Jiří Vršťala
Jiří Vršťala [ˌjɪr̝iː ˈvr̩ʃcala] (born July 31, 1920 in Liberec , Czechoslovakia , † June 10, 1999 in Berlin ) was a Czechoslovak actor and writer. He gained fame primarily through the fictional character he embodied, the clown Ferdinand .
Life
Vršťala worked as a casual worker after graduating from high school. During the Second World War he was used as a forced laborer in the German Reich . Although he had no acting training, he was engaged at the theater in Liberec after 1945 . From there, Vršťala, who had been awarded for the performance of the "puck", received an engagement at the Realistic Theater in Prague. In the 1950s he moved to the Prague City Theater and received offers for films.
In 1955, together with the Czech director Jindřich Polák, he developed the character of the clown Ferdinand for a five-part series for the German TV broadcaster (DFF). Here Vršťala embodied for the first time the figure who made him popular beyond the national borders. He also appeared publicly in this role, especially in children's revues at the Friedrichstadt-Palast and the Kindervarieté Berlin. Vrš Filmala received his first major film role in 1960 under Polák's direction in the Czechoslovak crime film Páté oddělení .
In 1966 he married the actress Angelica Domröse and moved to East Berlin in the GDR . In addition to character roles as a film villain, further DEFA and television films about the clown Ferdinand were made by 1975 . In 1975 he separated from Angelica Domröse and in 1983 Vršťala ended his acting career in order to devote himself to writing. In 1987 he acted again in two Czechoslovak films.
Vršťala last lived in seclusion in Berlin-Pankow and died of cancer shortly before his 79th birthday.
Filmography
- 1949: Veliká příležitost
- 1950: Veselý souboj
- 1951: Mordová rokle
- 1952: Anna proletářka
- 1952: Plavecký mariáš
- 1953: Komedianti
- 1953: Můj přítel Fabián
- 1953: Výstraha
- 1954: Na konci města
- 1954: Nejlepší člověk
- 1954: Severní přístav
- 1955: Muž v povětří
- 1955: Muži mě pronásledují
- 1955: Punťa a čtyřlístek
- 1953: My friend Fabian ( Můj přítel Fabián )
- 1955: Z mého života
- 1956: Šest estrád s Klaunem Ferdinandem
- 1959: Clown Ferdinand walks through the city
- 1959: Clown Ferdinand bakes a cake
- 1959: The clown Ferdinand goes to the sea
- 1959: Clown Ferdinand cleans up
- 1960: Ferdinand the clown drives to the German television network
- 1960: Traitors on the Net ( Páté oddělení )
- 1961: Babí léto
- 1961: Vyvolení
- 1961: Ztracená review
- 1961: Ďáblova past
- 1962: Clown Ferdinand and the rocket ( Klaun Ferdinand a raketa )
- 1962: Pevnost na Rýně
- 1962: Transport z ráje
- 1963: Clown Ferdinand and chemistry
- 1963: Ikarie XB 1
- 1963: Ferdinand the clown and the suitcase
- 1964: Clown Ferdinand's wondrous adventures
- 1964: The missing dragon
- 1964: ... a pátý jezdec je Strach
- 1964: Atentát
- 1964: Bubny
- 1964: double or nothing
- 1964: Pět hříšníků
- 1965: Clown Ferdinand wants to sleep
- 1965: Vrah na dovolené
- 1965: Chronicle of a murder
- 1966: The sons of the great she-bear
- 1966: Escape into silence
- 1966: Shadows over Notre Dame ( Stíny nad Notre Dame )
- 1966: Smrt za oponou
- 1967: Yes, spravedlnost
- 1967: The frozen lightning
- 1967: Clown Ferdinand and the princess Schmutzfink
- 1968: The night in the border forest
- 1968: Dialóg 20-40-60
- 1969: Santa Claus is called Willi
- 1970: Twarz anioła
- 1971: Slávny pes
- 1971: Little and big Klaus
- 1973: The light of the black candle
- 1973/74: clown Ferdinand
- 1978: Clown Ferdinand - what now?
- 1979: Ferdinand saves the sun
- 1980: Ferdinand becomes a father
- 1981: Ferdinand is looking for the rainbow
- 1983: Ferdinand in the realm of sound
- 1987: Mravenci nesou smrt
- 1987: Narozeniny režiséra ZK
literature
- Ingrid Kirschey-Feix : Vrštala, Jiří . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Jiří Vršťala in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Jiří Vršťala in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography and Filmography (Czech)
- Biography and Filmography (German)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vršťala, Jiří |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak actor and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reichenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1999 |
| Place of death | Berlin , Germany |