Zdeněk Troška
Zdeněk Troška (born 18 May 1953) is a Czech film director and screenwriter. He mainly directed comedies and fairy-tale films.
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- Name
- Zdeněk Troška
- Born
- 18 May 1953
- Birthplace
- Strakonice, Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Education
- Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Lycée Carnot
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Honours
- Czech Medal of Merit
- Languages
- Czech
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• Name — Zdeněk Troška • Born — 18 May 1953 • Birthplace — Strakonice, Czechoslovakia • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1983–2019 • Education — Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Lycée Carnot
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Zdeněk Troška appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a film director and screenwriter (born 1953). The birth of Zdeněk Troška is recorded in 1953 in Strakonice.
Personal life
Personal life
Troška is deeply connected with the South Bohemian Region. He was born in the hospital in Strakonice, but he grew up in Hoštice, where he still lives and where he filmed several of his films (mostly notably the Slunce, seno... trilogy). He studied directing at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and also at Lycée Carnot in Dijon, France. Troška came out as gay.
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Work
Troška ranks among contradictory and sometimes controversial directors. Although he is educated and receives offers to direct classical operas and film dramas like Andělská tvář (2002), he is most famous for cheap comedies and fairy tales intended for an undemanding audience. His films are usually highly criticized by film critics, but they are successful and profitable in cinemas. Troška made several fairy tale films, often following patterns where a young man ventures from a rural area to find love and defeat corrupt enemies. Films in this vein include Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker, Princess from the Mill and its sequel, Helluva Good Luck and its sequel, and The Loveliest Riddle. Among the comedies he has directed are Slunce, seno, jahody (1983), Slunce, seno a pár facek (1989), Slunce, seno, erotika (1991) and Doktor od jezera hrochů (2010).
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- 1.Mafra. Zdeněk Troška. iDNES.cz.
- 2.Vltava Labe Media. Zeptejte se Zdenka Trošky na cestu z Hoštic do Babovřesk. Deník. 2014-10-19.
- 3.Troška, Zdeněk. Zpověď Zdeňka Trošky: Těší mě, že jsem gay. iDNES.cz. Mafra. 26 March 2006.
- 4.Economia. Zdeněk Troška: Intelektuál z Hoštic. Hospodářské noviny. 2010-04-02.
- 5.Harnes, Peter. Fairy-Tale Films Beyond Disney: International Perspectives. Routledge. 147, 151. 2016.
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