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Grandmother
Grandmother

Grandmother

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"Grandmother" is a highly romanticized autobiographical novel by a Czech 19th century writer, Bozena Nemcova. It's a classical, compulsory reading in Czech schools, about a wise, working-class woman, happier in her simplicity and good heart than the nobles whom she serves.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

6.1/10

Release Date

15 November 1940

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Terezie Brzková

Terezie Brzková

Babicka

Světla Svozilová

Světla Svozilová

Terezka Prosková, její dcera

Karel Třešňák

Karel Třešňák

Jan Prosek

Nataša Tanská

Nataša Tanská

Barunka

Jiří Papež

Jiří Papež

Jan

Jan Krchňavý

Jan Krchňavý

Vilím

Jitka Dušková

Jitka Dušková

Adélka

Gustav Nezval

Gustav Nezval

Cerný myslivec

Marie Glázrová

Marie Glázrová

Knezna Vilemína Zahanská

Nora Cífková

Nora Cífková

Komtesa Hortensie

Božena Šustrová

Božena Šustrová

Kristla

Karel Kolár

Karel Kolár

Její otec

Jiří Dohnal

Jiří Dohnal

Jakub

Theodor Pištěk

Theodor Pištěk

Pan otec

Marie Blažková

Marie Blažková

Mlynárka

Marie Skalická

Marie Skalická

Manca, jejich dcera

Jaroslav Průcha

Jaroslav Průcha

Reisenburský myslivec

Vladimír Řepa

Vladimír Řepa

Flasinetar Kudrna

Jaroslav Liška

Jaroslav Liška

Vavrínek

Anna Steimarová

Anna Steimarová

Kovárka

Stanislav Neumann

Stanislav Neumann

Pisar

Josef Vošalík

Josef Vošalík

Pan správce

Anna Letenská

Anna Letenská

Paní správcová

Slávka Rosenbergová

Slávka Rosenbergová

Paní duchodní

Jan W. Speerger

Jan W. Speerger

Komorník Leopold

Milada Horutová

Milada Horutová

Vorsa

Vladimír Štros

Vladimír Štros

Václav

Dagmar Appelová

Dagmar Appelová

Starsí Adélka

Jiřina Štěpničková

Jiřina Štěpničková

Viktorka

Ladislav Janeček

Ladislav Janeček

Emanuel Hříbal

Emanuel Hříbal

Josef Šula

Josef Šula

Jaroslav Orlický

Jaroslav Orlický

Filip Balek-Brodský

Filip Balek-Brodský

Věkoslav Satoria

Věkoslav Satoria

Helena Růžičková

Helena Růžičková

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