Iva Janžurová
Birthday: 1941-05-19 Place of Birth: Zirovnice, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
Synopsis
Iva Janžurová (born 19 May 1941) is a Czech actress. She attended grammar school in České Budějovice, but her love to theatre won after all and in 1963 she graduated from the Faculty of Theatre of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In 1964 she became the main member of the Vinohrady Theatre and since 1988 she has been a member of The Drama Club in Prague. She has appeared in many films such as Což takhle dát si špenát (What Would You Say to Some Spinach?), Marečku, podejte mi pero! (Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!) and the famous series Hospital at the End of the City. In 1998 and 2002 she was awarded the Czech Lion for Best Actress. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acting
Max, Sally and the Magic Phone
Max and Sally, the heroes of popular Czech animated series are leaving the TV in order to become a regular boy and girl.
O princezně, která ráčkovala
In this kingdom there is something wrong. The Queen is plagued by hypochondria, Karolínka is a spoiled princess and her mentor is sneaky and calculating.
A Nice Plate of Spinach
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
This comedy is about one average family. The father works as master in the factory and his son is studying on high school. One day father must start to visit the evening school. It's the same school as his son visiting. The lives both students are connecting together. The son must teach the math and physics his own father. The father getting to know, that the life of the students is not simple as he supposed.
Morgiana
Jealous of her vapidly "good" sister's popularity, poisonous Viktoria doses pretty Klara's tea with a slow-acting fatal substance. As the latter grows hysterically weak, the former finds success increasingly compromised by guilt, blackmail, and the pesky need to kill others lest she be exposed.
Men About Town
Three blue collar workers have a night out in big city Prague.
Long Live the Republic
Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. Oldrich dodges amid the mayhem and panic, taking his share of blows but always managing to stay one step ahead. Beautifully shot and darkly ironic, Karel Kachyna’s forgotten masterpiece jumbles reality, memory and fantasy to capture the intensity and confusion of childhood in a war zone.
