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Rudolf Hrušínský

Oct 17, 1920 - Apr 13, 1994 (73 years old) in 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

Known For

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Bakaláři
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Malý pitaval z velkého města
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Dnes v jednom domě
Mr. N
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The Physician of a Dying Time
Rudolf II.
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A Prague Underworld
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On the Road to Atlantis
Rudolf II.
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The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
vynálezce Orfánik
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The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
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Sňatky z rozumu
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Ve znamení Merkura

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