1 00:00:03,274 --> 00:00:05,294 [music] 2 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:14,400 Helena Růžičková is one of the most prominent 3 00:00:11,559 --> 00:00:16,520 personalities of Czech film and television. 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,880 She was an actress who could connect 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:22,480 spontaneity, humor [music] and deep 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:23,920 dramatic acting in a unique whole. 7 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,119 It will stay with the audience forever 8 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:29,439 unforgettable, especially as striking 9 00:00:26,119 --> 00:00:32,160 škopková from the Slunce Seno series, but hers 10 00:00:29,439 --> 00:00:34,719 career was much broader and ranged from 11 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:36,960 theaters through TV series to 12 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:39,440 author's projects. 13 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,600 For a distinctive and uncompromising personality 14 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:44,559 however, he also hid an extremely boisterous one 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:47,800 a life story full of unexpected twists, 16 00:00:44,559 --> 00:00:50,960 great friendships, personal tragedies, etc 17 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:53,760 a constant struggle with one's own health. We are 18 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:56,000 Nerdopolis and today we're going to look at the whole thing 19 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,760 the story of Helena Růžičková, who 20 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,039 developed into one of the most beloved 21 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:03,280 of Czech actresses and who could 22 00:01:00,039 --> 00:01:05,280 to spread laughter even in moments when alone 23 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:08,280 she was going through the most difficult moments of her life 24 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,280 of life. 25 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:19,240 The life of Helena Růžíčková née Málková 26 00:01:15,479 --> 00:01:21,759 started on June 13, 1936 in Prague, but 27 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:24,560 its true roots went back much further 28 00:01:21,759 --> 00:01:27,439 south. She was born into a Czech family 29 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:29,720 legionnaire Alois Malko and Serbian Draga 30 00:01:27,439 --> 00:01:31,720 née Hudecová, with whom the father 31 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,560 met in Sarajevo. 32 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,600 The Balkan blood left in her 33 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:38,840 lifelong imprint in the form of indomitable 34 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:40,840 temperament and elemental energy. To that 35 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,159 her unusual love for 36 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:45,280 the heat. Helena was able to go 37 00:01:43,159 --> 00:01:48,040 sunbathe in the garden even in the middle of frost 38 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,680 winter, if at least it cleared them up for a while 39 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,680 the sun. 40 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,640 It was an important symbol of her childhood 41 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,840 the famous Faust House in Prague's Karlov 42 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,479 square. In his happy proximity 43 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:00,039 she was growing up 44 00:01:57,479 --> 00:02:02,119 magical atmosphere of this place 45 00:02:00,039 --> 00:02:04,320 shrouded in legends of sorcerers, 46 00:02:02,119 --> 00:02:07,159 as if foreshadowing her later interest 47 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,959 about things between heaven and earth. 48 00:02:07,159 --> 00:02:11,599 Although she later became a symbol 49 00:02:08,959 --> 00:02:14,480 corpulent ladies, her start in life 50 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:16,480 he was opposite and very dramatic. 51 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:19,200 As an infant she suffered from a severe disorder 52 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:20,760 food intake and she literally disappeared from her parents 53 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:23,319 in front of your eyes. 54 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:25,360 It looked like she wouldn't survive and this wound 55 00:02:23,319 --> 00:02:28,840 the experience made her anxious 56 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:31,560 protected, prayed for only child, for whom 57 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:33,959 parents were dreading every second. 58 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:36,720 Fear about her led her mother and father to a very 59 00:02:33,959 --> 00:02:39,879 liberal and open education, where there was none 60 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:42,040 a place for prohibitions or secrets. 61 00:02:39,879 --> 00:02:45,120 When parents already in their six years 62 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:48,120 they discovered that little Helena was trying to smoke, 63 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:49,920 instead of punishing the cigarettes they bought themselves. 64 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:52,959 They wanted her to not have to do anything for them 65 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:55,319 back and Helena so her peers calmly 66 00:02:52,959 --> 00:02:58,400 she smoked in public, which at the time 67 00:02:55,319 --> 00:03:00,720 caused quite a stir. Cigarettes 68 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,760 then they became her lifelong guide, 69 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,159 to which she applied with the same 70 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:07,200 openness as to everything else in 71 00:03:05,159 --> 00:03:09,519 your life. 72 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:12,360 Helena's artistic career began surprisingly 73 00:03:09,519 --> 00:03:14,080 soon and in a completely different field than what 74 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:17,080 she became famous. 75 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:19,680 Already from September 1, 1939, 76 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:22,840 that is, from the age of three, she started running out 77 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:25,400 to ballet school. Parents eat systematically 78 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:28,280 led to a dance and thanks to her then 79 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:31,239 slenderness and mobility has been worked out 80 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:34,239 up to the children's ballet of the National Theatre. 81 00:03:31,239 --> 00:03:37,080 She danced her entire childhood in ballet classes 82 00:03:34,239 --> 00:03:40,200 growing up and wanting to become a professional 83 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:44,920 the ballerina did not leave her until the moment when 84 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,920 her figure began to change dramatically. 