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Otto Heller
Otto Heller, B.S.C. (8 March 1896 – 19 February 1970) was a Czech cinematographer long resident in the United Kingdom. He worked on more than 250 films, including ''Richard III'' (1955), '' The Ladykillers'' (1955) and ''Peeping Tom'' (1960). Life Otto Heller was born in a Jewish family in Prague on 8 March 1896. As a teenager, he became a projectionist in the Lucerna cinema. During World War I, he worked in a film laboratory in Vienna. After the war, he started to work as a documentary cameraman at Pragafilm. During the 1920s, he was the most requested cinematographer in Czechoslovakia. Together with Karel Lamač, Anny Ondra and Václav Wasserman, he made many movies both for domestic and international audience. He often worked with Svatopluk Innemann, Martin Frič and Jan S. Kolár. Because of the rise of Nazism, he left Czechoslovakia in 1938 with Lamač. In an interview for the extra materials on the Blu-ray Disk version of The Ipcress File, Michael Caine recollects ... [...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] |
Jan S
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve's Daughters
''Eve's Daughters'' (german: Evas Töchter; cs, Dcery Eviny) is a 1928 Czech-German silent drama film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Anny Ondra, Karel Lamač and Wolfgang Zilzer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Victor Trivas. Cast * Anny Ondra as Dancer Nina Laval * Karel Lamač as Rudolf Bünzli * as Marie Santo * Wolfgang Zilzer as Baron Hans von Stetten * Steffie Vida as Baroness Edith * Theodor Pištěk as Baron Bihl / Tramp * Uli Tridenskaja as Rudolf's Mother * Albert Paulig as Detective Harry Pilka * Václav Srb Václav () is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas. These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Venceslav. Nicknames are: Vašek, Vašík, Venca, Venda For ... as Tramp * Friedel Seiler as Fisher's Daughter References External links * 1928 films French drama films Films of the Weimar Republic Czech silent films German silent fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzy Saxophone
''Suzy Saxophone'' or ''Saxophone Suzy'' (german: Saxophon-Susi) is a 1928 French-German silent comedy film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Anny Ondra and Hans Albers.Grange p. 290 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Carl Ludwig Kirmse Carl Ludwig Kirmse (1888–1982) was a German art director who worked prolifically on films during the silent and sound eras.Giesen p.220 Selected filmography * ''The House of Torment'' (1921) * '' Country Roads and the Big City'' (1921) * '' T .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1928 films Films of the Weimar Republic French silent feature films German silent feature films Films directed by Karel Lamač German black-and-white films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios 1928 comedy films German comedy films French comedy films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kreutzer Sonata (1927 Film)
''The Kreutzer Sonata'' ( cz, Kreutzerova sonáta) is a 1927 Czech silent drama film directed by Gustav Machatý. It is based on the 1889 novella of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. The film's art direction was by Vilém Rittershain. Cast * Eva Byronová as Nataša Pozdnyševová * Jan W. Speerger as Pozdnyšev * Miroslav Paul as Truchačevský * Božena Svobodová as Nataša's Mother * Saša Dobrovolná as Nanny * Alfred Schlesinger as Physician * Václav Žichovský as Concert attendant * Rudolf Stahl as Nataša's dancing partner * Ladislav Desenský Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava. Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada. Spellings and variations In Bulgaria ... as Concert attendant * Máňa Ženíšková as Young Girl in the Concert References External links * 1927 films Films directed by Gustav Machatý Czech silent films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Countess From Podskalí
''The Countess from Podskalí'' ( cs, Hraběnka z Podskalí) is a 1926 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Karel Lamač. The film is considered lost. Cast * Theodor Pištěk as Innkeeper Štětina *Anny Ondra as Liduška (as Anny Ondráková) *Vladimír Majer as Joza *Karel Lamač as Count Viktor of Renné *Jan W. Speerger as Photographer Lambert *Mary Jansová as Anna Salfická * Ferdinand Kaňkovský as Music teacher Lukáš *Ladislav Desenský as Fiala * Emilie Nitschová as Countess Eleonora of Renné * Oldřich Speerger as Child *Přemysl Pražský * Adolf Branald (as Karel Branald) *Jaroslav Vojta Jaroslav Vojta (27 December 1888 – 20 April 1970) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1921 and 1970. Selected filmography * ''Karel Havlíček Borovský'' (1925) * ''The Lantern'' (1925) * '' Hraběnk ... References External links * 1926 films 1926 comedy films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Czech silent films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lantern (1925 Film)
