Valerie Kaplanova Movies
- 1995
This rosy Italian drama centers upon a cheerful Italian woman who learns that before the war her grandparents owned a beautiful 17th-century house in a small Czechoslovakian town. Now that the Communists have fled, she technically has the right to reclaim it. Elena brings her boy friend to Prague and immediately she is enchanted by the three story pink home. The primary tenant is an old man who knew her grandparents and he tells her many interesting stories. Later her boy friend returns to Italy while she chooses to remain for a while longer. While there, she falls in love with a handsome Prague lawyer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1985
This version of an old fairy tale is the second in 20 years (there was a 1954 West German film on the same subject) and is a charming rendering of Frau Holle, who sits on high and watches over humankind and the seasons and one day adopts young Jakob as her assistant. Jakob was part of a travelling circus obliterated by an avalanche and owes his new life to Frau Holle. But back on earth, a certain Elizabeth is being persecuted by an evil stepmother and two sisters, and Jakob is intent on turning that situation around. To achieve his aims, he becomes mortal and returns to earth -- but now Death, taking on the form of a decrepit hag, stalks Jakob. It is up to Frau Holle to save her former ward and see that his mission is completed.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Giulietta Masina, Valerie Kaplanova, (more)
