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Josef Rovenský
Josef Rovenský (17 April 1894 – 5 November 1937) was a Czech-Jewish Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 film actor and director. He appeared in 74 films between 1914 and 1936. He starred in the 1929 film '' Father Vojtech'', which was the directorial debut of Martin Frič. He died during filming of ''Virginity''. According to Otakar Vávra he died of a cocaine overdose. His last film '' Watchman No. 47'' was then completed by Jan Sviták. Selected filmography Director Actor * ''Little Red Riding Hood'' (1920) * '' Tu ten kámen'' (1923) * '' White Paradise'' (1924) * '' Schweik in Civilian Life'' (1927) * '' Kainovo znamení'' (1928) * '' Father Vojtech'' (1929) * ''Diary of a Lost Girl'' (1929) * '' The Call of the North'' (1929) * ''The Girl with the Whip'' (1929) * '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929) * ''Když struny lkají'' (1930) * ''A Girl from the Reeperbahn'' ... [...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 River (1933 Film)
''The River'' ( cs, Řeka) is a 1933 Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak film drama directed by Josef Rovenský. The film was also released with German voiceovers under the title ''Junge Liebe'' in 1934. The film won Best Director Prize at 1934 Venice Film Festival. Production The film was shot in 12 days — 3 days for exteriors and 9 days in the studio. The outdoor scenes were filmed around Poříčí nad Sázavou and in hotel Hubertus in Jíloviště. Cast *Jarmila Beránková as Pepička Matuková *Václav Jalovec as Pavel Sychra *Jaroslav Vojta as Jan Sychra, Pavel's father *Hermína Vojtová as Pavel's mother *Jan Sviták as Poacher Václav Zimák *Rudolf Deyl sr. as Teacher *Jan W. Speerger as Gendarme *Antonín Marlé as Buyer *Marie Rýdlová as Buyer's wife *Jaroslav Marvan as Director of the hotel *Josef Rovenský as Poacher Release The premiere was in Lucerna cinema in Prague on 13 October 1933. The film was commercially very successful. It won a Best Director Prize at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sin Of A Beautiful Woman
''Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' ( cs, Hříchy lásky) is a 1929 Czech silent drama film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Josef Rovenský, Marcella Albani and Gaston Jacquet. It was shot in Kavalírka studio in Prague. Cast * Josef Rovenský as Actor Ivan Kristen * Marcella Albani as Actress Soňa Kristenová * Gaston Jacquet as Eduard Warren * Walter Rilla as Actor Richard Kent * Ladislav H. Struna as Thief Ferda Štika * Karel Schleichert as Old Taverner * Alois Charvát as Director of Provincial Theatre * Josef Šváb-Malostranský as Provincial Actor * Ludvík Veverka as Warren's Assistant * Bronislava Livia as Mimi Stevensová * Bohumil Kovář as Director * Jiří Červený as Intendant of the Great Theatre * Čeněk Šlégl as Warren's Secretary * Betty Kysilková as Prompter * Theodor Pištěk as Police Commissioner * Ernst Waldow as Examining Officer Release In 2017 the film was restored by Czech Film Archive The National Film Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl With The Whip
''The Girl with the Whip'' (German: ''Das Mädel mit der Peitsche'') is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Werner Fuetterer and Sig Arno.Prawer p.123 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Heinrich Richter. It was based on a play by Hans H. Zerlett. Cast * Anny Ondra as Anny Nebenkrug * Werner Fuetterer as Edgar Krell * Sig Arno as Onkel Axmann * Gaston Jacquet as Professor Nebenkrug * Olga Limburg as Frau Professor Nebenkrug * Mimo von Delly as Mimi Gwenda, Tänzerin * Julius E. Herrmann * Karl Harbacher * Gerhard Ritterband * Josef Rovenský * Oreste Bilancia Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Born in Catania, Sicily he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany which had the largest European film indust ... * Paul Goergens References Bibliography *Prawer, S.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call Of The North (1929 Film)
''The Call of the North'' (german: Der Ruf des Nordens) is a 1929 German adventure film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and Mario Bonnard and starring Luis Trenker, Max Holzboer, and Eva von Berne. Originally produced as a silent film, it was subsequently released with an added soundtrack. The only survivor of a polar expedition returns to try to find out what happened to his colleagues. It is similar to the tradition of mountain films, with large amounts of location footage shot, but with the setting moved to the North Pole The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's rotation, Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distingu .... The film's sets were designed by Heinrich Richter. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1929 films 1929 adventure films German adventure films Films of the Weimar Republi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diary Of A Lost Girl
''Diary of a Lost Girl'' (german: Tagebuch einer Verlorenen) is a 1929 German silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring American silent star Louise Brooks. It is shot in black and white, and various versions of the film range from 79 minutes to 116 minutes in length. This was Brooks' second and last film with Pabst, and like their prior collaboration, ''Pandora's Box'', it is considered to be a classic by many film historians. It is based on the controversial and bestselling 1905 novel of the same name by Margarete Böhme. The novel had been previously adapted by Richard Oswald as ''Diary of a Lost Woman''. Plot Thymian Henning, the innocent, naive daughter of pharmacist Robert Henning, is puzzled when their housekeeper, Elisabeth, leaves suddenly on the day of Thymian's confirmation In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands. For adu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kainovo Znamení
