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Slaviafilm
Elektafilm a.s., formerly Elektafilm s.r.o. was a Czechoslovak film production and film distribution company that existed from 1923 to 1951. It produced and distributed silent and since 1930 sound films in Czech, German and French languages. In the 1930s, Elektafilm was the biggest film production company in Czechoslovakia. The most successful Elektafilm-produced film was Gustav Machatý's ''Ecstasy''. Most of its films were shot at rented A-B Ateliers in Vinohrady, Prague in 1920s, and Barrandov Studios since 1930. Another Czechoslovak production company, Elekta-Journal (1929-1937), had no connection to Elektafilm despite the similar name. Elektafilm frequently worked with directors Martin Frič, Svatopluk Innemann, Karel Lamač and Miroslav J. Krňanský. History Elektafilm was founded by Josef Auerbach, Julius Schmitt and Jan Reiter as a limited liability company in 1923. In 1926, Elektafilm acquired a production company Vircofilm. In 1928, the company transformed to joint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecstasy (film)
''Ecstasy'' (; ; ) is a 1933 Czech erotic romantic drama film directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Hedy Lamarr (then Hedy Kiesler), Aribert Mog, and Zvonimir Rogoz. Machatý won the award for Best Director for this film at the 1934 Venice Film Festival. The film is about a young woman who marries a wealthy but much older man. After abandoning her brief passionless marriage, she meets a young virile engineer who becomes her lover. ''Ecstasy'' was filmed in three language versions – German, Czech, and French. It is perhaps the first non- pornographic movie to portray sexual intercourse and the female orgasm, although never showing more than the actors' faces. Plot Emil, a fastidious and orderly older man, carries his happy new bride, Eva, over the threshold of their home. He has great difficulty opening the lock on the front door, trying key after key. She is greatly disappointed on their wedding night because he does not even come to bed. He has pinched his finger in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint-stock Company
A joint-stock company (JSC) is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their shares (certificates of ownership). Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the continued existence of the company. In modern-day corporate law, the existence of a joint-stock company is often synonymous with incorporation (possession of legal personality separate from shareholders) and limited liability (shareholders are liable for the company's debts only to the value of the money they have invested in the company). Therefore, joint-stock companies are commonly known as corporations or limited companies. Some jurisdictions still provide the possibility of registering joint-stock companies without limited liability. In the United Kingdom and in other countries that have adopted its model of company law, they are known as unlimited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svatopluk Innemann
Svatopluk Innemann (18 February 1896 – 30 October 1945) was a Czech film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor and actor. He was one of the pioneers of Czech cinema. Biography and works Innemann, was a son of the Czech director Rudolf Innemann and opera singer Ludmila Lvová-Innemannová. He was born in Slovenia during their engagement, but was raised in Prague, where he studied to be a pork butcher. Around 1918 he became interested in film, and began to work as a camera operator. As cameraman, he co-created his first film with Otto Heller. From 1919 he worked independently. Innemann's early career was varied; he was involved in operettas, comedies and melodramas, short films and documentaries, often as cameraman. He made his directorial debut in silent films with the fairy-tale '' Little Red Riding-hood'' in 1920. In 1925 he directed the popular comedy '' From the Czech Mills'' and made a biographical film about Josef Kajetán Tyl, an important personality o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial And Royal Field Marshal (1930 Film)
