Viktor Ponrepo
Viktor Ponrepo (born Dismas Šlambor; 16 June 1858 – 3 December 1926) was a Czech magician and a pioneer of the cinema. He founded the first permanent cinema in Prague in Karlova ulice (Charles street). His artist's surname is derived from the castle Bon Repos (French for good rest) near Stará Lysá.
Also recorded as Dismas Šlambor
Viktor Ponrepo
Album representantů všech oborů veřejného života Česko-Slovenského, hlavní redaktor prof. Fr. Sekanina, vydalo Umělecké nakladatelství Josef Zeibrdlich, Praha I., Bílkova 17, 1927 · Public domain
- Name
- Viktor Ponrepo
- Birth Name
- Dismas Šlambor
- Born
- 16 June 1858
- Birthplace
- Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
- Died
- 3 December 1926
- Place of death
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia
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Viktor Ponrepo (born Dismas Šlambor; 16 June 1858 – 3 December 1926) was a Czech magician and a pioneer of the cinema. He founded the first permanent cinema in Prague in Karlova ulice (Charles street). His artist's surname is derived from the castle Bon Repos (French for good rest) near Stará Lysá.
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The cinema of the Czech National Film Archive in Prague, Kino Ponrepo, is named after him.
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• Name — Viktor Ponrepo • Birth Name — Dismas Šlambor • Born — 16 June 1858 • Birthplace — Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire • Died — 3 December 1926 • Place of death — Prague, Czechoslovakia • Occupation — Film director
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