RIP Jiří Bartoška

 

Actor and president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Jiří Bartoška died on May 4, 2025in the Czech Republic at the age of 78. Bartoška was born in Děčín, Czechoslovakia on June 23, 1946. He celebrated success on stage and in front of a film or television camera. In the 1970s, he became the prototype of a lover for audiences, but very soon he also received opportunities in dramatic roles. He appeared as Teddy Baldwin in the 1983 Czech TV western mini-series ‘Brakýri’.