''A Woman Who Knows What She Wants'' ( cs, Žena, která ví co chce) is a 1934 Czech

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

directed by Václav Binovec and starring Markéta Krausová, , and

Truda Grosslichtová Truda Grosslichtová (23 February 1912 – 8 June 1995) was a Czechoslovak film actress. Life Truda Grosslichtová was born Gertruda Marie Grosslichtová in Prague. She spoke Czech, German, French, English and Italian. She acted in amateur ...

. It is an adaptation of a 1932 stage musical of the same title, with music by Oscar Straus. A German-language version of the film was made at the same time with different cast and crew. The musical was adapted again as a 1958 West German film of the same title.

Cast

*Markéta Krausová as Mona Cavallini, Revuestar * as Alexander Rón, industrialist *

as Věra, their daughter *

Růžena Šlemrová Růžena Šlemrová, née Růžena Machová (10 November 1886 – 24 August 1962) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1956. Selected filmography * '' Two Mothers'' (1921) * '' Affair at the ...

as Babetta, Manon's friend * as Secretary Anatol Veverka *

Zvonimir Rogoz Zvonimir Rogoz (10 October 1887 – 6 February 1988) was a Croatian actor who played in German, Croatian, Slovenian, Czech and Slovakian, on stage and in cinema, during a career long 81 years. A native of Zagreb, Rogoz started his actor ...

as Banker Klika *

Vladimír Borský Vladimír Borský (1904–1962) was a Czech film actor, screenwriter and film director.Hames p.15 Selected filmography * ''A Woman Who Knows What She Wants'' (1934) * ''Poslední muž'' (1934) * ''Volga in Flames ''Volga in Flames'' (French: ...

as Secretary Jan Rožek *

Karel Třešňák Karel Třešňák (born February 21, 1949 in Karlovy Vary) is a former Czechoslovak slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (C-1 team: 1973, 1975) a silver (C-1: ...

as Vicepresident of Steelworks *

Věra Ferbasová Věra Ferbasová (21 September 1913 – 4 August 1976) was a Czechoslovak film actress. Selected filmography * '' In the Little House Below Emauzy'' (1933) * '' Man in Demand on All Sides'' (1934) * '' A Woman Who Knows What She Wants'' (1934) * ...

as Stenotypist *Josef Zezulka as Secretary of the theatre

References

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* 1934 musical comedy films Czech musical comedy films Czechoslovak musical comedy films Films based on operettas Films based on adaptations Czechoslovak multilingual films Czech black-and-white films 1934 multilingual films Films directed by Václav Binovec 1930s Czech-language films 1930s Czech films {{Musical-comedy-film-stub