Zdeněk Svěrák
Zdeněk Svěrák (born March 28, 1936 in Prague ) is a Czech actor , playwright and screenwriter .
Life
After studying at the Pedagogical Faculty of Charles University in Prague , he first worked as a teacher of Czech language and literature. From 1961 to 1969 he worked for the Czechoslovak radio (among other things, he was involved in the program Nealkoholicka vinárna U Pavouka - “The alcohol-free wine bar to the spider”), later as a screenwriter in the Prague Barrandov film studios . He is also a co-founder of the Divadlo Járy Cimrmana theater in Prague.
He invented the fictional character of Jára Cimrman together with Ladislav Smoljak . His best-known and most successful film is Kolya , for which he both wrote the script and took on the lead role. Directed by his son Jan Svěrák . The film won the Czech film prize Český lev in six categories and an Oscar for best foreign language film .
He is also the author of children's songs and books, e.g. B. Jaké je to asi v čudu? ("How is it actually in the bucket?").
Filmography
script
- 1973: 30 virgins and Pythagoras ( 30 panen a Pythagoras )
- 1974: Horoscope from the computer ( Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje )
- 1974: Who seeks the golden ground ( Kdo hledá zlaté dno )
- 1975: Looking for a little house in the countryside ( Na samotě u lesa ) - also performers
- 1976: Our spirits should live! ( Ať žijí duchové )
- 1978: Ball lightning campaign ( Kulový blesk )
- 1980: run, upper, run! ( Vrchní, prchni! ) - also performers
- 1984: Fortune given away ( Tři veteráni ) - also a performer
- 1984: Honey, Lump and curls killer ( Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný )
- 1985: Home, sweet home ( Vesničko má středisková ) - also performers
- 1991: The elementary school ( Obecná škola ) - also performers
- 1994: The Life and extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
- 1996: Kolya - ( Kolja )
- 1997: Lotrando and the beautiful Zubejda ( Lotrando a Zubejda )
- 2001: Dark Blue World ( Tmavomodrý svět )
- 2007: Leergut ( Vratné lahve ) - also performers
- 2017: Barefoot ( Po strništi bos ) - also a performer
actor
- 1979: Brontosaurus ( Brontosaurus )
- 1980: Calamities ( Kalamita )
- 1981: Like the hares ( Jako zajíci )
- 1985: Like poison ( Jako jed )
- 1993: Accumulator 1 ( Akumulátor 1 )
- 1996: Kolya ( Kolja )
- 2001: České nebe
- 2010: Kooky (Kuky se vrací) - voice of Hergot
swell
- Zdenek Sverák in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Zdeněk SVĚRÁK , curriculum vitae ii Slovník české literatury po roce 19455 (Dictionary of Czech literature after 1945), online at: slovnikceskeliteratury.cz / ...
Individual evidence
- ^ Zdeněk Svěrák. fdb.cz, accessed on April 24, 2013 (cz).
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Svěrák, Zdeněk |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech actor, playwright and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |