Vlastimil Brodský (15 December 1920 – 20 April 2002) was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films, and is considered a key figure in the postwar development of Czech cinema. One of his best-known roles was as the title character in '' Jakob der Lügner'' for which won the

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at the

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. He also played the king in the hit children's

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'' Arabela'' and as Alois Drchlík in '' The Visitors''. His final film role was as a pensioner named Frantisek in '' Autumn Spring''. This role earned him his first and only

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(a prestigious film award), for best actor.

Personal life

He was married to

Jana Brejchová Jana Brejchová (born 20 January 1940) is a Czech film actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1953. She was married to director Miloš Forman and later actor Vlastimil Brodský. Her younger sister Hana is also an actress who has ...

for 16 years before getting a divorce; together they had a daughter,

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Tereza Brodská. Brodský also had a son, actor Marek Brodský. Brodský committed

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on 20 April 2002.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brodsky, Vlastimil 1920 births 2002 suicides 20th-century Czech male actors 21st-century Czech male actors Actors from Ostrava Czech male film actors Czech male stage actors Czech male television actors Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) Silver Bear for Best Actor winners Suicides by firearm in the Czech Republic Film people from Ostrava 2002 deaths Czech Lion Awards winners Czechoslovak male actors Recipients of the Thalia Award