''Martha and I'' ( cs, Marta a já, german: Martha und ich) is a 1990 Czechoslovak-West German
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Jiří Weiss
Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue.
Life Early life
Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. He was named after Czech king Jiří z Poděbrad ...
. It was entered into the main competition at the
47th Venice International Film Festival
The 47th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 September 1990.
Jury
The following people comprised the 1990 jury:
*Gore Vidal: head of jury
*María Luisa Bemberg
*Edoardo Bruno
*Gilles Jacob
* Kira Muratova
*Omar Shari ...
.
Cast
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Marianne Sägebrecht
Marianne Sägebrecht (; born 27 August 1945) is a German film actress.
Her background included stints as a medical lab assistant and magazine assistant editor before she found her calling in show business. Claiming to be inspired by Bavaria's ma ...
as Marta
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Michel Piccoli
Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...
as Dr. Arnošt Fuchs
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Václav Chalupa
Václav Chalupa Jr. (born 7 December 1967 in Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech rower who competed at six consecutive Olympics from 1988 to 2008, winning a silver medal in 1992 behind Thomas Lange in the single scull.
Career
His f ...
as Emil
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Ondřej Vetchý
Ondřej Vetchý (born 16 May 1962) is a Czech actor. He was born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia.
He is currently employed at The Drama Club (DC) in Prague.
Notable performances
* 2005 – Katurian in ''The Pillowman'', DC
* 2004 – Carluccio i ...
as Old Emil
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Klaus Grünberg
Klaus Grünberg (born 20 November 1941 in Wismar, Germany
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as Bertl
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Michael Kausch
Michael may refer to:
People
* Michael (given name), a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ...
as Werner
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Božidara Turzonovová as Róza Kluge
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Vladimír Brabec
Vladimír Brabec (15 May 1934 in Prague – 1 September 2017 in Nová Ves pod Pleší) was a Czech actor.
Selected filmography
*''Revolucni rok 1848'' (1949) - Student
*''Krízová trojka'' (1952) - Boy
*''Velké dobrodruzství'' (1952) - Cerv ...
as Father Kluge
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Jana Březinová as Ida
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Soňa Valentová
Soňa Valentová (later Hasprová; 3 June 1946 – 10 December 2022) was a Slovak actress. She starred in the 1969/1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. She was born in Trnava.
Valentová died on 10 December 2022, at the age ...
as Elsa
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Jana Altmannová as Kamila
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Zuzana Kocúriková
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as Ilona
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Jiří Menzel
Jiří Menzel () (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films ...
as Dr. Benda
References
External links
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1990s coming-of-age drama films
Czechoslovak drama films
1990 drama films
1990 films
Films directed by Jiří Weiss
West German films
Holocaust films
Czech coming-of-age drama films
German coming-of-age drama films
1990s Czech-language films
1990s German films
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