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Jiřina Štěpničková
Jiřina Štěpničková (3 April 1912 – 5 September 1985) was a Czech actress. She spent 10 years in prison for an attempt to illegally cross a border. Life Jiřina Julie Štěpničková was born on 3 April 1912 in Prague. She started acting at age 16 when her high school professor Jindřich Honzl brought her to Liberated Theatre. In 1930 she was already acting in the National Theatre. From 1936 to 1951 she was acting in the Vinohrady Theatre. In the 1930s and 1940s she was a lead actress in many Czechoslovak movies. In 1951, she decided to emigrate after receiving a letter allegedly from František Čáp inviting her to West Germany. However the letter was planted by secret service. She was arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Her son was sent to a children's home. Her actor colleagues Zdeněk Štěpánek, Karel Höger or Vlasta Fabianová petioned the government to have her released. She was finally released in 1961. After her release she continued to play in ... [...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] |
Ecstasy (film)
''Ecstasy'' ( cz, Extase; french: Extase; german: Ekstase) is a 1933 Czech erotic romantic drama film directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Hedy Lamarr (then Hedy Kiesler), Aribert Mog, and Zvonimir Rogoz. The film is about a young woman who marries a wealthy but much older man. After abandoning her brief passionless marriage, she meets a young virile engineer who becomes her lover. ''Ecstasy'' was filmed in three language versions – German, Czech, and French. It is perhaps the first non-pornographic movie to portray sexual intercourse and female orgasm, although never showing more than the actors' faces. Plot Emil, a fastidious and orderly older man, carries his happy new bride, Eva, over the threshold of their home. He has great difficulty opening the lock on the front door, trying key after key. She is greatly disappointed on their wedding night because he does not even come to bed. He has pinched his finger in the clasp of Eva's pearls when he attempts to remove them. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larks On A String
''Larks on a String'' ( cs, Skřivánci na niti) is a 1969 Czech film directed by Jiří Menzel. The film was banned by the Czechoslovak government, but was later released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime. It tells the stories of various characters considered bourgeois by Czechoslovakia's communist government in the 1950s, who have been forced to work in a junkyard for the purposes of re-education. It won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Rudolf Hrušínský as Trustee * Vlastimil Brodský as Professor * Václav Neckář as Pavel Hvezdár * Jitka Zelenohorská as Jitka * Jaroslav Satoranský as Guard Andel * Vladimír Šmeral as Minister * Ferdinand Krůta as Kudla * František Řehák as Drobecek * Leoš Suchařípa as Public prosecutor * Vladimír Ptáček as Mlíkar * Eugen Jegorov as Saxophonist (as Evžen Jegorov) * Naďa Urbánková as Lenka * Věra Křesadlová as Convict * Věra Ferbasová Věra Ferbasová (21 Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport From Paradise
''Transport from Paradise'' ( cz, Transport z ráje) is a 1962 Czech drama film directed by Zbyněk Brynych. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. Cast * Zdeněk Štěpánek as Council of Elders leader David Löwenbach * Ilja Prachař as Obersturmführer SA Moritz Herz * Ladislav Pešek as Prisoner Hynek Roubíček * Jindřich Narenta as SS general Josef Knecht * Vlastimil Brodský as Servant * Čestmír Řanda as Ignatz Marmulstaub * Jiří Vršťala as Driver Binde * Jaroslav Raušer as Camp commander von Holler * Valtr Taub as Prisoner Joachim Spiegel * Martin Gregor as Cabaretier Kurt Gerron * Josef Abrhám as Datel * Josef Vinklář as Vágus * Jiřina Štěpničková as Prisoner Elisabeth Feinerová * Juraj Herz Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Czechoslovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday (film)
