''The Last of the Mohicans'' (Czech: ''Poslední mohykán'') is a 1947
Czech comedy film directed by
Vladimír Slavínský and starring
Jaroslav Marvan,
Meda Valentová and
Sona Cervená.
[Černík p.232] It was shot at the
Barrandov Studios in
Prague. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Karel Skvor. It was based on a play by F.X. Svoboda which had previously been adapted into the 1934 film ''
The Last Man''.
Synopsis
A wealthy
antique dealer rules his family with iron discipline and believes in doing things the old fashioned way, without regard for his family's own views or feelings. However, the prospective husband of his daughter manages to turn the tables on him.
Cast
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Jaroslav Marvan as Borivoj Kohout / Jaroslav Kohout
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Meda Valentová as Borivoj's wife
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Sona Cervená as Helena
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Jaroslav Mares as Jaroslav
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Eman Fiala
Eman Fiala (15 April 1899 – 24 June 1970) was a Czech film actor and composer. He was born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic). He appeared in more than 160 films between 1918 and 1966.
Selected filmography
* '' Little Red ...
as Antonín
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Dagmar Frýbortová as Zdenka
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Oldrich Slaný as Dr. Marek
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Frantisek Stach as Lékar
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Frantisek Hanus as ing. Becvár
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Jindra Hermanová
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People
Last name
* Alfréd Jindra (1930–2006), a Czechoslovak sprint canoer
* Aleš Jindra (born 1973), a Czechoslovak football coach and former p ...
as Train Passenger
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Rudolf Hrusínský as Návstevník u starozitníka
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Václav Landa 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
Fo ...
as Krotitel selmy
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Frantisek Paul as Clen spolku na ochranu zvírat
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Valja Petrova as Lady with a dog
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Olga Príhodová
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Russia
* Olga, Russ ...
as Lady with a cat
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Josef Chvalina Josef may refer to
*Josef (given name)
*Josef (surname)
* ''Josef'' (film), a 2011 Croatian war film
*Musik Josef
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Karel Effa as
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Antonín Jirsa
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Jan S. Kolár
Jan S. Kolár (11 May 1896 – 30 October 1973) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, actor and film historian. He directed a big budget historical film ''St. Wenceslas''.
Life
Jan Stanislav Kolár was born Jan Nepomucký Josef Kohn in a ...
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Alena Kreuzmannová
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Bohumil Langer
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Ota Motycka OTA or ota may stand for:
Art, entertainment, and media
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Electronics, science, and technology
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Rudolf Princ
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Jaroslav Seník
Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin.
There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the nam ...
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Blazena Slavícková
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Josef Steigl
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Václav Trégl
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Milos Vavruska
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Jirí Vondrovic
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Bedrich Vrbský
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Erik Zámis
References
Bibliography
* Černík, Jan. ''Český technický scénář 1945–1962''. Palacký University Olomouc, 2021.
* Wohl, Eugen & Păcurar, Elena. ''Language of the Revolution: The Discourse of Anti-Communist Movements in the "Eastern Bloc" Countries: Case Studies''. Springer Nature, 2023.
External links
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1947 films
1947 comedy films
Czechoslovak black-and-white films
Czechoslovak comedy films
1940s Czech films
Films directed by Vladimír Slavínský
1940s Czech-language films
Films shot at Barrandov Studios
Czech films based on plays
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