--- name: "Vlastimil Brodský" canonical: "https://film.one/person/vlastimil-brodsky" fi1m_id: "vlastimil-brodsky" imdb_id: "nm0111003" tmdb_id: 11733 wikidata_id: "Q535002" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 December 1920" died: "20 April 2002" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T16:33:27.626068+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Vlastimil Brodský ## Identity Vlastimil Brodský - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vlastimil-brodsky - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** vlastimil-brodsky - **IMDb ID:** nm0111003 - **TMDB ID:** 11733 - **Wikidata ID:** Q535002 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlastimil_Brodsk%C3%BD, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11733 Actor. Born 15 December 1920 in Hrusov, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. Died 20 April 2002. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 December 1920, Hrusov, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia - **Died:** 20 April 2002 - **Also known as:** Властимил Бродский - **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlastimil_Brodsk%C3%BD, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11733 ## Biography Vlastimil Brodský was a Czech actor who appeared in more than one hundred films between the 1940s and 2001. He was born on 15 December 1920 in Hrušov near Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, and died on 20 April 2002 in Slunečná, Czech Republic. He began his career on stage in the 1940s, studying under E. F. Burian and performing with the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague. Brodský is known for his role as Counselor Zednicek in *Closely Watched Trains* (1966). Other notable performances include the title role in *Jacob the Liar* (1974), for which he received the Silver Bear for Best Actor, King Hyacint in the television series *Arabela* (1980), and František Hána in *Babí léto* (Autumn Spring, 2001), which earned him a Czech Lion award. He also appeared in *When the Cat Comes* (1963) and *Larks on a String* (1969). He was married to actress Jana Brejchová from 1964 to 1980; their daughter Tereza Brodská and son Marek Brodský are also actors. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Closely Watched Trains* (1966), Fi1m 82, as Counselor Zednicek — [page](https://film.one/film/closely-watched-trains.md) ## Complete filmography (222) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Autumn Spring* (2001), as Frantisek Hána - *As Rita Hayworth's Grandfather Loved* (2001), as Großvater Zikmund - *Return to Paradise Lost* (1999), as Ocenás - *Dívka se zázračnou pamětí* (1997), Actor - *Život na zámku* (1995), series, Actor - *Too Loud A Solitude* (1995), as Uncle Albert - *Den, kdy unesli papeže* (1995), as rabín Meyer - *Jak Ťuk a Bzuk nechtěli, aby pršelo* (1994), series, as Narrator (voice) - *O zvířatech a lidech* (1994), series, as Labuťa - *Arabela se vrací aneb Rumburak králem Říše pohádek* (1993), series, as King - *Kafka to taky neměl lehký* (1992), Actor - *Rapotínská tragedie* (1992), Actor - *Uctivá poklona, pane Kohn* (1992), series, as Kohn - *Labyrinth* (1991), as Löbl - *The Flying Sneaker* (1991), as Prof. Renc - *Romeo a Julie* (1991), Actor - *Freon Spirit* (1991), as Leopold Lorenc - *The King of Colonnades* (1991), Actor - *Smrt barona Gandary* (1991), Actor - *Larks on a String* (1990), as Professor - *Utopím si ho sám* (1989), as Havlík - *Dobrodružství kriminalistiky* (1989), series, as Theodorn - *Tale '88* (1989), as Antonín - *Naděje má hluboké dno* (1989), Actor - *Kalhoty od krejčího ze Lhoty* (1988), as starosta - *The Jester and the Queen* (1988), as Václav - *The Snowman's Dream* (1988), as Narrator (voice) - *Merry Christmas Octopus* (1987), Actor - *Kinkongova smrt* (1987), Actor - *Párátko* (1987), as kuchař Nádvorník - *The Octopuses from the Second Floor* (1987), as děda Holan - *Smích se lepí na paty* (1987), as Joska Platejz - *Není sirotek jako sirotek* (1987), as penzista Klofáč - *The Great Movie Robbery* (1987), Actor - *The Octopuses from the Second Floor* (1986), series, as Holan - *Slavné historky zbojnické* (1986), series, Actor - *Nevěsta* (1986), series, as Grandpa - *Prípad Platfus* (1985), as učitel Montelík - *Rozpaky kuchaře Svatopluka* (1985), series, as číšník Gráf - *Dissolved and Effused* (1985), as Oulík - *Sedmipírek* (1985), as Narrator (voice) - *Anynka a čert* (1984), Actor - *...and again that Lucy!