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Miloš Kopecký
Miloš Kopecký (22 August 1922 in Prague – 16 February 1996 in Prague) was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. Biography He was born into the family of a furrier; his mother was a hatter. From childhood he was involved with the theatre and music, and after some unsuccessful attempts to study, he chose the career of an actor. He began to appear on the stage in 1939, as a member of an amateur elocution group. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia he performed with a collective of young artists, ''Tvar'' (The Shape). At the end of the Second World War, he was (having one Jewish parent) interned in the labor camp in Bystřice u Benešova. His mother was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Following the liberation, he took up a career as a professional actor in the avant-garde studio ''Větrník'' (from 1945 to 1946), and afterward he was engaged in many Prague theatre scenes. A few years later, he also began to appear in fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Werich
Jan Werich (; 6 February 1905 – 31 October 1980) was a Czech actor, playwright and writer. Early life Between 1916 and 1924, Werich attended "reálné gymnasium" (equivalent to high school) in Křemencova Street in Prague (where his future business partner, Jiří Voskovec, also studied). He studied law at the Charles University Law School from 1924 to 1927, from which he made an early departure to begin his artistic career and forge one of the most important partnerships of his life. Career He was an actor, and writer. He moved to the USA after WW2 started with Jiří Voskovec, and later returned to Prague without him because Voskovec decided to stay. Theater His collaboration with Jiří Voskovec and Jaroslav Ježek lasted for more than 10 years. Their partnership was a platform for their numerous left-wing political satires, most notably in the Osvobozené divadlo (Liberated Theatre). The trio's work took inspiration from Dada, with its love of the absurd, a reaction a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Proletářka
''Anna Proletářka'' is a 1953 Czechoslovak film based on the novel by Ivan Olbracht. The movie was filmed on location in Osek, and Prague. It was released on 20 February 1953. It describes proletarian The proletariat (; ) is the social class of wage-earners, those members of a society whose possession of significant economic value is their labour power (their capacity to work). A member of such a class is a proletarian or a . Marxist philo ... life in the newly independent Czechoslovakia after World War I. Cast * Marie Tomášová as Anna * Josef Bek as Toník * Jana Dítětová as Máňa * Bořivoj Křístek as Bohouš * Bedřich Karen as Rubeš * Jarmila Májová as Rubešová * Libuše Pospíšilová as Dadla * Oldřich Velen as Dr. Houra * Vítězslav Vejrazka as Jandák * Saša Lichý as Jarouš * Martin Růžek as Podhradský * František Vnouček as Tusar * Karel Máj as Habrman * Theodor Pištěk as Němec References External links * 1953 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Proud Princess
The Proud Princess () is a 1952 Czech fairytale film directed by Bořivoj Zeman. It is based on the fairy tale "" by Božena Němcová. Cast * Alena Vránová - Princess Krasomila * Vladimír Ráž - King Miroslav * Stanislav Neumann - Old King * - Krasomila's Nanny * - Jakub, Minister * Miloš Kopecký - Chancellor * Oldřich Dědek - Master of Ceremonies * Karel Effa - Guard of King's Treasure * - Vítek * Josef Hlinomaz Josef Hlinomaz (9 October 1914 – 8 August 1978) was a Czech film actor, journalist and painter. He appeared in more than 150 films and television shows between 1948 and 1978. Selected filmography * '' Old Ironside'' (1948) * ''Komedianti'' ... - Tax Collector References External links * 1952 comedy films 1952 films Czechoslovak comedy films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Films based on fairy tales Films based on works by Božena Němcová 1950s Czech-language films 1950s Czech films {{1950s-CzechRepublic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emperor And The Golem
''The Emperor and the Golem'' (, literally "The Emperor′s Baker and Baker′s Emperor") is a two-part Czechoslovak historical fantasy comedy film produced in 1951. The film was shot in color (not common for Czechoslovak films in that period) because of the international release and is set during the reign of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia (1583–1611) and takes place in Late Renaissance (Mannerist) Prague. It is one of the best known films of Jan Werich, who's performing a dual role of Emperor Rudolf and baker Matěj. The movie is still quite popular in Czech society, especially due to catchy songs (albeit with some leftist/communist flavour) and the impressive portrait of the Golem, a mythical anthropomorphic robot-like creature allegedly once made from clay by a local rabbi. Plot Part I Aging and eccentric Emperor Rudolf II, who is obsessed with finding the Golem, refuses to hear out ambassadors and falls into destructive fits. Later he welcomes Magist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't You Know Of An Unoccupied Flat?
