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Adina Mandlová died 30 years ago. What do you not know about her?

She was born as the fourth child, the first daughter of three sons. Maybe that’s why her father pampered her and supported her in her interest in art. Probably also because of that, but mainly because of her talent, she soon became her star of the first size, loved and admired by Adina Mandlová.

As much as people loved her, they hated her as much after World War II. She faced accusations of collaborating with the Germans. After three months in the Pankrác prison, she was released and acquitted, but she preferred to spend the rest of her life in exile.

What do you know about this legend? About unrestrained, talented, but also internally torn and lovingly unstable beauty? Test your knowledge in our quiz and remember the actress who died at the age of 81 exactly thirty years ago.

1. Sex was a symbol of the 1930s, an excellent actress and famous not only in our country but also in Germany. There, however, they did not know her as Adina Mandlová, but under one pseudonym. Do you know what it was like?

2. In addition to Adina Mandlová’s acting success, her love escapades also became a bit famous. Several famous men succumbed to her charm. Do you know who was one of her first famous partners, who introduced her to the film world and alongside whom she appeared, for example, in the film Life is a Dog, Pet or Seamstress?

3. Adina Mandlová was married a total of four times. The first husband, the painter Zdeněk Tůma, committed suicide after a year of marriage. The second was Josef Kočvárek, who emigrated to England after Munich, joined the RAF and took the name Joe Knight. She and Adina lived in England, but eventually divorced. The actress’ third husband was a despotic rich man named Geoffrey, whom she divorced after two years. But do you know who was her fourth husband, whom she married in 1954 and was with him until his death in 1990?

4. Many men went through the life of an actress, only she was married (as already mentioned) four times. But did she have children?

5. Adina Mandlová was sociable, she enjoyed parties, but she only had one real friend. She was a famous actress. But their friendship ended after Mandlová took over her lover. Do you know which lady it was?

6. She starred in a number of iconic films, she was great in Long Live the Dead, Morality Above All, The Minister’s Girlfriend or in the film Night Butterfly. But she was most famous for her role in the film Kristián, where she shone alongside Oldřich Nový. Do you know what her figure as a beautiful woman was called?

7. Due to a tarnished reputation, Adina Mandlová was arrested after World War II and accused of collaborating with the Germans. She spent almost the rest of her life in exile. She lived in England, Malta and Canada. In 1966, however, the Musical Theater in Karlín offered her a role in the musical Hello Dolly! What happened to that role?

8. Until the war, the star of Adina Mandlová rose sharply, but after its end it fell to the bottom. Do you know the name of the last film Mandlová made? It is a comedy from 1944, where Oldřich Nový played alongside her. The story is simple – a rich infidel tries to seduce a young and married florist, but she resists.

9. After emigrating to England, Adina Mandlová tried to build an acting career there as well. The language barrier, the foreign accent, but none of that helped her. And so she only got one role, in the 1948 film The Fool and the Princess. Do you know who Mandlová played there?

10. After her husband’s death in 1990, Mandlová finally returned to Czechoslovakia, where she died on 16 June 1991. Do you know where her remains ended?

So, do you have all the answers checked? If so, evaluate the test.

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