Jirí Bartoška
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Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and the president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....
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Bartoška played a number of roles in many Czech films
Cinema of the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic was a seedbed for many acclaimed film directors.Three Czech/Czechoslovak movies that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film were The Shop on Main Street by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos in 1965, Closely Watched Trains by Jiří Menzel in 1967 and...
, later he became most known as the president of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival (since 1995). Together with Eva Zaoralová they managed to return popularity to the almost dead festival.