* (1984), as Narrator (voice) - *Oči pro pláč* (1984), Actor - *Ferdy The Ant* (1984), series, as Ferdy(voice) - *Tažní ptáci* (1984), as alkoholik Fendrych - *The Visitors* (1983), series, as Alois Drchlík – Great Teacher - *Společnost s ručením omezeným* (1983), Actor - *O labuti* (1983), Actor - *Dobrá Voda* (1983), series, Actor - *With a Smile* (1983), as Clown(voice) - *Counting Sheep* (1982), as Head physician Klofác - *Konkurs* (1982), Actor - *Christening* (1981), as Humpl - *The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians* (1981), as komorník Ignác - *The Secret of the Devil's Pocket* (1981), as Ucitel - *Něco je ve vzduchu* (1981), Actor - *Pastýřská pohádka* (1981), as vyprávěč - *Konec kouzelníka Uhahuly* (1981), as Narrator (voice) - *Velká policejní pohádka* (1980), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) - *Arabela* (1980), series, as King Hyacint - *A nebojíš se, princezničko?* (1980), Actor - *Hlas krve* (1980), Actor - *Tchán* (1980), as Dědeček - *Už vám není dvacet, paní Bláhová* (1980), Actor - *Dnes v jednom domě* (1980), series, as Pažout - *Julek* (1980), Actor - *Aber Doktor* (1980), as Dr. Flanke - *No Magic from Tomorrow* (1979), Actor - *The Thing in the Castle* (1979), as Prof. K. - *Mapa zámořských objevů* (1979), Actor - *Bratři Kipové* (1979), Actor - *Alarm in the Clouds* (1978), Actor - *Stříbrná pila* (1978), series, Actor - *Nechci nic slyšet* (1978), Actor - *Jak Ťuk a Bzuk putovali za sluníčkem* (1978), series, as Narrator (voice) - *Podivný výlet* (1978), Actor - *Podezřelé okolnosti* (1978), Actor - *Hodina pravdy* (1977), Actor - *Flying Saucers Over Our Village* (1977), Actor - *Long Live Ghosts!* (1977), as Vávra (ředitel školy) - *30 Maidens and Pythagoras* (1977), as profesor chemie Brom - *Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea* (1977), as Ing. Bauer - *Smrt na černo* (1977), Actor - *How to Catch a Tiger* (1977), as Little elephant (voice) - *To byla svatba, strýčku* (1977), as Starý otec - *Na rohu kousek od metra* (1977), as Ferdinand Rybka - *Koncert pro mantinely* (1977), Actor - *Typicky ženská reakce* (1976), Actor - *Slovácko sa nesúdí* (1976), series, Actor - *Čas lásky a naděje* (1976), Actor - *Černobílý Petr* (1976), series, as Vypravěč - *Secluded, Near Woods* (1976), as Voice in Radio (voice) - *Hadrián z Římsů* (1976), as Srpoš - *Jezevec* (1976), Actor - *Plavení hříbat* (1976), Actor - *About the Thick Fog* (1976), as Little elephant (voice) - *Pan Selichar se osvobodil* (1976), Actor - *Svůdnice na šest* (1976), Actor - *Údržbáři* (1975), Actor - *This Is How Love Begins...* (1975), Actor - *Krejčí Šajtle Dobrodruh* (1975), Actor - *Do We Match Each Other, Darling?* (1975), Actor - *Růžová sobota* (1975), Actor - *Namátková kontrola* (1975), Actor - *Jacob the Liar* (1974), as Jakob Heym - *A Night at Karlstein* (1974), as Karel IV. - *Adam and Otka* (1974), Actor - *Zvony pana Mlácena* (1973), Actor - *Three Men Travelling* (1973), as zootechnik Béda Nedoma - *Operation Bororo* (1973), as Dr. Burger - *The Secret of the Gold Buddha* (1973), as Artur Schlieffer (voice) - *Štědrý večer pana rady Vacátka* (1972), Actor - *O makové panence* (1972), series, as Narrator (voice) - *The Death of Black King* (1972), as Ludvík Král - *Touha Sherlocka Holmese* (1972), Actor - *Bakaláři* (1972), series, Actor - *Jeden ze soubojů* (1972), Actor - *Z nových pověstí českých* (1972), Actor - *Alfons Karásek v lázních* (1971), as sňatkový podvodník Jára Hužva - *Five Men and One Heart* (1971), as Dr. Hýbl - *F. L. Věk* (1971), series, Actor - *Dogs and People* (1971), as (segment "Věrnost") - *Chance* (1971), Actor - *Ta slepička kropenatá* (1971), Actor - *Prodej* (1971), Actor - *Jak se dělá televizní soutěž* (1971), Actor - *Šest uprchlíků* (1970), Actor - *Pan Tau* (1970), series, Actor - *Devilish Honeymoon* (1970), as Professor Kostohryz · Story - *Honba za filmovým námětem* (1970), Actor - *Jak se dělá divadlo* (1970), Actor - *Brouk v hlavě* (1970), as Viktor Emanuel Champsboisy / Bouton - *Podezření* (1970), as Adámek - *Romanetto* (1970), Actor - *Blázinec v 1. poschodí* (1969), as Artur - *Men About Town* (1969), as Gustav Prouza - *Meze Waltera Hortona* (1969), as Walter Horton - *All My Good Countrymen* (1969), as Očenáš - *The Thirteenth Chamber* (1969), Actor - *The End of a Priest* (1969), as kostelník - *Úsměvné legendy o hradech a zámcích* (1969), series, as Narrator (voice) - *Růžové Merkury* (1969), Actor - *Crime in the Night Club* (1968), as Ministr - *Pan Jordán a Habada* (1968), Actor - *Capricious Summer* (1968), as Major Hugo - *Pražský Sherlock Holmes* (1968), Actor - *Jindřich IV.