Gustav Nezval (18 November 1907 – 17 September 1998) by civil name Augustin Nezval, was a Czech stage and film actor.
Biography
Nezval was born to a locksmith family of Frantisek Nezval and his wife Aloisia. The parents wanted him to become a priest. However he managed to finish a technical college and for some time he earned his living as a building designer. He never attended any school of dramatic art. His enthusiastic passion for theatre brought him to make some acting attempts on the amateurish stage. Later he began to perform in various road show theatre companies. Still later he successively became a stage actor of Intimni Theatre in Prague (1930–1931), of South Bohemia's Theatre in České Budejovice (1931–1932), of Svanda's Theatre in Prague (1932–1934), of Vlasta Burian's Theatre in Prague (1934–1935), of National Theatre in Ostrava (1935–1938), of National Theatre in Brno (1938–1941), and finally of Vinohrady's Theatre in Prague (1941–1977). Even after his retirement in 1977 he still from time to time performed on Vinohrady's stage as a guest-actor till his last and final appearance before the public in 1997.
Thanks to his impressive masculine stature, handsome face with expressive eyes, along with charming manners heightened by a pleasant and resonant voice he, at first, impersonated various lover characters. As he aged, he began to adapt to more various roles, thus starting his career as a classical actor, appearing subsequently in plays of the Czech national literature and the world literature as well (Tyl, Jirasek, Vrchlicky, Langer, Sramek, Capek, Hasek, Sophocles, Lope de Vega, Molière, Flaubert, Strindberg, Rostand, Schiller, Goldoni, Gorkij, Balzac, Lermontov, Pushkin, Tolstoi, Shakespeare, at al).
In July 1937 he married a stage dancer Gertrude Nettel, with whom he lived till her death 57 years later and with whom he had two sons. He had two hobbies which he gave all his free time to. He loved literature and gardening.
He began to appear in films in the end of the 1930s. Nezval made his very film debut in a comedy film "Jarcin professor" distributed in 1937. His performance attracted attention of several leading Czech film directors. This resulted in his appearance in many similar films made in a quick succession. One of his most well known films had become "Jan Cimbura", – film based upon a novel of the very same name of the one of the nineteenth-century Czech literature classics, J.S. Baar. Shortly after the war he appeared in a title role in the film "Muzi bez kridel, alias Men without Wings, alias Les Hommes sans ailes", which was later honoured by the Golden Palm Award in Cannes Film Festival in 1946. In many films he was a partner of several most famous Czech movie star-actresses of that era. One of them was Mrs.
Lída Baarová
Lída Baarová (born Ludmila Babková; 7 September 1914 – 27 October 2000) was a Czech actress who for two years was the mistress of the Nazi propaganda minister of Germany, Joseph Goebbels.
Biography Life and career
Born in Prague, Baarov� ...
. His last film role, shot in his ninetieth year, was a supporting role in a war drama "Je třeba zabít Sekala, alias Sekal has to die". Altogether he appeared in 52 films between 1937 and 1998.
He appeared in radio and TV as well. Some of these appearances belonged, however, to the beginning of TV broadcasting (in the early 1950s) in Czechoslovakia, and therefore many of them have not been recorded.
Gustav Nezval died on 17 September 1998, two months before his 91st birthday. Seven years after his death, Pavlína Vajčnerova published in 2005 his biography titled ''Gustav Nezval – oči spíše sympatické''.
Selected filmography
* ''Jarčin professor'' (dr. Karel Stržický) 1937
* ''Armádní dvojčata'' (npor. Zdeněk) 1937
* ''Děti na zakázku'' (MUDr. Karel Matys) 1938
* ''Ideál septimy'' (ing. Ivan Kareš alias skladatel Michal Martan) 1938
* ''Dvojí život'' (povaleč Slaba) 1939
* ''Osmnáctiletá'' (Antonín Perný) 1939
* ''Ženy u benzínu'' (sedlák Karel Loukota) 1939
* ''
Babička'' (1940)'' (Černý myslivec) 1940
* ''
Maskovaná milenka'' (Leon z Costy) 1940
* ''
Muzikantská Liduška
''Muzikantská Liduška'' is a 1940 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič.
Cast
* Gustav Hilmar as Farmer Stanek
* Marie Blazková as Stanek's wife
* Jiřina Štěpničková as Liduska
* Hermína Vojtová as Landlady Krejzova
* Vilém Pfei ...
'' (Toník Jareš) 1940
* ''Pelikán má alibi'' (vrchní komisař Moudrý) 1940
* ''
Jan Cimbura'' (Jan Cimbura) 1941
* ''
Nocturnal Butterfly'' (npor. Varga) 1941
* ''Muži nestárnou'' (lesník Jan Parner) 1941
* ''Tanečnice'' (princ Maxmilián ze Sylvánie) 1941
* ''Děvčica z Beskyd'' (Tomáš Hanulík) 1944
* ''
Počestné paní pardubické'' (rychtářský písař Prokop Trubka) 1944
* ''
Černí myslivci'' (1945)
* ''
Men Without Wings'' (1946)
* ''Nikola Šuhaj'' (Nikola Šuhaj) 1947
* '' Ulica Graniczna'' (role unknown) 1948
* ''Vzbouření na vsi'' (Valenta) 1949
* ''DS 70 nevyjíždí'' (dr. Vítek) 1950
* ''Veselý souboj'' (mjr. Zahrádka) 1950
* ''Plavecký mariáš'' (Šebek) 1952
* ''Expres z Norimberka'' (plk. Prokop) 1953
* ''Ještě svatba nebyla'' (Francek Gajdoš) 1953
* ''Nevěra'' (Lang) 1956
* ''Legenda o lásce'' (hvězdopravec) 1957
* ''Hlavní výhra'' (číšník) 1958
* ''Zatoulané dělo'' (plk. Hanzlík) 1958
* ''
Mstitel
''Mstitel'' is a 1959 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Steklý.
