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Jana Brejchová
Jana Brejchová (born 20 January 1940) is a Czech film actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1953. She was married to director Miloš Forman and later actor Vlastimil Brodský. Her younger sister Hana is also an actress who has appeared in the Miloš Forman films '' Loves of a Blonde'' and ''Amadeus''. Selected filmography * '' Wolf Trap'' (1957) * '' Desire'' (1958) * '' Suburban Romance'' (1958) * '' Higher Principle'' (1960) * '' The Fabulous Baron Munchausen'' (1961) * ''Gripsholm Castle'' (1963) * '' The House in Karp Lane'' (1965) * '' The Pipes'' (1966) * '' The Return of the Prodigal Son'' (1966) * '' End of a Priest'' (1969) * '' Noc na Karlštejně'' (1974) * ''The Young Man and Moby Dick'' (1979) * '' Scalpel, Please'' (1985) * ''The Conception of My Younger Brother ''The Conception of My Younger Brother'' ( cs, Početí mého mladšího bratra) is a 2000 Czech drama film directed by Vladimír Drha. It was entered into the 22nd Moscow International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of The Prodigal Son (1966 Film)
''The Return of the Prodigal Son'' ( cs, Návrat ztraceného syna) is a 1966 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Evald Schorm. The film won Special Mention at Locarno International Film Festival in 1967. Synopsis Cast * Jan Kačer as Jan Šebek * Jana Brejchová as Jana Šebková * Jiří Menzel as Jiří * Milan Morávek as Doctor * Dana Medřická as Olga * Anna Lebedová as Jana's mother * Antonín Lebeda as Jana's father * Jiřina Třebická as Nurse * Jiří Kylián as Dancer Zdeněk * Nina Divíšková as Young patient Release in 2012, the film was released on DVD by The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films." Criterion serves film and media scholars, cinep ... as a part of the Eclipse Series compilatio ''Pearls of the Czech New Wave''. References External links * * Czech drama f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Czech Actresses
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Film Actresses
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States People * Bronisław Czech (1908–1944), Polish sportsman and artist * Danuta Czech (1922–2004), Polish Holocaust historian * Hermann Czech (born 1936), Austrian architect * Mirosław Czech (born 1968), Polish politician and journalist of Ukrainian origin * Zbigniew Czech (born 1970), Polish diplomat See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) Czechia is the official short form name of the Czech Republic. Czechia may also refer to: * Historical Czech lands *Czechoslovakia (1918–1993) *Czech Socialist Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Prague
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1940 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty In Trouble
''Beauty in Trouble'' ( cz, Kráska v nesnázích) is a 2006 Czech tragicomedy directed by Jan Hřebejk. Eddie Cockrell, writing in ''Variety (magazine), Variety'', said the "[t]itle comes from the Robert Graves poem, itself adapted into a Czech popular song in the 1980s, and performed in the film by homegrown thrush Radůza. Germ of the pic's idea was the first line, 'Beauty in trouble flees to the good angel/On whom she can rely...'" Plot The script is based on Robert Grave's enigmatic poem, Beauty in Trouble and it begins with these words set to music sung by a chanteuse who accompanies herself with an accordion. The film is a naturalistic love story about the sex life of a beautiful woman, Marcela, and her concurrent relationships with three men; Jarda, her abusive husband, Risha, her abusive step-father, and Evžen, a dashing, older man she meets shortly after the film begins. With her husband, Jarda, she enjoys lustful sex and his physical abusiveness is an extension of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Conception Of My Younger Brother
''The Conception of My Younger Brother'' ( cs, Početí mého mladšího bratra) is a 2000 Czech drama film directed by Vladimír Drha. It was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Dana Vávrová as Marie * Jirí Bartoska as Josef Plachý * Vladimír Dlouhý (actor), Vladimír Dlouhý * Miroslav Ballek as Tonda * Jana Brejchová * Marie Durnová as Zdena Plachá * Antonie Hegerlíková * Jirí Hálek * Jirí Hána as Bridegroom *Martha Issová *Vítezslav Jandák as Narrator *Jitka Jezková as Bride *Jaroslava Obermaierová *Filip Rajmont as Postman *František Řehák *Miroslav Simunek *Jirí Sláma *Lenka Termerová References External links * 2000 films 2000 drama films 2000s Czech-language films Czech drama films 2000s Czech films {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scalpel, Please
''Scalpel, Please'' ( cs, Skalpel, prosím) is a 1985 Czech psychological drama film directed by Jiří Svoboda. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Czechoslovakia entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Miroslav Macháček as Professor * Jana Brejchová as Jitka * Radoslav Brzobohatý as Krtek * Barbara Brylska as Med. assistant * Marie Durnová as Zita * Jana Krausová as Helena * Jakub Zdenek as Uzlik See also * List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * 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 han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