85 00:03:49,319 --> 00:03:53,959 Today, few people want to believe that one of the 86 00:03:51,879 --> 00:03:56,040 the most popular Czech actresses 87 00:03:53,959 --> 00:03:57,799 actually acting never officially 88 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,732 she didn't study. 89 00:03:57,799 --> 00:04:02,280 Her journey to academia was 90 00:03:59,732 --> 00:04:04,680 [music] failed. She applied to the lady 91 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:07,319 twice, but never tested her 92 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:10,200 the commission did not accept. Although in the end 93 00:04:07,319 --> 00:04:11,920 she graduated as a dental laboratory technician, these 94 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,799 futile attempts to study acting 95 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:16,280 considered the most important milestones 96 00:04:13,799 --> 00:04:18,160 his private life. 97 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:20,160 Just in the corridors of the school and during 98 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,560 nervously waiting for the jury's verdict 99 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:25,440 for she met two people who became 100 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:28,080 pillars of its existence. Lifelong 101 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,759 best friend Jiřina Bohdalová a 102 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,120 future husband Jiří Růžička 103 00:04:29,759 --> 00:04:33,560 elder, who was then visiting higher 104 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,639 vintage. 105 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,479 The relationship with Jiřina Bohová was from the beginning 106 00:04:35,639 --> 00:04:40,880 extremely strong [music] and interwoven 107 00:04:37,479 --> 00:04:43,880 mutual support. When Helena 23. 108 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:46,400 July 1955 after not too long 109 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:48,858 was getting married, Jiřina was supposed to go for her 110 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,680 a witness. However, fate wanted it differently. 111 00:04:48,858 --> 00:04:52,000 [music] 112 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:54,759 Bohdalová had a performance that day 113 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,440 she missed the ceremony at the town hall. In civil 114 00:04:54,759 --> 00:04:58,639 part of it had to be replaced by hers as well 115 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:01,400 her then husband, engineer Bř Brřetislav 116 00:04:58,639 --> 00:05:03,039 Stas. And Jiřina didn't arrive until the second 117 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,759 church marriage in Methodist [music] 118 00:05:03,039 --> 00:05:07,400 prayerfully. 119 00:05:04,759 --> 00:05:10,639 The double wedding was also necessary due to the fact that 120 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:12,600 Helena was already carrying son Jiřík under her heart. 121 00:05:10,639 --> 00:05:15,479 They then organized a holy feast in the hotel 122 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:17,120 Screw on Wenceslas Square in place, 123 00:05:15,479 --> 00:05:19,120 where Helena many years later 124 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,639 she symbolically returned hers during filming 125 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:23,680 the most famous comedies. 126 00:05:21,639 --> 00:05:26,840 Marriage with Jiří Růžička the elder se 127 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:28,840 often described as Italian, full of emotion, 128 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:31,400 screaming and sometimes flying [music] 129 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:33,600 ashtrays. But in reality it was about 130 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:36,280 a deep bond that lasted throughout 131 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:39,039 their life. Helena was for her own 132 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:41,080 Jirku able to do the impossible. According to 133 00:05:39,039 --> 00:05:43,319 their words, for example, she was able to get him 134 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:45,919 completely unseen from a military exercise 135 00:05:43,319 --> 00:05:48,440 way. she appeared in person at 136 00:05:45,919 --> 00:05:50,600 military report and with a vigor of his own 137 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:53,720 she offered to take the private's place 138 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:55,960 him. she argued that her husband 139 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:58,560 he just finished his studies and has a promising career ahead of him 140 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:01,560 career while she is just a woman in 141 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:03,840 household that nothing escapes. Hers 142 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,840 famous eloquence and especially Razance 143 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:08,800 they were so overwhelming that she 144 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:12,479 the officer got away with it and she arranged that 145 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:14,800 her husband never had to go to war. George 146 00:06:12,479 --> 00:06:17,319 he was not only a life partner for Helena, 147 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,880 but also the key to her professional dream. 148 00:06:17,319 --> 00:06:20,680 When after his studies he started working in 149 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:24,039 theaters in Mladá Boleslav and later in 150 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:26,440 Příbramy, Helena traveled faithfully with him, 151 00:06:24,039 --> 00:06:28,720 so that she could be close to him and at least a little 152 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:31,000 absorbs the atmosphere of the theater, accepted in 153 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,720 behind the scenes lighting and stage work 154 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,599 techniques. 155 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,800 However, S. also approached this profession 156 00:06:34,599 --> 00:06:39,400 with incredible vigor. 157 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,440 Like a quirky light fixture from her cabin 158 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:43,400 for so long and loudly advised the actors to 159 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,759 stage as they have their roles right 160 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:48,680 serve until finally thanks to his 161 00:06:45,759 --> 00:06:53,319 unmissable energy and talent on 162 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:53,319 she also fought her way through the podium. 163 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:01,800 The journey of Helena Růžičková from Izvetravačská 164 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:05,160 cabins among the acting elite was indeed 165 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:07,479 unorthodox, but all the more dizzying. 166 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:09,360 A key turning point occurred in the drama club, 167 00:07:07,479 --> 00:07:12,039 where the director Jan Kačer entrusted her with the role 168 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:14,759 housewives in Gogol's Reviser. 169 00:07:12,039 --> 00:07:17,039 In this late 1960s production which 170 00:07:14,759 --> 00:07:19,039 became legendary, stood by 171 00:07:17,039 --> 00:07:21,280 Pavel Landovský. 