The Grandmother

IMDb link: 0032230
IMDb rating: 6.9 (141 votes)
Genres: Drama, Romance
Director: Frantisek Cáp
Cast: Svetla Svozilova, Terezie Brzková, Karel Tresnák, Natasa Tanská and others

Release date: 15 Nov 1940
Release year: 1940
Runtime: 90 minutes
Country: Czechoslovakia
Keywords: literature on screen, european literature on screen, czech literature on screen, 19th century literature on screen, title same as book, f rated, female protagonist, old woman, older person, rural setting

Plot:

"Grandmother" is a highly romanticized autobiographical novel by a Czech 19th century writer, Bozena Nemcova. It's a classical, compulsory reading in Czech schools, about a wise, working-class woman, happier in her simplicity and good heart than the nobles whom she serves.

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