Oldřich Daněk

Oldřich Daněk (born January 16, 1927 in Ostrava , † September 3, 2000 in Prague ) was a Czech playwright, writer, director and screenwriter.

Life

After graduating from high school in Ostrava, he studied at DAMU . While still studying, after 1945, he played in the Petr Bezruč Theater ( Divadlo Petra Bezruče ) in Ostrava. After graduating, he became a director at the Klicperovo divadlo in Hradec Králové . Since 1954 he has been the artistic director of the FX Šaldy Theater in Liberec . In 1957 the collaboration with the Barrandov film studios began , first as a screenwriter and later as a director . In 1973 he began to write full-time.

His dramas have morality as their main theme, and the author is always on the side of classical moral principles. In addition to full-length feature films, he also shot television series. He wrote several radio plays for the radio.

Works

-, Lucie Taubová (transl.): Dialogue on the eve of a court hearing. Radio play. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1967.
-, Lucie Taubová (translator): I'm going back to Prague. One of the common occurrences in the history of this country
. Desch, Munich / Vienna (among others) 1970. (German premiere on March 25, 1971, Theater in der Josefstadt .)
- -, Just Gustav (translator): King Ohnehelm. Historical novel (Král bez prilby). Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1977

Filmography

1959: The Ugly Miss (Ošklivá slečna) - director and screenplay

1960: Right to Love (Tři tuny prachu) - director and screenplay

1962: Look in the Eyes (Pohled do očí) - director and screenplay

1963: Please don't wake up! (Prosím, nebudit!) - Screenplay

1963: Ride of the Hussites (Spanilá jízda) - director

1967: The end of the secret agent W4C (Konec agenta W4C prostřednictvím psa pana Foustky) - screenplay

Individual evidence

↑ Permalink German National Library .
↑ Permalink Austrian Library Association .
↑ The Josefstadtbühnen in March (...) In the presence of the author, takes place on March 25th (...) In: Arbeiter-Zeitung , February 19, 1971, p. 14, top left.

Remarks

↑ 1970 as a television play Transplantation (screenplay: Maria Fuss) filmed with O. W. Fischer . - See: “Transplantation” on TV today. It's a kidney . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 27, 1970, p. 9 , middle left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized). And: Günther Poidinger: if you ask me . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 30, 1970, p. 7 , top right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

Web links

Oldřich Daněk in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Literature by and about Oldřich Daněk in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Daněk, Oldřich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech playwright, writer, director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 16, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ostrava
DATE OF DEATH	September 3, 2000
Place of death	Prague

[1] Permalink German National Library .

[3] Permalink Austrian Library Association .

[4] The Josefstadtbühnen in March (...) In the presence of the author, takes place on March 25th (...) In: Arbeiter-Zeitung , February 19, 1971, p. 14, top left.

[2] 1970 as a television play Transplantation (screenplay: Maria Fuss) filmed with O. W. Fischer . - See: “Transplantation” on TV today. It's a kidney . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 27, 1970, p. 9 , middle left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized). And: Günther Poidinger: if you ask me . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 30, 1970, p. 7 , top right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).