The Shop…(Obch o Na Korze) is a personal testament of Ján Kádar, and in the best traditions of story tellers it is couched in the form of a story, as much as the Ugly Duckling is a personal testament of the Danish master storyteller. Director Ján Kádar spent World War II in a Nazi labor [...]
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The Shop On The Main Street-1965
Posted in Czech cinema, tagged 100 Best Films, Crimes Against Humanity, Ján Kádar, Life Under Occupation, Unlikely Friendships, war drama on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Daughters of Eve
Posted in anecdotes, tagged Lady Astor, Louis XIV, Mme de Maintenon, Mme.de Pompadour, Nell Gwynn on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Royal Mistresses
Madame de Pompadour(1721-1764)
The mistress of Louis XV of whom Carlyle wrote,’of whom it is not proper to speak without necessity’ was however an exceptional woman. After Encyclopaedia was banned without her active intervention the Enlightenment as a movement could not got its potential as it did. She was on friendly terms with Voltaire and [...]
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