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Věra Kubánková
Věra Kubánková (22 July 1924 – 13 April 2016) was a Czech Republic, Czech actress. At the 2006 Thalia Awards she was honoured in the lifetime achievement in theatre category. She worked at the Divadlo za branou during the 1960s and 1970s. Kubánková also took to the stage in the Czech cities of Jihlava and Zlín, but most of her performances came in Prague. Selected filmography *''Žena za pultem'' (1978, TV series) *''The Night of the Emerald Moon'' (1985) *''The Post Office Girl (film), The Post Office Girl'' (1988, TV film) *''Babicka (2003 film), Babicka'' (2003) *''Toys in the Attic (2009 film), Toys in the Attic'' (2009) *''The Snake Brothers'' (2015) References External links * 1924 births 2016 deaths Czech stage actresses Czechoslovak stage actresses Actors from Košice 20th-century Czech actresses 21st-century Czech actresses Recipients of the Thalia Award {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Košice
Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia, after the capital Bratislava. Being the economic and cultural centre of eastern Slovakia, Košice is the seat of the Košice Region and Košice Self-governing Region, it belongs to the :sk:Košicko-prešovská aglomerácia, Košice-Prešov agglomeration, and is home to the Constitutional Court of Slovakia, Slovak Constitutional Court, three universities, various dioceses, and many museums, galleries, and theatres. In 2013, Košice was the European Capital of Culture, together with Marseille, France. Košice is an important industrial centre of Slovakia, and the U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., U.S. Steel Košice steel mill is the largest employer in the city. The town has extensive railway connections and an Košice Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Post Office Girl (film)
''The Post Office Girl'' (, which roughly means ''The Intoxication of Transformation'') is a novel by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It tells the story of Christine Hoflehner, a female post-office clerk in a small town near Vienna, Austria-Hungary, during the poverty-stricken years following World War I. The book was published posthumously in 1982. Plot Christine is an Austrian public servant in a post-office job in a poverty-stricken town near St. Pölten in Lower Austria. Her mother is sick and her father had died during World War I. One day, Christine receives a telegram and sends it to her sickly mother. Upon reading the telegram more closely, Christine's mother is overcome by joy, discovering that some unknown relatives from America, Christine's aunt (Claire) and uncle, have offered to take her on an upper-class trip to Pontresina, Switzerland. Christine is initially reluctant to go, but she finally agrees. Arriving in Switzerland, Christine is stunned by her relative pov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actors From Košice
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovak Stage Actresses
Czechoslovak may refer to: *A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) **First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) **Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) **Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) **Fourth Czechoslovak Republic (1960–89) **Fifth Czechoslovak Republic (1989–93) *''Czechoslovak'', also ''Czecho-Slovak'', any grouping of the Czech and Slovak ethnicities: **As a national identity, see Czechoslovakism **The title of Symphony no. 8 in G Major op. 88 by Antonín Dvořák in 1889/90 *The Czech–Slovak languages, a West Slavic dialect continuum **The Czechoslovak language, a theoretical standardized form defined as the state language of Czechoslovakia in its Constitution of 1920 **Comparison of Czech and Slovak See also * Slovak Republic (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) * Slovak (other) * Czech (other) Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Stage Actresses
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surname) *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) The Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and ... * Czechia (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Deaths
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1924 Births
Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in China holds its 1st National Congress of the Kuomintang, first National Congress, initiating a policy of alliance with the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party. * January 21 – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, The Earl of Athlone is appointed Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, and High Commissioner for Southern Africa.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017) * January 22 – R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snake Brothers
The Snake Brothers (, literally ''Cobras and Grass Snakes'') is a 2015 Czech crime drama film directed by Jan Prušinovský. The film is set in a small Czech town Kralupy nad Vltavou in central Bohemia, Czech Republic. Cast * Matěj Hádek as Vojtěch "Grass Snake" Šťastný * Kryštof Hádek as Petr "Cobra" Šťastný * Jan Hájek as Tomáš * Lucie Žáčková as Zůza * David Máj as Ládík * Věra Kubánková as Grandma * Jana Šulcová - as Mother * Lucie Polišenská as Kača Reception The film has received generally positive reviews. It holds 74% at Kinobox, a Czech film review aggregator. Awards The Screenplay was awarded by Film foundation in 2011. The film won Best Actor Award at 2015 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (, KVIFF) is an annual film festival held in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toys In The Attic (2009 Film)
''Toys in the Attic'' (; festival title: ''In the Attic or Who Has a Birthday Today?'') is a 2009 internationally co-produced stop-motion animated fantasy film directed by Jiří Barta and written by Edgar Dutka and Barta which depicts a community of toys and other objects in an attic who come to life when no human is around. It is an international co-production between the Czech Republic, France, Japan and Slovakia. The film was released first in the Czech Republic on 5 March 2009 and has been shown subtitled at film festivals internationally. An American English dub – adapted, produced and directed by Vivian Schilling and performed by actors including Forest Whitaker, Joan Cusack, Cary Elwes and Schilling herself – has been recorded, which the film was first shown with on 3 March 2012 at the New York International Children's Film Festival and was released nationally on 24 August 2012 by Hannover House. Plot In an attic full of discarded junk, a pretty doll called Butt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babicka (2003 Film)
''Babicka'' is a 2003 Czech drama film directed by Ales Fajx. The film's music was composed by Livores Mortis. Cast * Bohumir Fajx * Marie Hlubuckova * David Kostelecky * Věra Kubánková Věra Kubánková (22 July 1924 – 13 April 2016) was a Czech Republic, Czech actress. At the 2006 Thalia Awards she was honoured in the lifetime achievement in theatre category. She worked at the Divadlo za branou during the 1960s and 1970s. Kub ... * Ivana Stejskalová References External links * 2003 films 2000s Czech-language films Czech drama films 2003 drama films 2000s Czech films {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Of The Emerald Moon
''The Night of the Emerald Moon'' () is a 1985 Czech drama film directed by Václav Matějka. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast *Radoslav Brzobohatý as Janek Kysucan * Jerzy Trela as Cyril Kysucan * Pavol Višňovský as Vojta Kysucan * Božidara Turzonovová as Marie, Cyril's spouse * Magdaléna Vášáryová as Slávka * Pavel Nový as Perleťák * Rudolf Hrušínský as Oskar * Zlata Adamovská as Young mother * Věra Kubánková Věra Kubánková (22 July 1924 – 13 April 2016) was a Czech Republic, Czech actress. At the 2006 Thalia Awards she was honoured in the lifetime achievement in theatre category. She worked at the Divadlo za branou during the 1960s and 1970s. Kub ... as Old mother * Yvetta Blanarovičová as Gipsy woman * Milena Dvorská as Jarmila * Pavel Kříž as Honza References External links * 1985 films 1985 drama films Czechoslovak drama films 1980s Czech-language films Films directed by Václav Matěj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
