''Irca's Romance'' (Czech: ''Irčin románek'') is a 1936 Czech
romance film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...
directed by
Karel Hašler and starring
Jiřina Steimarová,
Rolf Wanka and
Theodor Pištěk. It was one of several Czech films of the 1930s to involve a trip to an
Adriatic
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resort.
[Engelen & Van Heuckelom p.124] A separate German-language version ''
Escape to the Adriatic'' was made in a co-production with Austria.
It was shot at the
Barrandov Studios
Barrandov Studios is a set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the largest film studio in the country and one of the largest in Europe. Barrandov has made several major Hollywood productions, including ''Mission: Impossible (film), ...
in
Prague
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.
Cast
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Rolf Wanka as Lexa Hora
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Jiřina Steimarová as Irča Minovská
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Theodor Pištěk as Tomáš Minovský
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František Paul as Ing. Harry Peters
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Truda Grosslichtová as Singer Lola
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Antonie Nedošinská as Šulcová
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Čeněk Šlégl
Čeněk Šlégl (30 September 1899 – 17 February 1970) was a Czech film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1919 and 1941.
Selected filmography
* ''Never the Twain (film), Never the Twain'' (1926)
* ''Prague Seamstresses'' (1929)
* '' ...
as Engineer
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Jan W. Speerger as Kraus
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Jan Sviták as Private detective
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Eliška Pleyová as Bar Lady
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Ella Nollová as Landlady
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Běla Tringlerová as Boarding school student
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Eva Prchlíková as Boarding school student
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Milka Balek-Brodská as Director
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Rudolf Maria Mandée as Pianist
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Bohumil Hes as Tourist
References
Bibliography
* Leen Engelen & Kris Van Heuckelom. ''European Cinema after the Wall: Screening East-West Mobility''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.
External links
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1936 films
Czech romantic drama films
1936 romantic drama films
1930s Czech-language films
Films directed by Karel Hašler
Films shot at Barrandov Studios
Czechoslovak multilingual films
Czechoslovak romantic drama films
Czechoslovak black-and-white films
1936 multilingual films
1930s Czech films
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