Jan Novotný
Acting
Biography
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Born: September 25, 1953
Place of Birth: Tábor, Československo
Known For
Winter '89
Love story against the background of the fall of the Wall. On New Year’s Eve 1989 Maria’s ex-husband turns up on her doorstep. She lives in Rotterdam now and he has just fled crumbling Communism in their homeland. A long flashback makes it clear why he is not welcomed with open arms.
Cena medu
Little Péťa visits his grandfather in the Krkonoše Mountains, where a swarm of bees settles on a tree. When Péťa disturbs it, the entire swarm attacks him, leaving him in a deep coma. Ordinary treatments fail, so Dr. Vrba insists on a beekeeper’s blood transfusion. Grandpa’s blood type doesn’t match, prompting a frantic search—ambulances, authorities, even foreign donors—to find a suitable beekeeper. After multiple transfusions from various volunteers, Péťa shows signs of recovery. With dawn breaking, hope returns as he awakens.
King Lear
A recording of the production from the courtyard of the Supreme Purkrab of Prague Castle starring Jan Tříská. Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a timeless tale of love, hate, betrayal, greed and lust for power. At the end of his life, the King decides to divide the kingdom between his three daughters based on their speeches about how much they love him. In his blindness, he disinherits and exiles the most honest and beloved Cordelia. He hands over all his power to his other two daughters and only in time does he discover what he has done and gradually slips into madness.
Sluha dvou pánů
The Servant of Two Masters is a mature example of commedia dell'arte, featuring traditional characters and situations. It takes place within a close-knit family, where the main event is an engagement complicated by the servant Truffaldino, who is both cunning and foolish. He sets in motion a comedy of mistaken identities and misunderstandings, driven by his eternal hunger, through unexpected twists and turns to a happy ending. He is surrounded by traditional characters – commedia dell'arte masks – the worried father Pantalone, the wise doctor, and their children in love, an adventurous couple of lovers, the innkeeper Brighella, and the maid Smeraldina. Truffaldina is played by Miroslav Donutil, who continues the tradition of improvisation to the great delight of many audience members.
The Czech Century
Czech Century brings the key moments of the history of the Czech nation from 1918 to 1989.
Dobrodružství kriminalistiky
Dobrodružství kriminalistiky
The Servant of Two Masters
New recording of the most succesful play of Prague's National Theater starring Miroslav Donutil. Goldoni's comedy "Servant of Two Masters" is typical example of classical "commedie dell'arte". Beatrice arrives in Venice dressed as her brother who was killed by her lover Florindo. Florindo also escapes from Tourine. Beatrice hires Truffaldino, a servant who also lets himself be hired by another master to get twice as much money and food. The second master is indeed Florindo, who coincidentally accomodates in the same hostel as Beatrice...
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Filmography
as Antonín Novotný
as Zdeněk Bureš
as Vasek
as Gustav Šuman
as Jiří Langer
as soudce
as velitel a režisér Jan Hrůza
as Host
as Jaroslav Kempný
as Hora
as Pošeptný
as František Udržal
as Otakar Švec
as velitel Milan
as Emil Vokolek
as pan Kovanda
as primář psychiatrie
as Judge
as Doubrava
as Doubek
as František Klusák
as Farár
as JUDr. Kulíšek
as Karel Linnman
as Kučina
as Oldřich Fuciman
as Dr. Edvard Beneš
as vrchní
as Jaroslav Brousil
as Jan Hora
as Brighella
as Father
as Gellner
as Jan Říha
as Albany
as Brighella
as Max
as Pavel
as Charles Ross
as Lindley
as (uncredited)