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A Prominent Patient
''A Prominent Patient'' ( cs, Masaryk) is a 2016 Czech-Slovak biographical drama film directed by Julius Ševčík. It was screened in the Berlinale Special section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. It won twelve Czech Lions including the Czech Lion for Best Film. The film was first screened in Lucerna Kino. Plot The film is set in the years 1937-1939. It shows the life of Jan Masaryk when he was the Czechoslovak ambassador to the United Kingdom. The film starts with the death of the first Czechoslovak president and Jan's father Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Jan becomes Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Czechoslovakia faces aggression from Nazi Germany, which supports the Sudeten Germans. Masaryk tries to persuade the United Kingdom to help his homeland but the Munich Agreement is eventually settled and Czechoslovakia is forced to give up its borderlands to Germany. Jan Masaryk is devastated and leaves to the United States. He ends up in a sanatorium due to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Ševčík
Julius Ševčík (born 28 October 1978, in Prague) is a Czech director and screenwriter. His 2016 film ''A Prominent Patient'' won twelve Czech Lions. Ševčík studied directing at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and New York Film Academy. In 2013 he was attached to direct Christopher Nolan's script ''The Keys to the Street'', adapted from Ruth Rendell Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, (; 17 February 1930 – 2 May 2015) was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford.The Oxford Companion ...'s novel. Filmography External links * * https://mubi.com/cast/julius-sevcik References 1978 births Czech screenwriters Film directors from Prague Living people Czech film directors 21st-century screenwriters Male screenwriters 21st-century Czech writers 21st-century male writers Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni {{fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Davenport
Marcia Davenport (born Marcia Glick; June 9, 1903 – January 16, 1996) was an American writer and music critic. She is best known for her 1932 biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the first American published biography of Mozart. Davenport also is known for her novels ''The Valley of Decision'' and ''East Side, West Side,'' both of which were adapted to film in 1945 and 1949, respectively. Early life and education Marcia Davenport was born Marcia Glick in New York City on June 9, 1903, the daughter of Bernard Glick and the opera singer Alma Gluck. Her family is of Romanian-Jewish descent. Around 1911, when Marcia was 8, her parents separated. Her mother remarried Efrem Zimbalist, a concert violinist. With Zimbalist as a step-father, Marcia had two half-siblings: Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (who became an actor) and Maria Virginia Zimbalist Bennett. She described her childhood as very lonely, apart from music and books (she always knew she wanted to write). Her mother made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ján Greššo
Ján is a Slovak form of the name John. Famous people named Ján * Ján Bahýľ, inventor * Ján Čapkovič, football player * Ján Čarnogurský, former Prime Minister of Slovakia * Ján Cikker, composer * Ján Ďurica, football player * Ján Figeľ, European Commissioner * Ján Golian, soldier, military leader of Slovak National Uprising * Ján Hollý, poet and translator * Ján Kadár, film director * Ján Kocian, football player * Ján Kollár, writer * Ján Kožiak, football player * Ján Lašák, ice-hockey goalkeeper * Ján Lunter, Slovak politician * Ján Mucha, Slovak footballer * Ján Packa, handball player * Ján Slota, politician * Ján Šťastný (hockey player) (born 1982), Slovak hockey player * Ján Svorada, cyclist * Ján Zvara, high jumper Other *Liptovský Ján, village and municipality in Slovakia See also *Jan (other) Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Ornest
Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to: Given name B *Jiří Antonín Benda *Jiří Baborovský * Jiří Barta * Jiří Bartoška *Jiří Bicek *Jiří Bobok *Jiří Bubla * Jiří Buquoy *Jiří Bělohlávek *Jiří Brdečka *Jiří Březina C *Jiří Čeřovský *Jiří Čunek * Jiří Crha D *Jiří Dopita *Jiří Družecký (1745–1819), Bohemian-born Austrian composer and timpanist *Jiří Dudáček *Jiří Džmura F *Jiří Fischer G *Jiří Grossmann * Jiří Gruša *Jiří Grygar H *Jiří Hanke *Jiří Hájek *Jiří Hála *Jiří Hledík *Jiří Holeček * Jiří Holík *Jiří Homola *Jiří Horák *Jiří Hrdina *Jiří Hřebec *Jiří Hudec *Jiří Hudec (composer) *Jiří Hudler J *Jiří Jantovsky *Jiří Jarošík * Jiri Jelinek (born 1977), Czech dancer *Jiří Jeslínek (other) **Jiří Jeslínek (footballer, born 1962) **Jiří Jeslínek (footballer, born 1987) * Jiří Jirm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Masaryková
Alice Masaryková or Alice Garrigue Masaryk (3 May 1879 – 29 November 1966) was a Czech teacher, sociologist and politician. She is a prominent figure within the field of applied sociology and known to many as the daughter of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and the First Lady of Czechoslovakia. Family Alice Masaryk was born in Vienna, Austria as the first child to the future founder and first president of Czechoslovakia, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and his US American wife Charlotte Garrigue. Her siblings were Herbert Masaryk, Olga Masaryková, Eleanor Masaryková and Jan Masaryk. In her memoirs Masaryk recalls a "happy and fulfilled childhood... nddedicated herself mainly to the study of languages, religion and especially reading." Education The family moved to Prague when she was 3 years old, where Masaryk started school in 1886. Her education lasted until 1898 and included advanced secondary education at the first girls' grammar school in Prague, ''Minerva''. This was followed up b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuzana Kronerová
Zuzana Kronerová (born 17 April 1952) is a Slovak film, television and stage actress. She has been featured in more than twenty films to date. Filmography ; Selected works * 1981: ''Infidelity in a Slovak Way'' (originally made-for-TV; as Zlatka) ** ''Phoenix'' (as Helga) * 1982: ''Scrawls'' (as Teacher) * 1991: ''When the Stars Were Red'' (as Beta) * 2001: ''The Wild Bees'' (as Lisajová) * 2003: ''Pupendo'' * 2005: ''Something Like Happiness'' (as Aunt) * 2008: ''The Country Teacher'' (as Mother) ** ''Gypsy Virgin'' (as Phuri Daj) * 2009: ''T.M.A.'' (as Shopping assistant) ** ''Unknown Hour'' (as Sister in charge) * 2010: ''Surviving Life'' (as Milada) ** '' Habermann'' (aka ''Habermann's Mill''; as Eliška) * 2015: ''Home Care'' * 2016: ''Červená kapitán'' * 2017: ''Ice Mother'' * 2020: ''Shadow Country'' Awards See also * List of people surnamed Kroner References Sources * * * External links * Zuzana Kronerováat ''FDb.cz'' * Zuzana Kronerováat ''Kinobox.cz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Hofmann
Martin Hofmann (born 31 March 1978) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * ''Pleasant Moments'' (2006) * ''A Prominent Patient'' (2016) * '' The Affair'' (2019) * ''Women on the Run'' (2019) * '' Shotgun Justice'' (2019) * ''Havel'' (2020) * ''Bet on Friendship'' (2021) * ''Borders of Love'' (2022) * '' Střídavka'' (2022) Television * ''Ulice'' (2005) * '' Terapie'' (2011) * ''Trpaslík'' (2017) * ''Rédl'' (2018) * '' Most!'' (2019) * '' The Sleepers'' (2019) * ''Odznak Vysočina ''Odznak Vysočina'' is a Czech crime drama television program, television series which premiered on Nova (Czech TV), TV Nova in 2011. It was filmed in cooperation with Vratislav Šlajer's company Bionaut. The team of investigators consists of Dana ...'' (2022) References External links * 1978 births Living people People from České Budějovice Czech male film actors Czech male stage actors Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni Czech male television actors 21st-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Herzigová
Eva Herzigová (born 10 March 1973) is a Czech-Italian supermodel and actress. Early life and career Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), the daughter of an accountant mother and an electrician father. Growing up, Herzigová was athletic, "excelling in gymnastics, basketball, track and cross-country skiing." She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. She was a member of Thomas Zeumer's Metropolitan Models. After arriving in Paris, her popularity increased. Her first important appearance was as the model for the first Wonderbra campaign. In 1994, advertising executive Trevor Beattie, working for TBWA/London, developed an ad for Sara Lee's "Hello Boys" Wonderbra campaign. It featured a close-up image of Herzigová wearing a black Wonderbra. The ad used only two words: "Hello boys." The influential poster was featured in an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emília Vášáryová
