Václav Vydra (actor, 1876)

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Václav Vydra

Václav Vydra (born April 29, 1876 in Pilsen , † April 7, 1953 in Prague ) was a Czech actor and theater director .

Life

Václav Vydra was born in Pilsen as the son of a military musician and conductor. He spent part of his childhood in Linz and Vienna . In his native city of Pilsen, he attended a German-language high school, which he dropped out in 1893 in favor of an engagement at the theater. He earned a living in various theater groups and from 1907 to 1913 worked, among other things, as a theater actor in London . From 1913 to 1922 he worked as an actor and theater director at the Divadlo na Vinohradech and from 1922 to 1945 at the Národní divadlo , where he was director from 1945 to 1949. He was also employed several times abroad, including 1922 and 1929 in Ljubljana , 1930 in Warsaw and 1934 in Moscow .

In addition to the theater, Vydra was occasionally heard on the radio and starred in over 30 Czech films, including Melodie des Leben , Ein Rebell and kirz before his death also The Best Man . After he had been politically left-wing since the 1930s, he joined Komunistická strana Československa in 1945 .

His son was the actor Václav Vydra (1902–1979) and his grandson is the actor Václav Vydra (* 1956).

Filmography (selection)

  • 1930: Melody of Life (Když struny lkají)
  • 1937: The white disease (Bílá nemoc)
  • 1952: A rebel (Mikoláš Aleš)
  • 1953: Young years (Mladá léta)
  • 1953: Moon over the river (Měsíc nad řekou)
  • 1954: The best person (Nejlepší člověk)

Works

  • Prosím o slovo (1940)
  • Má pouť životem a uměním (1948)

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personal data
SURNAME Vydra, Vaclav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Pilsen
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1953
Place of death Prague