Máňa Ženíšková
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Movie - 1927, 2h 15m • as Young Girl in the Concert
We have a liberal, modern Czech flapper bound to a serious and bored husband and don't forget the important fact that the wife has a lover so soon the widening gulf between husband and wife leads to stress and resentment and we get a tormented psychological study of irreconcilable differences that will lead to tragedy.
Movie - 1930, 2h 15m • as Coalman's Daughter
A story about domestic life in a typical working-class environment. Life and trials and how little situations have big consequences.
Movie - 1931, 2h 15m • as Nina Dobenínová
E. A. Longen's return to the director's chair after 20 years: The story is about reservists on a military exercise. Non-soldier Kohout has to pose as an officer because he is representing his "busy" employer.
Movie - 1930, 2h 15m • as plukovníkova dcera Lili
František Procházka was retired early because his soldiers sang a forbidden song about a c. and k. field marshal. Since he is a soldier in body and soul and his request for reactivation is rejected, he decides to visit his nephew Rudi. Upon arrival, he finds the uniform of the secretly expected field marshal in his nephew's room and, after putting it on and walking through the corridors of the garrison in it, he has no choice but to complete the entire play to the end. With his performance, he helps his nephew to get married, convicts the wanted spy and is eventually promoted to the real marshal and called back into service.
Movie - 1928, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An unmarried showgirl takes a handsome companion with her on a vacation, to the distress of others.
Movie - 1925, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Painter Johnny Miller bets his friends he can find his house blindfolded. But he stumbles into a bandits' camp, and being mistaken for one of them, is sent to rob the villa of Frank Sellins, a banker, and his niece Lilly.
Movie - 1930, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Czechoslovak historical film about Saint Wenceslas. It was the most expensive Czech film to date, with the largest set constructed in Europe to accommodate an all-star cast of over a hundred, together with 1,000 extras for the lavish battle scenes.