Born Dec 7, 1920 · Prague, Czechoslovakia
Gustav Opočenský was the son of Bohemian poet and journalist Gustav Roger of Opočenský (1881-1949). Originally, he began to study law, but after closing Nazi colleges in 1939 he headed for the theater, close to art, thanks to his father. He did not undergo any professional training, but after the war he gained his first permanent engagement in the Realistic Theater in Prague (1945-1946). Due to his unbridled inheritance, his father in the mid-1950s came into conflict with the Communist power, he had to go to the theater in Cologne from Pardubice and eventually in 1956 he banned the ban on artistic activity. Then he worked as a miner, later a worker in Stalin's races in Záluží near Most, but at the beginning of the following decade he managed to return to the theater. Subsequent banning of activity silenced Opočenský for twelve years, he reappeared in the film MARATÓN (1968). We can also remind him of his comedic role as an old Nazi in the movie ZÍTRA VSTANU AND I WILL BE TEA (1977). Gustav Opočensky's wife was actress Eva Strupplová (* 1926). Bohemian and artistic family genes also accompany the lives of their two sons, the artist and musician Petr Opočenský (* 1950) and sculptor Pavel Opočensky (* 1954).

The Ear
1990

Popel a hvězdy
1990

Funeral Ceremony
1990

Chief, There Is a Horse in the Backyard
1990

Dobrodružství kriminalistiky
1989

Cesta na jihozápad
1989

On a Wayward Princess
1987

Rozpaky kuchaře Svatopluka
1985

Oldrich and Bozena
1985

Putování Jana Amose
1983

Romaneto
1981

Arabela
1980

Concert at the End of Summer
1980

Build a House, Plant a Tree
1980

Ballad for a Bandit
1979

Shadows of a Hot Summer
1978

Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
1977

Tam kde hnízdí čápi
1976

Na konci světa
1975

Za volantem nepřítel
1975

Days of Betrayal
1973

The Secret of the Gold Buddha
1973

Prince Bajaja
1971

Hry lásky šálivé
1971

Luk královny Dorotky
1971

Witchhammer
1970

Marathon
1968

Against All
1957

Jan Žižka
1956

Jan Hus
1955