Ostrava (film)
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Ostrava is a 1963 German
-Yugoslav
drama film
directed by Jovan Zivanovic and starring Peter Van Eyck
, Elke Sommer
, Blazenka Katalinic and Tori Jankovic. A young recently divorced German tourist is hired by a concerned mother to visit her son, who is living a hermit
life on an island in the Adriatic Sea
, and persuade him to come home. Instead she falls in love with him and his life in seclusion.
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
-Yugoslav
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Jovan Zivanovic and starring Peter Van Eyck
Peter van Eyck
Peter van Eyck, born Götz von Eick , was a German-American actor.-Biography:...
, Elke Sommer
Elke Sommer
Elke Sommer , born Baroness Elke Schletz, is a German actress, entertainer and artist.-Career:Sommer was born in Berlin to a Lutheran minister and his wife...
, Blazenka Katalinic and Tori Jankovic. A young recently divorced German tourist is hired by a concerned mother to visit her son, who is living a hermit
Hermit
A hermit is a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society.In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament .In the...
life on an island in the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...
, and persuade him to come home. Instead she falls in love with him and his life in seclusion.
Cast
- Peter Van EyckPeter van EyckPeter van Eyck, born Götz von Eick , was a German-American actor.-Biography:...
- Peter - Elke SommerElke SommerElke Sommer , born Baroness Elke Schletz, is a German actress, entertainer and artist.-Career:Sommer was born in Berlin to a Lutheran minister and his wife...
- Elke - Blazenka Katalinic - Peter's Mother
- Tori Jankovic
- Edith Schultze-WestrumEdith Schultze-WestrumEdith Schultze-Westrum was a German film actress. She appeared in 64 films between 1932 and 1979.-Selected filmography:* Derrick - Season 3, Episode 06: "Kalkutta"...