Such Is Life (1930 film)

Such Is Life
Such Is Life
Directed by	[de]
Screenplay by	Carl Junghans
Produced by	Carl Junghans
Starring	Vera Baranovskaya; Theodor Pištěk; [cs];
Cinematography
Edited by	Carl Junghans
Music by	Zdeněk Liška (1959 version)
Production; company	Starfilm
Release date	24 March 1930
Running time	75 min
Country	Czechoslovakia
Languages	Silent; Czech intertitles;
Budget	200 000 Kčs

Such Is Life (Czech: Takový je život) is a 1930 Czech drama film directed by [de] and starring Vera Baranovskaya, Theodor Pištěk and [cs]. The German director Carl Junghans was unable to secure funding in his native country, but eventually found an investor in Theodor Pištěk and the movie was made in Czechoslovakia.

Plot[]

The movie follows story of a washerwoman, her lazy husband and her daughter.

Cast[]

Vera Baranovskaya as Washerwoman
Theodor Pištěk as Washerwoman's husband
[cs] as Washerwoman's daughter
Wolfgang Zilzer as Washerwoman's daughter's boyfriend
Jindřich Plachta as Seamster
as Seamster's wife
Eman Fiala as Pianist
Valeska Gert as Waitress
as Washerwoman's friend
as Teller
as Seamster's daughter
as Coal company owner

Reception[]

The film was well received by critics and audience, however being a silent film in 1930 it couldn't compete with sound films and quickly disappeared from theatres.^[1]^[2]

Restoration[]

For many years the film was considered lost. Only in 1959 the film was discovered, reconstructed by director Elmar Klos and new music was created by Zdeněk Liška. In 2016 the film was digitally restored by Czech Film Archive. The restored version was first shown at Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna on 29 June 2016.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Such is Life". Filmový přehled. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ Křipač, Jan. "Carl Junghans". Filmový přehled. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

External links[]

Such Is Life at IMDb

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[filmovy_prehled-1] "Such is Life". Filmový přehled. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[filmovy_prehled2-2] Křipač, Jan. "Carl Junghans". Filmový přehled. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

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