Miroslav Macháček

Miroslav Macháček (May 8, 1922 – February 17, 1991) was a Czech theatre director and actor.

Life and career Macháček was born in Nymburk. His father was a car painter and a custodian of (and sometimes actor and director in) the theater in Nymburk, where young Miroslav met many famous Czech actors who were guests of the theater. His father enrolled Miroslav in high school, but he was expelled after a few years and had to return to elementary school. After graduation, he went to a trade school where he learned to become a hammerman in the Aero factory. ) and graduated in 1948. and was accused of disrespect for the Communist Party and the government of Czechoslovakia. As punishment he had to stop working for Czech Television and was no longer allowed to work on movies. ) and as a result he was forced by the authorities to begin treatment in the psychiatric asylum in Bohnice, where he spent 117 days.

After his dismissal from the asylum he came back to the National Theater and directed most of his masterpieces, among them Naši Furianti by Ladislav Stroupežnický. The play, which opened on 13 May 1979, is often considered one of the best stagings of a play in post-war Czechoslovak history.

Film Macháček appeared in several Czech films:

Ďáblova past (František Vláčil 1961) Valley of the Bees (1967) Love Between the Raindrops (1979) Stín kapradiny (František Vláčil, 1984) Skalpel, prosím (Jiří Svoboda, 1985). Wolf's Hole (1987)