '' Arabela se vrací''. Velen played nearly 300 different film roles. After graduating high school in Brno Conservatory and began playing in theater in České Budějovice, this theater was later by the Nazis forcibly relocated to Tábor. During the Nazi occupation he was also imprisoned in Brno Kounic college, which during World War II served as the main Moravian Brno Gestapo prison. For sixteen years he worked in the theater in Olomouc; he was also a member of the Barrandov Studios acting group, and played at the legendary Theatre on the Balustrade in Prague Pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubomír Lipský
Lubomír Lipský (19 April 1923 – 2 October 2015) was a Czech actor. He was born in Pelhřimov, the brother of director Oldřich Lipský. He died in Prague, aged 92. Selected filmography * '' V horách duní'' (1946) - Josef * ''Premiera'' (1947) * '' Ves v pohraničí'' (1948) - Lojza * '' Kariéra'' (1948) - Cameraman * '' Železný dědek'' (1948) - Vasek Kajdos - fireman * '' Zrcadlo'' (1948) * '' Červená ještěrka'' (1949) - Guide * '' Divá Bára'' (1949) - Youngster * '' Soudný den'' (1949) - Nozicka * '' Výlet pana Broučka do zlatých časů'' (1949) * '' Přiznání'' (1950) * '' Vítězná křídla'' (1950) * '' Slepice a kostelník'' (1951) - Sarl * ''The Emperor and the Golem'' (1952) - Alchymista * '' Racek má zpoždění'' (1952) * '' Tajemství krve'' (1953) - Doctor at Lecture * '' Kavárna na hlavní třídě'' (1954) - Editor * '' Haškovy povídky ze starého mocnářství'' (1954) * ''Cirkus bude!'' (1954) - hudební klaun Bedra * '' Nejlepš ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdeněk Dítě
Zdeněk Dítě (19 November 1920 – 11 December 2001) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1945 and 1991. Selected filmography * '' The Wedding Ring'' (1945) - Robert, mladý kníze * ''Rozina, the Love Child'' (1945) - Tovarys u Karfa * '' The Heroes Are Silent'' (1946) - Jan Tomek * ''A Kiss from the Stadium'' (1948) - Jan Vanécek * ''The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire'' (1949) - Sedlon * ''Revolucni rok 1848'' (1949) - Mikovec *''The Great Opportunity'' (1950) - Mirek Horák * ''V trestném území'' (1951) - Benda * ''Divotvorný klobouk'' (1953) - Musician Tomás Krepelka * ''Kavárna na hlavní tríde'' (1954) - Detective * ''Expres z Norimberka'' (1954) * ''Severní prístav'' (1954) - nadporucík Halas * ''There Was Once a King...'' (1955) - Gardener * ''Punta a ctyrlístek'' (1955) - Officer Simek * ''Návsteva z oblak'' (1955) - Martin Bláha - chairman of JZD * ''Z mého zivota'' (1955) - V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Filipovský
František Filipovský (23 September 1907 – 26 October 1993) was a Czechoslovak stage, television, and film actor. Life and career Early life and theatre Filipovský was born on 23 September 1907 in the Czech town of Přelouč, then part of Austria-Hungary. His father was musician František Filipovský Sr., who was 62 by the time his son was born. The young Filipovský was interested in acting from an early age and began performing in theatre in the 1930s, with stints in Emil František Burian's Voice-band, as well as Osvobozené divadlo. Among other engagements, he worked as stage director in Jára Kohout's Divadlo U Nováků in 1939, later moving to Švandovo divadlo, and eventually holding a post at Prague's National Theatre. Television, film, and dubbing Throughout his career, Filipovský acted in numerous Czechoslovak films and television productions, as well as lending his voice to various dubbing projects. Family and death Filipovský's daughter is actress and sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslava Schallerová
Jaroslava Schallerová (; born 25 April 1956), sometimes credited as Jarka Shallerová, is a Czech former actress who emerged during the 1970s. Her acting debut was at the age of 13 in the Czech New Wave film ''Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (film), Valerie and Her Week of Wonders''. Her film career spanned the 1970s and continued intermittently into the 1990s. Filmography * ''Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (film), Valerie a týden divů'' (1970) .... Valerie * ''Szép lányok, ne sírjatok!'' (1970) .... Juli * ''Égi bárány'' (1970) .... A fiatal anya * ''Hangyaboly'' (1971) .... Gruber Helénke * ''Végre, hétfö!'' (1971) (as Jarka Schallerova) .... Pincérlány * ''Homolka a Tobolka'' (1972) * ''My, ztracený holky'' (1972) * ''Zlá noc'' (1973) * ''Láska (film), Láska'' (1973) .... Andrea Vasáková * ''Die Elixiere des Teufels (1973) * ''Malá mořská víla'' (1975) * ''Zaklęte rewiry'' (1975) .... Zoska * ''Der Hasenhüter'' (1976) (TV) .... Prinzessin Adelhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Hlinomaz
Josef Hlinomaz (9 October 1914 – 8 August 1978) was a Czechoslovak film actor, journalist, and painter. He appeared in more than 150 films and television shows between 1948 and 1978. Selected filmography * ''Komedianti'' (1954) * ''The Strakonice Bagpiper'' (1955) * ''The Good Soldier Schweik'' (1956) * ''Hvězda jede na jih'' (1958) * '' Dařbuján a Pandrhola'' (1960) * '' Man in Outer Space'' (1961) * ''The Fabulous Baron Munchausen'' (1961) * ''Lemonade Joe'' (1964) * ''The Pipes'' (1966) * '' Happy End'' (1966) * ''Lidé z maringotek'' (1966) * '' The End of Agent W4C'' (1967) * ''All My Compatriots'' (1968) * '' Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje!'' (1974) * '' Za volantem nepřítel'' (1974) * ''Rosy Dreams ''Rosy Dreams'' (''Ružové sny'') is a 1977 Czechoslovak film. Despite its whimsical poetic style, it was the first Central European feature film that put the Romani (Gypsy) community at the center stage in a realistically reflected manner. It w ...'' (1977) Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
