It was written on June 11, 1938, when a son Petr was born to actress Františka Skálová-Wintrová and actor Jiří Kostek. Since all his ancestors had been involved in the theater since the beginning of the 19th century, it was clear what he would become. Petr Kostka had talent to give away, it didn’t hurt him either that he didn’t finish DAMU and ran into an engagement in the Municipal Theaters of Prague.

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He became a member in 1974 National Theatre, from where, after twenty years, he moved to the Theater in Vinohrady, where he still plays today. Together with his old friend Francis the German also still excels in the production of Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson on the Ungelt Theater stage. It is not for nothing that Kostka has two at home Thalia prices.

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Tailor’s horse

Director Jiří Krejčík discovered him for the film as a 21-year-old young man. The role of the auto mechanic Vilda in the film Awakening with the youngster Jana Brejchová he played the lead role of Kostka so convincingly that Krejčík gave him another opportunity in the award-winning drama The Higher Principle (1960). Since then, he has gradually become one of the most employed film actors. His role in the director’s Chronicle of a Fool (1964) is definitely worth mentioning Karel Zeman or the double role of a rocket pilot flying into the past in the comedy I will get up tomorrow and get scalded with tea (1977). He turned into the villainous Don Carlos Vorlíčková of the film How about having spinach (1977) and the struggling Mr. Novák was in the films Friday is not a holiday (1979) and We’re Normal (1981).

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Role in series

As for the series, Václav Pešek got a lot of space as an engineer in the standardization Engineering Odyssey (1979). Kostka also played the émigré Dr. Mádro in Ambulance (1984), due to which the series had problems with communist censorship.

Evening meal.

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He portrayed a criminal in the post-revolutionary Sins for Father Knox (1992) and in the popular Chetnik humoresques (2001-2007) played with gusto the Chief Warden Šiktance. Recently, he was seen in the series Cuckoos.

50 let s Carmen

Kostka was married twice. The first marriage with Ingrid Vavrouchová ended in divorce. After his ex-wife died in a car accident, the actor had to take care of two daughters alone. Taking care of them and their daughter born in 1976 Terezu then another woman helped him Carmen Mayerwith whom Kostka celebrated his golden wedding last year.