''Saturday'' (Czech: ''Sobota'') is a 1945 Czechoslovakian drama film directed by Václav Wasserman and starring Hana Vítová, Adina Mandlová and Jiřina Štěpničková.Krautz p.142 Cast * Hana Vítová as Helena Málková * Adina Mandlová as Luisa Herbertová * Jiřina Štěpničková as Karla Bartosová * Růžena Šlemrová as Herbert's mother * Paula Valenska as Seller * Ella Sárková as John's wife * Oldřich Nový as Richard Herbert * Ladislav Boháč as Jirí Vales * František Hanus as Petr Málek * Bedřich Veverka as Jindrich * Karel Dostal as Dr. John * Jindřich Láznička as Hotel doorkeeper * Jan Fifka as Guest * Marie Geblerova as Chambermaid * Marie Hrdlicková as Cycler * Slávka Jägrová as Customer * Bohdan Lachman Bohdan may refer to: * Bohdan, a Slavic masculine name, a variant spelling of Bogdan (which includes a list of people named Bohdan as well as Bogdan) * Bohdan, Podlaskie Voivodeship, a village in Poland * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl From Beskydy Mountains
''The Girl from Beskydy Mountains'' ( cs, Děvčica z Beskyd) is a 1944 Czech drama film directed by František Čáp based on a novel by Miloslav J. Sousedík. Production The film was shot in Beskydy Mountains. People of Hážovice, Tylovice and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm lent the actors folk costumes and accessories. Cast * Jaroslav Vojta as dřevař Vavruš Cagala * Marie Nademlejnská as Filoména, Cagala's wife * Terezie Brzková as Grandmother Cagalová * Marie Glázrová as Terezka, Cagala's daughter * Vladimír Salač as Ondra, Cagala's son * Otomar Korbelář as dřevař Cyril Hanulík * Jiřina Štěpničková as Heva, Hanulík's wife * Gustav Nezval as Tomáš, son of Cyril * Gustav Hilmar as Landowner Zgabaj * Jiří Dohnal as Pavel, Zgabaj's son * František Kreuzmann as Landowner Vincek Kapralík * Vítězslav Vejražka Vítězslav () is a Czech given name. It may refer to: *Vítězslav Hálek (1835–1874), Czech writer * Karel Vítězslav Mašek (1865–1927), Czech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Respectable Ladies Of Pardubice
''The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice'' ( cs, Počestné paní pardubické) is a 1944 Czech historical comedy film directed by Martin Frič. Cast * František Smolík as Jirí, hangman * Jiřina Štěpničková as Rozina, Jirí's wife * Eman Fiala as Adam, groom of hangman * Ferenc Futurista as Groom of hangman * Terezie Brzková as Countess * Marta Fricová as Aninka Drazická, Foster-child * Zita Kabátová as Helena of Alcantar, adventuress * Jindřich Plachta as Pálka, reeve * Jaroslav Marvan as Purknistr * Gustav Nezval as Prokop Trubka, scribe * František Filipovský as Flaska, gingerbreadman * Jára Kohout as Hypolit Kostík * Meda Valentová as Kostík's wife * Vilém Pfeiffer Vilém or Vilem is Czech form of Germanic name William. It may refer to: *Vilém Blodek (1834–1874), Czech composer, flautist, and pianist * Vilém Dušan Lambl (1824–1895), Czech physician *Vilém Flusser (1920–1991), philosopher born in Cz ... as Count Borita of Klokocin References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Journey (1943 Film)
''Happy Journey'' ( cs, Šťastnou cestu) is a 1943 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra. The film featured four leading actresses of 1940s Czech cinema – Adina Mandlová, Jiřina Štěpničková, Hana Vítová and Nataša Gollová. Cast * Adina Mandlová as Shop assistant Helena Truxová * Jiřina Štěpničková as Shop assistant Anna Waltrová-Ortová * Hana Vítová as Shop assistant Milena * Nataša Gollová as Shop assistant Fanynka * Jana Dítětová as Boženka * Otomar Korbelář as Industrialist Jan Klement * Eduard Kohout as Viktor Zych, Helena's boyfriend * Vítězslav Vejražka as Waiter Martin, Milena's fiancé * Karel Hradilák as Fred Valenta * František Kreuzmann as Cheater Pepa Hodek * Nelly Gaierová as Hodek's lover * Jaroslav Marvan Jaroslav Marvan (11 December 1901 – 21 May 1974) was a Czech actor. He was born in Prague. He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter (Alena Marvanová) with Alena Jančaří ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbora Hlavsová
