Gustav Nezval

Gustav Nezval

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1907-11-18
Deathday: 1998-09-17 (90 years old)

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Biography

Gustav Nezval (18 November 1907 – 17 September 1998) by civil name Augustin Nezval, was a Czech stage and film actor. Nezval was born to a locksmith family of Frantisek Nezval and his wife Aloisia. The parents wanted him to become a priest. However he managed to finish a technical college and for some time he earned his living as a building designer. He never attended any school of dramatic art. His enthusiastic passion for theatre brought him to make some acting attempts on the amateurish stage. Later he began to perform in various road show theatre companies. Still later he successively became a stage actor of Intimni Theatre in Prague (1930–1931), of South Bohemia's Theatre in České Budejovice (1931–1932), of Svanda's Theatre in Prague (1932–1934), of Vlasta Burian's Theatre in Prague (1934–1935), of National Theatre in Ostrava (1935–1938), of National Theatre in Brno (1938–1941), and finally of Vinohrady's Theatre in Prague (1941–1977). Even after his retirement in 1977 he still from time to time performed on Vinohrady's stage as a guest-actor till his last and final appearance before the public in 1997.

Thanks to his impressive masculine stature, handsome face with expressive eyes, along with charming manners heightened by a pleasant and resonant voice he, at first, impersonated various lover characters. As he aged, he began to adapt to more various roles, thus starting his career as a classical actor, appearing subsequently in plays of the Czech national literature and the world literature as well (Tyl, Jirasek, Vrchlicky, Langer, Sramek, Capek, Hasek, Sophocles, Lope de Vega, Molière, Flaubert, Strindberg, Rostand, Schiller, Goldoni, Gorkij, Balzac, Lermontov, Pushkin, Tolstoi, Shakespeare, at al).

In July 1937 he married a stage dancer Gertrude Nettel, with whom he lived till her death 57 years later and with whom he had two sons. He had two hobbies which he gave all his free time to. He loved literature and gardening.

He began to appear in films in the end of the 1930s. Nezval made his very film debut in a comedy film "Jarcin professor" distributed in 1937. His performance attracted attention of several leading Czech film directors. This resulted in his appearance in many similar films made in a quick succession. One of his most well known films had become "Jan Cimbura", – film based upon a novel of the very same name of one of the nineteenth-century Czech literature classics, J.S. Baar. Shortly after the war he appeared in a title role in the film "Muzi bez kridel, alias Men without Wings, alias Les Hommes sans ailes", which was later honoured by the Golden Palm Award in Cannes Film Festival in 1946. In many films he was a partner of several most famous Czech movie star-actresses of that era. One of them was Mrs.Lída Baarová. His last film role, shot in his ninetieth year, was a supporting role in a war drama "Je třeba zabít Sekala, alias Sekal has to die". Altogether he appeared in 52 films between 1937 and 1998.

He appeared in radio and TV as well. Some of these appearances belonged, however, to the beginning of TV broadcasting (in the early 1950s) in Czechoslovakia, and therefore many of them have not been recorded.

Gustav Nezval died on 17 September 1998, two months before his 91st birthday. Seven years after his death, Pavlína Vajčnerova published in 2005 his biography titled Gustav Nezval – oči spíše sympatické.

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Filmography

all 67

Movies 62

TV Shows 5

Stverák
Sekal Has to Die

Sekal Has to Die (1998)

Movie
Stařeček vavříny vídeňské slávy ověnčený aneb Zpronevěra

Stařeček vavříny vídeňské slávy ověnčený aneb Zpronevěra (1988)

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Zikmund, řečený šelma ryšavá

Zikmund, řečený šelma ryšavá (1986)

Movie
Žofka z Janovic

Žofka z Janovic (1984)

Movie
Smrt krále Václava IV.

