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Filmmaker · Czechia

Josef Rovenský

Died in 1937

Josef Rovenský was born on 17 April 1894 in Prague, into a well-off family of undertakers. After failed studies, he acted in touring companies, in Plzeň, then in the Prague cabarets, and became one of the most sought-after actors in Czech cinema, with more than seventy films. A director from the silent era, he was called to Vienna in 1936 after the international success of his films, and died in Prague on 5 November 1937, in the middle of shooting.

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