Doomed Beauty

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Director:Helena Třeštíková, Jakub Hejna
Cast:Lída Baarová (archívne zábery), Adolf Hitler (a.z.), František Čáp (a.z.), Gustav Fröhlich (a.z.)
Premiere:2. June 2016
Length:90 minutes
Genre:Document

Doomed Beauty

Zkáza krásou; Helena Třeštíková,Jakub Hejna, 2016, versions: OR,CS,

Director: Helena Třeštíková, Jakub Hejna • Scenario: Helena Třeštíková, Jakub Hejna • Camera: Jan Malíř, Jaromír Nekuda, Jiří Chod, Martin Kubala • Music: Tadeáš Věrčák • Haircut: Jakub Hejna • Cast: Lída Baarová (archívne zábery), Adolf Hitler (a.z.), František Čáp (a.z.), Gustav Fröhlich (a.z.), Josef Goebbels (a.z.), Karel Lamač (a.z.), Oldřich Nový (a.z.), Svatopluk Beneš (a.z.), Václav Krška (a.z.), Vladimír Borský (a.z.), Zorka Janů (a.z.)

Film Doomed Beauty can be seen as a probe into the life of an extraordinary woman and a description of how a person can be doomed by dramatic events dealt by fate. Lida Baarova was a famous film star in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and 1940s. Her dramatic fate was significantly shaped by the fact that she lived in Europe in the 20th century. This interesting beauty became one of the first movie stars. Born in Prague, she began her career at the age of 17 in her native Bohemia where she shot several very popular movies. Soon she was noticed also in Germany and achieved the same success there. In Germany, Adolf Hitler and then Joseph Goebbels fell in love with her; with the latter she had a passionate love affair.

Length: 90 min

Year: 2016
Local premiere date: 2. June 2016

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic

Language version:

OR - Original version
CS - Czech subtitles

Director: Helena Třeštíková, Jakub Hejna • Scenario: Helena Třeštíková, Jakub Hejna • Camera: Jan Malíř, Jaromír Nekuda, Jiří Chod, Martin Kubala • Music: Tadeáš Věrčák • Haircut: Jakub Hejna • Cast: Lída Baarová (archívne zábery), Adolf Hitler (a.z.), František Čáp (a.z.), Gustav Fröhlich (a.z.), Josef Goebbels (a.z.), Karel Lamač (a.z.), Oldřich Nový (a.z.), Svatopluk Beneš (a.z.), Václav Krška (a.z.), Vladimír Borský (a.z.), Zorka Janů (a.z.)

Film Doomed Beauty can be seen as a probe into the life of an extraordinary woman and a description of how a person can be doomed by dramatic events dealt by fate. Lida Baarova was a famous film star in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and 1940s. Her dramatic fate was significantly shaped by the fact that she lived in Europe in the 20th century. This interesting beauty became one of the first movie stars. Born in Prague, she began her career at the age of 17 in her native Bohemia where she shot several very popular movies. Soon she was noticed also in Germany and achieved the same success there. In Germany, Adolf Hitler and then Joseph Goebbels fell in love with her; with the latter she had a passionate love affair.

Year: 2016
Local premiere date: 2. June 2016

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic

Language version:

OR - Original version
CS - Czech subtitles