Composer:
Tadeáš VěrčákCast:
Lída Baarová (a.f.), Lída Baarová, Helena Třeštíková, Alena Šislerová (narrator), Vladimír Borský (a.f.), Gustav Fröhlich (a.f.), Joseph Goebbels (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
Lída Baarová: an actress whose beauty was her greatest gift as well as her curse. As a young, attractive girl she quickly became the leading Czechoslovak movie star and was able to captivate the most feared men of her era. But her affair with the Minister of Propaganda of the Third Reich, Joseph Goebbels, transformed her into an enemy of her own country and a symbol of collaboration. Documentary filmmaker Helena Třeštíková met with Lída Baarová during the actress' exile abroad and filmed Lída's open confession in the final years of her life, using unique material from several European film archives and excerpts from this once beloved, later reviled actress' most famous film roles. This self-destructive love story, as monumental as an ancient Greek tragedy, is fatally linked to European history and provides an exceptionally honest portrait of a woman who had the world at her feet at the height of her career – which made her subsequent fall into oblivion and loneliness all the more staggering. (Aerofilms)
(more)Cast
Lída Baarová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Barcarole (1935)
Girl in Blue (1939)
The Young and the Passionate (1953)
Helena Třeštíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
President Blaník (2018)
Alena Šislerová (narrator)
Vladimír Borský (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Business Under Distress (1931)
Poslední muž (1934)
Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1931)
Gustav Fröhlich (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
Barcarole (1935)
The Stars Shine (1938)
Joseph Goebbels (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Sunshine (1999) - a.f.
Taking Sides (2001) - a.f.
Nataša Gollová (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
Zorka Janů (a.f.)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Baron Munchhausen (1940)
The Merry Wives (1938)
Václav Krška (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Hlavní přelíčení (1971) (TV movie)
Youthful Years (1952)
Karel Lamač (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
The Lumberjack (1922)
The Poisoned Light (1921)
Adina Mandlová (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
Christian (1939)
Jaroslav Marvan (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Oldřich Nový (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Christian (1939)
Eva Fools Around (1939)
František Paul (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Hana Vítová (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
The Merry Wives (1938)
Emil Hácha (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary