
Acting
Máňa Ženíšková
Born 1909-01-06
Acting credits
8.0We have a liberal, modern Czech flapper bound to a serious and bored husband and don't forget the important fact that the wife has a lover so soon the widening gulf between husband and wife leads to stress and resentment and we get a tormented psychological study of irreconcilable differences that will lead to tragedy.
The Kreutzer Sonata
1927
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Podskalák
1929
A Carl Lamac directed movie based on a novel by Karel Václav Rais.
The Old Man Bezousek
1927
6.7A story about domestic life in a typical working-class environment. Life and trials and how little situations have big consequences.
Such Is Life
1930
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Zlatý květ
1929
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Third Company
1931
The problem of companionship marriages , i.e. marriages determined by purely practical rather than emotional motives, is addressed with all its pros and cons using two relationships . The four protagonists are the student Erich Helmholz and his wife Elli, a seamstress, both a happily married but not in love couple, and the consultant's daughter Maria, who comes from the best "stable" and who, in her ignorance, first allows herself to be impregnated by any man (without really understanding how this could have happened) and then, under pressure from her horrified parents, enters into a companionship marriage with another man who has brilliant career prospects.
Kameradschaftsehe
1929
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Hanba
1929
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Cikánská láska
1938
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Známosti z ulice
1929
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Prach a broky
1926
A young inventor who has developed a television set falls in love. Early experimental sound film produced by Paramount in several versions, including a Romanian one, spoken "100 % in Romanian".
Television: Czech Version
1932
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Dcerušky paní Petersenové
1927
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Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy
1925
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Pražské švadlenky
1929
7.5Czechoslovak historical film about Saint Wenceslas. It was the most expensive Czech film to date, with the largest set constructed in Europe to accommodate an all-star cast of over a hundred, together with 1,000 extras for the lavish battle scenes.
St. Wenceslas
1930
6.7An unmarried showgirl takes a handsome companion with her on a vacation, to the distress of others.
Daughters of Eve
1928
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Cobblers
1931
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Loupežníci na Chlumu
1927
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Syn hor
1925
6.2František Procházka was retired early because his soldiers sang a forbidden song about a c. and k. field marshal. Since he is a soldier in body and soul and his request for reactivation is rejected, he decides to visit his nephew Rudi. Upon arrival, he finds the uniform of the secretly expected field marshal in his nephew's room and, after putting it on and walking through the corridors of the garrison in it, he has no choice but to complete the entire play to the end. With his performance, he helps his nephew to get married, convicts the wanted spy and is eventually promoted to the real marshal and called back into service.
Imperial and Royal Field Marshal
1930
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Mámino srdce
1935
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Ve spárech upíra
1928
Disillusioned with his marriage which has ended in divorce, Petr Leroy goes off to the Riviera to the place where he first met his wife and where he hopes to be spiritually revived. Here he meets his friend Jan and together they enjoy the joys the Riviera has to offer. Jan meets a charming girl at the casino and he takes her off into the mountains. On his return he speaks of the beautiful Olga with whom he has spent a wonderful three days. Olga, however, does not appear for a meeting they had arranged, so Jan goes to look for her in the mountains. Then he sees her in a village and tries to catch up with her in his car. He has an accident. Olga takes him to the nearest sanatorium where everyone behaves very strangely to the newly-arrived patient.
Feathered shadows
1931