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Václav Marhoul in Rozstrel (2016)

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Václav Marhoul

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  • Born
    January 30, 1960 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Biography

    • Václav Marhoul was born on January 30, 1960 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor and producer, known for L'oiseau bariolé (2019), Tobruk (2008) and Mazaný Filip (2003).

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  • Father of Anna Marhoulová.
  • Former Head of Barrandov Film Studios (1990-1997) in Prague.
  • His name is pronounced "Vaah-tslaf Mahr-howl".

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  • [on long preparations of L'oiseau bariolé (2019)] It took two years to get the rights. While Jerzy Kosinski was alive, he is said to have allowed two directors "entry" to the book: Federico Fellini and Luis Buñuel. And now Kosinski is dead. It took me eight months to find the rights at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago. To my surprise, they met with me. Three men in handmade silk ties that must have cost as much as a small car interrogated this Czech guy in jeans and a T-shirt for one hour and ten minutes. To my shock, I got the rights. It then took 14 months to close the deal. Then it took three years and 17 different versions to write the script. Then four years to finance the movie. Not easy. You go to the Cannes or Berlin markets and tell them you want to do a three-hour war film in black and white, with no English dialogue. Not easy. Then two years of shooting - chronologically, so that the boy would age naturally. And then ten months of post-production. But during these 11 years, I have had the best producer in the world: Václav Marhoul. Not once did he say, "Forget it!" to me.
  • [on collaboration with Udo Kier on L'oiseau bariolé (2019)] Udo especially loved two scenes. Number one is the one with the spoon. The second one is from a sentence in the book I had missed: "The miller sat in front of his house, staring at a dried-up fly stuck to the wall." Udo came to me and complained: "I can't find the fly in the script. You need to put it in - it's important for my character!" I told my prop people to find a fly and put it on the wall. Udo did his thing - all thanks to a dead fly.

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