Přemysl Pražský
Přemysl Pražský was an early Czech film director, film actor, screenwriter and radio producer. He directed and appeared in a number of films in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s and 1930s, directing comedy films such as Two Mothers (1921), The Mysterious Beauty (1922), The Countess from Podskalí (1926) and Prague Seamstresses (1929). He is best known for his adaptation of the Josef Hais Týnecký novel Battalion (1927).
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Přemysl Pražský
Film: Orgán Svazu kinematogr. industrie ČSR v Praze. 31.12.1921, roč. 1, č. 7-8, s. [137]. ISSN 1801-9706. Dostupné také z: https: ndk.cz/uuid/uuid:746a5072-2bc5-43fa-94e1-b45bfefa31eb · Public domain
- Name
- Přemysl Pražský
- Born
- 24 July 1893
- Birthplace
- Nýřany, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
- Place of death
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- Film director Film actor Screenwriter
- Died
- 1964 · Prague.
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia
- Honours
- Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia
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He often worked with Theodor Pištěk.
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• Name — Přemysl Pražský • Born — 24 July 1893 • Birthplace — Nýřany, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary • Place of death — Prague, Czechoslovakia • Occupation — Film director Film actor Screenwriter
Early life and career
Early life and career
Pražský was born on 24 July 1893 in Nýřany. He began his studies in 1910 and continued them until 1914. He moved to Prague and began to work in the theater. He became the director of the Švanda Theatre during this time and was a frequent guest at the Vinohrady Theatre. It wasn't until 1919 that he moved to filmmaking. He had a successful acting and directing career. His 1927 film Battalion was his biggest success. It has been considered one of the most important works in Czech silent cinema. However, after the release of Battalion, he fell into debt. He attempted to move into sound and made only one sound film Sedmá velmoc (1933) but the film flopped. He left film for a career in radio production in 1933. He was director of Czech Radio from 1933 to 1958. In 1957 he was awarded the Prague artist of Outstanding Merit prize.
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Přemysl Pražský lived from 24 July 1893 to 1 August 1964 and is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Přemysl Pražský was born on 24 July 1893 in Nyrany and died on 1 August 1964 in Prague.
Personal life and death
Personal life and death
Pražský married radio announcer Marie Magdalena Tomanová in 1942. He died on 1 August 1964 in Prague at the age of 71.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Lady with the Small Foot (1920) • Two Mothers (1921) • The Mysterious Beauty (1922) • White Paradise (1924) • The Countess from Podskalí (1926) • Battalion (1927) • Prague Seamstresses (1929)
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Přemysl Pražský is recorded as having received Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia.
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Přemysl Pražský died at Prague.
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