172 00:07:19,039 --> 00:07:24,720 However, the real highlight came when 173 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:27,360 when the ensemble went to London with the play. 174 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,440 British criticism, known for its severity, 175 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:32,800 she was from the performance of a corpulent Czech actress 176 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:34,800 totally shocked. They did not spare the local newspapers 177 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,120 superlatives and described her as 178 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:39,440 the unsatisfied cutie that shines in 179 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,720 pink and green and it can be done with 180 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,360 dive into the depths with incredible ease 181 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,400 disappointment. 182 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,440 This success was followed by her engagement in 183 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:50,319 theater on the railing, where she entered 184 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:52,599 February 1971. 185 00:07:50,319 --> 00:07:55,199 Here, too, she immediately ranked among the main ones 186 00:07:52,599 --> 00:07:57,280 support of the file and within less than two years 187 00:07:55,199 --> 00:07:59,280 studied a number of demanding roles in 188 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:02,240 productions as at bottom, lady with 189 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:04,199 camellias or The Marriage of Figaro. 190 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:06,960 Her last major theater role is 191 00:08:04,199 --> 00:08:08,599 became Gurmišská in Ostrovská's play the forest. 192 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:11,000 This prolific [music] theater period 193 00:08:08,599 --> 00:08:13,280 however, it ended suddenly and dramatically in 194 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,919 1973. 195 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:18,400 Helena, known for her generosity and 196 00:08:15,919 --> 00:08:21,000 opposition to the then regime, she resigned 197 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:23,599 especially under the influence of alcohol and in a rush 198 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:26,000 she started sending emotions right in front of the audience 199 00:08:23,599 --> 00:08:28,000 communist functionaries to places where 200 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,879 the sun doesn't shine. 201 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:32,000 The scandal was so great that 202 00:08:29,879 --> 00:08:33,599 followed by a nervous breakdown and a stay at 203 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,320 psychiatry. 204 00:08:33,599 --> 00:08:39,880 This makes the gates permanent for Helena 205 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:39,880 theater scenes closed for good. 206 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:49,560 At the turn of the 60s and 70s, a director 207 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,240 Jaroslav Papoušek cast Helena 208 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:53,959 Růžičková in a trilogy about family 209 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:57,160 Homolkov, thereby creating a phenomenon that 210 00:08:53,959 --> 00:08:59,680 still resonates today. The character of the daughter-in-law Heduš 211 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,560 she was not just a caricature of a corpulent woman. 212 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:04,000 It was a deeply human study of the time 213 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:06,680 petty bourgeoisie, in which Helena brilliantly 214 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:08,600 she combined vigor with fragility. 215 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:10,640 Her performance was so convincing that 216 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:13,000 moviegoers often forgot that 217 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:16,279 they are watching a live movie and in their mind they were becoming 218 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:18,120 part of a typical Czech household. 219 00:09:16,279 --> 00:09:20,519 During the filming, Helena appeared as 220 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:23,440 an unguided missile full of humor and the unexpected 221 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:25,560 forces. There is a tradition of a story from filming in 222 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,519 Špindlerův Mlýní, where the famous 223 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:30,240 she bet cameraman Miroslav Ondříček 224 00:09:27,519 --> 00:09:32,240 I'll have a Champagne lunch that a tiny colleague eats 225 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:34,399 Jiří [music] Hrzán can do it in his arms 226 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,640 transfer across the entire parquet. 227 00:09:34,399 --> 00:09:38,920 Although no one believed it, many did 228 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:41,360 they saw easy money. Look at the match 229 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:44,000 they won the bet because they had already 230 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:46,240 they've proven that Hrzán can handle it. 231 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,440 The champagne then flowed so much that 232 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:51,279 it was even written in the contemporary press that 233 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:53,920 the actors bathed in it. Helena, however, s 234 00:09:51,279 --> 00:09:56,079 she set the record straight with a smile. We are 235 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:58,800 they definitely didn't bathe in it. We are him 236 00:09:56,079 --> 00:10:01,640 they drank everything. Head character already in it 237 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:03,959 it also carried an interesting autobiographical link. 238 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:07,399 In the film Ece Homo, homolka is heard 239 00:10:03,959 --> 00:10:10,959 message. Lose about 50 kg 240 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:12,600 I will say ballerina. A complete swan. It was a direct one 241 00:10:10,959 --> 00:10:14,959 a reference to Helen's background in ballet 242 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:17,560 of the National Theatre, about which many people in 243 00:10:14,959 --> 00:10:19,399 at that time he had no idea. 244 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:21,880 This role also brought her a unique 245 00:10:19,399 --> 00:10:24,320 collaboration with non-actor Josef Šebánek, 246 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:26,640 representative of grandfather Homolka. Theirs 247 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:29,480 the relationship was full of friendly teasing, 248 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:32,240 which is also evidenced by the story when Helena z 249 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:34,040 goodwill ate fried chops which 250 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:38,760 his wife sent him a pony and Jiřím 251 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:38,760 Hrzánov on filming in the mountains. 252 00:10:42,959 --> 00:10:47,240 If the Homolk Family Helen 253 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:49,639 Ružičková became famous, then the trilogy 254 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:52,680 Zdeňka Troška Slunce Seno made her out of it 255 00:10:49,639 --> 00:10:54,200 an immortal national icon. Vigorous roles 256 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:56,680 škopková was in many ways for Helena 257 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:58,480 fateful in some respects. Vihohočeských 258 00:10:56,680 --> 00:11:00,920 Hoštice was literally during the filming 259 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:03,680 like at home. She even lived right in the house 260 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:05,720 Zdenek Troska's family. Her character 261 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:08,000 she wasn't just a scripted role. She was 262 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:10,320 elemental power that Helena put into 263 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:12,880 a huge piece of his own improvisation and 264 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:14,639 energy. Filming was full 265 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,760 incredible stories that 266 00:11:14,639 --> 00:11:20,000 they balanced on the edge of danger and clean 267 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:21,600 comedy. During the filming of the first episode, 268 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,560 for example, a bus with staff in 269 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:26,480 He almost collided with a truck on the serpentines. 270 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:28,560 Helena then got away with only a bump 271 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:31,519 elbow and accident mood in the team 272 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:34,079 she didn't mess up. A few years later in the piece 273 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:36,160 The firemen had to take her to the erotic sun again 274 00:11:34,079 --> 00:11:38,279 laboriously pull it to the ground so that it can 275 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:40,720 act out your scene. 276 00:11:38,279 --> 00:11:43,839 Helena was not afraid of anything, not even physically 277 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:45,720 challenging falls or sharp slaps. 278 00:11:43,839 --> 00:11:47,480 The legendary slap she gave 279 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,320 Veronice Kánské, who portrayed 280 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:51,560 bliss, there was real [music] and stuff 281 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:54,560 strong that the young actress almost fell 282 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:56,480 to the ground. It was said that Helena like this 283 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:58,760 she reacted educationally to her antipathy to 284 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:00,560 young and slim girls. 285 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:03,720 But Kánská herself later in interviews 286 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:05,680 she said they got along well. Another one 287 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:09,160 stories are being told about the scenario with Oleg 288 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:11,160 Reif, who played Šimon Plánička's father. 289 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:13,760 Helena allegedly could not forget him 290 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:16,360 sworn communist beliefs and 291 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:18,720 so the scenes where she slaps him, on purpose 292 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:21,560 she repeated several times and put in them 293 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:23,399 all his strength. Her straightforwardness and 294 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:25,880 reluctance to make compromises was also manifested 295 00:12:23,399 --> 00:12:28,120 in her relationship with Jřina Jirásková. 296 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:30,720 Helena could not forgive her for a long time. hers 297 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:33,320 initial contempt for crazy faeces 298 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:35,440 comedies. Especially because Zdeněk 299 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:38,040 He built a bit behind Jirásková in the time 300 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:40,000 when she had political distance. 301 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:42,600 Despite these behind-the-scenes frictions, however, on 302 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:45,720 created an unrepeatable ensemble on the canvas, 303 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:47,480 which was loved by millions of viewers. 304 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,800 Helena was also kind of in Hoštice 305 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:53,560 good spirit and informal hanging out 306 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:55,440 staff. When in 1988 307 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:58,600 the filming of the second part was delayed due to 308 00:12:55,440 --> 00:13:01,399 the weather and the director was sinking without hope, 309 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:03,800 Helena took the paper, started counting and 310 00:13:01,399 --> 00:13:07,160 she announced calmly, "The last one 311 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:09,939 the door will be closed exactly on September 1." The director himself 312 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:13,160 he laughed at her then, but Helena was not wrong. 313 00:13:09,939 --> 00:13:14,880 [music] It was done exactly that day. 314 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:17,399 Such was her dominance in this series 315 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:20,040 strong that when later there was a split 316 00:13:17,399 --> 00:13:22,199 between her and the director regarding the planned 317 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:24,480 of the fourth part, entitled The Sun of the Hay 318 00:13:22,199 --> 00:13:27,920 Ufoni, the project had better be definitive 319 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:30,199 cancelled. After all, you're an inn without a škobková 320 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:33,199 no one could imagine, not even Zdeník 321 00:13:30,199 --> 00:13:33,199 A little bit. 322 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:42,079 The role of Anna Urbanová in the series Karla 323 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:44,079 Kachyni Train of childhood and hope happened 324 00:13:42,079 --> 00:13:46,480 for Helena Růžičková, her greatest 325 00:13:44,079 --> 00:13:48,079 a professional triumph and a personal confession 326 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,800 at the same time. 327 00:13:48,079 --> 00:13:52,360 However, the path to this role was not at all 328 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:54,480 easy. Director Kachyňa about the cast 329 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,040 He doubted Heleny for a long time and even 330 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,360 started camera tests with Mila 331 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:00,360 Mislíková, although there was already a large part of it 332 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,040 series filmed. 