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Libuše Šafránková
Libuše Šafránková (married ''Abrhámová''; 7 June 1953 – 9 June 2021) was a Czech actress. She played leading roles in many Czech films and, according to audience polls, was the most popular Czech actress of the 20th century. She is best known for the title role in the 1973 fairy-tale film '' Three Wishes for Cinderella'', which is a Christmas classic in many European countries. Her husband was actor Josef Abrhám. Biography Libuše Šafránková was born on 7 June 1953 in a hospital in Brno, but is a native of the nearby town of Šlapanice, where her family lived. Her family was Catholic, which lasted even during the times when the Czechoslovak communist regime tried to suppress the Catholic faith. Her mother was a teacher at a clothing industry school, but she was also involved in art and amateur theatre. Her father was a musician and music teacher. He provided musical accompaniment to the local amateur theatre troupe, and on that occasion Libuše Šafránková perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brno
Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 100 largest cities of the European Union. The Brno metropolitan area has approximately 730,000 inhabitants. Brno is the former capital city of Moravia and the political and cultural hub of the South Moravian Region. It is the centre of the Judiciary of the Czech Republic, Czech judiciary, with the seats of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Administrative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, and a number of state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benign Tumor
A benign tumor is a mass of Cell (biology), cells (tumor) that does not Cancer invasion, invade neighboring tissue or Metastasis, metastasize (spread throughout the body). Compared to Cancer, malignant (cancerous) tumors, benign tumors generally have a slower Cell growth, growth rate. Benign tumors have relatively well Cell differentiation, differentiated cells. They are often surrounded by an outer surface (fibrous sheath of connective tissue) or stay contained within the epithelium. Common examples of benign tumors include Melanocytic nevus, moles and uterine fibroids. Some forms of benign tumors may be harmful to health. Benign tumor growth causes a Mass effect (medicine), mass effect that can compress neighboring tissues. This can lead to nerve damage, blood flow reduction (Ischaemia, ischemia), tissue death (necrosis), or organ damage. The health effects of benign tumor growth may be more prominent if the tumor is contained within an enclosed space such as the cranium, respir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
''Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping'' () is a 1983 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak. It is a biopic of the fictional Czech national hero Jára Cimrman, who is portrayed by one of his inventors, Zdeněk Svěrák. The story is framed by an excursion to Liptákov, the (fictional) village where Cimrman allegedly spent the final years of his life. The retrospective passages, which make up most of the film, span Cimrman's whole "known" life, where he interacts with many personalities of Czech and European science and culture in the Belle Époque. A large portion of the film deals with Cimrman's acting as a tutor in the family of Franz Ferdinand d'Este, the heir presumptive of Austria-Hungary. In this role Cimrman is secretly aiming to " split the monarchy". Cast * Zdeněk Svěrák - Jára Cimrman (as Zdeněk Svěrák and Company) * Valerie Kaplanová - the museum guide * Petr Čepek - Archduke Franz Ferdinand d'Este / Nývlt, his double * Josef Abrhám - Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svatební Cesta Do Jiljí
''Svatební cesta do Jiljí '' is a Czech television romantic comedy film. It was directed by Hynek Bočan and released in 1983. It stars a real life couple Josef Abrhám and Libuše Šafránková. Production The film was shot in summer 1982 in Krkonoše mountains. Cast * Josef Abrhám as Tomáš Krchňák *Libuše Šafránková as Petra * Josef Větrovec as Tomáš's father * Blažena Holišová as Tomáš's mother *Ladislav Smoljak as Lost & Found Office clerk *Zdeněk Svěrák as Train attendant * Karel Augusta as Meadow owner *Jiří Kodet Jiří Kodet (6 December 1937 – 25 June 2005) was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than ninety films between 1951 and 2003. His mother Jiřina Steimarová and his daughter Barbora Kodetová are also actresses. Selected filmography Refere ... as Radovan, recreation facility owner * Jan Skopeček as Train dispatcher in Ústí * Václav Vydra nejml. as Railwayman in Ústí * Vlastimil Bedrna as Postman References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Křtiny
Křtiny is a market town in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants. Geography Křtiny is located about southeast of Blansko and northeast of Brno. It lies in the Drahany Highlands, on the boundary of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area. The highest point is the Proklest hill at above sea level. The stream of Křtinský potok flows through the municipality. Its tributary, a brook named Zemanův žleb, supplies several small fishponds. History The first written mention of Křtiny is in a deed of Pope Gregory IX from 1237, when the village was owned by a women's monastery in Zábrdovice (today part of Brno). The monastery established a branch here, but it was burned down in 1423, during the Hussite Wars. After the war, the Zábrdovice Monastery was forced to pledge Křtiny, but in the second half of the 15th century the monastery regained the village and owned it until the dissolution of the monastery in 1784. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Run Waiter Run!
