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Oldřich Nový

Oldřich Nový was a Czech film and theatre actor, director, composer, dramaturge and singer. He is considered one of the greatest actors of the Czech cinema in the first half of the 20th century.  At the encouragement of his uncle, Miloš Nový, a well-known actor of the National Theatre in Prague, Oldřich joined amateur theatre group "Řemeslnická beseda" and appeared in numerous plays before moving to Brno to direct in 1918.   Following his fifteen year stay, Oldřich  co-founded the "Nové divadlo" (The New Theatre) together with his wife Alice Valentová-Nová.  There he explored new and modern expressions of theatre by combining spoken word with operetta stylings to develop the "musical comedy" genre. In 1937 he met and began collaborating with renowned pre-war director Mac Frič. Their first success came in 1939, with the comedy Kristián, the first of many popular comedies starring Nový. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Oldřich Nový became a target of the Nazi party, both for his celebrity, and his wife’s Jewish ancestry.  In 1944, after refusing to divorce, the couple was imprisoned in the the German concentration camp in Osterode. Following the liberation, Nový worked a dramaturge of Czechoslovakian film until the 1960s, when he began appearing on Czech television in the popular television series, "Taková normální rodinka" (1967-1971). His last theatre role was a title character of the play "Hodinový hoteliér" by Pavel Landovský, directed by Evald Schorm. During this time, Nový again collaborated with Mac Frič to create successful comedies, both conformist and parody, but these films are of minor note to his career. In his later years, Nový lived a life of isolation to avoid his celebrity status, almost never leaving his home.  

Known For: Acting
Born: Praha, 1899-08-07
Died: 1983-03-15

Film

No.YearTitleRoleVote Average
119220
21926Butler0
31935Monokl Fredy0
41936Gustav Horowitz60
51936hrabě Moretti0
61937Komorník Alfons65
71937Jaroslav Nerad80
81937Petr Kučera55
91937MUDr. Vladimír Přelouč60
101937Pavel65
111938JUDr. Jan Hudec0
121939Richard Osten60
131939úředník Alois Novák alias pan Kristian73
141939Michal Nor67
151940Jan Karas63
161940syn Jan Hrubý78
171940tajemník Arnošt Benda, manžel Karly62
181940Jan Herold60
191941Viktor Bláha68
201941Vladimír Rychta Rohan81
211942Valentin Plavec67
221944Gabriel Anděl57
231945Richard Herbert60
241946Commentary (voice)0
251947Viktorin33
261949René Skalský65
27195350
2819530
2919550
301955Jiří Karas, skladatel59
31195540
321957barman Charlie40
331959(segment "Tajemství písma")62
341961Horák60
351961Jindrich Kraus, director of the hotel0
36196250
3719630
381963účetní Čeněk Šlik60
39196460
401965100
4119660
4219660
431966fotograf Laufr40
44196665
451966Sir Hannibal Morris71
461969Profesor67
471973Self0
481980Oldřich Nový (voice)20

Television

No.YearTitleRoleVote Average
1197188
2197270
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