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Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf Hrušínský

Birthday: 1920-10-17 | Place of Birth: Nová Vcelnice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Rudolf Hrušínský was an acclaimed Czech actor during his country's era of communism.  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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1987
Ghosts of the Dormers

as    Děda

1985
My Sweet Little Village

as    doktor

1984
Dissolved and Effused

as    Otec Hlaváček

1981
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

as    vynálezce Orfánik

1978
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

as    komisař Ledvina

1968
Capricious Summer

as    Antonín Důra

1965
Ninety Degrees in the Shade

as    Mr. Kurka

1962
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

as    sultán

1949
Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky

as    Odon, nejstarší syn Tříškových