''Imperial and Royal Field Marshal'' () is a 1930 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Karel Lamač. It is considered to be the first ever Czech language sound film. Cast *Vlasta Burian ... František Procházka, false Imperial and Royal Field Marshal * Theodor Pištěk as Colonel Alois Přecechtěl * Helena Monczáková as Přecechtělová, colonel's wife * as Lili Přecechtělová, their daughter * Jiří Hron as Lieutenant Rudi Eberle * Jan W. Speerger as Military servant Sepll *Čeněk Šlégl as Count Géza von Medák, Rittmeister *Jindřich Plachta as Hofer, first lieutenant * Josef Horánek as Real Imperial and Royal Field Marshal *Olga Augustová as Singer *Eman Fiala as Gustav Jannings, cabaret singer *Otto Heller as Soldier *Jaroslav Marvan as Maršálek's servant *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, 1910-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanka A Jindra
Hanka may be diminutive of the given name Hannah or its variants in various languages, as well as a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Hanka Bielicka (1915–2006), Polish singer and actress * Hanka Durante (born 1976), German volleyball player * Hanka G, Slovak singer * Hanka Grothendieck (1900–1957), German writer, teacher and anarchist activist * Hanka Kupfernagel (born 1974), German cyclist * Hanka Mittelstädt (born 1987), German politician * Hanka Ordonówna (1902–1950), Polish singer, dancer and actress * Hanka Paldum (born 1956), Bosnian singer * Kali, also known as Hanka Weynerowski (1918–1998), Polish-born American painter Surname * Angela Hanka (1891–1963), Austrian figure skater * Václav Hanka Václav Hanka (also written as ''Wenceslaus Hanka'') (10 June 1791 – 12 January 1861) was a Czechs, Czech philologist. Biography Hanka was born at Hořiněves near Hradec Králové. He was sent in 1807 to school at Hradec Králové ... [...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] |
From The Czech Mills (1925 Film)
''From the Czech Mills'' () is a 1925 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Svatopluk Innemann. Cast * Ferry Seidl as Šebestián Šafránek *Filip Balek-Brodský as Florián Karásek / Vodník *Božena Svobodová as Mrs. Karásková *Bohumil Kovář as Priest *Zdena Kavková as Anička * Jiří Plachý as Karel Karásek *Vladimír Řepa as Tonda Kolenatý *Antonín Frič as Old miller *Luigi Hofman as Landowner * Nora Ferry as Julinka, landowner's daughter *Milka Balek-Brodská as Aunt Filomena *Hugo Haas Hugo Haas (19 February 1901 – 1 December 1968) was a Czech film actor, director and writer. He appeared in more than 60 films from 1926 to 1962 and directed 20 films from 1933 to 1962. Life and career Haas was born in Brno, Austria-Hung ... as Baron Zachariáš Zlámaný * Kocourkov Teachers vocal group as members of the cyclists' association "Don't Get Married" References External links * 1925 films 1925 comedy films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Cz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kidnapping Of Fux The Banker
''The Kidnapping of Fux the Banker'' () is a 1923 Czech silent comedy film directed by Karl Anton. The film was inspired by the slapstick comedies about the Keystone Cops. Fashion designer Paul Poiret played himself. Only an incomplete 61 minutes long version of the film survived. Cast * Adi Berger as Banker C. W. Fux * Anny Ondra as Fux's daughter Daisy * Karel Lamač as Tom Darey * Bronislava Livia as Maud Gould * Eman Fiala as Sherlock Holmes II * Emilie Nitschová as Daisy's tutor * Karel Fiala as Butler Karel * Theodor Pištěk as Duke of Pommery * Saša Rašilov as Police chief * Paul Poiret as Fashion designer from Paris * Jan W. Speerger as Burglar * Přemysl Pražský Přemysl Pražský was an early Czech film director, film actor, screenwriter and radio producer. He directed and appeared in a number of films in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s and 1930s, directing comedy films such as '' Two Mothers'' (1921), '' Th ... as Director of the asylum References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaumont Film Company
Gaumont SA () is a French film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount, and Nikkatsu (all founded in 1912). Gaumont predominantly produces, co-produces, and distributes films, and in 2011, 95% of Gaumont's consolidated revenues came from the film division. The company is also a producer of TV series through Gaumont Télévision and animation through Gaumont Animation as well as its existing French production features. Gaumont is run by Nicolas Seydoux (chairman) and Sidonie Dumas (CEO). History Originally dealing in photographic apparatus, the company began producing short films in 1897 to promote its make of camera-projector. Léon Gaumont's secretary Alice Guy-Blach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
