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The Devil's Mistress (2016 Film)
''The Devil's Mistress'' is a 2016 Czech–Slovak historical biography film directed by Filip Renč and produced by Jiří Jurtin. The film stars the Slovak actress Tatiana Pauhofová who plays Lída Baarová, the mistress of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. Lída Baarová was a star actress in Czechoslovakia, later moving to Germany to appear in the film ''Barcarole''. There, she would be roped into the life of Joseph Goebbels and into the political lives of the Nazi Party elite. Synopsis and summary The film largely centers around the experiences of Lída Baarová and her feelings regarding the moral dilemma of being romantically involved with a senior Nazi officer. Political and social turmoil within the early Nazi Germany are also shown, with the ending of the film featuring the events of Kristallnacht. Jewish persecution is also a feature of this film, but this is opposed by the colorful depictions of Nazi brass engaging in quaint social festivities. The film nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Renč
Filip Renč (born 17 August 1965) is a Czech film director, screenwriter, and actor. Biograph Filip Renč was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Since his childhood, he already proved his enthusiasm for movies and drama. As a young boy he appeared in several movies, including ''Julek'' (1980) and ''Leve kridlo'' (1983). During his studies at FAMU (Film and TV School of The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) he created documentaries (Zapadákov, Srdíčko) for which he was awarded at the International film schools festival in 1987 and 1988. His debut movie ''Requiem for a Maiden'' was also a great success at the Czechoslovakian film festival FORUM in Bratislava. In the following years he directed a number of successful movies, including ''From Subway with Love'' (2005) and his latest piece ''At Your Own Risk'' (2008) which has just recently been released. He directed not only movies but also TV commercials and even music videos. He also wrote screenplays which he later directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gedeon Burkhard
Gedeon Burkhard (born 3 July 1969) is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German television series ''Kommissar Rex'' (1997–2001), which has been aired on television in numerous countries around the world, or as Corporal Wilhelm Wicki in the 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds''. He is also well recognised for his role as Chris Ritter in the long-running series ''Alarm für Cobra 11''. Life and career Gedeon Burkhard was born in Munich, West Germany, the son of Wolfgang Burkhard and German actress Elisabeth von Molo (then Burkhard) who is the granddaughter of Alessandro Moissi, a famous Albanian actor of the 20th century. Gedeon was educated at a boarding school in England and began his acting career in 1979 in the German TV film ''Tante Maria''. During the 1990s, he lived in the United States, working in several prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Biographical Drama Films
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Ondřej Soukup
Ondřej Soukup (born 2 May 1951) is a Czech musician and composer. He has written soundtracks for over twenty feature films, including Jan Svěrák's ''Kolya'', an Academy Awards, Academy Award-winner for best foreign film in 1997, and ''Dark Blue World'', for which Soukup received his second Czech Lion award for best soundtrack, in 2001. He was also a jury member for the talent show ''Česko hledá SuperStar''. Career Soukup graduated from the Prague Conservatory in 1975, then played bass in various jazz and pop bands, including Pražský výběr and Pavel Fořt's group Labyrint. In the early 1980s, Soukup began playing with Karel Gott and also composed and arranged music of his own. He later became a full-time composer and also produced records for other artists. In 1983, Soukup wrote music for his first feature film, ''Druhý tah pěšcem''. Since then, he has scored twenty more productions, including the Academy Awards, Oscar-winning ''Kolya'', directed by Jan Svěrák, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Havel
Miloš Havel (3 November 1899 – 25 February 1968) was a Czech film producer and studio executive. Havel was a director of the film production company Lucernafilm, which was founded by his father in 1912. He was also a chairman of the film studio A-B, which built its new studios in Barrandov in 1932. He remained in charge of the studio during German occupation of Czechoslovakia. After World War II his wartime activities were criticized heavily, and he was put on trial for charges relating to collaboration with Nazi Germany. Though acquitted, he was banned from working in the film industry. He left the country and settled in Munich. He was the uncle of Czech president Václav Havel. Career Havel ran the movie theater Lucerna Palace in Prague and later established the Barrandov Studios. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Havel was forced to sell his share in Barrandov Studios but he remained in charge, and protected its staff from forced labour in Germany. At that time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Fischer
Hans Fischer (; 27 July 1881 – 31 March 1945) was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin." Biography Early years Fischer was born on July 27,1881 in Höchst on river Main, now a city district of Frankfurt located in Germany. His parents were Dr. Eugen Fischer, Director of the firm of Kalle & Co, Wiesbaden, and Privatdozent at the Technical High School, Stuttgart, and Anna Herdegen was his mother. He went to a primary school in Stuttgart, and later to the "Humanistisches Gymnasium" in Wiesbaden, matriculating in 1899. He read chemistry and medicine, first at the University of Lausanne and then at Marburg. He graduated in 1904 obtaining his chemistry degree, 2 years later in 1906 he licensed for medicine and in 1908 he qualified for his M.D. including the Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1930 ''On Haemin and the Relationships b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Mádl
