From My Life

Oct 28, 1955

1h 45m

★ 5.0

Overview

Venice Film Festival 1955

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Studio uměleckého filmu Praha

From My Life Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Bedřich Smetana

Karel Höger

Bettyna, Smetana's wife

Zdenka Procházková

writer Jan Neruda

Jaromír Spal

dr. Ladislav Rieger

Bedřich Karen

paní Fröjda

Vlasta Fialová

Karel Sabina

Oldřich Lukeš

Antonín Dvořák

Eduard Cupák

writer Eliška Krásnohorská

Jana Rybářová

Otylie Malá

Libuše Matějová

dr. K. Sladkovský

Eduard Kohout

poet Vítězslav Hálek

Zdeněk Dítě

Karel Purkyně

Jiří Vršťala

Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald has returned from Paris. Helene plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.

5.0

Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life

Apr 23, 1987

Kathe Kollwitz was 47 years old, and already a well established artist in Germany and abroad when Peter, her youngest son, volunteered to join the German army in WWI and was killed two weeks later. This painful tragedy changed Kollwitz's life and art forever.

5.0

The Eddie Cantor Story

Dec 25, 1953

Film biography of entertainer Eddie Cantor, with Keefe Brasselle starring as the popular stage, radio and movie comic.

7.4

The Cat

Apr 24, 1971

Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he still gives affection to, he becomes the object of Clemence's anger.

6.6

Looking for Alibrandi

May 4, 2000

Josie Alibrandi is 17 and doesn't know where she belongs. This year, however, everything is going to change. Josie will face her fears, uncover secrets and even discover the true identity of her father.

7.0

Taghiyev: Oil

Nov 7, 2024

A history written with tears and oil... The life story of the great philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev.

0.0

Orphan of Lowood

Dec 5, 1926

A film based on novel Jane Eyre.

6.7

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Aug 12, 1988

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.

5.8

Sylvia

Oct 17, 2003

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

7.5

La Vie de Bohème

Feb 27, 1992

Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.

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0.0

Heinrich Heine

Jan 1, 1978

No overview available.

7.5

The Revenant

Dec 25, 2015

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

6.4

Birds Without Names

Oct 28, 2017

An unstable young woman pines for the ex-boyfriend who nearly beat her to death – and who has mysteriously disappeared.

6.9

Genome Hazard

Jan 24, 2014

Ishigami comes home from work and discovers his wife dead. Just then, he receives a phone call from his wife and falls in utter confusion. Unexplainable things keep happening as Ishigami struggles to find his wife. Gradually, Ishigami realizes all his memories are gone and finds himself acting like someone else. What is his true identity?

6.7

Odds Against Tomorrow

Oct 15, 1959

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

5.8

La Belle

Aug 12, 2000

On one gloomy rainy night, a writer encounters an unexpected visit paid by a woman of his past. Seeking solitude from her ex-lover, she finds solace in this gentleman and from that day on, they cherish every inch of each other's body and indulge in ecstasy until her forbidden past is gradually revealed.

7.5

The Earrings of Madame de...

Sep 16, 1953

In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.

8.2

Samurai Rebellion

May 27, 1967

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.

Cast

Bedřich Smetana

Karel Höger

Bettyna, Smetana's wife

Zdenka Procházková

writer Jan Neruda

Jaromír Spal

dr. Ladislav Rieger

Bedřich Karen

paní Fröjda

Vlasta Fialová

Karel Sabina

Oldřich Lukeš

Antonín Dvořák

Eduard Cupák

writer Eliška Krásnohorská

Jana Rybářová

Otylie Malá

Libuše Matějová

dr. K. Sladkovský

Eduard Kohout

poet Vítězslav Hálek

Zdeněk Dítě

Karel Purkyně

From My Life

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

From My Life Trailers

Cast

Karel Höger

Zdenka Procházková

Jaromír Spal

Bedřich Karen

Vlasta Fialová

Oldřich Lukeš

Eduard Cupák

Jana Rybářová

Libuše Matějová

Eduard Kohout

Zdeněk Dítě

Jiří Vršťala

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Cast

Karel Höger

Zdenka Procházková

Jaromír Spal

Bedřich Karen

Vlasta Fialová

Oldřich Lukeš

Eduard Cupák

Jana Rybářová

Libuše Matějová

Eduard Kohout

Zdeněk Dítě

Jiří Vršťala

From My Life Trailers

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Last Train from Hiroshima

A Season of Giants

Ghosts

Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life

The Eddie Cantor Story

The Cat

Looking for Alibrandi

Taghiyev: Oil

Orphan of Lowood

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Sylvia

La Vie de Bohème

Heinrich Heine

The Revenant

Birds Without Names

Genome Hazard

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La Belle

The Earrings of Madame de...

Samurai Rebellion