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Such Is Life (1929 Film)
''Such Is Life'' (Czech: ''Takový je život'') is a 1930 Czech drama film directed by and starring Vera Baranovskaya, Theodor Pištěk and . The German director Carl Junghans was unable to secure funding in his native country, but eventually found an investor in Theodor Pištěk and the movie was made in Czechoslovakia. Plot The movie follows story of a washerwoman, her lazy husband and her daughter. Cast * Vera Baranovskaya as Washerwoman * Theodor Pištěk as Washerwoman's husband * as Washerwoman's daughter * Wolfgang Zilzer as Washerwoman's daughter's boyfriend * Jindřich Plachta as Seamster * Manja Kellerová as Seamster's wife * Eman Fiala as Pianist * Valeska Gert as Waitress * Uli Tridenskaya as Washerwoman's friend * Betty Kysilková as Teller * Edith Ledererová as Seamster's daughter * Max Körner as Coal company owner Reception The film was well received by critics and audience, however being a silent film in 1930 it couldn't compete with sound film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Baranovskaya
Vera Vsevolodovna Baranovskaya (russian: Вера Всеволодовна Барановская; 1885 – 7 December 1935) was a Russian Empire and Soviet actress. She performed in more than twenty films between 1916 and 1935. Biography Baranovskaya was born in 1885 Saint Petersburg. She studied acting at the Moscow Art Theatre, where her teacher was Konstantin Stanislavsky. She became member of the Moscow Art Theater troupe in 1903. In 1915 she began to perform independently in theaters of Kharkiv, Odessa, Tiflis, Kazan, and other cities. Baranovskaia’s screen debut was in ''The Thief-Benefactor'' (1916), an Anton Chekhov adaptation. In the year 1922 she founded the artistic-theatrical workshop ("Mastbar") in Moscow. In the 1920s she worked in Germany and Czechoslovakia. In 1926, Vsevolod Pudovkin cast her as Nilovna, the heroine of his revolutionary tragedy ''Mother'', an adaptation of Mother (novel), Maksim Gorky’s 1906 novel. Baranovskaia, who was 40 at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Ledererová
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and variations of this name include Ditte, Dita, and Edie. It was a common first name prior to the 16th century, when it fell out of favour. It became popular again at the beginning of the 19th century, and in 2016 it was ranked at 488th most popular female name in the United States, according to the Social Security online database. It became far less common as a name for children by the late 20th century. The name Edith has five name days: May 14 in Estonia, January 13 in the Czech Republic, October 31 in Sweden, July 5 in Latvia, and September 16 in France, Hungary, Poland and Lithuania. Edith *Edith of Polesworth (died c. 960), abbess *Edith of Wessex (1025–1075), Queen of England *Edith of Wilton (961–984), English nun *Edith the Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |