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Josef Rovenský
Josef Rovenský (17 April 1894 – 5 November 1937) was a Czech-Jewish Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213 film actor and director. He appeared in 74 films between 1914 and 1936. He starred in the 1929 film '' Father Vojtech'', which was the directorial debut of Martin Frič. He died during filming of ''Virginity''. According to Otakar Vávra he died of a cocaine overdose. His last film ' was then completed by Jan Sviták. Selected filmography Director Actor * ''Little Red Riding Hood'' (1920) * '' Tu ten kámen'' (1923) * '' White Paradise'' (1924) * '' Schweik in Civilian Life'' (1927) * '' Kainovo znamení'' (1928) * '' Father Vojtech'' (1929) * '' Diary of a Lost Girl'' (1929) * '' The Call of the North'' (1929) * '' The Girl with the Whip'' (1929) * '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929) * '' Když struny lkají'' (1930) * '' A Girl from the Reeperbahn'' (1930) * '' ... [...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] |
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Five" International film festivals worldwide, which include the Film festival#Notable festivals, Big Three European Film Festivals (Venice, Cannes, Berlin), alongside the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada and the Sundance Film Festival in the United States. In 1951, FIAPF formally accredited the festival. Founded by Giuseppe Volpi, member of the National Fascist Party and grandfather of producer Marina Cicogna, in Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of the world's oldest exhibitions of art, created by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893. The range of work at the Venice Biennale now covers Italian and international art, architecture, dance, music, theatre, and cinema. These works ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Když Struny Lkají
''Když struny lkají'' () is a 1930 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Friedrich Fehér. It is considered the first Czechoslovak film fully made with synchronized sound. Cast * Václav Vydra as Farmer Michovský *Magda Sonja as Slávka, Michovský's wife * Hans Feher as Jeníček, Michovský's son * Jaroslav Kocian as Marek *Olga Augustová as Lady in a bar *Hugo Haas as Gentleman in a bar * Marie Tauberová as Bar visitor *Milka Balek-Brodská as Nováková * Josef Loskot as Michovský's guest *Čeněk Šlégl as Toman *Josef Rovenský as Skála *Otto Rubík as Officer Prokop * Rudolf Nížkovský as Bartender *Josef Šváb-Malostranský Josef Šváb-Malostranský (16 March 1860, Prague – 30 October 1932, Prague) was a Czech actor, writer, cabaret singer, publisher, director and screenwriter. He owned a bookstore and song publishing house. He was the first Czech actor perfo ... as Bar patron * Filip Balek-Brodský as Bar patron References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sin Of A Beautiful Woman
''Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' () is a 1929 Czech silent drama film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Josef Rovenský, Marcella Albani and Gaston Jacquet. It was shot in Kavalírka studio in Prague. Cast * Josef Rovenský as Actor Ivan Kristen * Marcella Albani as Actress Soňa Kristenová * Gaston Jacquet as Eduard Warren * Walter Rilla as Actor Richard Kent * Ladislav H. Struna as Thief Ferda Štika * Karel Schleichert as Old Taverner * Alois Charvát as Director of Provincial Theatre * Josef Šváb-Malostranský as Provincial Actor * Ludvík Veverka as Warren's Assistant * Bronislava Livia as Mimi Stevensová * Bohumil Kovář as Director * Jiří Červený as Intendant of the Great Theatre * Čeněk Šlégl as Warren's Secretary * Betty Kysilková as Prompter * Theodor Pištěk as Police Commissioner * Ernst Waldow as Examining Officer Release In 2017 the film was restored by Czech Film Archive The National Film Archive (, abb. NFA) is a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl With The Whip
''The Girl with the Whip'' (German: ''Das Mädel mit der Peitsche'') is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Werner Fuetterer and Sig Arno.Prawer p.123 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Heinrich Richter. It was based on a play by Hans H. Zerlett. Cast * Anny Ondra as Anny Nebenkrug * Werner Fuetterer as Edgar Krell * Sig Arno as Onkel Axmann * Gaston Jacquet as Professor Nebenkrug * Olga Limburg as Frau Professor Nebenkrug * Mimo von Delly as Mimi Gwenda, Tänzerin * Julius E. Herrmann * Karl Harbacher * Gerhard Ritterband * Josef Rovenský * Oreste Bilancia Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Born in Catania, Sicily, he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany, which had the largest European film ind ... * Paul Goergens References Bibliography *Prawer, S.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call Of The North (1929 Film)
''The Call of the North'' () is a 1929 German adventure film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and Mario Bonnard and starring Luis Trenker, Max Holzboer, and Eva von Berne. Originally produced as a silent film, it was subsequently released with an added soundtrack. Plot The only survivor of a polar expedition returns to try to find out what happened to his colleagues. The film is similar to the tradition of mountain films, with large amounts of location footage shot, but with the setting moved to the North Pole. Cast Production The film's sets were designed by Heinrich Richter Heinrich Richter (1884–1981) was a German painter and art director.Soister p.122 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Confessions of the Green Mask'' (1916) * '' The Sensational Tr .... References Bibliography * External links * 1929 films 1929 adventure films German adventure films Films of the Weimar Republic 1920s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diary Of A Lost Girl
''Diary of a Lost Girl'' () is a 1929 German silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring American silent star Louise Brooks. The film was shot in Black-and-white#Media, black and white, and diverse versions of the film ranged from 79 minutes to 116 minutes in length. This was Brooks' second and last film with Pabst, and like their previous collaboration, ''Pandora's Box (1929 film), Pandora's Box'', many film historians consider it to be a classic. It is based on the controversial and bestselling Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (book), 1905 novel of the same name by Margarete Böhme. The novel had been previously adapted by Richard Oswald as ''Diary of a Lost Woman''. Plot Thymian Henning, the innocent, naive daughter of pharmacist Robert Henning, is puzzled when their housekeeper, Elisabeth, leaves suddenly on the day of Thymian's confirmation. It turns out that her father has made Elisabeth pregnant. Elisabeth's body is brought to the pharmacy later that day, an apparent suic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kainovo Znamení
''Kainovo znamení'' is a 1928 Czechoslovak romantic drama film directed by Oldrich Kmínek. Cast *Václav Norman ... Ing. Jan Rybecký *Josef Šváb-Malostranský ... Innkeeper *Antonie Nedošinská ... Innkeeper's Wife *Anita Janová ... Lidunka *Egon Thorn ... B. Frank * Bronislava Livia ... Irena *Josef Rovenský ... Tucek *Mary Jansová ... Marie *František Marík František () is a masculine Czech and Slovak given name. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François and Franz. It can be also surname (feminine: Františková). Notable people with the name include: Given name Arts *Frank Daniel (Franti� ... ... Policeman External links * 1928 films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Czech silent films Czechoslovak romantic drama films 1928 romantic drama films Silent romantic drama films {{1920s-romantic-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schweik In Civilian Life
''Schweik in Civilian Life'' (Czech: ''Švejk v civilu'') is a 1927 Czech-Austrian silent comedy film directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Karel Noll, Dina Gralla and Albert Paulig.Taylor p.149 It is a sequel to the 1926 film ''The Good Soldier Schweik''. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Vilém Rittershain, Hans Ledersteger and Alois Mecera. Location shooting took place in Vienna, Karlovy Vary and Prague. Cast * Karel Noll as Josef Švejk * Dina Gralla as Anička, Foster-child * Jiří Hron as Pavel * Albert Paulig as Baron Camra * Renati Renée as Dancer Lo * Jan Richter as Žížala * Josef Rovenský as Pižla * Robert Ford as Hotel Manager * Jindřich Fiala Jindřich is Czech form of the English name Henry. People with the given name include: * Jindřich Bačkovský (1912–2000), Czech physicist *Jindřich Balcar (1950–2013), Czechoslovak ski jumper who competed from 1974 to 1976 * Jindřich Chmela ... as Referee References Bibliog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Paradise (1924 Film)
White Paradise may refer to: * ''White Paradise'' (1924 film), a 1924 Czechoslovak film * '' The White Paradise'', a 1929 Austrian silent film * ''White Paradise'' (2022 film), a 2022 French film {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tu Ten Kámen
''Tu ten kámen'' (full name:''Tu ten kámen aneb Kterak láskou možno v mziku vzplanout třeba k nebožtíku'') is a 1923 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Karl Anton. The movie is considered lost. Cast *Vlasta Burian as Fridolín *Ferenc Futurista as Egyptologist Rapapides Bulva *Josef Rovenský as Mayor of Zelená Lhota *Josef Šváb-Malostranský as Cheesemonger *Eman Fiala as Ne'er-do-well / Fake Egyptologist *Karel Lamač as Drtichlup *Anny Ondra as Aenny (as Anny Ondráková) *Martin Frič as Quartet Singer * Rolf Passer as Miloš *Karel Schleichert Karel may refer to: People * Karel (given name) * Karel (surname) * Charles Karel Bouley (born 1962), American talk radio personality known on air as Karel * Christiaan Karel Appel (1921–2006), Dutch painter and sculptor Business * Karel Elec ... as Town Councillor * Frantisek Beranský as Quartet Singer * Jan W. Speerger References External links * 1923 films 1923 comedy films 1923 lost films Czech silen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Red Riding Hood (1920 Film)
''Little Red Riding Hood'' () is a 1920 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Svatopluk Innemann. Cast *Ludmila Innemannová as Grandmother *Zdena Kavková as Karkulka Podhorská * Josef Zora as Father * Arnošta Záhoříková as Mother *František Beranský as Jirka *Josef Rovenský as Wizard * Karel Noll as Night watch Vrána *Eman Fiala as Cobbler Smůla *Karel Hruška as Tailor Nitka *Antonín Frič Antonín Jan Frič (in German: Anton Johann Fritsch, 30 July 1832 – 15 November 1913) was a Czech paleontologist, biologist and geologist, living during the Austria-Hungary era. Professor at the Charles University and later became director of th ... as Reeve * Jan W. Speerger as Forester Dubský References External links * * 1920 films 1920s Czech-language films 1920 drama films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Films based on Little Red Riding Hood Czech silent films Czech black-and-white films Czechoslovak drama films Silent drama films {{192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