333 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:04,560 The reason was Helen's at that time 334 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:06,759 inability to rest. his acting 335 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:09,600 she exaggerated the activities so much that seriously 336 00:14:06,759 --> 00:14:11,360 threatened the shooting schedule. 337 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,399 Only after a very tough conversation with 338 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:15,440 director, the actress fully concentrated on 339 00:14:13,399 --> 00:14:17,480 the character of Anna, who in her presentation 340 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:21,000 in the end, she was popular thanks to the legendary 341 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:23,600 motto: "I'm a dog for a tragic life." 342 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:25,399 Cooperation with Stanislav Zindulka, 343 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,920 who played her silent husband 344 00:14:25,399 --> 00:14:29,600 Josefa, was built on the incredible 345 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,920 contrast. 346 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,680 The interesting thing is that Zindulka got the role 347 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:36,240 Helena herself asserted. 348 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:38,560 Petr Nárožný was originally cast, 349 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:40,399 but Helena convinced the director that 350 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:43,040 it is with the tiny Zindulka that he creates this 351 00:14:40,399 --> 00:14:44,759 a real tragicomic couple. 352 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:47,639 Zindulka, however, is corpulent 353 00:14:44,759 --> 00:14:49,519 the colleague was a little afraid at first. Helena 354 00:14:47,639 --> 00:14:52,240 for in her zeal she often misjudged 355 00:14:49,519 --> 00:14:54,639 the strength of your body. In one scene on them 356 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,959 she should have jumped into bed, which he almost did 357 00:14:54,639 --> 00:14:59,120 became fatal and another time in his arms 358 00:14:56,959 --> 00:15:01,560 she squeezed so hard that from filming 359 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:03,600 he left with bruises. 360 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:06,040 The filming was also marked by Helen's 361 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,880 deteriorating health, due to 362 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:10,920 for whom work on the series was delayed by 363 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:12,959 half a year. Still, she put into her character 364 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,519 incredible energy and especially 365 00:15:12,959 --> 00:15:17,160 humanity. 366 00:15:14,519 --> 00:15:19,360 The character of Anna Urbanová, who with courage i 367 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:21,079 facing the hardships of war with humor, she was in 368 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:24,000 essentially a mirror of Helen's own 369 00:15:21,079 --> 00:15:27,079 character, a brawler who won't be broken 370 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:29,455 by fate. He was able to pull the duck out of her 371 00:15:27,079 --> 00:15:32,480 positions that were unknown to the audience until then. 372 00:15:29,455 --> 00:15:34,440 [music] Deep sadness, maternal tenderness i 373 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,560 raw honesty. 374 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:39,079 The series became an instant hit and 375 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,839 definitively disproved the myth that Helena 376 00:15:39,079 --> 00:15:43,839 Růžičková's [music] is just vaudeville 377 00:15:40,839 --> 00:15:43,839 an entertainer. 378 00:15:48,319 --> 00:15:54,160 To the success of the train of childhood and hope Helena 379 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:56,360 Růžičková followed up in 1992 380 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:59,040 another prominent dramatic role in 381 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,800 series Girlfriends from the House of Sorrows. V 382 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:03,560 the raw environment of a women's prison 383 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:06,120 she portrayed the character of Helga and alongside Ivana 384 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:08,720 Čílkova or her old friend Jiřina 385 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:11,040 Bohdalová showed the audience a completely different one 386 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:13,920 position of his acting. 387 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:16,199 Her Helga was tough, mysterious and in many ways 388 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:19,440 in all respects a chilling figure who in himself 389 00:16:16,199 --> 00:16:21,959 she carried a difficult life story. The series then 390 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:23,759 surprised by its rawness and Růžičková v 391 00:16:21,959 --> 00:16:26,399 she proved to him again that she is not alone 392 00:16:23,759 --> 00:16:29,639 comedic actress, but she also manages very well 393 00:16:26,399 --> 00:16:31,839 dark dramatic roles. During filming 394 00:16:29,639 --> 00:16:33,880 but they also played moments that today 395 00:16:31,839 --> 00:16:35,800 staff members remember more like 396 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,920 strange stories. 397 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,880 For example, she liked Růžičková so much 398 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:42,279 one of the old prison beds 399 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:44,639 used as a prop to get her after 400 00:16:42,279 --> 00:16:46,399 at the end of filming, she actually bought a 401 00:16:44,639 --> 00:16:48,959 took her to her cottage, where 402 00:16:46,399 --> 00:16:50,720 she used it as a lounge chair. 403 00:16:48,959 --> 00:16:53,199 The shooting of the series was also accompanied by one 404 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:56,680 a special event about which among the members 405 00:16:53,199 --> 00:16:59,800 he tells the staff to this day. In one scene she had 406 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:01,839 Helga perform a spirit summoning ritual. 407 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,880 According to the memories of some of those present, 408 00:17:01,839 --> 00:17:06,640 that's when she suddenly stopped during filming 409 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:09,039 technique. The power went out and she stopped 410 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:11,240 part of the device to function. 411 00:17:09,039 --> 00:17:14,039 Some later made fun of it 412 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,679 and they attributed it to the ritual, even if it was possible 413 00:17:14,039 --> 00:17:18,919 of course, probably just by chance 414 00:17:15,679 --> 00:17:21,319 technical failure. Yet it was known that 415 00:17:18,919 --> 00:17:24,000 Helena has been interested in mysticism for a long time, 416 00:17:21,319 --> 00:17:26,439 for example about numerology, cards and miscellaneous 417 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:28,160 spiritual directions and advice on these topics 418 00:17:26,439 --> 00:17:30,360 she discussed. 