Josef Rovenský
Czech actor and director (1894-1937) · Czechia · On the map · Actors · Died at 43
Josef Rovenský was a Czech-Jewish film actor and director. 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. He died during filming of Virginity. According to Otakar Vávra he died of a cocaine overdose.
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1937Died5 November 1937
Hlídač č. 47Film, 1937Director1935
MaryšaFilm, Director, Writer1934Za ranních červánkůFilm, Director1933Die Tochter des RegimentsFilm1932
Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock HolmesFilm, Mayor / Guard Officer1931
Business in DistressFilm1930A Girl from the ReeperbahnFilm, Nemý Jens1929
Diary of a Lost GirlFilm, Karl Friedrich Henning1927
Schweik as a CivilianFilm1926Příběh jednoho dneFilm1924
White ParadiseFilm1923Tu ten kámenFilm1921The Torn PhotographFilm1894Born17 April 1894
Hlídač č. 47Film, 1937Director1935MaryšaFilm, Director, Writer1934Za ranních červánkůFilm, Director1933Die Tochter des RegimentsFilm1932Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock HolmesFilm, Mayor / Guard Officer1931Business in DistressFilm1930A Girl from the ReeperbahnFilm, Nemý Jens1929Diary of a Lost GirlFilm, Karl Friedrich Henning1927Schweik as a CivilianFilm1926Příběh jednoho dneFilm1924White ParadiseFilm1923Tu ten kámenFilm1921The Torn PhotographFilm1894Born17 April 1894People around Josef
Close ties
Anny Ondra Produced K. und K. Feldmarschall (1930)
Karel Lamač Directed Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese (1932)
Martin Frič Directed Revizor and Pobočník Jeho Výsosti
Karl Anton Directed Tu ten kámen and Tonka Sibenice
Jaroslav Marvan Also in Revizor and Pobočník Jeho Výsosti
Theodor Pištěk Also in Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese (1932)
Jan Sviták Also in The Case of Colonel Redl (1931)
Jiřina Štěpničková Josef directed Romance from the Tatra Mountains (1935)
Lída Baarová Also in Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese (1932)
Vlasta Burian Also in Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
Václav Wasserman Wrote Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
Sig Arno Also in The Girl with the Whip (1929)
František Filipovský Josef directed The River (1933)
Suzanne Marwille Also in Pobočník Jeho Výsosti and Father Vojtech
Truda Grosslichtová Also in The Case of Colonel Redl (1931)
Hugo Haas Also in Když struny lkají and Sister Angelika
Gustav Machatý Directed Schweik in Civilian Life (1927)
Vera Baranovskaya Also in St. Wenceslas and Tonka Sibenice
Eman Fiala Also in Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
Jindřich Plachta Also in Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
Čeněk Šlégl Also in Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
Kurt Gerron Also in Fairground People (1930)
André Roanne Also in Diary of a Lost Girl (1930)- Ernst Dumcke Also in Manja Valewska and Pan
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
99 credits on file
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
His last film Watchman No. 47 was then completed by Jan Sviták.
Country
Czechia
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1937 · aged 43
