František Dibarbora

Born: 1916-11-19

Slovak actor of Italian origin (father Giacomo Di Barbora) was born on November 19, 1916 in Bratislava. František was a great athlete in his youth, he played football for Slovan Bratislava, he was an attacker, he played hockey in the winter - he was a goalkeeper (he represented SLOVAKIA). His father suggested that he not want to be an actor. František listened to him and enrolled at the Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava. He graduated in 1938. He became a member of the SND at school. In this theater he was not only in drama but also in opera! (1940-42) He performed about 210 theater characters in the play. František Dibarbora also made a name for himself on Slovak radio. He was especially popular in comic scenes, sketches and I remember that as a little boy I listened to his PIRAMID every Sunday morning. František Dibarbora appears in the film as early as 1938 in the film UNBEATED ARMY. After the war, he played in the famous BULKED BORDER. M. Frič also cast him in the film WAR! The "beautiful" 50s came. He mainly "builds" in the films and Dibarbora plays in these films. But even here he shows that he is a comedian. His comedian will appear in films (DAM, FRIDAY 13, ŠTVORYLKA, JOŽKO PÚČIK AND HIS CAREER, ZEMIANSČŤ, HOLIDAY WITH AN ANGEL). They are all comedies and Dibarbora is probably the best Slovak comedian these years. His best comedy of those years is Lack's film ROCK IN THE OFFER. Dibarbora also showed his acting in the characters of German SS men. His role as "Herman Thiele" in the film WOLF HOLES earned him the NATIONAL FILM AWARD (1949). He played a similar character in the film WHILE KOHÚT DOES NOT SING (1969). In the late 1950s, when television began broadcasting, it automatically began to appear in this medium as well. You played many serious but also comic characters here. I will mention a two-part tel. the film THE SOLDIER IN THE FIELD (1964), Ostrich Party (1967), later it was the US TRAGEDY (1976), ESCAPE FROM THE GOLDEN LANDSCAPE (1977) or the series SAFARI (1986), where he got his last major role. Unforgettable and famous is his "pastor Evans" in the production MERRY LADIES FROM WINDSOR. This actor from the capital H, he also taught at the Academy of Performing Arts, was awarded the title of "deserved artist" in 1986. He died as a result of a serious car accident on September 4, 1987 in Bratislava.


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Amok

as uncredited
Released: 1977-03-28

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The Terribly Sad Princess

as kat
Released: 1968-06-07

Musical fairy tale tells the story of prince and princesses from neighbouring friendly countries...

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Wolves' Lairs

as uncredited
Released: 1948-12-25

This drama from the times of Slovak National Uprising is situated in a small Slovak village. It...

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Traja svedkovia

as uncredited
Released: 1969-02-27

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Majster kat

as Tuli-Bej
Released: 1966-08-05

A dramatic story about two friends - fisherman Richardus and municipal executioner Emil Targo...

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Smrť šitá na mieru

as uncredited
Released: 1980-01-18

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Jánošík

as sudca Očkayi
Released: 1963-08-23

This film is one of the most popular pictures of Slovak cinema and relates the story about the...

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Priehrada

as Fero (clerk / temporary worker)
Released: 1950-08-23

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The Coward

as uncredited
Released: 1962-04-13

In a remote Slovak village in the closing days of World War II, a schoolteacher and his young...

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Holiday with Angel

as Stefan Palko - coal miner
Released: 1953-04-03

Strict and always dissatisfied grumbler Mr. Angel gets a voucher for summer recreation. He...

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The Last Witch

as Rektor Trnavskej univerzity Melchioris
Released: 1957-11-01

This dramatic story is situated in the town of Trnava of the 18th century. Painter Peter paints...

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Beware!

as Worker in the mine
Released: 1947-04-24

A drama about Slovaks who emigrated before WW I. It is focused on the life of Ondrej Muranica....

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The Devil Does Not Sleep

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1957-05-17

Episodic film consisting of three satirical shorts ('Smutný káder', 'Typický prípad' and...

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A Pact with the Devil

as uncredited
Released: 1967-12-28

A comedy about five students who are un-justly suspected of trying to lose their virginity...

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Niet inej cesty

as uncredited
Released: 1968-09-20

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Albert

as Maslovski
Released: 1985-02-14

Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to...

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Lazy sa pohly

as Kmosko
Released: 1952-05-01

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Freckled Max and the Spooks

as uncredited
Released: 1987-10-17

A parody of Frankensteinian stories. It is a story of a little boy, an orphan who arrives at the...

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Horúčka

as uncredited
Released: 1975-12-10

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The Song of the Grey Pigeon

as Fero Šlosiarik (voice)
Released: 1961-05-01

An unusual children's film set during World War II in Czechoslovakia, this compelling drama...

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Pozor, ide Jozefína...

as uncredited
Released: 1977-03-18

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Šťastie príde v nedeľu

as uncredited
Released: 1959-03-13

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Katka

as Dodo Kupčík
Released: 1950-04-22

Strong-willed peasant girl Katka disobeys her father and heads to the city to work in a factory,...

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Smrť prichádza v daždi

as uncredited
Released: 1966-03-25

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Páni sa zabávajú

as uncredited
Released: 1972-12-24

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Oko za oko

as uncredited
Released: 1965-01-01

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Soccer Fans

as Sekác
Released: 1961-03-03

Three soccer fans are determined to do literally anything to get to the soccer match between...

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Bakaláři

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-02-19

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Ve znamení Merkura

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-01-07

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Vivat Beňovský!

as Hoffman (voice)
First aired: 1975-10-06

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Útek zo zlatej krajiny

as Letton
First aired: 1979-01-01

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Der Ochsenkrieg

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-10-08

Miniseries based on a 1914 historical novel by the German writer Ludwig Ganghofer - The War of...

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Frankenstein's Aunt

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-02-01

Frankenstein's Aunt is the protagonist of three novels - two by Allan Rune Pettersson and a...

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