Vlastimil Brodský (15 December 1920 – 20 April 2002) was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films, and is considered a key figure in the postwar development of Czech cinema.
One of his best-known roles was as the title character in ''
Jakob der Lügner'' for which he won the
Silver Bear for Best Actor
The Silver Bear for Best Actor () was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chosen by the International Jury from the films i ...
at the
25th Berlin International Film Festival.
He also played the king in the hit children's
TV series
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''
Arabela'' and as Alois Drchlík in ''
The Visitors''.
His final film role was as a pensioner named Frantisek in ''
Autumn Spring''. This role earned him his first and only
Czech Lion (a prestigious film award), for best actor.
Personal life
He was married to the actress
Jana Brejchová for 16 years before getting a divorce;
actress
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Tereza Brodská is their daughter. Brodský also had a son, actor Marek Brodský.
Brodský committed
suicide
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Risk factors for suicide include mental disorders, physical disorders, and substance abuse. Some suicides are impulsive acts driven by stress (such as from financial or ac ...
on 20 April 2002.
Selected filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1920 births
2002 suicides
20th-century Czech male actors
21st-century Czech male actors
Actors from Ostrava
Czech male film actors
Czech male stage actors
Czech male television actors
Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
Silver Bear for Best Actor winners
Suicides by firearm in the Czech Republic
Film people from Ostrava
2002 deaths
Czech Lion Awards winners
Czechoslovak male actors
Recipients of the Thalia Award