''Barbora Hlavsová'' is a 1942 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič. Plot Hlavsa, the manager of a small-town pawn shop, commits embezzlement and shoots himself after being unable to get out of the situation. His mother takes in her widowed daughter-in-law and teenage grandson who assist her is paying for all the damage. Young Bořík, a gifted pianist, finds it hard to give up his dreams of being a concert pianist. Cast * Terezie Brzková as Barbora Hlavsová * František Smolík as Vojtech Hlavsa * Jiřina Štěpničková as Klára Hlavsová * Jindřich Plachta as Zanta, pensioner * Jaroslav Průcha as Prouza, city major * Vladimír Řepa as Kvech, barber * Stella Májová as Vlasta Kvechová * František Filipovský as Bartyzal, jeweller * Karel Dostal as Lukás Hlavsa, carver * Eliška Kuchařová as Eliska * Rudolf Hrušínský as Rysavý, miller * Vilém Pfeiffer as Kaliba * Eman Fiala as Weaver * Václav Trégl Václav Trégl (10 December 1902 – 11 Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Cimbura
''Jan Cimbura'' is a 1941 Czech drama film directed by František Čáp and starring Gustav Nezval, Jiřina Štěpničková and Jaroslav Průcha.Kubátová & Láníček p.26 Main cast * Gustav Nezval as Jan Cimbura * Jiřina Štěpničková as Marjánka * Jaroslav Průcha as Farmer Kovanda * Marie Brožová as Rozárka Kovandová * Vilém Pfeiffer as Josef Piska * Vladimír Šmeral as Bartík, the troublemaker * František Roland * Otýlie Benísková * Eva Svobodová as Anýzka, the mad woman * Stanislava Strobachová as Barča, bar girl * Rudolf Deyl Jr., Rudolf Deyl as Jíra * Theodor Pištěk (actor), Theodor Pištěk as Lawyer Miltner * Bolek Prchal as Bartík's Father * Ema Kreutzerová as Miltnerová References Bibliography * Hana Kubátová & Jan Láníček. ''The Jew in Czech and Slovak Imagination, 1938-89: Antisemitism, the Holocaust, and Zionism''. BRILL, 2018. External links * 1941 films Czech drama films 1941 drama films 1940s Czech-language f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandmother (1940 Film)
''Grandmother'' (Czech: ''Babička'') is a 1940 Czech drama film directed by František Čáp. This film has been produced by Vilém Brož and music composed by Jiří Fiala. Cast * Terezie Brzková as Grandmother * Světla Svozilová as Terezka * Karel Trešňák as Jan Prošek * Nataša Tanská as Barunka * Jiří Papež as Jan * Jitka Dušková as Adélka * Gustav Nezval as Gamekeeper * Jiřina Štěpničková Jiřina Štěpničková (3 April 1912 – 5 September 1985) was a Czech actress. She spent 10 years in prison for an attempt to illegally cross a border. Life Jiřina Julie Štěpničková was born on 3 April 1912 in Prague. She started act ... as Viktorka References External links * 1940 films 1940s Czech-language films Czech drama films 1940 drama films Films directed by František Čáp Czechoslovak black-and-white films Films based on works by Božena Němcová 1940s Czech films {{1940s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle
''Camel Through the Eye of a Needle'' ( cs, Velbloud uchem jehly) is a 1936 Czech comedy film directed by and starring Hugo Haas. The title is an allusion to the "eye of a needle" aphorism. It's a second movie adaptation of the play by František Langer after the 1926 film ''Never the Twain''. Plot Alík, son of a wealthy chocolate factory owner Adolf Vilím, is set to marry Nina Štěpánková from a wealthy family. But Alík is not interested in Nina. He gets to know the beggar Pešta and his falls in love with his step-daughter Zuzka. Cast *Hugo Haas as Beggar Josef Pešta * Antonie Nedošínská as Aloise Peštová * Jiřina Štěpničková as Zuzka Peštová * Rudolf Deyl Sr. as Adolf Vilím * Pavel Herbert as Alík Vilím *Oldřich Nový as Butler Alfons * Eduard Blažek as Secretary *Růžena Šlemrová as Mrs. Štěpánová *Adina Mandlová as Nina Štěpánová *Jindřich Plachta as Pavel Bezchyba *Jan Pivec as Fred Krupička * Božena Šustrová as Nina's frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