Cast
* Radoslav Brzobohatý as Len
* Ivanka Devátá as Marynka
* Jan Pivec as Konopik
* Libuše Řídelová as Kabourková
* Josef Beyvl as Cverenc
* Gustav Nezval
...
'' (zedník Kryštof) 1959
* ''Zkouška pokračuje'' (herec) 1959
* ''Malý Bobeš'' (Libra) 1961
* ''Prosím, nebudit'' (Petr Parléř) 1962
* ''Vánice (film) Vánice'' (chatař na Výrovce) 1962
* ''Hvězda (film) Hvězda'' (Roman) 1969
* ''Velká neznámá'' (professor) 1970
* ''Šance'' (překladatel) 1971
* ''Dny zrady'' (dr. Kamil Krofta) 1973
* ''Sokolovo'' (mjr. Vrbenský) 1974
* ''Akce v Istanbulu'' (Kment) 1975
* ''Šílený kankán'' 1982
* ''Šašek a královna'' 1987
* ''Je třeba zabít Sekala'' (sedlák Štverák) 1998
Literature
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Svatopluk Beneš
Svatopluk Beneš (24 February 1918 – 27 April 2007) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in 90 films and television shows between 1934 and 2003.
Selected filmography
* ''Pacientka Dr. Hegla'' (1940)
* ''Pohádka máje'' (1940)
* ''L ...
: ''Být hercem'', Melantrich, Praha, 1992, str. 68
* Jaroslav Brož,
Myrtil Frída: ''Historie československého filmu v obrazech 1930 – 1945'', Orbis, Praha, 1966, str. 178–180, 196, 225, 231, foto 465, 466, 471, 473, 474, 518, 615, 636
*
Jindřich Černý: ''Osudy českého divadla po druhé světové válce – Divadlo a společnost 1945 – 1955'', Academia, Praha, 2007, str. 168, 292,
* Kolektiv autorů: ''Dějiny českého divadla/IV.'', Academia, Praha, 1983, str. 402, 478, 486, 499, 660–1
*
Adina Mandlová
Adina Mandlová (28 January 1910 – 16 June 1991) was a Czech stage and film actress. She was one of the leading stars of 1930s and 1940s Czech cinema. She was involved in a number of scandals and love affairs.
Life and career
Early days
Sh ...
: ''Dneska už se tomu směju'', vyd. Čs. filmový ústav, 1990, str. 119–121
*
Stanislav Motl Stanislav and variants may refer to:
People
*Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.)
Places
* Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine
* Stanislaus County, Cali ...
: ''Mraky nad
Barrandovem'', Rybka Publishers, Praha, 2006, str. 68, 130, 166, 235–6,
*
Stanislav Motl Stanislav and variants may refer to:
People
*Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.)
Places
* Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine
* Stanislaus County, Cali ...
: ''Prokletí
Lídy Baarové'', Rybka Publishers, Praha, 2002, str. 120, 137, 176, 214,
* V. Müller a kol.: ''Padesát let Městských divadel pražských 1907 – 1957'', vyd. Ústřední národní výbor hl. m. Prahy, Praha, 1958, str. 179
*
František Kovářík: ''Kudy všudy za divadlem'', Odeon, Praha, 1982, str. 259, 349, 350
* Z. Sílová, R. Hrdinová,
A. Kožíková, V. Mohylová : ''Divadlo na Vinohradech 1907 – 2007 – Vinohradský ansámbl'', vydalo
Divadlo na Vinohradech, Praha, 2007, str. 61, 65, 83, 183, 193,
* Ladislav Tunys: ''Hodně si pamatuju...Perličky v duši
Raoula Schránila'', Ametyst, Praha, 1998, str. 120, 132, 181,
* Ladislav Tunys: ''
Otomar Korbelář'', nakl. XYZ, Praha, 2011, str. 104,
* Pavlína Vajčnerová: ''Gustav Nezval: Oči spíše sympatické'', Brána, Praha, 2005,
* Marie Valtrová: ''Kronika rodu
Hrušínských'', Odeon, Praha, 1994, str. 155, 177,
* Jiří Žák a kol.: ''Divadlo na Vinohradech 1907 – 2007 – Vinohradský příběh'', vydalo
Divadlo na Vinohradech, Praha, 2007, str. 192,
External links
*
Gustav Nezvalin the Czech film heaven (in Czech)
Gustav Nezval in the Czech-Slovak film database (in Czech)
* in a trailer from 1940 Czech Film "Maskovaná Milenka alias The Masked Lover" based upon Balzacs Story
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1907 births
1998 deaths
Czech male television actors
Czech male film actors
Czech male stage actors
20th-century Czech male actors