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Đoko Rosić
Đorđe "Đoko" Rosić (, sr-Cyrl, Ђоко Росић; 28 February 1932 – 21 February 2014) was a Serbian-Bulgarian actor who was also well known in Hungary. Biography Early Life, Education and Career Rosić was born in Krupanj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (today in western Serbia) to a Serbs, Serbian father and a Bulgarians in Serbia, Bulgarian mother. At age 19 in 1951, he emigrated to Bulgaria for political reasons. He graduated from what is today the University of National and World Economy in Sofia in 1957. He worked as a Bulgarian National Radio journalist for 17 years, after first being invited to work in radio because of his deep voice. Rosić shot his first film in 1963. From that time until his death in 2014 he appeared in over 110 movies, mostly Cinema of Bulgaria, Bulgarian productions, but also a large number of Cinema of Hungary, Hungarian films. Personal Life He was married two times. First wife - Zanka Alexandrova. Second wife Liliana Lazarova. His only child i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krupanj
Krupanj ( sr-cyr, Крупањ, ) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. The municipality has a total population of 14,399 inhabitants, while the town has a population of 4,134 inhabitants (2022 census). Geography The town lies in western Serbia, at the southern border of the Pannonian plain and Mačva region. It is surrounded by the mountains Jagodnja, Boranja and Sokolska planina, in a valley intersected by several rivers and creeks. In the town itself, the rivers Bogoštica, Čađavica and Kržava conjoin into Likodra, which later empties into Jadar. The town lies at the altitude of 280 m. The municipality area covers around , and it encompasses 23 villages. It is the center of the region ''Rađevina'', which was named after Rađ, a knight of Prince Lazar, who defended it from Hungarian and Ottoman conquerors, and who is buried at the monument of ''Rađev Kamen''. Settlements Aside from the town of Krupanj, the municipality includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979 Film)
''Hungarian Rhapsody'' () is a 1979 Hungarian drama film directed by Miklós Jancsó Miklós Jancsó (; 27 September 192131 January 2014) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including ''Szegénylegények, The Round-Up'' .... It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. It won Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 7th International Film Festival of India. The film depicts "a peasant revolt in Hungary in the early twentieth century." "''Hungarian Rhapsody'' and '' Allegro Barbaro'' (both 1978) formed the first two parts of an uncompleted trilogy on the life of a nationalist executed in 1944 for his involvement in an anti-Hitler plot. Both were judged too parochial to travel abroad.", commented the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' at the death of the director. Cast * György Cserhalmi as Zsadányi István * Lajos Balázsovits as Zsadányi Gábor * Gábor Koncz as Sze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werckmeister Harmonies
''Werckmeister Harmonies'' (; ) is a 2000 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Tarr and co-directed by Ágnes Hranitzky, based on the 1989 novel '' The Melancholy of Resistance'' by László Krasznahorkai. Shot in black-and-white and composed of thirty-nine languidly paced shots, the film portrays the life of János and his uncle György during the communist era in Hungary. It also recounts their journey among helpless citizens as a sinister visiting circus casts a shadow over everyone's lives. The title refers to the 17th century Baroque musical theorist Andreas Werckmeister. György Eszter, a major character in the film, delivers a monologue asserting that Werckmeister's harmonic principles are responsible for aesthetic and philosophical problems in all subsequent music, and should be replaced by a new theory of tuning and harmony. ''Werckmeister Harmonies'' opened to wide acclaim from critics, and has come to be regarded by many as one of the best films of the 21st cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passion (1998 Film)
''Passion'' () is a 1998 Hungarian drama film directed by György Fehér and co-written with Béla Tarr, based on James M. Cain's 1934 novel '' The Postman Always Rings Twice''. The film screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, and was awarded six prizes at the 1998 Hungarian Film Week, including best film, best direction, best cinematography, best actress (Ildikó Bánsági), best actor(s) (Djoko Rosic and János Derzsi), and the Foreign Film Critics' Gene Moskowitz prize. Cast * Ildikó Bánsági as The wife * Djoko Rosic as The husband * János Derzsi as The man * István Lénárt as The attorney * László Gálffi as The priest * Zoltán Bezerédi as The doctor's scribe (as Bezerédi Zoltán) * Géza Bereményi as The doctor * Dénes Ujlaky * Péter Haumann Péter Haumann (17 May 1941 – 28 May 2022) was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1962. Selected filmography References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gypsy Lore
''Gypsy Lore'' () is a 1997 Hungarian drama film co-written and directed by Bence Gyöngyössy. It is an adaptation of ''King Lear''. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Đoko Rosić as Lovér (as Djoko Rossich) * Mihály Szabados as Tamáska * Silvia Pincu as Ilka (as Silvia Pinku) * Diliana Dimitrova as Kukunda * Violetta Koleva as Sarolta * János Derzsi as János * Sami Osman as Joszo * Umer Dzemailji as Rostás * Piroska Molnár as Máli See also * List of submissions to the 71st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... * List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonah Who Lived In The Whale
