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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 (Oldrich 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 (Oldrich 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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Updated Dec 20, 1940

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Dec 20, 1940 (Czechoslovakia)

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22 cast members
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Oldrich Nový
Writer Jan Herold Writer Jan Herold   See fewer
Lída Baarová
Paintress Jarmila Bendová Paintress Jarmila Bendová   See fewer
Bedrich Veverka
Herold's Secretary Bedrich Herold's Secretary Bedrich   See fewer
Zita Kabátová
Paintress Helena Paintress Helena   See fewer
Ladislav Pesek
Sculptor Vojta Polívka Sculptor Vojta Polívka   See fewer
Jirí Steimar
Arnost Hartl - publisher Arnost Hartl - publisher   See fewer
Lola Skrbková
Clerkess Clerkess   See fewer
Václav Trégl
Landlord Landlord   See fewer
Frantisek Paul
Constable Constable   See fewer
Vladimír Majer
Tailor Láska Tailor Láska   See fewer
Ruzena Slemrová
Herold's Aunt Hermína Herold's Aunt Hermína   See fewer
Frantisek Filipovský
Hartl's secretary Hartl's secretary   See fewer
Jirí Vondrovic
Cameraman Cameraman   See fewer
Ladislav Brom
Postman Postman   See fewer
Betty Tolarová
Chambermaid Chambermaid   See fewer
Vladimír Repa
Innkeeper Innkeeper   See fewer
Míla Svoboda
Waiter Waiter   See fewer
Zdenek Martínek
Guest in the Atelier Guest in the Atelier   See fewer
Jirí Eliás
Pianist Pianist   See fewer
Jan Bures
Pianist Pianist   See fewer
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