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Hana Pravda is a Actor Tchèque born on 29 january 1916 at Prague (Republique tcheque)
Hana Maria Pravda (born Hana Becková on 29 January 1916 Prague − 22 May 2008 Oxford) was a Czechoslovakian-born British actress.
Her son, Dr Alex Pravda, is an academic. Her granddaughter is the English Actress Isobel Pravda.
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Hana Pravda
Nationality Republique tcheque
Birth 29 january 1916 at Prague (Republique tcheque)
Death 22 may 2008 (at 92 years) at Oxford (United-kingdom)
Birth 29 january 1916 at Prague (Republique tcheque)
Death 22 may 2008 (at 92 years) at Oxford (United-kingdom)
Hana Maria Pravda (born Hana Becková on 29 January 1916 Prague − 22 May 2008 Oxford) was a Czechoslovakian-born British actress.
Biography
Pravda trained in Leningrad in 1936 under Alexei Dikii. On her return to Prague she married her first husband, Alexander Munk who was a student activist. When the war broke out both were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp and were subsequently transferred to the Auschwitz concentration camp where they became separated. Pravda survived the camp and the subsequent January 1945 death march and recorded her experiences in a diary. She later found out that her husband had died. She returned to Prague and continued to act with the Svandovo company where she met George Pravda. She emigrated to the United Kingdom with George Pravda and continued her career.Her son, Dr Alex Pravda, is an academic. Her granddaughter is the English Actress Isobel Pravda.
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Paradise Grove (2003)
, 1h33Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ron Moody, Rula Lenska, Pamela Cundell, Hana Pravda
Rating57%
A quirky film about life, death, and the bit in the middle, Paradise Grove is a beguiling blend of tragedy, romance, and wry Jewish wit. Set in an eccentric north London Jewish old age home, the film revolves around three generations of the same family. There's cantanerous old Izzie Goldberg (Ron Moody), who's dying and is not at all happy about it, his hedonistic daughter Dee (Rula Lenska), the home's owner, a cross between a Sixties flower child and a traditional Jewish mother—and there's her teenage age son Keith (Leyland O'Brien), the mixed-race outcome of a disastrous marriage. Keith's identity crisis forms the film's emotional core: he's trying to build personal and religious bridges with his grandfather while starting a relationship with the mysterious Kim (Lee Blakemore), who turns up one morning looking for shelter, and who offers the promise of a life outside Paradise Grove.
Shining Through (1992)
, 2h12Directed by David Seltzer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Spy, Historical, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson, John Gielgud, Sheila Mathews Allen
Roles Babysitter
Rating64%
In 1940, Linda Voss (Melanie Griffith), a young woman of Irish/German Jewish parentage, applies for a new job as a secretary with a New York law firm, but rejected as she didn't graduate from a prestigious women's college.
, 2h51Directed by Philip Kaufman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Political films
Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson, Donald Moffat
Rating72%
Charismatic Czech brain surgeon Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis), a successful lothario in Communist Czechoslovakia is pursuing a love/hate affair with Sabina (Lena Olin), an equally care-free artist in Prague. One day, Dr Tomas makes a long distance call to a spa town for a specialized surgery. There, he meets dissatisfied waitress Tereza (Juliette Binoche), who desires intellectual stimulation. She tracks him down in Prague and cohabits with him, complicating Tomas's extra-domestic sexual affairs.
Dracula (1974)
, 1h38Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror, Romance
Themes Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Pamela Brown, Fiona Lewis, Sarah Douglas
Roles Innkeeper's wife
Rating62%
"Bistritz, Hungary May 1897": natives in Transylvania seem afraid when they learn solicitor Jonathan Harker is going to Castle Dracula. Jonathan shows up, and finds the Count abrupt and impatient to get things done. He reacts very strongly to a photograph of Harker's fiancée Mina and her best friend Lucy. After rescuing Harker from the Brides, he forces Harker to write a letter saying that he will be staying in Transylvania for a month. Harker climbs down the castle wall and finds Dracula's coffin, but is attacked and knocked out by one of Dracula's gypsy servants before he can stake Dracula. They later throw him in the lower levels of the crypt, where the Brides attack Harker.
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
, 1h35Directed by Robert Fuest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Pamela Franklin, Jean Carmet, Michele Dotrice, Odette Annable, John Nettleton, Claude Bertrand
Rating65%
Jane (Pamela Franklin) and Cathy (Michele Dotrice) are two young nurses from Nottingham, taking a cycling holiday in rural France. When they stop at a busy cafe, Jane wants to plan their route, but Cathy is more interested in a handsome man (Sandor Elès), whom she spies drinking alone at the next table. Later, as Jane and Cathy make their way along a quiet country road, the man, who rides a Lambretta scooter, overtakes them, and they pass him a few minutes later, as he rests by a cemetery gate. Cathy becomes intrigued by him.
Before Winter Comes (1969)
, 1h43Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors David Niven, Chaim Topol, Anna Karina, John Hurt, Anthony Quayle, John Collin
Roles Beata
Rating58%
Before Winter Comes takes place in the immediate aftermath of World War II. British Major Giles Burnside (David Niven) is assigned to an Austrian refugee camp; his mission is to send the groups of displaced civilians to either the Russian or the American zone. Burnside is a by-the-books commander but runs into trouble with the intertranslations of many different languages. However, of the refugees, Janovic (Topol) is willing to help as he can speak many languages. Janovic quickly conveys Burnsides's orders and helps the way station run smoothly. Janovic runs into romance with a lovely innkeeper, Maria (Anna Karina). But his love with her stops when he discovers her affair with Burnside. Meanwhile, Janovic is found to be a Russian deserter, and must be returned to the Russian mainland to be executed. Burnside offers to help him escape, but Janovic can't decide whether to trust his commander.