Ilja Prachař

Known for ActingBorn 1924-04-30Died 2005-08-10Malenovice u Zlína, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Ilja Prachař ( April 30, 1924, Malenovice – August 10, 2005, Prague ) was a Czech actor and playwright. He was born in Malenovice near Zlín as the middle of three sons of František Prachar (1899–2001), an official of the district health insurance company in Zlín, and his wife Ludmila (1901–1981). The elder brother Drahomír (1922–2008) later worked in a foreign trade company, the younger Kamil (1931–2020) became a theater actor and worked almost his entire professional career in the theater in Cheb . In Zlín and Malenovice, the parents actively engaged in associational life and performed volunteer theater. His wife Jana (*1937) is a puppeteer, his son David (*1959), grandson Jakub (*1983), granddaughter Mariana (*1994) and great-granddaughter Alžběta Malá (*1997) are acting. He began his acting career as a member of the drama group of the Army Art Ensemble of Vít Nejedlý (1945–1947), in the Workers' Theater in Zlín (1947–1952) and in the theater in Ostrava (1952–1954). From 1954 he performed at the S. K. Neumann Theater in Prague and from 1959 to 1990 at the Vinohrady Theatre. His best-known film role is probably the greedy and miserly landowner Trautenberk in the evening series Krkonošské pohádyky. He is the author of several plays and television scripts. Already in 1951, he received the State Prize for the play " Hádajú se o rozumné " and for his acting he was awarded the award for outstanding work (1967), the title of meritorious artist (1983) and the František Filipovský Award for lifetime mastery in dubbing (1997). Ilja Prachař was a member of the Communist Party . In November 1989, he gave a speech at the Summer Speech as a representative of the actors from the Vinohrady Theatre . In his personal life, Ilja Prachař was a big supporter of the football club Slavia . At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, he was even the chairman of the civic association of the Friends of Slavia for seven years.Read more

Movies & web series

Kdo se bojí, utíká

Chased and Suspected

Pan Kobkán vdává dceru

Dogs and People

People From Caravans

Spadla s měsíce

Kam slunce nechodí...

Dům Na poříčí

Horká zima

The Secret of the Gold Buddha

Lekce

Přehlídce velím já!

A Man Who Rose in Price

Dva tygři

The Angel of Blissful Death

Passing Through a Thick Forest

Don't Take Shelter From The Rain

Pouta

Slovácko sa nesúdí

Chalupáři

Krkonošská pohádka

Okres na severu

Děti zítřků

Kdo přichází před půlnocí

Postavení mimo hru

Tvář za sklem

Penelopa

Za ranních červánků

Flirt se slečnou Stříbrnou

Sign of the Virgin

The Hero Is Afraid

Bejvávalo

A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova

Hříšní lidé města pražského

The Unfortunate Bridegroom

Cinderella

The Cremator

The Fortress

All My Good Countrymen

Witchhammer

Thirty Cases of Major Zema

Tales About Children

The King of Kings

The Fair Is Here

Golden Queen

Shadows of a Hot Summer

Stařeček vavříny vídeňské slávy ověnčený aneb Zpronevěra

The Medal