Bolek Pol�vka (original) (raw)

| | | 10 movies | 9 Blu-ray releases | 5 DVD releases Bolek Pol�vka was born Boleslav Pol�vka on July 31, 1949, in Vizovice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia. His father was an amateur actor. Young Bolek Polivka studied acting at the Drama Academy in Brno. He was fond of pantomime and soon began his performances at the theatre "Na Provazku" in Brno. Pol�vka began his career in film and television in 1976, in a TV comedy 'Traja chrob�ci' (Just Cute). He played leading and supporting roles in more than 30 films and television productions made in Europe, mainly in Czechoslovakia, then in Czech Republic. Some of his film works were actually adaptations of his theatrical plays. Pol�vka gained popularity during the 1980's for his clownery and comic performances in his TV slapsticks titled 'Man� Bolka Pol�vky' (The Menage of Bolek Polivka). He has been involved in a continuous and fruitful collaboration with the acclaimed Czech film director Vera Chytilov�. Pol�vka received awards and nominations at several European film festivals, he was also awarded for his theatrical works. Bolek Pol�vka is the owner and artistic leader of his theatre in Brno called Divadlo Bolka Pol�vky (The Theatre of Bolek Pol�vka). He is known for his cute and witty ideas and a variety of crazy and spectacular competitions, such as the World Championship in Catching Flies or throwing a pop-gun into the rye field. Bolek Pol�vka collaborated with the renown mime Vyacheslav Polunin. In 2001 Polunin organized the New Carnival within the framework of the World Theatre Olympics, in the Hermitage Gardens in Moscow. There Bolek Pol�vka performed among some of the best acting comedians of the 20th century, such as Vyacheslav Polunin, Django Edwards, J�r�me Deschamps, Franz-Joseph Bogner, Leo Bassi, Gennadiy Khazanov, Leonid Yarmolnik, the duo of David Shiner and Bill Irwin, and over a hundred of other comediens and mimes from all over the world. | | Average movie rating Based on 10 movies and 26 ratingsHighest rated: 7.6 / 10 Cosy Dens (1999) Lowest rated: 5.9 / 10 Bathory: Coun... (2008) | | - | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |