Věra Bílá

Věra Bílá

Birthday: 1954-05-22

Place of Birth: Rokycany, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Biography: Věra Bílá was a Czech vocalist and musician of Romani ethnicity, who initially gained acclaim performing traditional Romani folk songs. She was highly acclaimed, toured internationally and was often called the "Ella Fitzgerald of Gypsy music" or the "Queen of Romany".

Movies

The Past
The Past

Frantisek is a deaf man who has spent years in prison for the apparent murder of a man he believed w...

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I Love, You Love
I Love, You Love

The drama called I Love, You Love was made in 1980 but because of the absurd ideological ban, the fi...

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Black and White in Colour
Black and White in Colour

A vivid documentary portrait of Véra Bílá (1954-2019), a Gypsy singer acclaimed in the international...

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Bye Bye Blackbird
Bye Bye Blackbird

A period drama set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker who d...

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Rose Tinted Dreams
Rose Tinted Dreams

Jakub, a dreamer and budding magician, juggles between parcels and services rendered to the villager...

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UŽ

A naive village girl, Valentýna, arrives in Prague and, under dramatic circumstances, becomes reluct...

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