Zorka Janu
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Zorka Janů a Czech film
actress, was the younger sister of the legendary cinema star Lída Baarová
. When she was 12 years old, she appeared in the movie Madla z cihelny (Brickmaker's daughter, 1933) alongside her sister who played the principal role. She studied the dramatic art at the Prague's Academy of Performing Arts.
and Václav Krška
's movie Fiery Summer (Ohnivé léto), about a love triangle between Rose (Lída Baarová), Clare (Janů) and a young man, Šimon, who is loved by Clare, but loves Rose. Clare attempts suicide by jumping into the river. Two young men in love with her throw themselves into the torrent to save her, but one of them drowns. During the shooting of the Fiery Summer, Zorka Janů fell in love with the love of her life, the writer and poet František Kožík.
lost the war in 1945, her sister Lída Baarová (mistress of Joseph Goebbels
) was imprisoned and her mother died during the interrogation by the Czech retribution tribunal. Zorka Janů was expelled from work, ostracized, and committed suicide. The tragic story of Zorka Janů was told by Adam Georgiev in his (1998) book Deník sestry Lídy Baarové (Diary of Lída Baarová’s Sister).
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
actress, was the younger sister of the legendary cinema star Lída Baarová
Lída Baarová
Lída Baarová was a Czech actress and mistress of Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister.-Biography:...
. When she was 12 years old, she appeared in the movie Madla z cihelny (Brickmaker's daughter, 1933) alongside her sister who played the principal role. She studied the dramatic art at the Prague's Academy of Performing Arts.
The Virgins' Club
After the release of the Cech panen kutnohorských (The Virgins' Club) in 1938, Zorka captured the imagination of the movie-going public. In 1939 she got her first big role in the František ČápFrantišek Cáp
František Čáp , also known as "Franz Cap" in Germany, was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1939 and 1970....
and Václav Krška
Václav Krška
Václav Krška was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 31 films between 1939 and 1969.-Selected filmography:* Měsíc nad řekou * Stříbrný vítr * Dalibor -External links:...
's movie Fiery Summer (Ohnivé léto), about a love triangle between Rose (Lída Baarová), Clare (Janů) and a young man, Šimon, who is loved by Clare, but loves Rose. Clare attempts suicide by jumping into the river. Two young men in love with her throw themselves into the torrent to save her, but one of them drowns. During the shooting of the Fiery Summer, Zorka Janů fell in love with the love of her life, the writer and poet František Kožík.
The war years
In the 1940s Zorka Janů appeared in seven movies, among them Baron Münchhausen and Rubens’ Caper. She played a leading role in the movie Čekanky (Ladies in Waiting, 1940) about an aging count who forbids his female staff to marry. The movie name Čekanky is a word play on the Czech word čekat which is the root of the name of a flower and to wait. Her last movie appearance was as Helen in Jiří Slavíček’s Boys and the River (1944).Trials and tribulations
After GermanyGermany
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lost the war in 1945, her sister Lída Baarová (mistress of Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. As one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, he was known for his zealous oratory and anti-Semitism...
) was imprisoned and her mother died during the interrogation by the Czech retribution tribunal. Zorka Janů was expelled from work, ostracized, and committed suicide. The tragic story of Zorka Janů was told by Adam Georgiev in his (1998) book Deník sestry Lídy Baarové (Diary of Lída Baarová’s Sister).
Filmography
- Kluci na řece (Boys and the River, 1944)
- Z českých mlýnů (Believe it or Not, 1941)
- Minulost Jany Kosinové (Jane's Past, 1940)
- Baron Prášil (Baron Münchhausen, 1940)
- Pacientka dr. Hegla (Patient of Dr. Hegel,1940)
- Čekanky (Ladies in Waiting, 1940)
- Podvod s Rubensem (Rubens’ Caper, 1940)
- Ohnivé léto (Fiery Summer, 1939)
- Tulák Macoun (Hobo Macoun, 1939)
- Škola základ života (What I learned in High School, 1938)
- Cech panen kutnohorských (The Virgins' Club, 1938)
- Madla z cihelny (Brickmaker's daughter,1933)
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See also
- Lída BaarováLída BaarováLída Baarová was a Czech actress and mistress of Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister.-Biography:...
- Otakar Vávra