Zdeněk Svěrák

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Zdeněk Svěrák (2009)

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zdeněk Svěrák. fdb.cz, accessed on April 24, 2013 (cz).

Web links

Commons : Zdeněk Svěrák  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files


personal data
SURNAME Svěrák, Zdeněk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech actor, playwright and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague