Emanuel "Elo" Romančík (17 December 1922 in

Ružomberok Ružomberok (; german: Rosenberg; hu, Rózsahegy; pl, Rużomberk) is a town in northern Slovakia, in the historical Liptov region. It has a population of around 27,000 inhabitants (45,000 with nearby villages). Etymology The name of the initia ...

– 9 October 2012 in

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

) was a Slovak actor. He starred in the 1970 film ''

Witchhammer ''Witchhammer'' ( cs, Kladivo na čarodějnice) is a 1970 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring Elo Romančík. Based on the novel ''Kladivo na čarodějnice'' by Václav Kaplický, ''Witchhammer'' relates the story of the ...

'' under director

Otakar Vávra Otakar Vávra (28 February 1911 – 15 September 2011) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was born in Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary, now part of the Czech Republic. Biography and career Vávra attended universities i ...

Selected filmography

* 1951 '' Boj se skončí zítra'' (Jakub) * 1953 ''Pole neorané'' (Pavel Húščava) * 1953 ''Rodná zem'' (Jurek) * 1956 ''Prověrka lásky'' (Juraj Horálik) * 1957 ''Dovidenia Lucienne'' * 1959 ''Dům na rozcestí'' (MUDr. Juraj Belan) * 1959 ''Kapitán Dabač'' (Pavol Garaj) * 1960 ''Na pochodu se vždy nezpívá'' (Martin Gonda) * 1960 ''Tři tuny prachu'' (Spára) * 1961 ''Králíci ve vysoké trávě'' (otec) * 1961 ''Pokořené řeky'' (Ján Kolesár) * 1962 ''Půlnoční mše'' (dr. Harman) * 1967 ''Volání démonov'' (ředitel Černek) * 1970 ''

'' (Lautner) * 1973 ''Dolina'' (leutnant) * 1975 ''Tetované časem'' (Popelár) * 1975 ''Život na útěku'' (mjr. Zvara) * 1977 ''Kamarádka Šuška'' (Hronec) * 1978 ''Poéma o svědomí'' (Borovský) * 1979 ''Smrt šitá na míru'' (biskup) * 1981 '' Pomocník'' (Štefan Riečan) * 1985 ''Skleníková Venuše'' (prof. Čajovec) * 1986 ''Šestá věta'' (Slančík)

References

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