Josef Rovenský

According to Otakar Vávra he died of a cocaine overdose. His last film Hlídač č. 47 (1937 film) was then completed by Jan Sviták.

• Name — Josef Rovenský • Born — 17 April 1894 • Birthplace — Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary • Died — 5 November 1937 • Place of death — Prague, Czechoslovakia • Occupation — Actor, film director • Years Active — 1914–1937

• Year — Title — Notes • 1920 — The Mystery of the Old Book • 1921 — The Children of Fate • 1922 — The Tramp's Heart • 1927 — The House of Lost Happiness • 1928 — Love Led Them Through Life • 1933 — The River — Won Best Director at 1934 Venice Film Festival • 1934 — In the Red of Morning • 1934 — Romance from the Tatra Mountains — Competed at 1935 Venice Film Festival • 1935 — Maryša — Competed at 1936 Venice Film Festival • 1937 — Hlídač č. 47 (1937 film) — Completed by Jan Sviták

• Little Red Riding Hood (1920) • Tu ten kámen (1923) • White Paradise (1924) • Schweik in Civilian Life (1927) • Kainovo znamení (1928) • Father Vojtech (1929) • Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) • The Call of the North (1929) • The Girl with the Whip (1929) • Sin of a Beautiful Woman (1929) • Když struny lkají (1930) • A Girl from the Reeperbahn (1930) • The Caviar Princess (1930) • Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930) • Chudá holka (1930) • Tonka of the Gallows (1930) • The Last Bohemian (1931) • Business Under Distress (1931) • The Affair of Colonel Redl (1932) • Sister Angelika (1932) • The Undertaker (1932) • Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1932) • Public Not Admitted (1933) • The Inspector General (1933) • Daughter of the Regiment (1933)

Josef Rovenský is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation stage actor. Recorded as screenwriter, actor and director.