''Kainovo znamení'' is a 1928 Czechoslovak romantic drama film directed by Oldrich Kmínek. Cast * Václav Norman ... Ing. Jan Rybecký *Josef Šváb-Malostranský ... Innkeeper *Antonie Nedošinská Antonie Nedošinská (26 June 1885 – 17 July 1950) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1916 and 1947. Selected filmography * ''The Lantern'' (1925) * '' Falešná kočička aneb Když si žena umíní'' (1926) * ... ... Innkeeper's Wife * Anita Janová ... Lidunka * Egon Thorn ... B. Frank * Bronislava Livia ... Irena * Josef Rovenský ... Tucek * Mary Jansová ... Marie * František Marík ... Policeman External links * 1928 films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Czech silent films Czechoslovak romantic drama films 1928 romantic drama films Silent romantic drama films {{1920s-romantic-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schweik In Civilian Life
''Schweik in Civilian Life'' (Czech: ''Švejk v civilu'') is a 1927 Czech-Austrian silent comedy film directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Karel Noll, Dina Gralla and Albert Paulig.Taylor p.149 It is a sequel to the 1926 film ''The Good Soldier Schweik''. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Vilém Rittershain, Hans Ledersteger and Alois Mecera. Location shooting took place in Vienna, Karlovy Vary and Prague. Cast * Karel Noll as Josef Švejk * Dina Gralla as Anička, Foster-child * Jiří Hron as Pavel * Albert Paulig as Baron Camra * Renati Renée as Dancer Lo * Jan Richter as Žížala * Josef Rovenský Josef Rovenský (17 April 1894 – 5 November 1937) was a Czech-Jewish Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 film actor and director. He app ... as Pižla * Robert Ford as Hotel Manager * Jindřich Fiala as Referee References Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Paradise (1924 Film)
''White Paradise '' (Czech: ''Bílý ráj'') is a 1924 Czechoslovak film melodrama directed by Karel Lamač. The film was reconstructed in 2016. Plot Orphan girl Nina lives in the mountain region with her foster father innkeeper Rezek. She falls in love with an escaped prisoner Ivan Holar. Cast *Karel Lamač as Ivan Holar *Vladimír Majer as Innkeeper Jakub Rezek *Anny Ondra as Orphan Nina Mirelová *Josef Rovenský as Puppeteer Tomáš *Saša Dobrovolná as Ivan's mother *Jan W. Speerger as Gendarme *Karel Schleichert as Gendarme *Karel Fiala as Prison director *Lo Marsánová as Yvetta Karenová *Přemysl Pražský as Prison guard *Mario Karas as Bailiff *Martin Frič as Doctor *Anna Lamačová-Karinská as Yvetta *Gustav Machatý as Yvetta's fiancée *Marie Veselá Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tu Ten Kámen
''Tu ten kámen'' (full name:''Tu ten kámen aneb Kterak láskou možno v mziku vzplanout třeba k nebožtíku'') is a 1923 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Karl Anton. The movie is considered lost. Cast * Vlasta Burian as Fridolín * Ferenc Futurista as Egyptologist Rapapides Bulva *Josef Rovenský as Mayor of Zelená Lhota *Josef Šváb-Malostranský as Cheesemonger * Eman Fiala as Ne'er-do-well / Fake Egyptologist * Karel Lamač as Drtichlup * Anny Ondra as Aenny (as Anny Ondráková) * Martin Frič as Quartet Singer * Rolf Passer as Miloš *Karel Schleichert as Town Councillor * Frantisek Beranský as Quartet Singer *Jan W. Speerger Jan Wenceslaus Speerger (29 April 1896 – 25 June 1950) was a Czech film actor and film director. He appeared in many Czech movies in the first half of the 20th century. Life He started as a cinema projectionist and later worked as a technician ... References External links * 1923 films 1923 comedy films 1923 lost films Cze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Red Riding Hood (1920 Film)
''Little Red Riding Hood'' ( cs, Červená karkulka) is a 1920 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Svatopluk Innemann. Cast * Ludmila Innemannová as Grandmother * Zdena Kavková as Karkulka Podhorská * Josef Zora as Father * Arnošta Záhoříková as Mother *František Beranský as Jirka * Josef Rovenský as Wizard * Karel Noll as Night watch Vrána * Eman Fiala as Cobbler Smůla *Karel Hruška as Tailor Nitka *Antonín Frič Antonín Jan Frič (in German: Anton Johann Fritsch, 30 June 1832 – 15 November 1913) was a Czech paleontologist, biologist and geologist, living during the Austria-Hungary era. Professor at the Charles University and later became director of th ... as Reeve * Jan W. Speerger as Forester Dubský References External links * * 1920 films 1920s Czech-language films 1920 drama films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Films based on Little Red Riding Hood Czech silent films Czech black-and-white films Czechoslovak drama films Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryša
''Maryša'' (English: ''Marysha'') is a Czech stage drama from 1894, written by brothers and Vilém Mrštík. It is set in a village in Moravia and focuses on the marriage of the eponymous character and its consequences. Plot A young woman, Maryša, is promised by her father to Vávra, whose previous wife has died. This not only affects Maryša, but also Francek, the young man who loves her, who decides to leave the village to go to war rather than remain to see Maryša marry Vávra. The play also examines how the marriage affects the family dynamics, such as her grandmother's weakness and inability to help her granddaughter. Characters *Maryša *Francek *Lízal *Lízalová *Vávra *Rosara *Grandma *Recruiter Krištofl *Strouhlka *Hillman *Franěk *Buček *Neighbour *Girls, Recruiters, Taverners Productions The play was adapted into a film of the same name by Josef Rovenský in 1935. A production of the play directed by Michal Lang opened on 21 January 2006 at the Anton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
