Otomar Korbelář
Acting
Biography
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Born: November 3, 1899
Place of Birth: Sázava by Kutná Hora, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Known For
Prstýnek
A young and beautiful princess and her senile husband arrive at a castle near the village. The healthy air is supposed to help them with their busy heir. The princess accidentally meets the village shepherd Sochor and soon gives birth to a son. The young man from the village in question then marries and has only daughters. The princess returns after years with her clever son. He falls in love with Sochor's daughter, but her father drives him with a belt...
The Proud Princess
It's very human and nice story about lofty princess (her father is amiable but incapable - unforgettable performance of S. Neumann) and good, nice, kind and well-principled young king (prince) who tries to make tender her calm heart to get married with her. After being refused (she's very capricious), he conclude to make her better. He start to work as a gardener at her castle (in secret) and successively bring she to her senses...The story continues when already reformed princess and the young king (she learn about his real identity later) have to take refuge from troops, that princess father (old king) has sent (of course he took a bad and mean counsellors advice). They have to take shelter by several ordinary and poor families, which are always very friendly and give them a help... Of course the tale has happy end.
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire
Elén, a girl living with her mother and stepfather in a secluded forest, has a great singing talent. On her twenty-first birthday, she runs away from home and on the train, millionaire René falls in love with her. Their paths soon diverge, only to be reunited soon after. Violinist Pavel Sedloň falls in love with Elén, and although Elén does not love him, she is determined to marry him. At that time, René dies, exhausted from working on the operetta Srdce v delirium. However, he is saved at the last moment and everything comes to a happy ending when Oldřich Nový explains how the authors actually meant it all.
Důvod k rozvodu
The cunning lawyer Dr. Werner tries to divorce Pavel Bertl, who is considered by everyone to be a notorious gambler and drunkard. In reality, he is a weakling; although he loves his wife very much, he squanders her fortune. He is already in danger of financial ruin and Bertl, instead of truly improving himself, lets the lawyer convince him that the only way out of this situation is divorce. He secretly leaves home for the mountains with a girl whom the lawyer randomly finds for him, in order to obtain a reason for the divorce...
The Hard Life of an Adventurer
A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.
Náš dědek Josef
Set in a 1950s Moravian wine village, an elderly Josef, guided by his quirky life philosophy and humor, recalls key moments from his past. Across nine seasonal vignettes filled with local folklore and customs, he and his fellow elders remain fully engaged in the joys and trials of village life.
5 Million Witnesses
Now we see a naive reminder that television used to broadcast live productions, but in this case the live broadcast has taken on a surprisingly criminal dimension. One of the actors was killed during the broadcast - and it was seen by all the five million people who watched. Investigators are then reconstructing the suspicious event to find out whether it was an accident or a premeditated crime...
The Hen and the Sexton
Cooperative members are harvesting crops, trying to get new water piping installed and preparing to plough away the field boundaries in autumn. Local kulak Voznica (Vladimír Repa) doesn't like any of this so he forces sexton Kodýtek (Vlasta Burian) to help him sabotage their efforts.
Lawyer of the Poor
A kind-hearted man and lawyer's clerk, Kypr, selflessly takes care of his ward Anna Marie and in the evenings helps the poor and helpless with various legal problems at the U Hrubiána pub. While Anna Marie gains the opportunity to succeed as a singer, the aging man struggles with growing problems that stem not only from his work as a lawyer for the poor, but above all from his tragic past shrouded in mystery, which catches up with him again after years...
Lucerna
A young princess arrives at her estate. She is bored by the welcoming ceremony and is quite happy to hear about the rebellious miller who refused to come to the castle. He lives with his mother and ward Hanička in an old mill. The miller is exempt from work, but he is obliged, if the lordship requests it, to accompany her with a lantern to the forest castle. The princess likes the miller and therefore uses his right...
Filmography
as Emperor Franz Joseph
as Potužník (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Glanc
as (segment "Optimista")
as Horse (voice)
as Široký
as inspector
as Dusek
as Farmer
as rolník Tonek Pěknica
as Svandrlík
as Jan Dubský
as Jan Roháč z Dubé
as Mikuláš
as Karel Heran
as Jan Sochor
as Jan Klement
as Fred Flok alias Konzul Binder alias Komisar Niklas alias Ing. Benda
as Kypr
as Arne Brant
as dr. Jindřich Hegl
as František Kmoch
as MUDr. Petr Partyk
as František Macoun
as Libor
as Sheriadan alias Skála
as Švarc
as Dvorský
as Petr
as ing. Karel Jaroš