Rudolf Hrušínský
Rudolf Hrušínský (17 October 1920 – 14 April 1994) was a Czech actor. He was one of Czechoslovakia's most famous actors and an icon of Czech culture. He was awarded the Legion of Honor by France and National Artist in his home country of Czechoslovakia. Jiri Menzel once described him as "the Czech Jean Gabin."[1] Many of his movies such as The Cremator are internationally renowned and have received awards abroad.
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Memorial plaque in his native town | |
Born | 17 October 1920 |
Died | 14 April 1994 73) | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
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Biography
He was born in Nová Včelnice to Hermina Červičková and Rudolf Hrušinský (original name Rudolf Böhm also took the stage name Otomar Otovalský). He was born, literally, back stage during a showing of the play Taneček panny Marinky. Initially he travelled from place to place, wherever his father could find a gig, but eventually his family settled in Prague. He dropped out of law school to pursue acting. Initially he starred in minor plays, but managed to escalate to famous film roles, many of which won him fame abroad. He spent most of his theatrical career in Czech National Theatre.
Director Jiri Menzel was once offered by a West German Television studio to make a television series version of the story Good Soldier Svejk with Hrusinsky. The Czech government did not allow them too however.[2]
He died in 1994 and is buried in Olšany Cemetery, Prague.
Selected filmography
- Cesta do hlubin študákovy duše (1939)
- Humoreska (1939)
- Turbina (1941)
- Nocturnal Butterfly (1941)
- The Hard Life of an Adventurer (1941)
- Barbora Hlavsová (1942)
- Spring Song (1944)
- Mist on the Moors (1944)
- Premonition (1947)
- The Secret of Blood (1953)
- The Strakonice Bagpiper (1955)
- The Good Soldier Švejk (1957)
- Hvězda jede na jih (1958)
- I Dutifully Report (1958)
- Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1960)
- The Night Guest (1961)
- Capricious Summer (Rozmarné léto, 1967)
- The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, 1968)
- Larks on a String (Skřivánci na niti, 1969)
- Dinner for Adele (Adéla ještě nevečeřela, 1977)
- Ball Lightning (Kulový blesk, 1978)
- Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (1978)
- Lásky mezi kapkami deště (1979)
- Cutting It Short (Postřižiny, 1980)
- Pozor, vizita! (1981)
- The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (Tajemství hradu v Karpatech, 1981)
- Unterwegs nach Atlantis (1982, TV series)
- The Snowdrop Festival (Slavnosti sněženek, 1983)
- Three Veterans (Tři veteráni, 1983)
- Dissolved and Effused (Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný, 1984)
- My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková, 1985)
- Forbidden Dreams (Smrt krásných srnců, 1986)
- Dobří holubi se vracejí (1988)
- How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1988)
- The Elementary School (Obecná škola, 1991)
- La piovra, season 6 (1992, TV series)
References
- Miloš Fikejz: Český film. Herci a herečky/1. A-K. Prague: Libri, 2006. ISBN 80-7277-332-1
External links
- Media related to Rudolf Hrušínský at Wikimedia Commons
- Rudolf Hrušínský at IMDb