The Journey of Director Vít Olmer: From Acting to Directing, Battling Illness, and Staying Alive

Of his acting films, the popular detective story Girl to Kill is the most frequently reprised, where he played the biggest thief – an operator who solved his extramarital affair in a harsh way. He changed his profession After his studies at FAMU, the attractive handsome man quickly disappeared from the cinema screen.

Hello Olmer stood behind the camera and continued to captivate the audience with his films and series only in the role of director. Under his baton, films such as Tank Battalion, Sonata for a Redhead, Second Pawn Move, What’s wrong with you, Doctor?, Bony a klid… After the revolution, not only the film world changed from the ground up. “When capitalism came in, companies wanted us to match the West. The order was – as little art as possible, mostly action, blood and sex!’ Olmer describes that time.

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He will never forget the year 2006, life suddenly turned into a somersault. Vítu Olmer was changed by cystosis of the liver. It is a disease in which huge cysts form in the organ. The director needed a liver and kidney transplant. “I watched a strong man become a wreck and all I could think about was how to help him,” wife Simona Chytrová (61) admitted bad moments. She was a great support for him, a source of energy and a light on the way. Olmer doesn’t have the soul of the most obedient patient, but that’s where all the fun ended. Fortunately, a donor was found in time. His own liver, removed during surgery, weighed an incredible 12 kilos! 50 pills a day After the eight-hour operation, the liver started working immediately, but it was worse with the kidney.

“I have to take about fifty pills every day, but there’s nothing you can do about it. And I also have to go for regular check-ups,” described his life a few years after Vít’s major operation. Recently, he took up the director’s baton especially when working on the documentary cycle 13. chamber. He has already filmed about fifteen of them and is currently working on another. It is about his colleague, the director Hynk Bočan (85), and is moderated by his wife Simona. The photos show how severe illness has changed Víto. But he is alive and able to work.

Interview with director Vít Olmer

2023-08-10 12:35:00
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