Trivia

Karel Hermánek was the director of the Theater Without Rails and the Municipal Theater in Karlovy Vary. For this, he regularly collaborated with film and television.

He met the presenter and TV announcer Hana Vávrová in the dubbing studio. After the birth of sons Karel (* 1989) and Josef (* 1990), the actor and the presenter decided to get married.

When the theater Na Zábradli, where he played, collapsed in 1990, Karel Hermánek founded one of the first private theaters in the country, which he humorously named Divadlo Bez zábradlí ( Theater Without Rails). Part of the original ensemble then moved to the National Theatre.

Stage director Evald Schorm nvited him to the Theater Na zábradlí. Karel Hermánek played there until 1991 and created his most important theater characters there.

In 2004, Hermánek acquired the Municipal Theater in Karlovy Vary for rent.

During and after his studies, he worked in the avant-garde "Theater On a String" with Jirí Bartoska and Pavel Zednícek.

At the age of 76 he committed suicide by gunshot at the shooting range in Príbram.

He was the principal of the Theater Without Rails ( Bez Zabradlí Theater) in Prague. His wife Hana Hermánková helped him manage the theater, he was the director and actor, she was the manager.

Karel Hermánek was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1976 and 200.

He studied construction engineering, considered studying architecture and film directing. He eventually took acting entrance exams at FAMU (=Faculty of Film and Television) but was not accepted. He was more successful at JAMU ( =The Janácek Academy of Performing Arts 'JAMU' is a public university with an artistic focus) where he graduated in 1972 with a degree in acting.

Hermanek was awarded with the prize of the Czech Literary Fund for acting in the production Comenius: Diogenes the Cynic.

He also dabbled in dubbing, for example he was known as the dubbing character of Doyle in the series Professionals.

In the years 1973 - 1976 , he worked at the Drama Studio in Ustí nad Labem. There he staged his first play under the direction of director Evald Schorm.

He received " The Golden Shoe award" for outstanding contribution to cinematography for children and youth at the Zlín Film Festival (2022).

He received a prize at the IFF in Portugal for the male acting performance in the film Good Light ( 1987 ).