''The Lantern'' ( cs, Lucerna) is a 1925 Czech film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Theodor Pištěk and Anny Ondra. It is based on a play by Alois Jirásek. Lamač made a remake with the same name in 1938. Cast * Theodor Pištěk as Miller Libor * Anny Ondra as Orphan Hanička * Karel Lamač as Teacher Josef Zajíček * Andula Sedláčková as Countess * Lo Marsánová as Dornička * Jaroslav Vojta as Carpenter Braha * Václav Srb as Musician Klásek * Antonie Nedošinská as Kačenka Klásková * Ferenc Futurista Ferenc Futurista, born as František Fiala (7 December 1891 – 19 June 1947) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 45 films between 1918 and 1945. Selected filmography * '' Tu ten kámen'' (1923) * '' The Lantern'' (1925) * ' ... as Vodník Ivan * Eman Fiala as Vodník Michal * Jan W. Speerger as Mr. Franc References External links * 1920s fantasy films Films based on works by Alois Jirásek Films directed by Karel Lamač Cze ... [...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] |
The Cross By The Brook
''The Cross by the Brook'' (Czech: ''Kříž u potoka'') is a 1921 Czechoslovak silent drama film directed by Jan S. Kolár based on Based on the novel by Karolina Světlá. Cast *Přemysl Pražský as Mikeš Potocký * Rudolf Myzet as Franík Potocký * Karel Noll as Kobosil * Kamila Maroldová as Józa * Emil Focht as Dolanský *Růžena Maturová as Dolanská * Natasa Cyganková as Evička * Theodor Pištěk as Ambrož Potocký * Hugo Svoboda as Štepán Potocký *František Beranský as Hovorka *Alois Sedláček as Oldest Town Councillor * Vojtech Záhořík as Taverner * Arnoštka Záhoříková as Maid * Bronislava Livia as Marička Holá *Josef Šváb-Malostranský Josef Šváb-Malostranský (16 March 1860, Prague – 30 October 1932, Prague) was a Czech actor, writer, cabaret singer, publisher, director and screenwriter. He owned a bookstore and song publishing house. He was the first Czech actor perfo ... as Rich farmer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poisoned Light
''The Poisoned Light'' ( cs, Otrávené světlo) is a 1921 Czechoslovak silent adventure film directed by Jan S. Kolár and Karel Lamač. Cast *Karel Fiala as Inventor Oskar Grant *Anny Ondra as Grant's daughter Anny *Karel Lamač as Milan Bell * Jindřich Lhoták as Karel Selín *Emil Artur Longen as Illusionist Durk/Durk's brother * Jan S. Kolár as Ferdinand Karban *Přemysl Pražský as Martin Bálek * Antonín Marek as Servant/Baron Evans Margus *Josef Šváb-Malostranský as Servant Jan Release The film was restored and released in a DVD boxset with six other Kolár's silent films by Czech Film Archive The National Film Archive (, abb. NFA) is a film archive located in Prague, Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to t ... in 2018. References External links * 1921 films 1920s adventure drama films Czechoslovak black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arrival From The Darkness
''The Arrival from the Darkness'' aka ''Redivivus'' ( cs, Příchozí z temnot) is a 1921 Czechoslovak silent fantasy horror film directed by Jan S. Kolár. Production Exteriors were shot at castles Karlštejn, Český Šternberk and Okoř. Studio scenes were shot at EFA-Atelier am Zoo in Berlin in sets made by art director Fritz Kraenke. Cast * Theodor Pištěk as Landowner Bohdan Dražický *Anny Ondra as Farmer's wife Dagmar/Alena *Karel Lamač as Ješek Dražický of Lom and Střehov, Alena's cousin *Josef Šváb-Malostranský as Old servant Jan *Vladimír Majeras Richard Bor/Alchemist Balthazar del Borro *Luigi Hofman as Buttler/Alena's father *Jan W. Speerger as Knight from a company of Ješek Dražický *Alfred Baštýř as Fisherman * Rudolf Myzet as Knight Release The film was released in cinemas in Germany, Austria, France and Great Britain under the name ''Redivivus'' in 1921. From 2005 to 2007, the film was reconstructed and shown in film festivals. It was relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies defeated Germany, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the head of gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