''Waiter, Scarper!'' () is a 1981 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak. It is also known in English as 'Run, Waiter, Run!'. Plot At his high school reunion, the mild-mannered Dalibor Vrána learns, to his chagrin, that some of his former classmates own villas and take international vacations. He feels dejected because he merely manages a bookstore, drives a dilapidated three-wheeled Velorex, and is chronically short on cash, in part because he owes alimony to two ex-wives, and a third wife is worried they can't pay their bills. When a drunk stranger in a restaurant mistakes Vrána for a waiter, he sees a silver lining. He starts slipping into restaurants, wearing the old tuxedo he wore to his high school reunion, and settling up the bills of diners whose real waiters have left them hanging. Soon he is able to afford a new car, though he has to hide it from the neighbors, lest they get suspicious, and drives to it in his old one. He can even afford to round up h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Mermaid (1976 Czech Film)
''The Little Mermaid'' () is a 1976 Czechoslovak fantasy film directed by Karel Kachyňa based on the fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen. The film won the Main Prize at 1977 Gijón International Film Festival. The plot follows Andersen's story faithfully, with the primary difference being that mermaids are not portrayed with fish tails instead of legs, but as sea nymphs who appear to have strong disdain for humanity. Plot The little mermaid, one of the daughters of the King of the Seas, is waiting for her birthday on which she will be able to swim above the sea surface and see the world above. Her grandmother tells her stories about the surface world and warns her to never kiss a human. During the little mermaid's birthday, she sees a prince on a ship that soon sinks in a storm. Having fallen for him, she saves the prince's life, gets him safely to the shore and leaves. There, the prince is found by a young princess he falls in love with, thinking it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day That Shook The World
''The Day That Shook the World'' (, lit. ''The Sarajevo Assassination'') is a 1975 Czechoslovak-Yugoslav-German co-production film directed by Veljko Bulajić, starring Christopher Plummer and Florinda Bolkan. The film is about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo in 1914 and the immediate aftermath that led to the outbreak of World War I. When the only surviving heir to Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was killed by Gavrilo Princip, a Yugoslav nationalist, on 28 June 1914, his death set in motion a chain of events that resulted in the First World War. The movie chronicles the events surrounding that death and its aftermath. The assassination gave the Germans and Austrians reason to fear that the Russian Empire was actively fomenting unrest in the Balkans, since Serbia was a bone of contention throughout the region. Cast * Christopher Plummer as Archduke Franz Ferdinand * Florinda Bolkan as Sophie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paleta Lásky
Paleta may refer to: * Paleta (dessert), a Mexican ice pop * Paleta (surname) * Paleta Frontón, a Peruvian sport * "Paleta" (song), by Ha*Ash *''Paleta'' is the term in Spanish for pork and lamb front leg cut, known as shoulder arm in some markets. ''Paleta de cerdo'' or ''Paletilla'' is the front leg equivalent of Jamón. See also * Paletta, a surname *Palette (other) Palette may refer to: * Cosmetic palette, an archaeological form * Palette, another name for a color scheme * Palette (painting), a wooden board used for mixing colors for a painting ** Palette knife, an implement for painting * Palette (company), ... * Pelota, the name of several Spanish ball games {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Brother Has A Cute Brother
''My Brother Has a Cute Brother'' () is a 1975 Czech comedy film directed by Stanislav Strnad. It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize. Cast * Libuše Šafránková as Zuzana * Jan Hrušínský as Honza * Roman Čada as Martin * Ivana Maříková as Pavlínka * Slávka Budínová as Pavelková * Josef Bláha as Pavelka * Blažena Holisová as Vránová * Vladimír Menšík Vladimír Menšík (9 October 1929 – 29 May 1988) was a Czech actor and entertainer. He is considered one of the greatest Czech comedians, storytellers and improvisers. Life Vladimír Menšík was born on 9 October 1929 in Ivančice, Czechosl ... as Vrána * Zdeněk Řehoř as Dr. Navrátil * Otakar Brousek Sr. as Colonel References External links * 1975 films 1975 comedy films Czech comedy films Czechoslovak comedy films 1970s Czech-language films 1970s Czech films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
