Antonín Novotný (15 March 1913 – 24 April 2005) was a Czech

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. He starred in more than twenty Czech films during the 1930s and the early years of the

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. He went to

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in 1937 to be tested by

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who were interested in developing him as a new star, but returned to

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without making any films there. After his retirement from acting he became a

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into

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Selected filmography

* '' The Mystery of the Blue Room'' (1933) * ''

In the Little House Below Emauzy ''In the Little House Below Emauzy'' (Czech: ''V tom domecku pod Emauzy'') is a 1933 Czech musical drama film directed by Otto Kanturek and starring Adina Mandlová, Antonín Novotný and Ferdinand Hart. It is based on the 1911 operetta ' which ...

'' (1933) * ''

The Little Pet ''The Little Pet'' ( cs, Mazlíček) is a 1934 Czech comedy film directed by Martin Frič. Cast * Hugo Haas as Dr. Alois Pech, a prison librarian * Adina Mandlová as Marcella Johnová * František Kreuzmann as Pospísil * Helena Bušová * Ja ...

'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' Lojzička'' (1936) *'' Vzdusné torpédo 48'' (1937) * '' The Catacombs'' (1940) * ''

The Blue Star Hotel ''The Blue Star Hotel'' ( cs, Hotel Modrá hvězda) is a Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Martin Frič. It is a remake of a Karel Lamač's German film ''The Love Hotel''. Cast * Nataša Gollová as Zuzana Nedbalová * Oldřich Nový as Vlad ...

'' (1941)

References

Bibliography

* Bartošek, Luboš. ''Náš film: kapitoly z dějin, 1896-1945''. Mladá fronta, 1985. p. 393. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 274.

External links

* 1913 births 2005 deaths Czech male film actors CAtegory:People from Tábor {{Czech-bio-stub