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  • Life Is Beautiful (1940)
  • 98 min | Comedy, Romance
Life Is Beautiful (1940)
98 min | Comedy, Romance

While seated one evening in a wine-bar, a successful writer Jan Herold (Oldřich Nový) makes the acquaintance of a young, beginning painter, Jarmila Bendová (Lída Baarová). Jarmila has a financial and artistic crisis because she has lost ...See moreWhile seated one evening in a wine-bar, a successful writer Jan Herold (Oldřich Nový) makes the acquaintance of a young, beginning painter, Jarmila Bendová (Lída Baarová). Jarmila has a financial and artistic crisis because she has lost the model for her last painting, without which she is unable to bring off her exhibition, and without selling her paintings at the exhibition she will not be able to pay her debt to her landlord. Herold comes to know of her problems and because he has fallen in love with the girl he tries to give her all possible help. Disguised as an old man he models for her so she will be able to finish her painting, as a exotic fortune-teller he frightens the landlord so he will not clamor for the rent from her, and he arranges an exhibition for her at his new publisher's in a prestigious gallery. Written by NFA.cz See less
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Sláva Eman Novácek (composer) (as Sláva E. Nováček)
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Updated Dec 20, 1940

Release date
Dec 20, 1940 (Czechoslovakia)

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22 cast members
Name Known for
Oldřich Nový
Writer Jan Herold (as Oldrich Nový) Writer Jan Herold (as Oldrich Nový)   See fewer
Lída Baarová
Paintress Jarmila Bendová Paintress Jarmila Bendová   See fewer
Bedřich Veverka
Herold's Secretary Bedrich (as Bedrich Veverka) Herold's Secretary Bedrich (as Bedrich Veverka)   See fewer
Zita Kabátová
Paintress Helena Paintress Helena   See fewer
Ladislav Pešek
Sculptor Vojta Polívka (as Ladislav Pesek) Sculptor Vojta Polívka (as Ladislav Pesek)   See fewer
Jiří Steimar
Arnost Hartl - publisher (as Jirí Steimar) Arnost Hartl - publisher (as Jirí Steimar)   See fewer
Lola Skrbková
Clerkess Clerkess   See fewer
Václav Trégl
Landlord Landlord   See fewer
František Paul
Constable (as Frantisek Paul) Constable (as Frantisek Paul)   See fewer
Vladimír Majer
Tailor Láska Tailor Láska   See fewer
Růžena Šlemrová
Herold's Aunt Hermína (as Ruzena Slemrová) Herold's Aunt Hermína (as Ruzena Slemrová)   See fewer
František Filipovský
Hartl's secretary (as Frantisek Filipovský) Hartl's secretary (as Frantisek Filipovský)   See fewer
Jiří Vondrovič
Cameraman (as Jirí Vondrovic) Cameraman (as Jirí Vondrovic)   See fewer
Ladislav Brom
Postman Postman   See fewer
Betty Tolarová
Chambermaid Chambermaid   See fewer
Vladimír Řepa
Innkeeper (as Vladimír Repa) Innkeeper (as Vladimír Repa)   See fewer
Míla Svoboda
Waiter Waiter   See fewer
Zdeněk Martínek
Guest in the Atelier (as Zdenek Martínek) Guest in the Atelier (as Zdenek Martínek)   See fewer
Jiří Eliáš
Pianist (as Jirí Eliás) Pianist (as Jirí Eliás)   See fewer
Jan Bures
Pianist Pianist   See fewer
Jindřich Láznička
Waiter (as Jindrich Láznicka) Waiter (as Jindrich Láznicka)   See fewer
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