Emília Vášáryová, Doctor Artis Dramaticae ( hon.) (; born 18 May 1942) is a Slovak stage and screen actress, referred to as the "First Lady of Slovak Theater". During her over five decades long career, she has received numerous awards including the Meritorious Artist (1978), Alfréd Radok Award (1996), Czech Lion Award Golden Goblet Award (2008), and most recently the honorary degree Doctor Artis Dramaticae Honoris Causa (2010) as the only female to date, and ELSA (2010). While her sister is former diplomat Magdaléna Vášáryová, Czech media regards her as an " Honorary Consul of Czech and Slovak Relations". Biography Early years Vášáryová was born in Horná Štubňa, the First Slovak Republic. However, and along with younger sister Magdaléna (who became a popular actress herself), she was raised in Banská Štiavnica, where both their parents taught. Her father, József Vásáry (member of the Hungarian noble Vásáry family), taught Slovak literature and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Henlein
Konrad Ernst Eduard Henlein (6 May 1898 – 10 May 1945) was a leading Sudeten German politician in Czechoslovakia. Upon the German occupation in October 1938 he joined the Nazi Party as well as the '' SS'' and was appointed ''Gauleiter'' of the Sudetenland. He was appointed ''Reichsstatthalter'' of the Reichsgau Sudetenland upon its formation on 1 May 1939. Early life Konrad Henlein was born in Maffersdorf (present-day Vratislavice nad Nisou) near Reichenberg (Liberec), in what was then the Bohemian crown land of Austria-Hungary. His father, Konrad Henlein Sr., worked as an accounts clerk. His mother, Hedvika Anna Augusta Dworatschek (Dvořáčková), was the daughter of a family of Czech and German Bohemian origin. At the time when Henlein was growing up, Reichenberg was a center of tension between the long-established German community against newly arrived Czechs from the countryside who had come to work in the town's factories. The ethnic Germans of Reichenberg often ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Vyorálek
Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to: Given name B * Jiří Antonín Benda * Jiří Baborovský *Jiří Barta * Jiří Bartoška * Jiří Bicek *Jiří Bobok *Jiří Bubla * Jiří Buquoy *Jiří Bělohlávek *Jiří Brdečka * Jiří Březina C *Jiří Čeřovský *Jiří Čunek *Jiří Crha D *Jiří Dopita *Jiří Družecký (1745–1819), Bohemian-born Austrian composer and timpanist * Jiří Dudáček * Jiří Džmura F *Jiří Fischer G *Jiří Grossmann *Jiří Gruša *Jiří Grygar H *Jiří Hanke *Jiří Hájek *Jiří Hála *Jiří Hledík *Jiří Holeček *Jiří Holík *Jiří Homola * Jiří Horák *Jiří Hrdina *Jiří Hřebec *Jiří Hudec * Jiří Hudec (composer) *Jiří Hudler J * Jiří Jantovsky *Jiří Jarošík * Jiri Jelinek (born 1977), Czech dancer * Jiří Jeslínek (other) ** Jiří Jeslínek (footballer, born 1962) ** Jiří Jeslínek (footballer, born 1987) *Jiř� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arly Jover
Araceli "Arly" Jover is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her role as the villainous vampire Mercury in the 1998 superhero film ''Blade''. Life and career Araceli Jover was born in Melilla, a Spanish region. After living there for five years, her family was forced to move to Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands (Spain) because of her father's work as a soldier. She is the youngest of seven siblings, four sisters and three brothers. During her early years, she wanted to become a dancer. She began dancing at the age of 8. At 14, she dropped out of school, and at 15, she won a scholarship from the Comité Hispano Norteamericano. Because of this, she left Spain and moved to New York City in order to continue to study at the School of American Ballet under Martha Graham. After two years and half in the United States, her career then moved on to becoming an actress sometime around 1995–1996. She had her first role in an episode of the TV show '' Women: Stories of Passion'' and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