419 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:33,440 Therefore, from time to time, i circulated among colleagues 420 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:35,480 more stories about her sixth sense. 421 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,400 For example, it was said that she was able to 422 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:40,120 anticipate various production problems u 423 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,960 filming movies. One of those 424 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:44,919 The story is related to the fairy tale The Princess 425 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:47,520 zemlejna 2. According to the story, they had 426 00:17:44,919 --> 00:17:50,640 Rose cards indicate that they are shooting 427 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:52,919 the fairy tales will delay and she will be alone in the end 428 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:55,640 work on another fairy tale. 429 00:17:52,919 --> 00:17:58,159 And she was right. Filming the second princess 430 00:17:55,640 --> 00:18:01,960 The land was significantly delayed and the place in the year 431 00:17:58,159 --> 00:18:04,720 1997 was created only in 2000 and Helena 432 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:06,840 Růžičková in 1998 433 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:08,600 actually discovered in a fairy tale from hell 434 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,159 luck. 435 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,960 Deciding if it was real 436 00:18:10,159 --> 00:18:16,840 forecast or just later 437 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:16,840 embellished memory, we'll leave it to you. 438 00:18:21,159 --> 00:18:25,640 The relationship between Helena Růžičková and her only one 439 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:28,559 Jiří's son was in Czech show business 440 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:30,480 absolutely unique. Marie Formáčková 441 00:18:28,559 --> 00:18:33,360 she remembered that he didn't treat himself like 442 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:36,840 classic mother with son, but more like 443 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:38,640 brother and sister or best friends. 444 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:41,520 Jiří's path to acting is paradoxical 445 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:43,360 she copied her mother. Not even his pro 446 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,880 they did not take the alleged lack of talent on 447 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:47,280 conservatory. 448 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:49,360 So he trained as a salesman, but genes 449 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:52,000 in the end they won and it became early 450 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:54,400 mother's inseparable partner. 451 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:56,360 Together they formed the vaudeville duo Kicks, 452 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,400 with which they toured the republic especially in 453 00:18:56,360 --> 00:19:00,760 the times when Helena was not allowed to play in 454 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:02,400 on TV or in the movies. 455 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,280 Their joint performance was 456 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:06,760 built on elemental humor and 457 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:08,520 incredible interplay with the audience 458 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,320 they fell in love 459 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:12,679 Together they appeared in many cult films 460 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:15,600 movies, such as three nuts for 461 00:19:12,679 --> 00:19:18,400 Cinderella, where Jirka played a cook and 462 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:20,679 Helena an unforgettable crumb or v 463 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:23,720 the Italian Octopus, which was filmed in 464 00:19:20,679 --> 00:19:26,000 Prague. To their joint performances 465 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:27,280 it also included the typical humor that you often 466 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,960 he was making fun of their own 467 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:31,360 corpulence. 468 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:34,120 It is from this time that many stories come, 469 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:36,520 which were told among colleagues. One of 470 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:38,799 for example, they claim that because of their weight 471 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:40,640 he had to have a specially reinforced car, 472 00:19:38,799 --> 00:19:43,679 because taxi drivers with a regular car se 473 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:46,080 they worried about the dampers. According to another version 474 00:19:43,679 --> 00:19:48,520 Helena, when she was driving alone, put on 475 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,640 the seat of a fellow brick to be a vehicle 476 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:52,559 better balanced. 477 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:57,120 Their professional cooperation culminated 478 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:58,760 in the early 1990s. In 1992, 479 00:19:57,120 --> 00:20:01,320 Helena decided to let her own 480 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:03,320 film project and together with his son 481 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,200 they wrote the screenplay for the comedy Trihalfialky 482 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:07,360 dynamite. 483 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:09,120 The film told the story of a family that 484 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:11,400 trying to find his way in the new world after 485 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:13,520 revolutionary business. 486 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:16,000 Filming, however, according to the memories of the participants 487 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:18,600 was accompanied by a number of complications typical for 488 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:21,400 wild 90s. [music] Production 489 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:23,320 she was in a hurry, the budget was tight and to 490 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,720 the film is said to have sometimes been interfered with by outsiders 491 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,480 staff. 492 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:29,039 Although the film received more criticism 493 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:31,720 lukewarm, he had a big one for Helena and Jiří 494 00:20:29,039 --> 00:20:34,240 personal meaning. It was a project that 495 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:36,360 created together and which had viewers 496 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:39,159 bring some laughter at a time when 497 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:40,919 Czech society was changing rapidly. 498 00:20:39,159 --> 00:20:43,320 One of their last ones together 499 00:20:40,919 --> 00:20:46,159 films then became the film Bitter Summer from 500 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:48,159 in 1995. 501 00:20:46,159 --> 00:20:50,600 In her personal life, Helena was perceived 502 00:20:48,159 --> 00:20:52,120 as satisfied and optimistic. 