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Such Is Life (Czech: Takový je život) is a 1930 Czech drama film directed by Carl Junghans [de] and starring Vera Baranovskaya, Theodor Pištěk and Máňa Ženíšková [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.

Such Is Life
Directed by	Carl Junghans [de]
Screenplay by	Carl Junghans
Produced by	Carl Junghans
Starring	Vera Baranovskaya Theodor Pištěk Máňa Ženíšková [cs]
Cinematography	Laszlo Schäffer
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

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
• Máňa Ženíšková [cs] as Washerwoman's daughter
• Wolfgang Zilzer as Washerwoman's daughter's boyfriend
• Jindřich Plachta as Seamster
• Manja Kellerová as Seamster's wife
• Eman Fiala as Pianist
• Valeska Gert as Waitress
• Uli Tridenskaya as Washerwoman's friend
• Betty Kysilková as Teller
• Edith Ledererová as Seamster's daughter
• Max Körner 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

External links

• Such Is Life at IMDb

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