Josef Rovenský (17 April 1894 – 5 November 1937) was a
Czech-Jewish[ Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', ]Berghahn Books
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(2007), p. 213 film actor and director.
He appeared in 74 films between 1914 and 1936. He starred in the 1929 film ''
Father Vojtech'', which was the directorial debut of
Martin Frič
Martin Frič (29 March 1902 – 26 August 1968) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He had more than 100 directing credits between 1929 and 1968, including feature films, shorts and documentary films.
Throughout his life, F ...
.
He died during filming of ''
Virginity
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''. According to
Otakar Vávra
Otakar Vávra (28 February 1911 – 15 September 2011) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue.
Biography and career
Vávra attended universities in Brno and Prague, where he studied architecture. During 1929–30, while still a stud ...
he died of a cocaine overdose. His last film ' was then completed by
Jan Sviták.
Selected filmography
Director
Actor
* ''
Little Red Riding Hood
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'' (1920)
* ''
Tu ten kámen'' (1923)
* ''
White Paradise'' (1924)
* ''
Schweik in Civilian Life'' (1927)
* ''
Kainovo znamení'' (1928)
* ''
Father Vojtech'' (1929)
* ''
Diary of a Lost Girl'' (1929)
* ''
The Call of the North'' (1929)
* ''
The Girl with the Whip'' (1929)
* ''
Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929)
* ''
Když struny lkají'' (1930)
* ''
A Girl from the Reeperbahn'' (1930)
* ''
The Caviar Princess'' (1930)
* ''
Imperial and Royal Field Marshal'' (1930)
* ''
Chudá holka'' (1930)
* ''
Tonka of the Gallows'' (1930)
* ''
The Last Bohemian'' (1931)
* ''
Business Under Distress'' (1931)
* ''
The Affair of Colonel Redl'' (1932)
* ''
Sister Angelika'' (1932)
* ''
The Undertaker
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'' (1932)
* ''
Wehe, wenn er losgelassen
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Cast
* Vlasta B ...
'' (1932)
* ''
Public Not Admitted'' (1933)
* ''
The Inspector General'' (1933)
* ''
Daughter of the Regiment'' (1933)
References
External links
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1894 births
1937 deaths
Male actors from Prague
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Czech Jews
Czech male film actors
Czech film directors
Czech male silent film actors
20th-century Czech male actors
Silent film directors
Cocaine-related deaths