Martin was a western enthusiast, interested in the Indian way of life. In the role of tough guys, he felt at home. And it didn’t matter if they were villains or lawyers.
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The MDB actors also said goodbye to their colleague as an honor guard at the coffin on the stage of the music scene.
Photo: Miroslav Homola, Law
However, fate is relentless and death takes the lives of even those who are said to be like an element, temperamental, full of vigor, seemingly invincible. And such was the actor Martin Havelka, an actor of the Municipal Theater in Brno, about whom only loved ones and colleagues knew that he had been fighting an insidious disease for a long time. Unfortunately, he lost the fight.
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“It is ironic that this world is saying goodbye to an excellent theater, film and television actor on the days when the musical Mamma Mia! Was successfully performed on the music scene (until the quarantine was announced), in which he played the role of Sam, a fair man. who can deal with everything he encounters in life, “says theater director Stanislav Moša.
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The director of the Brno City Theater Stanislav Moša during the last farewell to the actor Martin Havelka
Photo: Igor Zehl, CTK
And so was Martin, according to colleagues. He studied his physically demanding role and then played until the last moment, if his health allowed it.
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The actors also respected the audience in the condolence books.
Photo: Miroslav Homola, Law
Martin originally worked as a novice waiter in his native Karlovy Vary. It was also discovered there by the director of “Provázka” Zdeněk Pospíšil as an extraordinary talent. His entire acting career after “acting” on acting on a string with an actor in Hus combined with several Brno stages.
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Its theatrical beginnings are connected with the Goose on a String Theater, of which it has been a member for more than fifteen years. Then, for a few years, he moved to the Brno National Theater.
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Actor Igor Bareš enters the condolence book on October 11, 2020 in Brno during the last farewell to actor Martin Havelka.
Photo: Igor Zehl, CTK
He has been working at the Brno City Theater since 1999, and with his contagiously explosive energy he delighted the audience in more than fifty roles on the Drama and Music Stages. For two of them, he found himself in a wider nomination for the Thalia Award, namely for the role of the unrestrained Truffaldin in the comedy The Servant of Two Masters and for the unforgettable, devilishly adorable Darryl in The Witches of Eastwick.
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In addition to these two roles, he was nominated for the same award in 1998, for his portrayal of Che Gevara in the musical Evita, which then premiered in the Czech Republic at the Spiral Theater in Prague.
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Among the great roles in which Martin Havelka excelled was, for example, Petruccio in The Taming of the Shrew. Pictured with Radka Coufalová.
Photo: Tino Kratochvíl, MdB
He made his film roles in the film Ballad for a Bandit, newer titles include Po strništi barefoot, Teacher, The Godfather’s Story and Tacho. He often appeared on television screens, for example in the series Četnické humoresky. Kriminálka Anděl, Rédl and many others.
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The farewell was originally planned for Monday, but the current quarantine measures, when all theaters are closed from Monday, have changed everything.
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