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Oldrich Lipský was born on 4 July 1924 in Pelhrimov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and director, known for The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981), Lemonade Joe (1964) and I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970). He died on 19 October 1986 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Actress
- Soundtrack
Adina Mandlová was born on 28 January 1910 in Mladá Boleslav, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for The Magic House (1939), Pacientka Dr. Hegla (1940) and Prítelkyne pana ministra (1940). She was married to Ben Pearson and Joe Knight. She died on 16 June 1991 in Pribram, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Actress
- Producer
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Ossi Oswalda was born Oswalda Staglich on February 2, 1899 in Berlin, Germany. She trained to be a ballerina and worked in chorus lines when she was a teenager. Director Ernst Lubitsch discovered her and cast her in his 1916 film The Shoe Palace. Over the next five years she appeared in many of Lubitsch's comedies including The Doll, The Oyster Princess, and I Don't Want To Be A Man. She usually played spoiled, child-like characters and even appeared in drag. Ossi became one of Europe's most bankable stars earning her the nickname "The German Mary Pickford". She and Ernst Lubitsch became very close friends but their relationship was never romantic. In 1919 she married Hungarian Baron Gustav Von Koczian. Ossi and her husband started their own production company but they only made five films together.
Their marriage ended in 1925 and Ossi began a high profile romance with Crown Prince Willhelm. She signed a contract with an American producer in 1926 and tried to change her image by playing more glamorous characters. Unfortunately her career suffered with the arrival of sound films. Her last role was in the 1933 drama The Star Of Valencia. Ossi continued to work on the stage appearing in operettas in Germany and Vienna. Eventually she moved to Czechoslovakia with her boyfriend Julius Aussenberg, a former producer. In 1943 she wrote the story for the film Fourteen At The Table. Sadly by the Spring of 1947 Ossi was bankrupt and suffering from numerous health problems. She died on July 17, 1947 in Prague. Ossi was only forty-eight years old. She is buried in Olsany Cemetery in in the Czech Republic.- Actor
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Václav Lohniský was born on 5 November 1920 in Holice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet (1978), Panenství a kriminál (1970) and Wallenstein (1978). He was married to Zora Jiráková. He died on 18 February 1980 in Jilemnice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Actor
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- Soundtrack
Vladimír Mensík was born on 9 October 1929 in Ivancice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for Nahá pastýrka (1966), Slamený klobouk (1972) and The Cremator (1969). He was married to Olga and Vera. He died on 29 May 1988 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Writer
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- Art Director
A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war he designed stage sets and illustrated children's books. In 1945 he set up an animation unit with several collaborators at the Prague film studio; they called the unit "Trick Brothers." Trnka specialized in puppet animation, a traditional Czech art form, of which he became the undisputed master. He also created animated cartoons, but it was his puppet animation that made him an internationally recognized artist and the winner of film festival awards at Venice and elsewhere. He wrote the scripts for most of his own films.- Lyda Salmonova was born on 14 July 1889 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for The Student of Prague (1913), Evinrude (1913) and Monna Vanna (1922). She was married to Paul Wegener. She died on 18 November 1968 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Jan Werich was born on 26 February 1905 in Prague, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor and writer, known for The Emperor and the Golem (1952), Král a zena (1967) and Workers, Let's Go (1934). He died on 31 October 1980 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.- Ivan Jandl was born in 1937 to the family of accountant Klement Jandl and his wife, Bozena. When he was three, he suffered from polio, and it seemed that he would not be able to walk again, but a Dr. Pribramsky managed to do what seemed a miracle: Ivan was soon practically perfectly well. While at school, he played in the school theater and later joined the famed Disman Children's radio choir. From the choir, it was just a step to various roles in radio plays. His first film appearance was a very small role in Martin Fric's "Varúj!" but he remained with radio, which was where Fred Zinnemann chose him in an audition for The Search. After the film's success, Ivan got lots of fan mail from all over the world, and in 1949 he received a telegram, an approximate translation of which reads: "You won the Academy Award for outstanding child actor. Congratulations. F. Zinnemann," followed the next day by an explanation (because Oscars were not generally known there at the time) from the production company (Praesens Film): "An Oscar is the highest award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Congratulations." Ivan couldn't attend the ceremony, so the Oscar was brought to him in Prague by some members of the academy. There he received many offers (films and contracts), but it was decided by the government that he was to be "preserved to be used by the Czech film industry," but ironically, he went on to make only 3 films: 1 in 1949, 1 in 1951, and 1 in 1955. After graduating from high school, Ivan wanted to study at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU), but he was told he should not have accepted an award from the American film industry and was thus turned down. He then changed careers many times, only to return to the radio in 1965 as a program manager, becoming an announcer in 1969. In 1972, he was forced to leave radio. He had a brief stint as a stage manager in a theater in Teplice, and that was all there was for him in show business. In 1985, for the first time since 1948, he met Jarmila Novotna, the famed opera singer who portrayed his mother in The Search. In 1987, Ivan died at the age of 50 of diabetic complications in his apartment in Prague.