Smrt krále Václava IV. (1983)

Movie
Plášť Marie Terezie

Plášť Marie Terezie (1983)

Movie
Šílený kankán

Šílený kankán (1983)

Movie
A na konci je začátek

A na konci je začátek (1981)

Movie
Poslední koncert

Poslední koncert (1980)

Movie
Já zůstanu věrný

Já zůstanu věrný (1977)

Movie
Akce Býčí oko

Akce Býčí oko (1976)

Movie
Akce v Istanbulu

Akce v Istanbulu (1975)

Movie
Sokolovo

Sokolovo (1975)

Movie
Krásná paní ševcová

Krásná paní ševcová (1974)

Movie
Days of Betrayal

Days of Betrayal (1973)

Movie
Lakomec

Lakomec (1973)

Movie
King
Trávnička

Trávnička (1973)

Movie
Cyrano z Bergeracu

Cyrano z Bergeracu (1971)

Movie
F. L. Věk

F. L. Věk (1971)

TV
Translator
Chance

Chance (1971)

Movie
Sultán
Pohádky z tisíce a jedné noci

Pohádky z tisíce a jedné noci (1971)

TV
Profesor Just
The Great Unknown

The Great Unknown (1970)

Movie
Alexandr Dumas starší

Alexandr Dumas starší (1970)

TV
Baptistin
Brouk v hlavě

Brouk v hlavě (1970)

Movie
Rozsudek

Rozsudek (1970)

TV
Hvězda

Hvězda (1969)

Movie
Soudní lékar Vejvoda
Hříšní lidé města pražského

Hříšní lidé města pražského (1969)

TV
Waterloo

Waterloo (1967)

Movie
Evženie Grandetová

Evženie Grandetová (1966)

Movie
The Invisible

The Invisible (1965)

Movie
Prosím, nebudit

Prosím, nebudit (1963)

Movie
Vánice

Vánice (1962)

Movie
Rychtář Libra
Little Bobesh

Little Bobesh (1962)

Movie
Chief of the VB
Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

Where an Alibi Is Not Everything (1961)

Movie
Lucerna

Lucerna (1960)

Movie
a member of the Tham Theater
Zkouška pokračuje

Zkouška pokračuje (1960)

Movie
Mstitel

Mstitel (1960)

Movie
Hlavní výhra

Hlavní výhra (1959)

Movie
Zatoulané dělo

Zatoulané dělo (1959)

Movie
Hvezdopravec
Legend of Love

Legend of Love (1957)

Movie
Josef Lang
Nevěra

Nevěra (1956)

Movie
Ještě svatba nebyla...

Ještě svatba nebyla... (1954)

Movie
Expres z Norimberka

Expres z Norimberka (1954)

Movie
Plavecký mariáš

Plavecký mariáš (1953)

Movie
DS-70 nevyjíždí

DS-70 nevyjíždí (1951)

Movie
Veselý souboj

Veselý souboj (1951)

Movie
Border Street

Border Street (1949)

Movie
Jan Valenta
Vzbouření na vsi

Vzbouření na vsi (1949)

Movie
Nikola Suhaj
Nikola Shuhai

Nikola Shuhai (1947)

Movie
Petr Lom - mechanik
Men Without Wings

Men Without Wings (1946)

Movie
Tomáš Hanulík
Girl from the Beskids

Girl from the Beskids (1944)

Movie
Prokop Trubka
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice

The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)

Movie
Maxmilián
Tanečnice

Tanečnice (1943)

Movie
Jan Perner
Muži nestárnou

Muži nestárnou (1942)

Movie
Jan Cimbura
Jan Cimbura

Jan Cimbura (1941)

Movie
Varga
Nocturnal Butterfly

Nocturnal Butterfly (1941)

Movie
Cerný myslivec
Grandmother

Grandmother (1940)

Movie
Leon
The Masked Lover

The Masked Lover (1940)

Movie
jeho syn, vrchní komisař
Pelikán má alibi

Pelikán má alibi (1940)

Movie
Toník
Muzikantská Liduška

Muzikantská Liduška (1940)

Movie
Karel Loukota
Ženy u benzinu

Ženy u benzinu (1939)

Movie
Rudolf Slaba
Dvojí život

Dvojí život (1939)

Movie
Antonín Perný
Eighteen Years Old

Eighteen Years Old (1939)

Movie
ing. Ivan Kareš / Michal Martan
Ideál septimy

Ideál septimy (1938)

Movie
MUDr. Karel Matys
Děti na zakázku

Děti na zakázku (1938)

Movie
Zdeněk
Armádní dvojčata

Armádní dvojčata (1938)

Movie
Dr. Karel Strzicky
Jarčin profesor

Jarčin profesor (1937)

Movie

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1907-11-18

Deathday
1998-09-17 (90 years old)

Birth Place
Brno, Czech Republic

Citizenships
Czech Republic

Also Known As
Густав Незвал, Augustin Jaroslav Nezval


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