A New Film About Villa Tugendhat

Seniors enjoy reading about the news also from the Czech Republic. This study text is about a new film about villa Tugendhat which is planned for the spring of 2019. Let’s read more about it.

A new film called The Glass Room is now finished¹.It is also a book by British author Simon Mawer.

It talks about dramatic events of the 20th century² and an architectural gem³ – Villa Tugendhat in Brno.The main⁴ roles in the film have foreign⁵ and Czech films stars: Carice van Houten, Hanna Alström, Claes Bang, Karel Roden and Karel Dobrý.

Villa Tugendhat is the very first example of modern architecture in Europe.Its builder is Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.The villa comes from 1928 and 1930.

The film talks about people with rather difficult lives.It is about owners Liesel and Viktor Landauer, their close friends, employees and the great architect von Abt.

The premiere of The Glass Room in the Czech-Slovak co-production is planned for the spring of 2019.The City of Brno provided⁶ money for this film.

Vocabulary: ¹hotový | ²století | ³klenot | ⁴hlavní | ⁵cizí | ⁶poskytnout
Language notes: The Glass Room=Skleněný pokoj|dramatic events=dramatické události|very first example=úplně první příklad|close friends=blízcí přátelé
Sources: eurozpravy.cz|en.wikipedia.org.