Zvonimir Rogoz was a Croatia

Croatia

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A native of Zagreb

Zagreb

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, Zvonimir Rogoz became famous in Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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 between the two world wars. He appeared in many Czechoslovakian films of the 1930s, but the best known of them all was the 1933 erotic drama

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 Ecstasy, featuring Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr

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, who shocked the public by appearing nude.

From 1950s onwards, Rogoz appeared in Croatian films, but the younger generations of Croatia remember him best for his private life: he fathered a child at the age of 96. This and other events became the subject of his autobiographical book Mojih prvih 100 godina (My First 100 Years).

He died in Zagreb a few months after his 100th birthday

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Filmography

• "The Glembays
  The Glembays
  The Glembays is a 1988 Yugoslav / Croatian film directed by Antun Vrdoljak starring Mustafa Nadarević and Ena Begović. The film is an adaptation of Miroslav Krleža's 1929 play Gospoda Glembajevi and was produced by Televizija Zagreb and Jadran Film....
  
  " (1988)
• "Pet mrtvih adresa" (1984)
• "Kiklop" (1982)
• "Dobro jutro sine" (1978)
• "Okupacija u 26 slika" (1978)
• "Harmonika" (1972)
• "Putovanje na mjesto nesreće" (1971)
• "Starci" (1971)
• "Slučajni život
  Slučajni život
  Accidental Life is a Croatian film directed by Ante Peterlić. It was released in 1969....
  
  " (1969)
• "Cintek" (1967)
• "Rondo (film)
  Rondo (film)
  Rondo is a 1966 Yugoslavian film by Croatian director Zvonimir Berković. It was filmed in Zagreb, Croatia .-Plot:...
  
  " (1966)
• "Ključ" (1965)
• "Banket" (1965)
• "San" (1965)
• "Doktor Knok" (1964)
• "Vrapčić" (1964)
• "Carevo novo ruho" kao vitez Senilan (1961)
• "Samsonov sin" (1960)
• "Vlak bez voznog reda" (1959)
• "Nije bilo uzalud" (1957)
• "Opsada" (1956)
• "U početku bijaše grijeh" (1954)
• "Koncert
  Koncert (film)
  Koncert is a Yugoslav film directed by Branko Belan. It was released in 1954.Oktavijan Miletić was the cinematographer for the film....
  
  " kao Pjaskovski (1954)
• "Revolucijski rok 1848" (1949)
• "Pripad Z-8" (1949)
• "Muzikant
  Muzikant (film)
  Muzikant is a 1947 Czechoslovak film. The film starred Josef Kemr....
  
  " (1948)
• "Dok se vratiš" (1948)
• "Tri kamaradi" (1947)
• "Violina i san" (1947)
• "Krakatit
  Krakatit
  Krakatit is a 1948 Czechoslovak science fiction mystery film directed by Otakar Vávra, starring Karel Höger as a chemist who suffers from delirium and regret after inventing a powerful explosive. The film is based on Karel Čapek's novel with the same title....
  
  " (1947)
• "Bila jahta u Splitu" (1939)

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