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Cutting It Short
''Cutting It Short'' (also released as ''Shortcuts'') ( - literraly: First haircut) is a 1980 in film, 1980 cinema of the Czech Republic, Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. It is based on the novel ''Postřižiny'' by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. The story is set in a brewery in a Czech small town. The film is an evocation of the childhood memories of Bohumil Hrabal in his provincial town of Nymburk, dominated by the local brewery. The main actors of the film, uncle Pepin and Maryška, are based on real family members of Hrabal: Maryška on his mother and uncle Pepin on his real uncle, who came to stay two weeks in the town but remained for forty years. His spontaneous stories influenced much of Hrabal's literary work. The film was entered into the main competition at the 38th Venice International Film Festival, 38th edition of the Venice Film Festival.Adriano Aprà, Giuseppe Ghigi, Patrizia Pistagnesi. ''Cinquant'anni di cinema a Venezia''. La Biennale di Venezi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Menzel
Jiří Menzel () (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav Vančura. Early life Menzel was born in Prague in 1938 to Josef Menzel and Božena Jindřichová. His father Josef was a journalist, translator and children's book writer. Menzel studied directing at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in Prague. His teachers at the academy included Czech Director Otakar Vávra. Career Menzel was a member of the Czech New Wave cinema in the 1960s. His first feature film, '' Closely Watched Trains'', won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967. The film was a World War II drama based on a book by Bohumil Hrabal. His film '' Larks on a String'' was filmed in 1969, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Hrušínský
Rudolf Hrušínský (17 October 1920 – 13 April 1994) was a Czech actor. He was one of the most popular Czech actors. Many of his movies such as ''The Good Soldier Švejk'', '' The Cremator'' or '' Capricious Summer'' are considered classics of the Czech cinema. He was awarded the Legion of Honor by France and title ''National Artist'' in Czechoslovakia. Jiří Menzel once described him as "the Czech Jean Gabin." Biography He was born back stage at the theatre in Nová Včelnice on 17 October 1920. His parents were Hermina Červičková and Rudolf Hrušínský (born Rudolf Böhm). His family moved from place to place, but eventually settled in Prague. He studied law school, but dropped out of to pursue acting. Initially he starred in minor plays, but managed to escalate to famous film roles, many of which won him fame abroad. He spent most of his theatrical career in Czech National Theatre. In 1968 he signed The Two Thousand Words manifesto. As a result he was not allowed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Czech-language Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovak Comedy Films
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) The Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Comedy Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Worldwide gross revenue The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1980. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1980. Events * April 29 – Sir Alfred Hitchcock, known as "The Master of Suspense", dies at his home in Bel Air, California, at the age of 80. * May 21 – '' The Empire Strikes Back'' is released and is the highest-grossing film of the year (just as its predecessor, '' Star Wars'', was three years prior). * June 9 – Richard Pryor sets himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum. Pryor ran down his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Donutil
Miroslav Donutil (born 7 February 1951) is a Czech theatrical, film and television actor, born in Třebíč. Since 1978 when he appeared as Hloch in '' Čistá řeka'', Donutil has been making film and TV appearances. He dubbed the voice of Kevin Costner and Gérard Depardieu. Career Beginnings Donutil was born in Třebíč in 1951. He grew up in Brno. His parents were enthusiastic amateur actors, and he had an inclination for theatre from an early age. He studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (in Czech: JAMU). During his studies he already appeared in the Brno theatre ', where he was engaged after he graduated at JAMU in 1973.Fikejz (2006), p. 215 Donutil collaborated with directors Petr Scherhaufer, Eva Tálská and Zdeněk Pospíšil, and performed in approximately 50 plays in ''Husa na provázku''. Screen career In 1990 he became a member of the dramatic ensemble of the National Theatre in Prague. Since 1978 he began to deal with film, and his firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Hrušínský (actor Born 1946)
Rudolf Hrušínský (17 October 1920 – 13 April 1994) was a Czech actor. He was one of the most popular Czech actors. Many of his movies such as ''The Good Soldier Švejk'', ''The Cremator'' or ''Capricious Summer'' are considered classics of the Czech cinema. He was awarded the Legion of Honor by France and title ''National Artist'' in Czechoslovakia. Jiří Menzel once described him as "the Czech Jean Gabin." Biography He was born back stage at the theatre in Nová Včelnice on 17 October 1920. His parents were Hermina Červičková and Rudolf Hrušínský (born Rudolf Böhm). His family moved from place to place, but eventually settled in Prague. He studied law school, but dropped out of to pursue acting. Initially he starred in minor plays, but managed to escalate to famous film roles, many of which won him fame abroad. He spent most of his theatrical career in Czech National Theatre. In 1968 he signed The Two Thousand Words manifesto. As a result he was not allowed to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Vondruška
Pavel Vondruška (15 November 1925 – 5 February 2011) was a Czech actor and musician, and from 1969 was a member of the ''Jára Cimrman Theatre'' (named after Jára Cimrman, the spurious character) in Žižkov, Prague. His main profession was as a conductor. He also appeared in several films. Biography He was born in České Budějovice, and mastered a number of foreign languages (French, Italian, Spanish, English, Russian, German, Croatian, Latin and Esperanto). He studied at the conservatorium and consequently went on to study conducting, opera direction and dramaturgy at the music academy AMU, where he was taught by Karel Ančerl and Václav Talich. While studying, he was accompanist at the National Theatre Prague and conductor of the Prague Opera. In the years 1951 to 1977 he was conductor at: * AUSu Symphony Orchestra * Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc * State Theatre Opera Ostrava * Opera of the Musical Theatre in Karlin (in the last year simultaneously accompanist at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alois Liškutín
Alois (Latinized ''Aloysius'') is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include ''Aloïs'' (French), ''Aloys'' (German), ''Alois'' (Czech), ''Alojz'' ( Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian), '' Alojzy'' (Polish), '' Aloísio'' ( Portuguese, Spanish, Italian), '' Alajos'' ( Hungarian), and ''Aloyzas'' (Lithuanian). People called Alois/Aloys * Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist * Alois Arnegger (1879–1963), Austrian painter * Alois Berla (1826–1896), Austrian actor and playwright * Alois Biach (1849–1918), Austrian physician and medical writer * Alois Brunner (1912–2001), Austrian Nazi SS concentration camp war criminal * Alois Carigiet (1902–1985), Swiss illustrator * Alois Dryák (1872–1932), Czech architect * Alois Eliáš (1890–1942), Czech general and politician * Alois Estermann, senior officer of the Pontifical Swiss Guard who was murdered in his apartment * Alois Hába, Czech composer * Alois Hitler (1837–1903) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloslav Štibich
Miloslav is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root ''mil-'', "merciful" or "dear", and ''-slav'' ''glory''. Name variants * feminine form: Miloslava * diminutive form: Miloš * Polish: Miłosław/Miłosława * Czech feminine: Miloslava Name Days *Czech: ''18 December'' *Slovak: ''3 July'' Men * Miloslav Fleischmann (1886–1955), Czechoslovak hockey player * Miloslav Gureň (born 1976), Czech hockey player * Miloslav Hamr (1913–2002), Czech tennis player * Michal Miloslav Hodža (1811–1870), Slovak national revivalist * Miloslav Hořava (born 1961), Czech hockey player * Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817–1888), Slovak politician and writer * Miloslav Ištvan (1928–1990), Czech composer * Miloslav Kabeláč (1908–1979), Czech composer and conductor * Miloslav Konopka (born 1979), Slovak hammer thrower * Miloslav Kousal (born 1978), Czech footballer * Miloslav Kufa (born 1971), Czech footballer * Miloslav Mečíř (born 1964), Slovak tennis p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |