Calamity

Also known as Kalamita

Calamity is a 1982 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Vera Chytilová.

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Calamity (Czech: Kalamita) is a 1982 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Vera Chytilová.

Bolek Polívka - Honza Dostál

Dagmar Bláhová - Majka

Jana Synková - Primárka

Marie Pavlíková - Bábicka

Jaroslava Kretschmerová - Kveta

Zdeněk Svěrák - Ucitel

Václav Svorc - Nácelník

Bronislav Poloczek - Rezník

Václav Helsus - Strojvedoucí

Zdeněk Dítě - Lesník

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Also known as Kalamita

“There's no disaster that can't become a blessing, and no blessing that can't become a disaster.”
— Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970).
“CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.”
— Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Dictionary (1906); republished as The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
“Literally: “Adversity allows one to see the true heart / feelings of others.””
— Chinese proverb
“The formula for achieving a successful relationship: You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.”
— Quentin Crisp, Manners from Heaven: A Divine Guide to Good Behaviour (1984), chapter 7.
“Disaster is a natural part of my evolution, toward tragedy and dissolution.”
— Tyler Durden, in Fight Club (1996) by Chuck Palahniuk, p. 101.
“Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster.”
— Bertrand Russell, New Hopes for a Changing World (1951), p. 132-133.

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