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Zdenka Procházková
Zdenka Procházková (4 April 1926 – 25 August 2021) was a Czech actress. She was married to Karel Höger, who she starred with in the 1949 film '' A Dead Man Among the Living.'' They later divorced. Selected filmography *'' Lost in the Suburbs'' (1948) *'' A Dead Man Among the Living'' (1949) *'' Distant Journey'' (1949) *'' Steam Above a Pot'' (1950) *''May Events ''May Events'' () is a Czech language, Czech comedy film directed by Václav Berdych and Martin Frič. It was released in 1951. Cast * Jaroslav Marvan as Jan Sebesta, heating engineer * Ella Nollová as Ruzena Sebestová * Jana Dítětová as L� ...'' (1951) *'' The Fifth Horseman Is Fear'' (1965) *'' Hospital at the End of the City'' (television, 1977) *'' Upír z Feratu'' (1982) *'' Návštěvníci'' (television, 1983) *'' Ulice'' (television, 2005) *'' The Devil's Mistress'' (2016) References External links * 1926 births 2021 deaths Actresses from Prague Czech television actresses Czech film actre ... [...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] |
Ulice
''Ulice'' (meaning 'street') is a Czech soap opera produced by Nova. It is aired five times a week. The show describes the lives of the Farský, Jordán, Boháč, Nykl, Liška and Maléř families and many other people that live in Prague. Their daily battle against real problems of living in a modern world like divorce, love, betrayal, drug addiction, gay rights, and illness or disease. ''Ulice'' often shows crime (for example a group of Ukrainian mafia, assassination of mafia boss Ševčenko, stalking by Mr. Kukačka). Cast * Václav Svoboda as Lumír Nykl * Rudolf Hrušínský jr. as Vlastimil Pešek * Ilona Svobodová as Jitka Farská * Daniel Brown as Henry Rettig * Ljuba Krbová as Anna Málková-Lišková * Martin Hofmann as Jaroslav Hejl * Jaroslava Obermaierová as Vilma Nyklová * Zdena Hadrbolcová as Růžena Habartová * Tereza Bebarová as Světlana Lisečko-Nyklová * Jakub Štáfek as Matěj Jordán * Petr Vacek as Tomáš Jordán * Aneta Krejčíkov� ... [...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] |
Actresses From Prague
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 hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic 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 ancient Greece and the medieval wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Births
In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the last country to officially adopt the Gregorian Calendar, which ended the 344-year calendrical switch around the world that took place in October, 1582 by virtue of the Papal Bull made by Pope Gregory XIII. Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Ibn Saud is crowned ruler of the Kingdom of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne as Bảo Đại, the last monarch of the Nguyễn dynasty of the Kingdom of Vietnam. * January 16 – A British Broadcasting Company radio play by Ronald Knox about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting. * January 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Mistress (2016 Film)
''The Devil's Mistress'' is a 2016 Czech–Slovak historical biography film directed by Filip Renč and produced by Jiří Jurtin. The film stars the Slovak actress Tatiana Pauhofová who plays Lída Baarová, the mistress of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. Lída Baarová was a star actress in Czechoslovakia, later moving to Germany to appear in the film ''Barcarole''. There, she would be roped into the life of Joseph Goebbels and into the political lives of the Nazi Party elite. Synopsis and summary The film largely centers around the experiences of Lída Baarová and her feelings regarding the moral dilemma of being romantically involved with a senior Nazi officer. Political and social turmoil within the early Nazi Germany are also shown, with the ending of the film featuring the events of Kristallnacht. Jewish persecution is also a feature of this film, but this is opposed by the colorful depictions of Nazi brass engaging in quaint social festivities. The film ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Návštěvníci (TV Series)
Návštěvníci (''The Visitors'') is a Czechoslovak sci-fi TV series filmed between 1981 and 1983 by Czech director Jindřich Polák. The 15 parts were co-produced with television-companies of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany at that time), Switzerland and France. As an additional 16th part for Germany a "Making of" was produced under the title "Besuch bei den Besuchern" (Visiting the Visitors). In West Germany the series got the title ''Die Besucher'' (The Visitors), in the German Democratic Republic and Australia it was called ''Expedition Adam 84''. Plot In the year 2484, humanity is far advanced: it has overcome wars and nation states. People have no worries and can pursue art and science. Earth is governed by the World Council, which is advised by a computer, the Central Brain of Mankind. At the beginning of the series, the Central Brain of Mankind states that the Earth is threatened by a comet that is expected to shift the Earth's axis during its imminent f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Höger
Karel Höger (17 June 1909 – 4 May 1977) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1939 and 1977. He was married to the actress Zdenka Procházková, who he starred with in the 1949 film '' A Dead Man Among the Living''. They later divorced. Selected filmography * '' In the Still of the Night'' (1941) * '' Enchanted'' (1942) * '' Gabriela'' (1942) * '' Fourteen at the Table'' (1943) * '' The Dancer'' (1943) * '' Lost in the Suburbs'' (1948) * '' Krakatit'' (1948) * '' A Dead Man Among the Living'' (1949) * ''Old Czech Legends'' (1953) * '' Nástup'' (1953) * ''Jan Hus'' (1954) * ''Jan Žižka'' (1955) * ''Vlacek Kolejacek'' (1959) * '' The Fabulous Baron Munchausen'' (1961) * ''Lucie Lucie is the French and Czech form of the female name Lucia. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Lucie Ahl (born 1974), British tennis player * Lucie Arnaz (born 1951), American actress * Lucie Aubrac (1912–2007), member of ...'' (1963) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upír Z Feratu
''Upír z Feratu'', also known as ''Ferat Vampire'' is a 1982 Czechoslovak horror film directed by Juraj Herz. The name is a pun on ''Upír Nosferatu'', or ''Nosferatu, Nosferatu the Vampire''. Plot Doctor Marek (Jiří Menzel) is shocked when his beloved nurse, Mima (Dagmar Havlová, Dagmar Veškrnová), signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat to work as a rally-driver. Rumors abound that the Ferat sports car runs not on petrol, but on human blood. Cast * Jiří Menzel as Dr. Marek * Dagmar Havlová, Dagmar Veškrnová as Mima * Jana Břežková as Luisa / Klára * Petr Čepek as Kříž * Jan Schmid as Dr. Kaplan * Zdenka Procházková as Madame Ferat Production The Ferat rally car used in the film was, in fact, a prototype for an unrealized sports model Škoda 110 Super Sport produced by Škoda Auto, now generally referred to as the Škoda Super Sport 'Ferat Vampir RSR' in homage to the film. This car white coloured also play a small role in ''Tomorrow I'll Wak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
