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1980 In Film
The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Worldwide gross revenue The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1980. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1980. Events * April 29 – Sir Alfred Hitchcock, known as "the Master of Suspense", dies at his home in Bel Air, California, at the age of 80. * May 21 – ''The Empire Strikes Back'' is released and is the highest-grossing film of the year (just as its predecessor, '' Star Wars'', was three years prior). * June 9 – Richard Pryor sets himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum. Pryor ran down his stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juraj Kukura
Juraj Kukura (born 15 March 1947, in Prešov) is a Slovak actor. Kukura studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). Since 1985, when he emigrated to West Germany, his films were banned in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic until Communist ruled ended through the Velvet Revolution of 1989. Thanks to his charismatic personality he usually portrayed strong, leading characters. In 2004, he received DOSKY Award for performing ''Martin'' in ''The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?'' by Edward Albee. In 2003 he became managing director of Arena Theatre. Filmography Film *''Zbehovia a pútnici'' (1968) - Dominika - hrebenár *''Eden and After'' (1970) - Boris *''Zlozor'' (1971) - Slávo *''N. a pris les dés...'' (1971) *''Letokruhy'' (1973) *''Javor a Juliana'' (1973) - Musician *''Den slnovratu'' (1974) - Pavol Jurek *''Trofej neznámeho strelca'' (1974) - Salo *''Do zbrane kuruci!'' (1974) - Hamzík *'' One Silver Piece'' (1976) - Pitonák *''Koncert pre pozo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michal Dočolomanský
Michal Dočolomanský (25 March 1942 in Niedzica – 26 August 2008 in Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...) was a Slovak actor and singer. He appeared in more than forty films between 1962 and 2007. Filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Docolomansky, Michal Slovak male film actors Slovak male stage actors Slovak male television actors 20th-century Slovak male actors Slovak people of Romanian descent 1942 births 2008 deaths People from Nowy Targ County Slovak television presenters ... [...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] |
Tajemství Hradu V Karpatech
''The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians'' ( cs, Tajemství hradu v Karpatech) is a 1981 Czech comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský. It is based on Jules Verne's novel ''The Carpathian Castle''. Production The film marks Lipský's third and final collaboration with screenwriter Jiří Brdečka. Props were created by artist Jan Švankmajer. Cast * Michal Dočolomanský as Count Teleke z Tölökö * Jan Hartl as Vilja Dézi * Miloš Kopecký as Baron Robert Gorc of Gorcena * Rudolf Hrušínský as Professor Orfanik * Vlastimil Brodský as Butler Ignác * Jaroslava Kretschmerová as Myriota * Evelyna Steimarová as Primadona Salsa Verde * Augustín Kubáň as Servant Zutro aka Tóma Hluchoněmec * Jan Skopeček as Frik See also * ''Dinner for Adele ''Dinner for Adele'' ( cs, Adéla ještě nevečeřela) is a 1977 Czech parody comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský. Alternative titles were ''Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet'', ''Nick Carter in Prague'' and ''Adela Has No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Kachyňa
Karel Kachyňa (1 May 1924 – 12 March 2004) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. His career spanned over five decades. Early life He was born on May 1, 1920, in Vyškov, Czechoslovakia. His father was a government officer. His mother was an art teacher. After spending first 4 years of his life in Vyškov, he moved with his family to Dačice and then Kroměříž. Kachyňa studied at Baťa School of Art in Zlín. During the WWII he was forced to work in a German factory Walter Georgi in Bernsbach. After the war he was able to finish high school and work on commercials at the Baťa film studios in Zlín. Kachyňa was then accepted at newly founded Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) to study cinematography and directing. His fellow students were Vojtěch Jasný, Zdeněk Podskalský and Antonín Kachlík. Career After the graduation he directed socialist realist propaganda documentaries with Jasný. Throughout the 1950s they both worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 In Film
The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten films released in 1981 by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * May 16 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie ''Heaven's Gate (film), Heaven's Gate'', a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica Corporation, Transamerica to sell it. * March 30 - The 53rd Academy Awards are postponed due to the Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan earlier that day. They are held the following day with a message from the President recorded for the ceremony prior to the assassination attempt. * June 8 - Marvin Davis acquires 20th Century Fox for $720 million. * June 12 – ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signum Laudis
The Military Merit Medal (german: Militär-Verdienstmedaille, hu, Katonai Érdemérem, hr, Vojna medalja za zasluge) was a military decoration of the Empire of Austria-Hungary. It was founded by Emperor Franz Joseph I on March 12, 1890. The Military Merit Medal is often referred to as the "Signum Laudis" (Latin for "sign of praise") after the inscription on the reverse of the medal. History and description The Military Merit Medal was only awarded to officers and officials of similar rank. In the Austro-Hungarian order of precedence, the Military Merit Medal ranked below orders, such as the Order of the Iron Crown, and the Military Merit Cross. The Silver Military Merit Medal (established in 1911) outranked the Bronze Military Merit Medal. The one exception to the order of precedence was the Grand Military Merit Medal (''Große Militär-Verdienstmedaille''), a golden medal given as a sign of special recognition by the Emperor and usually awarded to senior officers. It outra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libuše Šafránková
Libuše Šafránková (7 June 1953 – 9 June 2021, married as ''Abrhámová'') was a Czech actress. Her husband was actor Josef Abrhám. Her breakthrough was the title role in the 1973 film '' Three Nuts for Cinderella'', which is considered a Christmas film classic in many parts of Europe. In the 1970s and 1980s, she played leading roles in many fairy-tale films. Her later films include the Oscar-winning ''Kolya'' (1996), for which she received the Czech Lion Award for Best Actress in a film in 1996. In 2008 she received the prize ''Hvězda mého srdce'' (Star of My Heart), awarded by Czech Television. She died two days after her 68th birthday. Filmography * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrchní, Prchni!
''Waiter, Scarper!'' ( cs, Vrchní, prchni!) is a 1981 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak. It is also known in English as 'Run, Waiter, Run!'. Plot At his high school reunion, the mild-mannered Dalibor Vrána learns, to his chagrin, that some of his former classmates own villas and take international vacations. He feels himself to be much less impressive; he manages a bookstore, drives a dilapidated three-wheeled Velorex, and is chronically short on cash, in part because, thanks to a weakness for women, he owes alimony to two ex-wives, and a third wife is worried they can't pay their bills. When a drunk stranger in a restaurant mistakes Vrána for a waiter, he takes it as a verdict on his life. He sees a gold lining in his fate, however, and starts slipping into restaurants, wearing the old tuxedo he wore to his high school reunion, and settling up the bills of diners whose real waiters have left them hanging. Soon he is able to afford a new car, though he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
