Raoul Schránil

Raoul Marian Kristian Schránil (24 March 1910 – 20 September 1998) was a Czech film actor.

Life Schránil was born in Most on 24 March 1910. His father Rudolf Schránil was a government secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture. His mother Alexandra Poláková was an opera singer. Shortly after his birth, he moved to Vienna with his parents. During the World War I he was sent to live with his grandmother in Chotětov. After the war his family moved to Prague. Through his well-connected family, he met many prominent people, such as people such as the opera singer Emmy Destinn. During his teens Schránil was expelled from high school in Prague and was sent to study in Germany and later in Dijon, France. At Dijon lyceum he first performed at a cabaret.

His first role was in the film Milan Rastislav Štefánik, where he played a French officer.

Selected filmography Vzdušné torpédo 48 (1937) Cause for Divorce (1937) Battalion (1937) The Merry Wives (1938) Christian (1939) Eva Fools Around (1939) The Minister's Girlfriends (1940) Poznej svého muže (1940) The Catacombs (1940) In the Still of the Night (1941) A Charming Man (1941) Nebe a dudy (1943) The Second Shot (1943) Fourteen at the Table (1943) Silvery Wind (1954) How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974) Love Between the Raindrops (1979) Big Beat (1993)