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Mandragora (film)
''Mandragora'' is a 1997 film by Polish people, Polish director Wiktor Grodecki about the mental and physical decline of a 15-year-old boy who runs away from his seemingly distanced father to Prague, where he becomes a victim of the drug and sex scene. The film is the last of Grodecki's trilogy of films about male prostitution, the other two being ''Not Angels But Angels'' and ''Body Without Soul''. Cast * Miroslav Čáslavka as Marek * David Švec as David * Pavel Skřípal as Honza * Kostas Zerdolaglu as Krysa * Miroslav Breu as Libor * Jiří Kodeš (actor), Jiří Kodeš as Father * Karel Polišenský as Sascha * Richard Toth as George * Jiří Pachman as Pan Franta * Pavel Kočí as Rudy * Jitka Smutná as Krysa's Wife Other cast members; Jiří Kaftan, Břetislav Farský, Michell Turchetti and Tomáš Petrák References External links * 1997 films Czech LGBT-related films 1990s Czech-language films 1997 drama films Czech thriller films LGBT-related drama films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Grodecki
Wiktor Grodecki (born 25 February 1960 in Warsaw) is a Polish film director, screenwriter and producer known for ''Mandragora'' (five main prizes at Geneva "Stars Of Tomorrow" film festival in Switzerland in 1997 and Audience Choice Award at Palm Springs Intl Film Fest, USA 1998) as well as ''Insatiability'' - an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz - which was awarded Best Indie Director prize by SAG in USA in 2004. Biography Grodecki studied with the film direction faculty in the National Film School in Łódź, National Film School in Łódź under the supervision of Wojciech Jerzy Has. The first step of his international career was directing the 1985 movie ''Him'', which was produced by the University of Minnesota Film Society in collaboration with producer Albert Milgrom. In 1994 he made a documentary film about male child prostitution in the Czech republic, ''Not Angels But Angels'', followed by another one on the same theme, ''Body Without Soul'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Polišenský
Karel may refer to: People * Karel (given name) * Karel (surname) * Charles Karel Bouley, talk radio personality known on air as Karel * Christiaan Karel Appel, Dutch painter Business * Karel Electronics, a Turkish electronics manufacturer * Grand Hotel Karel V, Dutch Hotel *Restaurant Karel 5, Dutch restaurant Other * 1682 Karel, an asteroid * Karel (programming language), an educational programming language See also * Karelians or Karels, a Baltic-Finnic ethnic group *''Karel and I'', 1942 Czech film *Karey (other) Karey may refer to: People * Karey Dornetto (fl. 2002–present), American screenwriter * Karey Hanks (fl. 2016–2018), American politician * Karey Kirkpatrick (fl. 1996–present), American screenwriter * Karey Lee Woolsey (born 1976), American ... {{disambiguation ja:カール (人名) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Thriller Films
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 Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Drama Films
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of '' Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 1997 Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Titanic (1997 film) rect 200 0 400 200 Harry Potter rect 400 0 600 200 Comet Hale-Bopp rect 0 200 300 400 Death of Diana, Princess of Wales rect 300 200 600 400 Handover of Hong Kong rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Pathf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Czech-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 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 * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech LGBT-related Films
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 Republi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Films
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', the List of highest-grossing films, highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comet, comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is Handover of Hong Kong, handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 1997 Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner (rover), Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Titanic (1997 film) rect 200 0 400 200 Harry Potter rect 400 0 600 200 Comet Hale-Bopp rect 0 200 300 400 Death of Diana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jitka Smutná
Jitka is a Czech female given name. It is nickname of Hebrew name Judith, meaning ''He will be praised'' or ''woman of Judea''. The old Czech form is Jutka, derived the German name Jutta. Name day celebrate 5 December. Pronounced "YIT-kah". Famous bearers * Jitka ze Svinibrodu - Czech princess * Jitka Babická - Czech figure skater * Jitka Čechová - Czech actress * Judita Čeřovská - Czech jazz and swing singer * Jitka Čvančarová - Czech actress * Jitka Harazimova - Czech professional bodybuilder * Jitka Janáčková (born 1973, Mladá Boleslav), a Czech-Czechoslovak sprint canoer * Jitka Kocurová - Czech model * Jitka Landová - Czech Biathlete * Jitka Legatová, a Czechoslovak slalom canoer * Jitka Licenik - Czech-Canadian journalist * Jitka Molavcová - Czech actress and singer * Jitka Němcová - Czech director * Jitka Obzinová - Czech journalist * Jitka Seitlová - Czech politician * Jitka Schneiderová - Czech actress * Jitka Bartosová - Czech lingui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Kočí
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name *Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia *Paweł Tuchlin (1946–1987), Polish serial killer *Pavel (film director), an Indian Bengali film director * Surname *Ágoston Pável (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian *Andrei Pavel (born 1974), Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player *Claudia Pavel (born 1984), Romanian pop singer and dancer also known as Claudia Cream *Elisabeth Pavel (born 1990), Romanian basketball player *Ernst Pavel, Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s *Harry Pavel (born 1951), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian *Marcel Pavel (born 1959), Romanian folk singer *Pavel Pavel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Pachman
Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to: Given name B *Jiří Antonín Benda *Jiří Baborovský *Jiří Barta *Jiří Bartoška *Jiří Bicek * Jiří Bobok *Jiří Bubla *Jiří Buquoy *Jiří Bělohlávek *Jiří Brdečka *Jiří Březina C *Jiří Čeřovský *Jiří Čunek *Jiří Crha D *Jiří Dopita *Jiří Družecký (1745–1819), Bohemian-born Austrian composer and timpanist *Jiří Dudáček *Jiří Džmura F *Jiří Fischer G *Jiří Grossmann *Jiří Gruša *Jiří Grygar H *Jiří Hanke *Jiří Hájek *Jiří Hála *Jiří Hledík *Jiří Holeček *Jiří Holík *Jiří Homola *Jiří Horák *Jiří Hrdina *Jiří Hřebec *Jiří Hudec *Jiří Hudec (composer) *Jiří Hudler J *Jiří Jantovsky *Jiří Jarošík * Jiri Jelinek (born 1977), Czech dancer *Jiří Jeslínek (other) **Jiří Jeslínek (footballer, born 1962) **Jiří Jeslínek (footballer, born 1987) * Jiří Jirmal K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Toth
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Kodeš (actor)
Jiří Kodeš (17 February 1933 – 2 March 2006) was a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won two bronze medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague, earning them in the C-2 1000 m and C-2 10000 m events. Paired with Václav Vokál, Kodeš finished fifth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption .... References * *Sports-reference.com profile 1933 births 2006 deaths Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Czech male canoeists Czechoslovak male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian {{CzechRepublic-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