Jiří Mádl (born October 23, 1986, in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech actor, director and screenwriter. Among his most prominent roles are a part in the 2008 film ''Night Owls'', for which received the Best Actor award at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Jiří Mádl participated in creating a plagiary of Sarah Silverman's election commercial in 2010. However, people claimed that the plagiary is based on antigerontism not present in the original commercial. He came to prominence when he starred in Czech movies ''Konfident (The Confidant)'', ''Snowboarďáci (Snowboarders)'', ''Gympl (The Can)'', ''Probudím se Včera (I Wake Up Yesterday)'', ''Děti noci (Night Owls)'' and ''Hra (The Play)''. He also appeared in international projects ''Borgia'', ''Interlude in Prague'' and ''Berlin Eins''. Mádl made his directorial debut with the movie ''Pojedeme k moři''. His second movie ''Na Střeše (On the Roof)'' was released in 2019. He is the you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magda Goebbels
Johanna Maria Magdalena "Magda" Goebbels (née Ritschel; 11 November 1901 – 1 May 1945) was the wife of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. A prominent member of the Nazi Party, she was a close ally, companion, and political supporter of Adolf Hitler. Some historians refer to her as the unofficial "first lady" of Nazi Germany, while others give that title to Emmy Göring. With defeat imminent during the Battle of Berlin at the end of World War II in Europe, she and her husband murdered their six children before committing suicide in the Reich Chancellery gardens. Her eldest son, Harald Quandt, from a previous marriage, survived her. Early life Magda was born in 1901 in Berlin, Germany to an unwed couple, Auguste Behrend and building contractor and engineer Oskar Ritschel. The couple were married later that year and divorced in either 1904 or 1905. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Vlasáková
Lenka Vlasáková (born 27 April 1972, in Prague) is a Czech actress. She played the title role in ''Lea'', released in 1997; Lucie in ''Kawasaki's Rose'', released in 2010; and ''U mě dobrý'' (''Fine with me''), released in 2008. Selected filmography * ''Lea'' (1997) * ''We Are Never Alone ''We Are Never Alone'' ( cs, Nikdy nejsme sami) is a 2016 Czech drama film directed by Petr Vaclav. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Cast * Klaudia Dudov ...'' (2016) References External links * 1972 births Living people Czech television actresses Czech film actresses Actresses from Prague 21st-century Czech actresses 20th-century Czech actresses Czech Lion Awards winners Czech stage actresses {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdenka Procházková
Zdenka Procházková (4 April 1926 – 25 August 2021) was a Czech actress. She was married to Karel Höger, who she starred with in the 1949 film ''A Dead Man Among the Living'', but they were already divorced by the time of his death in 1977. Selected filmography *''Lost in the Suburbs'' (1948) *''A Dead Man Among the Living'' (1949) *'' Distant Journey'' (1949) *'' Steam Above a Pot'' (1950) *'' May Events'' (1951) *''The Fifth Horseman Is Fear'' (1965) *'' Hospital at the End of the City'' (television, 1977) *''Upír z Feratu'' (1982) *'' Návštěvníci'' (television, 1983) *''Ulice ''Ulice'' is a Czech soap opera produced by Nova. It is aired five times a week. In Czech ''ulice'' means 'street'. The show describes the lives of the Farský, Jordán, Boháč, Nykl, Liška and Maléř families and many other people that live ...'' (television, 2005) *'' The Devil's Mistress'' (2016) References External links * 1926 births 2021 deaths Actresses from Prague Czech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Kříž
Pavel Kříž (born 18 April 1961 in Brno) is a Czechs, Czech actor and psychotherapist. In December 2010 Kříž won the StarDance (Czech season 4), fourth season of StarDance (Czech TV series), StarDance with his professional partner Alice Stodůlková. Selected filmography Film * ''How the World Is Losing Poets, Jak svět přichází o básníky'' (1982) * ''How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions, Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze'' (1984) * ''The Night of the Emerald Moon'' (1985) * ''Sleeping Dogs (1997 film), Sleeping Dogs'' (1997) * ''Doctor Zhivago (TV series), Doktor Živago'' (2002, TV) * ''Anne Frank: The Whole Story, Deník Anne Frankové'' (2001, TV) * ''Vůně vanilky'' (2001, TV) * ''In nomine patris'' (2004, TV) * ''Portraits in Dramatic Time'' (2011) * ''Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' (2011) - Marek Stefanski * ''How Poets Wait for a Miracle'' (2016) * ''The Painted Bird (film), Nabarvené ptáče'' (2019) * ' (2019, TV) Television * ''První krok'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Huba
Martin Huba (born 16 July 1943 in Bratislava) is a Slovak actor and director on stage and in film. In 1964 he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). He joined the Východoslovenské štátne divadlo (Košice State Theater) in Košice. In 1967 he moved to the theater ''Divadlo na Korze'' in Bratislava, where he remained till its closure in 1971. Since 1976 he has been a member of the Slovak National Theatre (SND). Selected stage performances - actor * 1995: Isidoro in ''Čertice'' by Carlo Goldoni * 1998: Bruscon in ''Der Theatermacher'' by Thomas Bernhard, ''Divadlo Na Zábradlí'' in Prague (received Alfréd Radok Award) * 2004: Cyrano in ''Cyrano de Bergerac'', SND * 2005: Johannes Rosmer in ''Rosmersholm'', Mahenovo divadlo Brno (nominated for Alfréd Radok Award) Selected stage performances - director * 1995: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: ''The Cherry Orchard''; SND * 1999: Agatha Christie: ''Desať malých černoškov alebo ...napokon už nez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
