Takovy je zivot
AKA Such is Life in the USA
(1929) Czechoslavakian
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Carl Junghans

Cast: Vera Baranovskaya [laundress], Theodor Pistek [her husband, a collier], Mána Zenísková [daughter], Wolfgang Zilner [the wooer], Jindrich Plachta [the snip], Eman Fiala [the pianist], Valeska Gert [the waitress], Betty Kysilková [the cashier], Lidiya Tridenskaya [the friend], Ludvík Veverka [client], Václav Zichovsky [client], Frantisek Kreuzmann [the collier factory proprietor], Viktor Nejedly [the innkeeper], Zdena Kavková [the joy girl], Vladimír Smíchovsky [Gass worker], Frantisek Hlavaty [the doctor], Josef Oliak [the priest], Milka Balek-Brodská [employer], Frantisek Juhan [a collier], Roza Schlesingerová [the neighbor], Alfred Schlesinger [a guest in the pub], Josef Kobík [a guest in the pub], Filip Balek-Brodsky [a guest in the pub]

Václav Bukac production. / Scenario by Carl Junghans. Art direction by Ernst Meiwers. Cinematography by László Schäffer. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was released in Germany on 24 March 1930. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists [35mm preservation positive].

Keywords: Children - Death - Funerals - Kitchens

Listing updated: 24 October 2007.

References: Bardèche-History pp. 261-262, 299 : Website-IMDb.