''Jonah Who Lived in the Whale'' (; in the United States released as ''Look to the Sky'') is a 1993 Italian-French drama film directed by Roberto Faenza, based on the autobiographical novel by the writer Jona Oberski entitled ''Childhood'' (Dutch: ''Kinderjaren''), focused on the drama of the Holocaust. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival, where it won the Prix of Ecumenical Jury. Plot Jonah is a three-year-old Dutch boy who lives in Amsterdam during the Second World War. After the occupation of the city by the Germans, he was deported to the concentration camp together with his entire family in 1942. Here Jonah will spend the remainder of the war in a shack with his mother, but separated from his father. The child suffers cold, hunger, fear, deprivation, and even harassment by the other boys. He seldom encounters compassion: only the cook, who later dies, and the doctor of the clinic show him kindness. The fate of Jonah's parents is tragic: his fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Of Violence
''Time of Violence'' () is a 1988 Bulgarian film based on the novel '' Time of Parting'' by Anton Donchev. It consists of two episodes with a combined length of 288 minutes. It premiered at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival where it was screened in the Un Certain Regard section. The film was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not nominated.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot The film is set in the Ottoman Empire, in 1668. As Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha concentrates his war efforts on the Cretan War, he grows paranoid of the Sultan's Christian subjects, convinced that they are an uncontrollable threat to the empire unless Islamized. One of the targets is Elindenya, a village located in a Rhodope valley where the Christian Bulgarians' way of life was for the most part left alone under the Ottoman governor Süleyman Agha's rule. A sipahi regiment is dispatched to the valley wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Judge (1986 Film)
The Judge may refer to: Literature * ''The Judge'', novel by Elia W. Peattie, 1889 * ''The Judge'', 1925 American translation of ''The Old Man'' (Gorky play), 1915 * ''The Judge'', novel by Rebecca West, 1922 * ''The Judge'', 2010 English translation of '' Le Juge'', 1959 * ''The Judge'', novel by Steve Martini, 1995 People * Milt Hinton (1910–2000), American jazz bassist nicknamed "The Judge" * Frank Robinson (1935–2018), American baseball player nicknamed "The Judge" * Andrew Napolitano, former New Jersey Superior Court judge and now host of the television show ''Freedom Watch'' * Aaron Judge, nickname for American baseball player * Judge Holden, probably fictional character Film and TV Film * ''The Judge'' (1949 film), a 1949 American film * ''The Judge'' (1960 film), a 1960 Swedish film * ''The Judge'' (1984 film), a 1984 French crime drama film * ''The Judge'' (2014 film), a 2014 American film * ''The Judge'', a 2017 documentary film directed by Erika Cohn TV * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glory Of Khan
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macbeth (1982 Film)
''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambitions and power. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy. Scholars believe ''Macbeth'', of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of King James I, contains the most allusions to James, patron of Shakespeare's acting company. In the play, a brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to violence by his wife, Macbeth murders the king and takes the Scottish throne for himself. Then, racked with guilt and paranoia, he commits further violent murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, soon becoming a tyrannical ruler. The blood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Haytov
Nikolay Haytov (), or Nikolai Haitov (15 September 1919 – 30 June 2002) was a Bulgarian fiction writer, playwright, patriot and publicist known for his publications and research regarding the life of Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski. Early life and education Born to a poor family of ordinary peasants in the village of , in Kuklen municipality, Plovdiv Province, Haytov finished junior high school in his native village and then moved to Plovdiv, where, instead of studying, he worked as an apprentice in a flour shop, as a waiter in a pub, as a valet and in the railway. He finished high school in Asenovgrad in 1938, becoming attracted to the work of writers such as Zahari Stoyanov, Ivan Vazov, Elin Pelin and Yordan Yovkov. Haytov graduated from the Faculty of Forestry in Sofia in 1943. He became a soldier in Plovdiv in the autumn of 1944 and then went on to work as a forest guard and forester in the Rhodope Mountains: in the Persenk forestry enterprise, in Lesichovo, in Sap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Petko Voivode (TV Series)
''Captain Petko Voivode'' () is a Bulgarian TV historical drama series released by the Bulgarian National Television in 1981, directed by Nedelcho Chernev, starring Vasil Mihaylov in the title role. The screenplay, written by Nikolay Haytov, is based on his namesake work from 1974 representing the biography of the Bulgarian haidouk and revolutionary A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates for, a revolution. The term ''revolutionary'' can also be used as an adjective to describe something producing a major and sudden impact on society. Definition The term—bot ... Petko Kiryakov (1844–1900). At the beginning of each episode, the writer himself makes an introduction to the historical facts about the life and deeds of Petko. The 12 episodes are divided into three parts named: '' Haidouk'', '' Komitadji'' and ''Peaceful Life''. The production was intended for the celebrations of the 1300 anniversary of the Bulgarian state. The series obtain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
