Miloš Kopecký
Miloš Kopecký (born August 22, 1922 in Prague ; † February 16, 1996 there ) was a Czech actor and member of the Divadlo na Vinohradech theater .
Life
Kopecký began his stage career in 1941 in the German-occupied Prague. As a Jew, he was imprisoned in a camp and his mother was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto and murdered in Auschwitz . After the liberation he was able to resume his theater work.
His ability to improvise promptly enabled him to work with great actors such as Jan Werich and Miroslav Horníček . He worked in several Prague theaters until he found his final home in 1965 at Divadlo na Vinohradech.
Kopecký made his film debut in 1946. He mostly played characteristic supporting roles. In Germany he became famous for his appearances in the series Pan Tau and The Hospital on the Edge of the City . In the early 1980s he hosted the anti- emigrant and for the regime directed series Step into the Unknown (Krok do neznáma) on Czech television . One of his greatest final theater roles was the character of Richard III. by William Shakespeare .
Kopecký was a member of the Communist Party and a signatory of Anticharta 77, which he was forced to sign as a member of the Communist Party. In May 1987 Kopecký gave a very critical speech against the leadership of the Communist Party at the IV Congress of the Association of Dramatic Artists and urged them to resign.
For a while he was the husband of actress Stella Zázvorková .
Filmography (selection)
- 1952: The proud princess ( Pyšná prinzezna )
- 1954: The best person ( Nejlepší člověk )
- 1955: Once upon a time there was a king ( Byl jednou every kràl )
- 1956/1957: The good soldier Schwejk in Prague / Obediently report me it stinks ... and the captain too ( Dobrý voják Švejk ) - based on the novel of the same name
- 1959: The secret of the powder compact ( Zpívající pudrenska )
- 1961: Baron Münchhausen ( Baron Prašil )
- 1961: 1st century man ( Muž z prvního století )
- 1962: Two from that world ( Dva z onoho světa )
- 1963: His Majesty - colleague König (Král králů)
- 1964: A star goes south ( Zvezda putujhe na jug )
- 1964: Lemonade Joe (Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera)
- 1967: Old Prague Melodies ( Ta naše písnička česká )
- 1967: Top secret premieres ( Přísně tajné premiery )
- 1970: Weddings of Mr. Peter Vok ( Svatby Petra Voka )
- 1970: Lord Carlton's puppy dog ( Psíci lorda Carltona )
- 1970: Deceptive love games ( Hry lásky salivé )
- 1971: Murder in the Hotel Excelsior ( Vražda v hotelu Excelsior )
- 1971: Straw hat ( Slaměný klobouk )
- 1972: At the beginning of the path ( Svět otevřený náhodám )
- 1972: Six bears and a clown ; also: Six bears with onions ( Šest medvědů s cibulkou )
- 1974: Night on Karlštejně ( Noc na Karlštejně )
- 1974: How should you get Dr. Drown Mráček? or The end of the Aquarians in Bohemia
- 1976: Tomorrow we start, darling ( Zítra to roztočíme, drahoušku )
- 1977: Adele has not had dinner yet ( Adela ještě nevečeřela )
- 1978–81: The hospital on the outskirts of the city ( Nemocnice na kraji města )
- 1978: Theodor, the Misanthropist ( Já už budu hodný, dědečku )
- 1979: In the matter of rabbits ( Causa králík )
- 1979: Fate of a Singer ( Božská Ema ) - biography of Ema Destinová
- 1980: Escape home ( Útěky domu )
- 1981: The secret of the castle in the Carpathian Mountains ( Tajemství hradu v Karpatech )
- 1982: Greetings from the globe ( Srdečný pozdrav ze zeměkoule )
- 1984: Fortune given away ( Tři veteráni )
- 1984: The Extended Time ( Prodloužený čas )
- 1984: The Secret of the Old Attic ( Tajemství staré půdy )
- 1986: The Magical Legacy ( Čarovné dědictví )
- 1986: Spanish periodontal disease ( Španělská paradentenza )
- 1987: Looking for Pan Tau ( Hledá se pan Tau )
- 1987: Angel seduces the devil ( Anděl svádí ďábla )
literature
- Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 397.
Web links
- Miloš Kopecký in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kopecký, Miloš |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1996 |
| Place of death | Prague |