Alena Mihulová

Alena Mihulová

Birth : 1965-05-04, Brno, Czechoslovakia

History

Aleně Mihulové bylo přesně sedmnáct let, zrovna studovala ekonomickou školu a spolupracovala s pražským amatérským Aneb divadlem, když jí kamarádka informovala o konkursu na film SESTŘIČKY (1983) režiséra Karla Kachyňi. Navlékli ji do spodního prádla z padesátých let a do ruky dostala scénář. Roli začínající sestřičky Marie po boku Jiřiny Jiráskové dostala z desítek mnohem zkušenějších uchazeček, k čemuž prohlásila: "Když dnes vzpomínám na Sestřičky, musím říct, že to byla jedna z nejhezčích a nejšťastnějších věcí, které mě kdy potkaly. Nikdy nezapomenu, jak skvěle mě, takové trdlo, všichni přijali a snažili se mi pomáhat. A hlavně - potkala jsem při natáčení muže svého života." Tehdy ještě nevěděla, kdo režisér snímku Karel Kachyňa, kterého ve štábu přezdívali „železný dědek“, je a jakým způsobem ovlivní její další život. Během natáčení sestřiček se do o čtyřicet let staršího muže zamilovala a vyšel z toho osobitý vztah, jenž změnil jak její osobní život, tak i hereckou kariéru. Své nejlepší role ztvárnila právě „pod taktovkou“ Karla Kachyňi. Vztah po desetiletém utajování zpečetili svatbou a k sedmdesátinám Alena nadělila svému režisérovi dar v podobě dcery Karolínky. V té době natočili jeden z nejlepších společných snímků drama KRÁVA (1994). V průběhu natáčení filmu byl málokdo informován o jejich vztahu. Film Kráva je skutečně respektovaným českým snímkem, jenž slavil mezinárodní úspěch a o kterém se redaktor New York Post Larry Worth nezdráhal napsat, že působí, jako kdyby Ingmar Bergman natočil Forresta Gumpa. Rozhodně však neměla u svého partnera protekci v obsazování do rolí, důkazem čehož je fakt, že se objevila celkem ve čtyřech jeho snímcích: SESTŘIČKY (1983), SMRT KRÁSNÝCH SRNCŮ (1986), MĚSTEM CHODÍ MIKULÁŠ (1993) a KRÁVA (1994), i přes to že sám Kachyňa od jejich seznámení natočil patnáct celovečerních filmů a tři seriály. Režisér jejich profesní spolupráci popsal následovně: "U mě žádná taková protekce neplatí. Znám Alenku dobře, její osobní náturu i naturel herecký. Takže vím, že může hrát jen určitý typ rolí. A abych ji obsazoval do jiných, to bych si řezal větev sám pod sebou." Mimo Kachyňových filmů ztvárnila ještě hlavní roli v DŽUSOVÉM ROMÁNU (1984) Fera Feniče, objevila se v televizním filmu Morrise Issy DEN DOBRÝCH SKUTKŮ (2000), také v počinu F.A. Brabce KYTICE (2000) a TV filmu Václava Křístka PÁTEK ČTRNÁCTÉHO (2002).

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Alena Mihulová
Alena Mihulová

Movies

Victim
Manageress
When the son of Ukrainian immigrant Irina is attacked, the whole city stands up in solidarity with her family and condemns their Roma neighbors, who allegedly committed the crime. But soon another truth starts to emerge.
Bird Atlas
An ageing proprietor of a technology company has dedicated his whole life to his work, so it comes as a big blow when things suddenly start to fall apart at the seams.
Sněží!
Alena
Moments
In a series of vignettes, a young woman ponders her role in life as she navigates expectations, barriers, and challenges with her loved ones.
Zlatý podraz
matka Prokešová
Milada
Maruska - Horák's Housemaid
The story of communist show-trial victim Milada Horáková. Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. She opposed the communist coup in 1948 but did not leave the country. She was arrested and tried for treason on fabricated charges in a show trial that was broadcast on the radio and shown in film clips. The film focuses on the time from 1945 to 1950 when the communists took over, but also goes back a little further in Horáková's life into the late 1930s
The Zookeeper's Wife
Marysia Aszer
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
Ice Mother
Zuzana
After her husband's death, Hana lives on alone in the family villa. Her two sons visit her with their families, but these visits frequently end in quarrels. When Hana meets Brona, a hardy fellow, inured to winter swimming, a new world opens before her. Brona's team-mates absorb her into their team and Hana gradually learns to overcome her fear of icy water. Her relation with Brona grows into love.
About a Father
Mother Kateřina
Sixty-year old Jindřich is waiting for a heart transplant. His wife, in an effort to protect him from a heart attack, has moved with him and their teenage daughter to their cottage in the countryside, so that he would have an absolutely peaceful life. But their son David comes for a holiday and he is not alone. He would like to discuss his life situation with his father but his mother intervenes as she is afraid that it would upset his father. Is, however, the worry about his health the real reason why she is making her children lie to their father?
Anthropoid
Mrs. Moravec
In December 1941, Czech soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich.
Home Care
Vlasta
Dedicated home care nurse Vlasta attends her whimsical patients in Czech wine country and lives for her husband Lada and her daughter, but one day things change and Vlasta is forced to reach outside of her comfort zone. Drama and gentle humor intertwine as Vlasta realizes, for the first time in her life, that she might need some care, too.
Lucky Loser
kovářova žena
Okresní přebor – Poslední zápas Pepika Hnátka
Marie Luňáková
The Magical Duvet
pekařka
The great musical comedy by F. A. Brabec V perine is the first Czech film made entirely in 3D. This stimulating comedy, in true and thorough 3D, presents a whole new computer-made world concealed in a quilt, where a large part of the film is taking place. The film V perine is a musical comedy made in the high-spirited style of Mamma Mia. In a relaxed world, where everybody used to dance rock'n'roll and the streets were full of pink Cadillacs, good and bad dreams hidden in our quilts take form. The musical adventure culminates in the magical world of dreams.
Innocence
Kamila
The fall from the top to the absolute bottom can be very fast. A renowned physician, also a beloved father and husband, is accused of a serious felony. Innocence is hard to prove, especially when in desperation to try to save oneself, we sacrifice the secrets that should have remained hidden forever.
Mamas & Papas
Pátek čtrnáctého
matka
Kožené slunce
Rokosová
As the name suggests, the movie is about football. It is not about big league soccer, making huge money. It is about football, which lives just from village fans enthusiasm, from the enthusiasm of fathers and their sons and club officials. And yet on this battlefield, where the pub and silent household alternates, it is often about everything: friends, family, the meaning of life. It is about playing fair, but also about fighting below the belt. It is about winning, but also about falling into the abyss of the league wilderness.
Wild Flowers
Dcera
Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales - glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light - make up this Czech collection of visual poetry. The original piece of literature, written by Karel Jaromír Erben in 1853, contained twelve tales.
Listonošky
The Cow
Rosa
Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother's life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was mentally injured. Years later, his mother is dying, so Adam sells their only cow to pay for medicine. Rosa, a beautiful young maid, fleeing the sexual exploitation of a wealthy butcher, climbs up to join them on their remote farm and dares to become part of Adam's world. A cycle of life begins again, in a remote turn-of-the-century village tied to the land and its animals.
Městem chodí Mikuláš
Začátek dlouhého podzimu
Džusový román
Alena
A film about young female factory workers in Czechoslovakia.
Sestricky
Marie