Oldřich Nový
Biography: 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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 07, 1899
Deathday: March 15, 1983
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Bílá spona
1961-06-16
Bílá spona
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1961-06-16
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The Phantom of Morrisville
1966-07-15
The Phantom of Morrisville
Overview: Inspector Brumpby (Jaroslav Marvan) and the young crime reporter Allan Pinkerton (Vít Olmer) attend wedding of Sir Hannibal Morris (Oldrich Nový) with beautiful Clarence (Kveta Fialová). After the ceremony, Clarence's ex-husband, criminal Manuel Diaz (Waldemar Matuska), who was believed dead, shows up in her room. He wants to get his hands on Clarence and, most importantly, on the money she would inherit in the eventuality of her new husband's death. Diaz makes attempts on Hannibal's life. He knows his way about an underground labyrinth in the château and the traps he sets up for Hannibal seem to work, since Hannibal is apparently found dead after an explosion in the labyrinth, after which his body vanishes. The inspector tries to solve the countless mysteries. In this, he is joined by Allan, always ahead of the man of the law in his estimation and judgment of the situation.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-07-15
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Eva Fools Around
1939-11-10
Eva Fools Around
Overview: Eva's aunt is jealous of her neighbor's excellent roses and wants to know the secret. To help auntie out Eva applies for secretarial work at the neighbor's house in order to find out the formula. Things get complicated when it turns out that Eva's brother is in love with the daughter of the house and also wants to get in there under false pretenses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1939-11-10
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Men About Town
1969-10-10
Men About Town
Overview: Three blue collar workers have a night out in big city Prague.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1969-10-10
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Kristian
1939-09-08
Kristian
Overview: Alois Novák (Oldrich Nový), a minor clerk in a travel agency and the husband of a dowdy housewife Marenka (Natasa Gollová), lives a run-of-the-mill, dull life. In his soul, however, there resides an inextinguishable desire for adventure. And so once a month he poses as a playboy. As the mysterious and wealthy Mr. Kristian he goes to the exclusive Orient Bar where he does not skimp on generous tips and where he platonic-ally seduces beautiful and elegant women. In the salon he speaks of love and the magnificence of exotic lands, which he has supposedly come to know on his wanderings abroad. In reality he has read all of this in the travel agency's brochures.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1939-09-08
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Velbloud uchem jehly
1926-11-12
Velbloud uchem jehly
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1926-11-12
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V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový
1980-12-05
V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1980-12-05
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Katya and the Crocodile
1966-04-11
Katya and the Crocodile
Overview: It is the summer holiday and little Mísa Horák has taken a few animals from the school's so-called "Corner of Living Nature" home to care for. But when he brings home two Angora rabbits, a starling, a little monkey, a tortoise and a small crocodile, his parents order him to take them away. He is helped by Káta, who offers to place the animals in the child's room of her family's apartment. Mísa leaves for her friend where the animals will hopefully be able to stay. Káta goes shopping. In the meantime, Káta's younger sister Minka wakes up and begins to play with the animals, who gradually run off in disarray.
Genres: Family
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-04-11
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Přítelkyně pana ministra
1940-03-22
Přítelkyně pana ministra
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1940-03-22
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Paklíc
1944-12-22
Paklíc
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1944-12-22
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The Blue Star Hotel
1941-08-29
The Blue Star Hotel
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1941-08-29
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Hudba z Marsu
1955-05-27
Hudba z Marsu
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1955-05-27
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Sobota
1945-01-12
Sobota
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1945-01-12
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Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle
1937-01-19
Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle
Overview: Slightly ironic comedy of wretches, who come to understand the rich and are able to accept charity, and also about how love and work prevail over the factory owner's son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-01-19
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Valentin Dobrotivý
1942-07-31
Valentin Dobrotivý
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1942-07-31
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Existuje vlastně Mr. Johns?
1963-01-01
Existuje vlastně Mr. Johns?