503 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,200 However, her son had, according to his memories 504 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:57,080 close people in private more complicated 505 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:59,280 fate He was married three times and his relationships 506 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:01,960 often ended in disappointment. 507 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:04,360 But for Helena, he remained the center of the world. 508 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:07,320 She spoke of him with humor and exaggeration and 509 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:10,039 their bond was extremely strong. When 510 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:12,520 George in 1999 511 00:21:10,039 --> 00:21:14,360 died after a long illness, 512 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:16,000 it was one of the biggest blows for Helena 513 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:18,440 her life. 514 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:23,320 According to many friends, he also left with him then 515 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:23,320 a large chunk of her own life energy. 516 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:32,960 Helena Růžičková's weight was for decades 517 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:36,440 its distinguishing mark, its source 518 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:38,159 comedians, but also the subject of many myths. 519 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:40,240 The actress herself used to be fat 520 00:21:38,159 --> 00:21:42,039 incredible nobility and humor, 521 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:45,320 although in ordinary life it brought her 522 00:21:42,039 --> 00:21:47,440 a number of restrictions. It reached its peak in the 80s. 523 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:50,679 years, when the scale allegedly showed her 524 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:52,559 an incredible 268 kg. 525 00:21:50,679 --> 00:21:54,880 Nevertheless, Helena kept trying 526 00:21:52,559 --> 00:21:56,520 fight with your body. 527 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:59,400 She was pedantically meticulous in 528 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:01,880 recording your attempts to lose weight. 529 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:04,000 Thanks to her diaries, we know today that the sum 530 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:06,279 all the kilograms she has lost in her life 531 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:10,159 as part of various diets and healing peels, 532 00:22:06,279 --> 00:22:12,240 was an incredible 76 kg. For a long time 533 00:22:10,159 --> 00:22:14,360 believed to be behind her figure only 534 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,440 love of good food and Balkan 535 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:17,320 appetite 536 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,039 But the truth was much more complicated and 537 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,960 more painful. 538 00:22:19,039 --> 00:22:23,480 The problems started immediately after the birth of my son 539 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:26,640 Jiřího, when Helena started uncontrollably 540 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:28,799 gain weight. Medicine at the time wondered whether 541 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:32,159 it is a postpartum disorder or dysfunction 542 00:22:28,799 --> 00:22:34,320 thyroid gland. Only the doctor solved the mystery, 543 00:22:32,159 --> 00:22:36,720 who discovered that Helena was suffering from a congenital 544 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:39,480 a heart defect that caused her body 545 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:41,480 extremely retains water in the tissues. Exactly 546 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:44,799 it was then that her famous statement was made, by which s 547 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:48,000 she greeted her surroundings with relief. Shit fat. 548 00:22:44,799 --> 00:22:49,720 I was flooded. After she started taking 549 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,840 proper medication for drainage, occurred 550 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:54,360 a miracle that shocked even those closest to her 551 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:56,559 friends. Director Zdeněk Troška 552 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:59,679 he remembered that Helena enthusiastically called him s 553 00:22:56,559 --> 00:23:02,240 by literally peeing 100kg of water. 554 00:22:59,679 --> 00:23:05,400 In an incredibly short time, her 555 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:07,480 the weight dropped to 72 kg, which was u 556 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:10,039 women of her corpulent type unheard of 557 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:13,000 transformation. This experience gave her 558 00:23:10,039 --> 00:23:14,760 great hope and a new zest for life. 559 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,320 Although the water into her body because 560 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:21,360 constantly returned to the sick heart and fight with 561 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:21,360 he never lost the kilograms. 562 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:31,159 In 2002, at a time when Helena was still 563 00:23:29,159 --> 00:23:33,919 she was coping with the loss of her loved one 564 00:23:31,159 --> 00:23:37,000 son Jiřík, something else affected her life 565 00:23:33,919 --> 00:23:38,760 a cruel blow. Doctors diagnosed her 566 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,679 advanced stage of cancer in the abdomen 567 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:45,279 cavity. As if fate wanted her power 568 00:23:41,679 --> 00:23:47,240 try to the maximum, in January 2003, that is 569 00:23:45,279 --> 00:23:49,000 just a year before her own departure, her 570 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:51,039 her husband Jiří also left her forever 571 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,039 Ružička the elder. 572 00:23:51,039 --> 00:23:56,000 Helena in the most difficult phase of her illness 573 00:23:53,039 --> 00:23:57,919 she was left without both of her fateful men. 574 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:00,320 However, Helena faced her illness with 575 00:23:57,919 --> 00:24:02,640 unprecedented openness and vigor which 576 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:05,080 was typical of her nature. 577 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:06,911 Instead of withdrawing into seclusion, 578 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,360 she decided on her duel with the lady 579 00:24:06,911 --> 00:24:11,039 [music] in black like cancer 580 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:13,279 she nicknamed public speaking. She wanted it that way 581 00:24:11,039 --> 00:24:16,240 in addition to hundreds of thousands of people who 582 00:24:13,279 --> 00:24:18,400 they were going through a similar fate and show that 583 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:21,200 even in such difficult moments there is humor and 584 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:23,120 optimism the most powerful weapon. 585 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,760 During this difficult period, they 586 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:26,679 a journalist became the closest ally 587 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:28,080 Marie Formáčková. 588 00:24:26,679 --> 00:24:30,480 they started writing series together 589 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,399 autobiographical books that mapped 590 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,799 not just Helena's memories of golden times 591 00:24:32,399 --> 00:24:37,880 film, but above all her daily struggle 592 00:24:34,799 --> 00:24:41,200 with illness. Books as a diary between life 593 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:42,919 and death became instant bestsellers. 594 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:46,279 In them, the audience saw Helena as 595 00:24:42,919 --> 00:24:48,440 as they knew her. Sincere, straightforward, 596 00:24:46,279 --> 00:24:50,440 but this time also incredibly vulnerable 597 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,480 and deep. 598 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,399 Even a serious illness did not force her to give up 599 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,919 with their beloved vices, esp 600 00:24:54,399 --> 00:24:58,559 smoking. 601 00:24:55,919 --> 00:25:00,440 Her passion for cigarettes was so strong, 602 00:24:58,559 --> 00:25:03,840 that she almost caused one in the hospital 603 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:06,919 tragedy. Despite the strict ban, she lit a fire 604 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:09,520 and she fell asleep with a burning cigarette in her hand. Hers 605 00:25:06,919 --> 00:25:11,200 after a while the bed was on fire and 606 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,279 Helena didn't burn just because of the fast 607 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:15,399 personnel intervention. 608 00:25:13,279 --> 00:25:17,799 Her last major artistic achievement 609 00:25:15,399 --> 00:25:19,640 was the shooting of the comedy Kamenák 2 in 610 00:25:17,799 --> 00:25:21,520 2004. 611 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,600 Director Zdeněk Troška didn't give a damn 612 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,600 commit and wanted to be in the movie 613 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:28,600 she discovered despite her critical health 614 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:30,520 condition. Helena filmed under constant 615 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:32,520 under the supervision of doctors, exhausted 616 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:35,360 chemo treatments, but as soon as she fell 617 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:37,399 flapper, gave a professional performance, 618 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:41,080 who did not put her suffering on the screen 619 00:25:37,399 --> 00:25:41,080 not even for a second to remember. 620 00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:50,960 Helena Růžičková won hers 621 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:55,039 brave match on January 4, 2004 in Fakultní 622 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:57,240 hospital in Pilsen at the age of 67. Hers 623 00:25:55,039 --> 00:25:59,799 departure marked the end of a great era 624 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:01,840 Czech humor. At her request 625 00:25:59,799 --> 00:26:04,080 there was no flamboyant saving to 626 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,799 the grave. Some of her ashes were 627 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:08,399 scattered on Prague's Olšanské 628 00:26:05,799 --> 00:26:10,360 cemeteries, but the most important part 629 00:26:08,399 --> 00:26:13,120 returned to where Helena had it 630 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:16,080 preferably, to her beloved cottage in 631 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:19,000 Jhočeská Slatina on Horažďovick. 632 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:21,279 Right here in the region of Hoštice and Slunce Sena 633 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:23,360 the actress found her eternal peace in nature, 634 00:26:21,279 --> 00:26:25,720 whom she loved so much. 635 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:27,840 Slatina was only a place of rest for him, 636 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,120 but a real home where she felt 637 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:33,240 free and where she drew strength in the most difficult 638 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:35,679 shortly after the death of her son and husband. 639 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:38,679 Her cottage became a symbol of her 640 00:26:35,679 --> 00:26:41,799 of the South Bohemian period, even though its fate after 641 00:26:38,679 --> 00:26:44,399 the death of the actress was not entirely happy. 642 00:26:41,799 --> 00:26:46,960 The house was eventually inherited by her daughter-in-law, ex 643 00:26:44,399 --> 00:26:48,760 wife of Jiří Růžička the younger. 644 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,799 They became a sad point behind his departure 645 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:53,520 protracted inheritance disputes that 646 00:26:50,799 --> 00:26:55,880 flared up among family and loved ones. 647 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:58,159 The subject of the dispute was not only real estate, 648 00:26:55,880 --> 00:27:00,640 but also her legendary jewelry and fulfillment 649 00:26:58,159 --> 00:27:03,080 last wishes, which was a contrast to 650 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:06,159 to how generously and selflessly Helena po 651 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:08,080 she gave joy to others all her life. 652 00:27:06,159 --> 00:27:10,840 On the number of her incredible life and 653 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:13,520 In 2012, a documentary was made of the works 654 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:15,000 the film The Secret of Helena Růžičková, which 655 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,120 he revealed many of their private ones 656 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,799 joy and sorrow. 657 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:20,960 However, her legacy lives on most in theirs 658 00:27:18,799 --> 00:27:24,159 movies that you even years after her death 659 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:26,840 will retain the status of cult works. Although 660 00:27:24,159 --> 00:27:29,039 she left at the time when they were leaving their forces, v 661 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:32,320 viewers' memories will forever remain as her 662 00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:34,559 vital, talkative and loving woman with 663 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:36,159 cigarette in hand and unmistakable 664 00:27:34,559 --> 00:27:38,240 laughing. 665 00:27:36,159 --> 00:27:40,640 And the whole story is already comedic 666 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:42,440 the legend of Helena Růžičková. 667 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:46,120 How much has this lady grown on you 668 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:48,480 heart? What is your favorite role of hers? 669 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:51,679 Do you want to hear the stories of other actors? 670 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:53,760 Which ones? Write to us in the comments. 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