''Don't You Know of an Unoccupied Flat?'' (Czech: ''Nevíte o bytě?'') is a 1947 Czech comedy film directed by Borivoj Zeman and starring Josef Pehr, Bozena Obrová and Eduard Dubský. Wohl & Păcurar p.349 It was shot at the Barrandov Studios in Prague and on location around the Vrsovice area of the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Miroslav Pelc. Synopsis During the postwar housing shortage, a young Czech actor and a Slovak woman are brought together when they are forced to share an apartment together. Cast * Josef Pehr as Josef * Bozena Obrová as Elena * Eduard Dubský as Kuèera * Nelly Gaierová as Rybová * Jindrich Plachta as Dédécek * Jan Pivec as Vejvoda * Josef Krikava as Simunek * Libuse Bokrová as Bytná * Josef Kemr as Bytový optimista * Emil Bolek as Stábní rotmistr * Mirko Cech as Clen orchestru * Antonín Holzinger as Prúvodcí tramvaje * Jana Hrdlicková as Verjdova dcera * Vlasta Jelínková as Majitelka b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemocnice Na Kraji Města
''Hospital at the End of the City'' () is a Czechoslovak television series first released in 1978 by Czechoslovak Television. It featured an ensemble cast and received much viewer praise in Central Europe. The series, with a screenplay by Jaroslav Dietl and directed by Jaroslav Dudek, ran from 1978 to 1981 for a total of twenty episodes. The show's success inspired the German television series ''The Black Forest Clinic''. Synopsis The series follows Dr. Sova, head of the orthopedic department at a hospital in the fictional town of Bor, and his colleagues. It focuses both on their work and private lives. Cast and characters * Ladislav Chudík as Dr. Karel Sova * Josef Abrhám as Dr. Arnošt Blažej * Eliška Balzerová as Dr. Alžběta Čeňková * Ladislav Frej as Dr. Karel Sova Jr. * Miloš Kopecký as Dr. Josef Štrosmajer * Jana Štěpánková as Dr. Dana Králová * Josef Vinklář as Dr. Cvach * Iva Janžurová as Nurse Marta Huňková, later Pěnkavová * Ladislav Peše ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adéla Ještě Nevečeřela
''Dinner for Adele'' () 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 Not Had Supper Yet''. The film is set at the fin de siècle. American detective Nick Carter is invited to Prague, in order to search for a missing dog. But Carter stumbles on a series of murders, as an evil baron keeps feeding victims to his carnivorous plant. Plot It is the turn from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. Countess Thun asked the famous New York detective Nick Carter to travel to Prague, for assistance to solve the strange case of a missing dog. Carter is assisted by Prague police commissar Ledvina. Mysterious murder cases happen during the investigations, done by the malicious botanist Baron von Kratzmar and his carnivorous plant Adela. Von Kratzmar kidnapped his victims, bound them and whenever he played a gramophone with the melody "Schlafe, mein Prinzchen" (a lullaby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jak Utopit Dr
Jak or JAK may refer to: People * JAK, pen name of British cartoonist Raymond Jackson (1927–1997) * Jak Airport (c. 1955–2004), English guitarist born Jack Stafford * Jak Alnwick (born 1993), English football goalkeeper * Jak Crawford (born 2005) an American racing driver * Jak Jones (born 1993), Welsh professional snooker player * Jak Knight (1993–2022), American actor, comedian and writer * Jak Orion, stage name used by Australian musician Jack Moffitt in 2010 * José Antonio Kast (born 1966), Chilean politician also known by his initials JAK Fictional characters * Jak (''Jak and Daxter''), in ''Jak and Daxter'' video games * Jak (comics), in the UK comic book ''The Dandy'' Other uses * Ják, a village in Hungary * JAK members bank, a Swedish interest-free bank * Janus kinase, a family of intracellular, nonreceptor tyrosine kinases including ** Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) ** Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) ** Janus kinase 3 (JAK3) See also * Jack (other) * Jaks Jaks, Jåks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemonade Joe
''Lemonade Joe, or the Horse Opera'' () is a 1964 Czechoslovak musical comedy film, directed by Oldřich Lipský and written by Jiří Brdečka, based on his novel and stage play. A parody of the American Western, the film centers on a clean-living, soft-drink-selling gunfighter who takes on a town full of whiskey-swilling cowboys. The name of the eponymous hero is a pun, since the Czech word for a soft drink, ''limonáda'', can also be used figuratively in reference to a cheap, sentimental love-story. Plot In the frontier town of Stetson City, Arizona, in 1885, business is booming at the Trigger Whisky Saloon. Tornado Lou, the local chanteuse, regales the saloon-goers with a sultry ballad ("Když v báru houstne dým"), while the saloon owner Doug Badman tries in vain to woo her. Two evangelists, Ezra Goodman and his daughter Winnifred, enter the bar attempting to drum up interest in their temperance movement, but the saloon's hard-drinking cowboys scorn them. Into the fracas st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miser
''The Miser'' (; ) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September 9, 1668, in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), theatre of the Palais-Royal in Paris. This is a character comedy whose main character, Harpagon, is characterised by his caricatured avarice. Harpagon is an elderly widower who wishes to have an arranged marriage to the impoverished young woman Mariane, while securing another arranged marriage for his unwilling daughter Élise. He is initially unaware that Mariane is the girlfriend of his own son, or that Élise has a boyfriend. Meanwhile, Harpagon is stubbornly protecting a cassette full of gold. When his gold is stolen, Harpagon considers the entire urban and suburban population to be suspects for the crime. The five acts comprise five, five, nine, seven and six scenes respectively. The characters break the fourth wall by speaking to the audience, though the other characters demand to know who is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, Tragicomedy, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets, and more. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. His influence is such that the French language is often referred to as the "language of Molière". Born into a prosperous family and having studied at the Collège de Clermont (now Lycée Louis-le-Grand), Molière was well suited to begin a life in the theatre. Thirteen years as an itinerant actor helped him polish his comedic abilities while he began writing, combining Commedia dell'arte elements with the more refined French comedy. Through the patronage of aristocrats inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