* (1968), Actor - *Ta naše písnička česká* (1967), Actor - *The Return of the Prodigal Son* (1967), Actor - *Never Strike A Woman... Even with A Flower* (1967), Actor - *Zločin a trik I.* (1967), as (segment "Zločinec") - *Do Not Wake Up the Mammoths* (1967), as Narrator (voice) - *People From Caravans* (1966), as Beznohý - *Closely Watched Trains* (1966), as Counselor Zednicek — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/closely-watched-trains.md) - *Konec velké epochy* (1966), as Valtr - *Odsouzený z Pinktownu* (1965), Actor - *The Borrowed Face* (1965), as Dr. Bartoš - *The White Lady* (1965), as Kastelán Jindřich Pupenec - *Čintamani & podvodník* (1965), as inspektor vlakové služby Václav Holub - *If a Thousand Clarinets* (1965), as pluk. Helmuth - *Courage for Every Day* (1965), as Reporter - *O televizním strašidýlku* (1965), as Narrator (voice) - *Obraz* (1964), Actor - *Táto sežeň štěně* (1964), as hajný - *Einstein kontra Babinský* (1964), as Dáreček (voice) - *Uspořená libra* (1963), as policista - *Tears the World Can't See* (1963), as Ivan Ivanovič Dvojetočijev - *When the Cat Comes* (1963), as Robert - *The King of Kings* (1963), as Eda Brabec - *Three Wishes* (1963), as Karel - *Transport from Paradise* (1963), as Mukl - *Čas jeřabin* (1963), Actor - *Love Without Words* (1962), as Ferda Kalina - *Ceiling* (1962), as Hajaja in Radio (voice) - *Hledá se táta!* (1961), Actor - *Florián* (1961), as profesor Hňupka - *Spadla s měsíce* (1961), Actor - *The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin* (1961), Actor - *Žalobníci* (1961), as Hanzl - *Valčík pro milión* (1961), Actor - *Hrdinové okamžiku* (1961), as František Šípek - *Začátek konce* (1961), Actor - *Lucerna* (1960), Actor - *I Survived Certain Death* (1960), as lékař - *The Lost Photography* (1960), Actor - *When the Woman Butts In* (1960), as Borovicka - *Záhady aneb S Karlem Čapkem v soudní síni* (1960), Actor - *Ferda Mravenec* (1960), series, as Ferda (voice) - *Pět z milionu* (1959), Actor - *Of Things Supernatural* (1959), as (segment "Glorie") - *Uncle* (1959), as Thief - *Cars Without a Home* (1959), Actor - *Desire* (1958), as Shoemaker Novosad (segment "Andela"), (voice) - *Today for the Last Time* (1958), as starožitník - *Mezi nebem a zemí* (1958), Screenplay, Story - *Bomba* (1958), as mason Zajíc - *I Dutifully Report* (1958), as maďarský infanterista - *Florenc 13,30* (1957), as magician Jan Maria Čuc - *V pátek ráno* (1957), Actor - *September Nights* (1957), as Private Husa - *Zaostřit prosím!* (1956), as accountant Macek - *Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph* (1956), Actor - *A red glow over Kladno* (1956), as Holecek - *Jan Žižka* (1956), as Jochlík - Denunciator - *Opportunity* (1956), as Narrator - *Návštěva z oblak* (1955), Actor - *Jan Hus* (1955), as mladík v Týnu - *Dog's Heads* (1955), Actor - *Přísaha* (1955), Actor - *Everything Ends Tonight* (1955), as Krejza - *Directive* (1955), as Kukla - *Fools Among Us* (1955), as zákazník - *Posvícení* (1954), as Matěj - *Kavárna na hlavní třídě* (1954), Actor - *The Secret of Blood* (1953), as Dr. Kozdera - *Vstanou noví bojovníci* (1951), as uredník Reiter - *Vzbouření na vsi* (1949), as Pepík - *Kouzelný míč* (1949), Actor - *The Stolen Border* (1947), Actor - *The Adventurous Bachelor* (1946), Actor - *We Settle the Borderlands* (1946), as ordinary person ## Gallery - ![Vlastimil Brodský](https://film.one/media/person/3913746/gallery-d1716f71b507.jpg) Vlastimil Brodský — Hans-Joachim Spremberg, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Kinopremiere_Brodsky_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Vlastimil Brodský](https://film.one/media/person/3913746/gallery-351859009818.jpg) Vlastimil Brodský — Image via TMDB - ![Vlastimil Brodský](https://film.one/media/person/3913746/gallery-40f02a081569.jpg) Vlastimil Brodský — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won - 1975: Best Actor (won) ### Other awards — 7 won - Crystal Globe 2002: Crystal Globe (won) - Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in Leading Role 2001: Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in Leading Role (won) - Czech Medal of Merit 2001: Czech Medal of Merit (won) - Thalia Awards 1997: Thalia Awards (won) - Master Prix 1993: Master Prix (won) - Národní umělec 1988: Národní umělec (won) - Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia 1967: Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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