Josef Shomr is a famous Czech actor. In some sources, his surname in Russian is written as "Somr". Josef acted a lot for film and television, and also played in the theater.
Biography and creativity
Joseph Shomr was born on April 15, 1935 in the city of Vracov. He was educated at the Academy of Music. Janacek in Brno, where he studied at the theater faculty. Shomr has appeared in theaters in Cesky Tesin, Pardubice and Brno. He could be seen at the City Theater, as well as at the Prague Drama Club and the National Theater. Little is known about the actor's personal life. His partner is Czech actress Zuzana Shavrdova. Neither fans of his work nor journalists know practically anything about Joseph's family, childhood and hobbies. But there are many facts related to the professional activities of Joseph. One of them: at the expense of the actor more than 160 roles in films.
Career
Shomr's career as a film actor began in the 60s of the 20th century, and, moreover, very successfully. First, he was lucky enough to get into the rating film by Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos "The Accused" in 1963, and then the actor got one of the main roles in the military melodrama "Trains under Close Watch". The second picture won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. In addition, the film was nominated for the British Academy Prize and Golden Globe.
The next prominent role of Josef took place in 1967 with Ginek Bochan. He played Hell in The Private Tempest. The following year, Shomr got the main role in the film "Joke". In it he played Ludwig. Despite the light name, the picture turned out to be very difficult and difficult to understand. She talks about how an unsuccessful joke as a student breaks a person's whole future life. The drama won the CIO Film Award.
Zdenek Sirovy invited Josef in 1969 to the drama Sorrowful Celebration, and Jan Rogacz to the 1970 television drama Wedding Night. In 1972, Joseph got one of the main roles in the drama "Morgiana" based on the work of Alexander Green. The picture tells about the life of 2 sisters, beautiful and kind, evil and ugly.
Filmography
Joseph continued to act a lot, often getting the main roles. So he played in the fantastic comedy Girl Golem and the musical A Star Falls Up. In 1974, Shomr was reincarnated as the hero of the television movie "At Three Brides". Two years later, he played Sano in Orange Boy. The list of films starring Joseph Schomr from the 1970s is rounded off by the comedy melodrama Fun Till Morning, the fantastic adventure drama Mystery of the City of Steel and the TV short comedy Bachelor's Christmas Eve. The most popular films of the 1970s with the participation of the actor were the drama Waiting for the Rain, the TV series Hospital on the Outskirts of the City, the fantastic comedy What If You Eat Spinach ?, the drama Doctor Melusin and the crime series The 30 Cases of Major Zeman ".
The 1980s were no less fruitful for Shomr than the previous decade. Josef got the lead role in the comedy "The Holiday of Snowdrops". His partners on the set were Rudolf Grushinsky, Jaromir Ganzlik and Petr Chepek. The plot tells the story of the rivalry between two village hunting clubs. Then there was a role in the family adventure film "Three Veterans" about the adventures of former soldiers. The picture was not without magic, elves and the spell of a magical beauty.
In 1984, Dusan Klein invited Shomr to appear in the comedy How Poets Lost Illusions about growing up as a medical student. The next picture with the actor's participation is the family fantasy "Scarecrow from the attic window." This is a tale about a girl whose grandfather decided to entertain her with a garden of horrors. In 1988, Joseph could be seen in the historical drama co-produced by Czechoslovakia, the USSR and Germany "Europe Danced the Waltz" about the events that preceded the First World War. Then, together with Radim Shpachek and Pavel Novy, Shomr starred in the comedy drama Blessed and the Girl.
Among the notable works of Shomr in the 1990s, one can single out the fairy tale "Kachenka and the Ghosts" and the drama "Fair Bohumil". In 2003, he played the king in How the Prince Saved the Kingdom. Then Josef could be seen in the 2004 comedy "The End Station". 4 years later, he starred in the comedy Wedding on the Battlefield. In the drama "About Parents and Children," he played the role of the father. His over-aged son does not think about the future. The father, on the other hand, is serious and has an inquiring mind. In the past, a scientist, the character of Joseph loves to walk with his son in Prague and have conversations with him. One of the last works of the actor is the role of the narrator in the short film by Paul Dean with the original title Cerven.
In addition to his film roles, Josef is engaged in dubbing animated films. So he participated in the creation of the adventure fantasy 2016 "The Sock Thieves", which tells about the Noskoed, stealing socks at night. The cartoon gained popularity not only at home, but also in many countries of Europe and America. In addition, Shomr voiced a character in the 1986 animated comedy The Adventures of the Gallant Soldier Švejk, which was based on the novel of the same name by the famous Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek. The script was created with the participation of Jiri Kubicek, Stanislav Latal, Kamil Piks and Jaroslav Vokral. The film was directed by Stanislav Latal.
