Otakar Brousek (Senior)

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Otakar Brousek (born September 28, 1924 in Krhanice , Czechoslovakia , † March 14, 2014 in Prague , Czech Republic ) was a Czech actor and voice actor .

biography

As a child, Otakar Brousek played the violin, theater and was interested in literature and art. Against his parents' wishes to study medicine, Brousek wanted to study drama at the Prague Conservatory . But because of the Second World War and his military service, he was denied. After the war he began to play at the Kladno Theater . From 1946 he played Národní divadlo in the Prague National Theater . From 1959 to 1990 he finally played regularly in the Divadlo na Vinohradech .

Parallel to his theater career, Brousek played regularly in Czech films . Since his debut in the historical drama Spring Storms , which was published in 1949 and directed by Václav Krska , he has starred in over 60 Czech productions, several French films, including The Triple Locke and Dreyfus Affair, and a German television film, the literary adaptation The Holy Whore . He also worked as a voice actor and spoke, for example, in the Czech version of the Harry Potter film series Albus Dumbledore.

His first wife, Luka Rubaničová, was a dancer at the Prague National Theater. With her he had two children, the actors Otakar Brousek and Jaroslava Brousková . His grandson is the actor and composer Ondřej Brousek .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1949: Spring storms (Revolucni rok 1848)
  • 1959: The Ugly Miss (Osklivá slecna)
  • 1960: Grim Reaper (Darbujan a Pandrhola)
  • 1963: Hussite ride (Spanilá jizda)
  • 1970: Virginity and Swedish Curtains (Panenství a kriminál)
  • 1971: The Weddings of Mr. Peter Vok (Svatby pana Voka)
  • 1972: The Secret of the Great Narrator (Tajemství velikeho vypravece)
  • 1973: Aktion Bororo (Akce Bororo)
  • 1975: Anonymous report (Zatykac na kralovnu)
  • 1975: The day that changed the world (Sarajevski atentat)
  • 1975: My brother has a great brother (Muj brácha má prima bráchu)
  • 1976: Palette of love (Paleta lásky)
  • 1978: The Death of the Fly (Smrt mouchy)
  • 1980: The fairy tale of Hans and Marie (Pohádka o Honzíkovi a Marence)
  • 1981: The secret of the castle in the Carpathian Mountains (Tajemství hradu v Karpatech)
  • 1983: The Visitors ( Návštěvníci , TV series, five episodes)
  • 1989: Prague Secret (Pan Samochodzik i praskie tajemnice)
  • 1990: Larks on a thread (Skrivánci na niti)
  • 1994: The triple curl (Chacun pour toi)
  • 1995: Dreyfus Affair (L'affaire Dreyfus)
  • 1998: The holy whore

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zemřel Otakar Brousek, herec s podmanivým hlasem. Bylo mu 89 let , lidovky.cz
  2. ↑ Otakar Brousek , csfd.cz
personal data
SURNAME Brousek, Otakar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Krhanice , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 2014
Place of death Prague , Czech Republic