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Oldřich Nový

Oldřich Nový

Actor · 1899 – 1983 · Praha

Oldřich Nový was a Czech film and theatre actor, director, composer, dramaturge and singer. He is considered one of the greatest actors of the Czech cinema in the first half of the 20th century.  At the encouragement of his uncle, Miloš Nový, a well-known actor of the National Theatre in Prague, Oldřich joined amateur theatre group "Řemeslnická beseda" and appeared in numerous plays before moving to Brno to direct in 1918.   Following his fifteen year stay, Oldřich  co-founded the "Nové divadlo" (The New Theatre) together with his wife Alice Valentová-Nová.  There he explored new and modern expressions of theatre by combining spoken word with operetta stylings to develop the "musical comedy" genre. In 1937 he met and began collaborating with renowned pre-war director Mac Frič. Their first success came in 1939, with the comedy Kristián, the first of many popular comedies starring Nový. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Oldřich Nový became a target of the Nazi party, both for his celebrity, and his wife’s Jewish ancestry.  In 1944, after refusing to divorce, the couple was imprisoned in the the German concentration camp in Osterode. Following the liberation, Nový worked a dramaturge of Czechoslovakian film until the 1960s, when he began appearing on Czech television in the popular television series, "Taková normální rodinka" (1967-1971). His last theatre role was a title character of the play "Hodinový hoteliér" by Pavel Landovský, directed by Evald Schorm. During this time, Nový again collaborated with Mac Frič to create successful comedies, both conformist and parody, but these films are of minor note to his career. In his later years, Nový lived a life of isolation to avoid his celebrity status, almost never leaving his home.

Movies23

  • Movie6.5

    Falešná kočička

    1937 · 2 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Neznámá kráska

    1922 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Baron Prášil

    Burian the Liar

    1940 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Paklíč

    Paklíc

    1944 · 4 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Třetí zvonění

    1938 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Na tý louce zelený

    On the Green Meadow

    1936 · 3 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie7.3

    Káťa a krokodýl

    Katya and the Crocodile

    1966 · 3 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Dva z onoho světa

    1962 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.0
  • Movie7.5

    Bílá spona

    1961 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Nechte to na mně

    1955 · 2 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie7.1

    Světáci

    Men About Town

    1969 · 19 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Hudba z Marsu

    1955 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Pytlákova schovanka aneb Šlechetný milionář

    The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire

    1949 · 8 votes

  • Movie5.5

    O věcech nadpřirozených

    Of Things Supernatural

    1959 · 11 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Kde alibi nestačí

    Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

    1961 · 2 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Slovo dělá ženu

    1953 · 2 votes

  • Movie8.1
  • Movie6.5

    Dívka v modrém

    The Girl in Blue

    1940 · 8 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Alibi na vodě

    Alibi on the Lake

    1966 · 2 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Kristian

    1939 · 16 votes

Series2

  • TV7.0

    Bakaláři

    1972 · 2 votes

  • TV9.0