Oldřich Nový

1899-08-07 Praha

Biografia

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.  

Películas

	V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový	Oldřich Nový (voice)	1980-12-05
	Jak se dělal Radiojournal	Self	1973-01-01
	Světáci	Profesor	1969-10-10
	Tempo první lásky		1966-01-01
	Čertouská poudačka		1966-01-01
	Fantom Morrisvillu	Sir Hannibal Morris	1966-07-15
	Alibi na vodě	fotograf Laufr	1966-01-21
	Káťa a krokodýl		1966-04-11
	Úplně vyřízený chlap		1965-05-21
	Záhadný pan Hyde		1964-01-01
	Věštec	účetní Čeněk Šlik	1963-01-01
	Existuje vlastně Mr. Johns?		1963-01-01
	Dva z onoho světa		1962-12-28
	Kde alibi nestačí	Jindrich Kraus, director of the hotel	1961-07-28
	Bílá spona	Horák	1961-06-16
	O věcech nadpřirozených	(segment "Tajemství písma")	1959-01-09
	Zlatý pavouk	barman Charlie	1957-02-22
	Hudba z Marsu	Jiří Karas, skladatel	1955-05-27
	Nechte to na mně		1955-12-23
	Něco se tu změnilo		1955-01-01
	Pouť noci silvestrovské		1953-12-31
	Slovo dělá ženu		1953-05-29
	Pytlákova schovanka aneb Šlechetný milionář	René Skalský	1949-04-01
	Parohy	Viktorin	1947-10-10
	Abrakadabra	Commentary (voice)	1946-01-01
	Sobota	Richard Herbert	1945-01-12
	Paklíč	Gabriel Anděl	1944-12-22
	Valentin Dobrotivý	Valentin Plavec	1942-07-31
	Roztomilý člověk	Viktor Bláha	1941-07-04
	Hotel Modrá Hvězda	Vladimír Rychta Rohan	1941-08-29
	Přítelkyně pana ministra	syn Jan Hrubý	1940-03-22
	Život je krásný	Jan Herold	1940-12-20
	Baron Prášil	tajemník Arnošt Benda, manžel Karly	1940-09-13
	Dívka v modrém	Jan Karas	1940-01-26
	Kristian	úředník Alois Novák alias pan Kristian	1939-09-08
	Dědečkem proti své vůli	Richard Osten	1939-08-04
	Eva tropí hlouposti	Michal Nor	1939-11-10
	Třetí zvonění	JUDr. Jan Hudec	1938-02-04
	Velbloud uchem jehly	Komorník Alfons	1937-01-19
	Advokátka Věra	Petr Kučera	1937-04-30
	Důvod k rozvodu	Pavel	1937-08-20
	Falešná kočička	MUDr. Vladimír Přelouč	1937-08-06
	Rozkošný příběh	Jaroslav Nerad	1937-01-29
	Na tý louce zelený	Gustav Horowitz	1936-08-07
	Uličnice	hrabě Moretti	1936-10-23
	Rozpustilá noc	Monokl Fredy	1935-04-05
	Velbloud uchem jehly	Butler	1926-11-12
	Neznámá kráska		1922-01-01