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Borivoj Zeman was born on 6 March 1912 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Fantom Morrisvillu (1966), Mrtvý mezi zivými (1947) and The Proud Princess (1952). He died on 23 December 1991 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Actress
- Soundtrack
Irena Kacírková was born on 24 March 1925 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Starci na chmelu (1964), Maskaráda (1963) and Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963). She died on 26 October 1985 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Tomás Holý was born on 17 March 1968 in Czechoslovakia. He was an actor, known for The Secret of Steel City (1979), Setkání v cervenci (1978) and Long Live Ghosts! (1977). He died on 8 March 1990 in Kytlice, Czechoslovakia [now Kytlice, Czech Republic].
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Jan Libícek was born on 28 September 1931 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973), I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970) and Prague Nights (1969). He died on 24 May 1974 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Jarmila Glazarová was born on 7 September 1901 in Malá Skála by Turnov, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was a writer, known for Vlcí jáma (1958) and Advent (1957). She was married to J. Podivínského. She died on 20 February 1977 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Zorka Janu was born on 9 July 1921 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Cekanky (1940), Ohnivé léto (1939) and Minulost Jany Kosinové (1940). She died on 24 March 1946 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Blanka Waleská was born on 19 May 1910 in Cerhence by Kolín, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Jedna z miliónu (1935), Distant Journey (1949) and Ferat Vampire (1982). She died on 6 July 1986 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Karel Steklý was born on 9 October 1903 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and director, known for The Strike (1947), Dobrý voják Svejk (1957) and Prostácek (1945). He died on 5 July 1987 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Director
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- Actor
Martin Fric was born on 29 March 1902 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Workers, Let's Go (1934), Capek's Tales (1947) and Tajemství krve (1953). He was married to Suzanne Marwille. He died on 26 August 1968 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.- Dana Medrická was born on 11 July 1920 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Alexander Dumas starsi (1970), Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966) and The Turn of the Screw (1982). She was married to Artemio Precioso Ugarte and Václav Vydra. She died on 21 January 1983 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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- Soundtrack
Vlastimil Hasek was born on 7 June 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for The Death of Tarzan (1963), I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970) and Blbec z Xeenemunde (1963). He was married to Dana Syslová. He died on 12 April 1992 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Composer
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E.F. Burian was born on 11 June 1904 in Pilsen, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]. He was a composer and director, known for The Strike (1947), Vera Lukásová (1939) and Chceme zít (1950). He was married to Zuzana Kocova, Mary Subrtová and Ludmila Matejovska. He died on 9 August 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic].- Vera Vlcková was born on 9 May 1944 in Kromeriz, Protectore of Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for The Cremator (1969), Muj hrísny muz (1987) and Druhý tah pescem (1985). She died on 21 December 1989 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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- Actor
Evald Schorm was born on 15 December 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Courage for Every Day (1964), Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) and The End of a Priest (1969). He was married to Blanka Schormova. He died on 14 December 1988 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Director
- Writer
Elo Havetta was born on 13 June 1938 in Velké Vozokany, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was a director and writer, known for Slávnost v botanickej záhrade (1969), Predpoved: Nula (1966) and Svatá Jana (1963). He died on 3 February 1975 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia].- Music Department
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- Soundtrack
Leos Janácek was born on 3 July 1854 in Hukvaldy/Hochwald, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Cunning Little Vixen and NET Opera Theater (1967). He was married to Zdenka Schulzova. He died on 12 August 1928 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].