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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A Charming Man
1941-07-04
A Charming Man
Overview: The main hero of the story is the editor Viktor Bláha, who likes to invent crazy mystifications, during which he has a good time at the expense of those around him. Not only friends pay for his jokes, especially his roommate Jan Valtera, but also completely unknown people who "get involved in his wound" and have no idea that the slightest mistake on their part will trigger an avalanche of Bláh's eloquence. But as they say, everything takes time... The film was shown for the first time at the Film Festival in Zlín on July 30, 1941.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1941-07-04
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The Girl in Blue
1940-01-26
The Girl in Blue
Overview: A painting of a girl from another time comes to life for it's buyer in this costume comedy.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1940-01-26
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Jak se dělal Radiojournal
1973-01-01
Jak se dělal Radiojournal
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Dědečkem proti své vůli
1939-08-04
Dědečkem proti své vůli
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1939-08-04
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The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire
1949-04-01
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1949-04-01
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Where an Alibi Is Not Everything
1961-07-28
Where an Alibi Is Not Everything
Overview: “A bored housewife, a husband who married her for show, and a stupid boy who is full of himself because he is dating a Swiss woman.” The words of Inspector Tůma sound like they’re from a European melodrama, but in fact they come from a Czechoslovak crime story. A pair of detectives, counterfeit medicine, the high-society setting of a Karlovy Vary hotel, and Oldřich Nový as the aging hotel manager Kraus.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1961-07-28
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Důvod k rozvodu
1937-08-20
Důvod k rozvodu
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-08-20
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Advokátka Věra
1937-04-30
Advokátka Věra
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-04-30
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Parohy
1947-10-10
Parohy
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1947-10-10
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Falešná kočička
1937-08-06
Falešná kočička
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-08-06
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Alibi on the Lake
1966-01-21
Alibi on the Lake
Overview: Miss Nováková reports to Major Tuma (Karel Höger) from the police about the disappearance of her roommate, the model Zuzana. Shortly afterwards, a film director named Konrád (Otomar Krejca) asks Tuma to cooperate on a new cinéma-vérité film describing the story of Zuzana's disappearance.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-01-21
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Život je krásný
1940-12-20
Život je krásný
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1940-12-20
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Burian the Liar
1940-09-13
Burian the Liar
Overview: Fifty years old Baron von Fibberg lives at The Fibberg Castle with his wife Olga and daughter Charley. Besides the delight in hunting, Baron is very enthusiastic about truth. Although he can't withstand any falsehood of others, he keeps his own intimate secrets from his wife. Charley seems to be an innocent girl at first glance, but she has a little secret too. She fell in love with a young fop Ernest Benda and married him in secret. Her only concern is the way, how to let her strict father know about the marriage. Together with her husband they prepare a plan how to do it, but it turns out to be a catastrophe for the whole family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1940-09-13
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Of Things Supernatural
1959-01-09
Of Things Supernatural
Overview: Czech comedy fantasy directed by Jiri Krejcik et al.
Genres: Mystery Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1959-01-09
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Rhythm of First Love
1966-01-01
Rhythm of First Love
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Uličnice
1936-10-23
Uličnice
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1936-10-23
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Rozkošný příběh
1937-01-29
Rozkošný příběh
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1937-01-29
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Třetí zvonění
1938-02-04
Třetí zvonění
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1938-02-04
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Na tý louce zelený
1936-08-07
Na tý louce zelený
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1936-08-07
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Rozpustilá noc
1935-04-05
Rozpustilá noc
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1935-04-05
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Dva z onoho světa
1962-12-28
Dva z onoho světa
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1962-12-28
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Úplně vyřízený chlap
1965-05-21
Úplně vyřízený chlap
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1965-05-21
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Čertouská poudačka
1966-01-01
Čertouská poudačka
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Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Zlatý pavouk
1957-02-22
Zlatý pavouk
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1957-02-22
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Nechte to na mně
1955-12-23
Nechte to na mně
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1955-12-23
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Neznámá kráska
1922-01-01
Neznámá kráska
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1922-01-01
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The Mysterious Mr. Hyde
1964-01-01
The Mysterious Mr. Hyde
Overview: The television adaptation of Stevenson's well-known short story enriched the story with a new motif, because the good and evil in a person change not only under the influence of drugs, but also under the influence of insatiable love. We meet Mr. Hyde, who is an assistant to the elderly Dr. Jekyll, on the street when he kills a neighbor's dog. Dr. Utterson and his friend witness this when they go to visit a friend of theirs, Jekyll, who they are worried about. They believe that he is under the influence of his assistant, they fear for his life. Jekyll is the family doctor of Lady Danvers, with whom he is secretly in love. He is a talented scientist and has invented a liquid, a substance whose effect is very strange - it rejuvenates, but at the same time changes the character. And that gradually becomes fatal for him...
Genres: Drama TV Movie Horror
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Slovo dělá ženu
1953-05-29
Slovo dělá ženu
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1953-05-29
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Pouť noci silvestrovské
1953-12-31
Pouť noci silvestrovské
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1953-12-31
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Abrakadabra
1946-01-01
Abrakadabra
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1946-01-01
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Něco se tu změnilo
1955-01-01
Něco se tu změnilo
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Věštec
1963-01-01
Věštec
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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