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Josef Illík
Josef Illík (10 September 1919 – 21 January 2006) was a Czech cinematographer and photographer. Life Josef Illík studied photography in high school. His teachers were Ladislav Sutnar, Jaromír Funke and Josef Ehm. After the World War II he was a successful photographer, but also started working at Barrandov Studios as an assistant cinematographer. From 1952 to 1957 he was a cinematographer for army documentaries in Czechoslovak Army Film. Since 1958 he worked on feature films as a cinematographer. He frequently worked with directors Karel Kachyňa, Václav Krška and Václav Vorlíček. Selected filmography * '' Smugglers of Death'' (1959) * '' Smugglers of Death'' (1959) * '' The Slinger'' (1960) * ''Spanilá jízda'' (1963) * ''The House in Karp Lane'' (1965) * '' Coach to Vienna'' (1966) * '' The Nun's Night'' (1967) * '' Jarní vody'' (1968) * ''Witchhammer ''Witchhammer'' () is a 1970 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring Elo Romančík. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanilá Jízda
''Spanilá jízda'' (''Beautiful Ride'' or ''The Nuremberg Campaign'') is a 1963 Czechoslovak historical film, directed by Oldřich Daněk. The film is set in 1427-1430. Cast * Petr Kostka as Ondřej Keřský z Řimovi * Jiří Vala as Eschweiler z Hohenbachu * Michaela Lohniská as Katruše * Jaroslav Průcha as Mikeš * Martin Růžek as Prokop the Great * Jiří Holý as Priest Jíra * Karel Höger as Henry Beaufort * Vlasta Fialová as Elisabeth of Hohenzollern * Václav Špidla as Friedrich von Hohenzollern Plot The film starts in 1427. Hussite army faces Crusaders at Tachov. Crusdaders are led by Henry Beaufort and hussites by Prokop the Great Prokop the Great (, ) or Prokop the Bald or the Shaven (, ) (c. 1380 – 30 May 1434) was a Czech Hussite general and a prominent Taborite military leader during the Hussite Wars. On his mother's side, he came from a German patrician family l .... One of crusaders loyal to Henry Beaufort is Eschweiler z Hohenbachu. Eschw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Cinematographers
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2006 Deaths
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1919 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Bratislava, Pressburg (later Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY Iolaire, HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2–January 22, 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation (1918–1919), Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Faisal I of Iraq, Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionism, Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine (region), Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Wishes For Cinderella (1973 Film)
''Three Wishes for Cinderella'' (; , also called in English ''Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella'' or ''Three Gifts for Cinderella'') is a 1973 Czechoslovak-East German film based on the fairy-tale ''Cinderella''. It was directed by Václav Vorlíček in a co-production between DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme and Barrandov Studios. The story was based on the fairy tale ''O Popelce'' written by Božena Němcová (a Bohemian variation of the classic Cinderella fairytale). It still remains a popular Christmas holiday film in many European countries. Plot Cinderella's stepmother has the village in a frenzy preparing for the arrival of the king and queen, who will be stopping en route to their nearby castle. Cinderella takes the blame for a kitchen boy's accident, prompting her stepmother to berate her as well as her late father. Enraged, Cinderella snaps back at her, and is subsequently punished by having to separate lentils and ashes mixed together in a bucket. As she settles down to wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ear
''The Ear'' () is a Czech language film by Karel Kachyňa, completed in 1970. This film was banned by the nation's ruling Communist party (who were supported by the occupying Soviet forces). It wasn't released until the fall of the communist regime in 1989. Plot The film is about a bitter married couple that consists of Ludvík, a senior official of Prague's ruling Communist regime, and his alcoholic wife Anna. They return home after attending a political party dinner and notice their home has been broken into. Several strange occurrences, including the disappearance of their spare house keys and dead phone lines, lead them to believe that they are under surveillance by their own government. As the night progresses, the flaws of their marriage and of each other are exposed. Cast * Radoslav Brzobohatý as Ludvík * Jiřina Bohdalová as Anna * Jiří Císler as Standa * Miroslav Holub as Russian general * Milica Kolofiková as Woman at the party * Jaroslav Moučka as Vagera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witchhammer
''Witchhammer'' () is a 1970 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring Elo Romančík. Based on the novel '' Kladivo na čarodějnice'' by Václav Kaplický, ''Witchhammer'' relates the story of the Northern Moravia witch trials of the 1670s, focusing on the priest Kryštof Lautner, played by Romančík, who falls victim to the witchhunt after opposing the trials. The film contains possible allegory about Communist show trials in Czechoslovakia. The film had a limited release in Czechoslovakia. Despite this, it won awards at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival in 1970 and is considered one of Vávra's finest films. Plot In the 1670s in Moravia, an altar boy observes an old woman hiding the bread given out during communion. He alerts the priest, who confronts the old woman. She admits that she took the bread with the intent to give it to a cow to re-enable its milk production. The priest reports the incident to the owner of the local estate who, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarní Vody
''Spring Waters'' () is a 1968 Czechoslovak film directed by Václav Krška. The film starred Josef Kemr. References External links Jarní vodyat the Internet Movie Database IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... 1968 films Czechoslovak romantic drama films 1960s Czech-language films Czech romantic drama films Films based on works by Ivan Turgenev 1960s Czech films 1968 romantic drama films {{1960s-CzechRepublic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nun's Night
''The Nun's Night'' () is a 1967 Czechoslovak film directed by Karel Kachyňa adapted from a novel by Jan Procházka. Set in a Moravian village in the early 1950s, a time of collectivisation as well as mass closures of monasteries and convents by the Stalinist regime, the film is an evocative critique of religious fanaticism and political ideology. Cast *Jana Brejchová as Nun * Mnislav Hofmann as Chairman Picin * Gustáv Valach as Village idiot Ambrož *Josef Kemr as Priest * Josef Elsner as Farmer Jan Šabatka *Čestmír Řanda as Farmer Alois Skovajs *Jaroslav Moučka as Farmer Vitásek * Josef Větrovec as Farmer Josef Bařina * Valerie Kaplanová as Filipa, Picin's wife *Libuše Havelková Libuše Havelková (11 May 1924 – 6 April 2017) was a Czech actress. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coach To Vienna
''Coach to Vienna'' (; in USA released as ''Carriage to Vienna'') is a 1966 Czechoslovak war drama directed by Karel Kachyňa. The film was awarded the third prize at Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 1966, however it was also denounced as "disgraceful ideological mischief", anti-Czech, anti-German and anti-partisan by some critics. The film was banned from distribution after Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Plot In Czechoslovakia at the beginning of May 1945, retreating German forces hang the husband of Krista for a petty offence. After the funeral, a German deserter named Hans orders her at gunpoint to take him and Günther, his dying comrade, south through the forests to Vienna. In her horse-drawn wagon she drives them along a network of tracks that eventually lead north towards the advancing Russians. Though Hans tries to be friendly, she treats him with contempt and whenever she sees an opportunity she throws the men's weapons into the brush, until all they have le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House In Karp Lane
''The House in Karp Lane'' () is a 1965 West German drama film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Jana Brejchová, Edith Schultze-Westrum and Wolfgang Kieling. It portrays the Jewish residents of a Prague boarding house during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. While the film received several awards, it was a major commercial failure.Bock & Bergfelder p.207 Hoffmann then returned to directing the comedies he was better known for. The film was shot at the Barrandov Studios Barrandov Studios is a set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the largest film studio in the country and one of the largest in Europe. Barrandov has made several major Hollywood productions, including ''Mission: Impossible (film), ... in Prague, and on location around the city. Cast References Bibliography * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1965 films 1965 drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
