Vlasta Burian

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Vlasta Burian (1937)

Vlasta Burian , actually Josef Vlastimil Burian , (born April 9, 1891 in Reichenberg , Austria-Hungary , † January 31, 1962 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ) was a Czech actor , comedian and football player .

Life

Origin and acting

Burian's family moved to Prague in 1900. Burian was initially an athlete , but made his debut as an actor in 1923. In many films, Burian became one of the most celebrated and richest film actors in Czechoslovakia. His style is characterized by a combination of slapstick and comic movement that is considered virtuoso.

Most of his scripts were written and staged by Emil Artur Longen , he also shot with the well-known director Miroslav Cikán .

After the German occupation of the Czech Republic in 1939, Burian was able to continue working, his theater was funded by the occupation administration and he enjoyed a number of privileges. The Czech radio in exile in London therefore criticized him. After the end of World War II, Burian was arrested several times on charges of collaboration and charged several times. He lost his theater and his fortune. From May 1950 he was able to appear again in provincial theaters and got roles in films again.

Soccer player

Vlasta Burian has played football since childhood. First as a goalkeeper at the smaller club Saturn Žižkov, later at Slavoj Žižkov , Union Žižkov and Viktoria Žižkov . In 1914 Sparta Prague lost several players due to the beginning of the First World War , whereupon Burian offered to guard the goal of the top team. If the teammates initially had concerns, Burian was able to convince them with his performance. In the following four years he was in goal at Sparta Prague, with football becoming increasingly difficult to reconcile with his work as an actor.

When a cup match against his former club Union Žižkov went into extra time and Burian should have been in the Rococo Theater by now, the actor was about to leave the pitch when a penalty was awarded to Sparta. Burian was persuaded to stay, and saved the penalty, but lost his Rococo job.

Even after he stopped playing himself, he was often on the road with Sparta Prague. In the 1941/42 season he was a coach at Sparta for some time and also employed several players in his theater, which he circumvented the ban on professional sports.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1923: This stone: Tut-anch-amon (Tu ten kámen)
  • 1926: Falešná kočička (alternatively: Když si žena umíní)
  • 1930: The Wrong Field Marshal (C. a k. Polní maršálek)
  • 1931: He and his sister (On a jeho sestra)
  • 1932: woe if he let go (To neznáte Hadimršku!)
  • 1932: Anton Spelec, the sniper (Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec)
  • 1934: The Adjutant to His Highness (Pobočnik jeho vysosti)
  • 1935: Hero of a Night (Hrdina jedné noci)
  • 1939: He was standing at the cash register ... (U pokladny stál)
  • 1940: Baron Praschil (Baron Prásil)
  • 1954: The best person (Nejlepší člověk)
  • 1955: Once upon a time there was a king (Byl jednou every král)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chapter Once upon a time there was a king , in: Volker Mohn: Nazi cultural policy in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: concepts, practices, reactions . Essen: Klartext, 2014 ISBN 978-3-8375-1112-3 Zugl .: Düsseldorf, Univ., Diss., 2011 pp. 433–448
personal data
SURNAME Burian, Vlasta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burian, Josef Vlastimil (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech actor, comedian and soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichenberg , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1962
Place of death Prague , Czechoslovakia