Josef Rovenský

Czech actor (1894–1937)

Josef Rovenský

Born| (1894-04-17)17 April 1894

Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)

Died| 5 November 1937(1937-11-05) (aged 43)

Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

Occupation(s)| Actor
Film director
Years active| 1914–1937

Josef Rovenský (17 April 1894 - 5 November 1937) was a Czech-Jewish[1] film actor and director.[2] He appeared in 74 films between 1914 and 1936. He starred in the 1929 film Father Vojtech, which was the directorial debut of Martin Frič.[3] He died during filming of Virginity. According to Otakar Vávra he died of a cocaine overdose. His last film Watchman No. 47 [cs] was then completed by Jan Sviták.

## Selected filmography

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### Director

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Year | Title | Notes

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1920 | The Mystery of the Old Book |
1921 | The Children of Fate |
1922 | The Tramp's Heart |
1927 | The House of Lost Happiness |
1928 | Love Led Them Through Life |
1933 | The River | Won Best Director at 1934 Venice Film Festival
1934 | In the Red of Morning |
1934 | Romance from the Tatra Mountains | Competed at 1935 Venice Film Festival
1935 | Maryša | Competed at 1936 Venice Film Festival
1937 | Watchman No. 47 [cs] | Completed by Jan Sviták

### Actor

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* Little Red Riding Hood (1920)
* Tu ten kámen (1923)
* White Paradise (1924)
* Schweik in Civilian Life (1927)
* Kainovo znamení (1928)
* Father Vojtech (1929)
* Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
* The Call of the North (1929)
* The Girl with the Whip (1929)
* Sin of a Beautiful Woman (1929)
* Když struny lkají (1930)
* A Girl from the Reeperbahn (1930)
* The Caviar Princess (1930)
* Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
* Chudá holka (1930)
* Tonka of the Gallows (1930)
* The Last Bohemian (1931)
* Business Under Distress (1931)
* The Affair of Colonel Redl (1932)
* Sister Angelika (1932)
* The Undertaker (1932)
* Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1932)
* Public Not Admitted (1933)
* The Inspector General (1933)
* Daughter of the Regiment (1933)

## References

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1. ^ Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213
2. ^ "Josef Rovenský". csfd.cz. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
3. ^ "Martin Frič - Director". filmreference.com. Retrieved 22 January 2011.

## External links

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* Josef Rovenský at IMDb

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