The Radio Thalia Award went to Vladimír Javorský. Jan Rosák and Jaromír Ostrý entered the Czech Radio Hall of Fame
The 40th anniversary edition of the Prix Bohemia Radio international radio festival started on October 13 in Olomouc. During the opening ceremony on October 14, Vladimír Javorský received the radio Thalia Award for his performance in the radio play Mr Theodor Mundstock for his role as Theodor Mundstock. René Zavoral, the Director General of Czech Radio, inducted two important personalities, Jan Rosák and Jaromír Ostrý, into the prestigious Hall of Fame.
"It is an honour for me to invite two outstanding personalities of the radio world to the Hall of Fame as part of the 40th Prix Bohemia Radio. I would like to recognize radio presenter Jan Rosák, who deserves the award for his lifelong work for Czech Radio and his outstanding level of the presenting profession. I would also like to recognise Jaromír Ostrý for his radio activities for the benefit of regional and national broadcasting. Jaromír Ostrý has done a great job and I would like to thank him for creating artistic values of lasting importance for Czech Radio," said René Zavoral, Director General of Czech Radio.
During the gala evening, hosted by Jitka Novotná, the Thalia Award was presented to actor Vladimír Javorský for his role as Theodor Mundstock in the radio play Mr Theodor Mundstock. IIgor Bareš, Honorary President of the Prix Bohemia Radio Festival, accepted the award on his behalf.
"Czech Radio is the only medium that consistently develops radio drama. At the same time, it is true that those who devote themselves to this genre do it with their hearts. That is why I am very pleased that the Thalia Award for the best performance in a radio play goes to Vladimír Javorský," said Ondřej Kepka, President of the Actors' Association.
In the radio production of Ladislav Fuks' famous play Mr Theodor Mundstock, actor Vladimír Javorský excels, his performance convincingly conveying the complex inner world of Fuks' tragic hero. The psychological drama depicts a mad man doing good in an even madder world, whose story must necessarily come to a tragic end.
Particularly impressive are the moments in which Javorsky's Mundstock tries in vain to understand the eccentricities of the times.
