Oldřich Nový

Oldřich Nový, 1941

Oldřich Nový (born August 7, 1899 in Prague ; † March 15, 1983 ibid) was a Czech actor and theater director.

Life

Born in the Prague suburb of Žižkov , Oldřich Nový took acting lessons after completing an apprenticeship as a typesetter and then performed in cabaret and on the stage. At first Nový played in Ostrava and Brno , but he returned to Prague , where in 1934 he founded the Nové divadlo .

He made his film debut in the late stages of silent films . Nový mostly appeared in comedies and musical comedies. Towards the end of the 1930s and under the German occupation, he became one of the most popular film actors in his home country. The female stars Adina Mandlová and Nataša Gollová were his partners repeatedly , his preferred director was Martin Frič . From 1954 to 1959 Nový was the artistic director of the Karlín Music Theater , after which he worked at the Prague Conservatory .

Filmography (selection)

• 1939: Kristián
• 1939: Eva does stupid things ( Eva tropí hlouposti )
• 1939: The Girl in Blue ( Dívka v modrém )
• 1941: A nice person ( Roztomilý člověk )
• 1941: Hotel Blauer Stern ( Hotel Modrá hvězda )
• 1942: Valentin the Good-natured ( Valentin dobrotivý )
• 1944: Saturday is not everyday life ( Sobota )
• 1951: The Poacher's Stepdaughter ( Pytlákova schovanka )
• 1952: A woman - one word ( Slovo dělá ženu ) - also a script
• 1954: Music from Mars ( Hudba z Marsu )
• 1955: Just let me do it ( Nechte to na mně )
• 1956: The Golden Spider ( Zlatý pavouk )
• 1961: Where the alibi is not enough ( Kde alibi nestačí )
• 1962: Two from that world ( Dva z onoho světa )
• 1965: Alibi on the water ( Alibi na vodě )
• 1966: The Phantom of Morrisville ( Fantom Morrisvillu )
• 1968: Lebemänner ( Světáci )

Web links

• Literature by and about Oldřich Nový in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature and other media by and about Oldřich Nový in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• Oldřich Nový in the Internet Movie Database (English)