

Actor
October 17, 1920 · Nová Vcelnice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Rudolf Hrušínský was an acclaimed Czech actor during his country's era of communism. He was born in Nová Včelnice to Hermina Červičková and Rudolf Hrušinský (original name Rudolf Böhm, also took the stage name Otomar Otovalský). He was born, literally, back stage during a showing of the play Taneček panny Marinky. Initially he travelled from place to place, wherever his father could find a gig, but eventually his family settled in Prague. He dropped out of law school to pursue acting. Initially he starred in minor plays, but managed to escalate to famous film roles, many of which won him fame abroad
Golden Eels
as Prošek
Noc rozhodnutí
as Emil Hácha
La valle di pietra
cast
The Beggar's Opera
as Lockit
The Elementary School
as Headmaster
Tichá bolest
as Grandfather
Paths of Death and Angels
as Schrevek József
Svědek umírajícího času
as Rudolf II.
Začátek dlouhého podzimu
as Trvajík
The Gentle Barbarian
as opilec
The End of Old Times
as Jakub Lhota
Larks on a String
as Trustee