Bohumil Hrabal

Career Overview

Bohumil Hrabal has 23 screen credits in a career dating back to 1965. Signature works include I Served the King of England, Closely Watched Trains, The Junk Shop. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

23

Birth Date

1914-03-28

Birth Place

Brno, Moravia, AustriaHungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]

Known For

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  I Served the King of England
• 

  Closely Watched Trains
• 

  The Junk Shop
• 

  Too Loud A Solitude
• 

  Larks on a String
• 

  The Snowdrop Festival

Frequent Collaborators

• Josef Abrhám (3 collaborations)
• Pavel Vondruška (3 collaborations)
• František Řehák (3 collaborations)
• Vlastimil Brodský (3 collaborations)
• Jiří Menzel (3 collaborations)
• Rudolf Hrušínský (2 collaborations)
• Petr Brukner (2 collaborations)
• Jaroslav Tomsa (2 collaborations)
• Václav Knop (2 collaborations)
• Václav Neckář (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (10 credits)

  • Tender Hrabal

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

    self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Too Loud A Solitude

    Man with Trolley

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Dr. Hrabal

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Prague, March ’92

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Košatý strom plný pozorných očí

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • The Snowdrop Festival

    muž vynášející septik

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • About Cats, Beatniks and All Sorts of Other Things

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Pearls of the Deep

    Spectator (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • A Boring Afternoon

    actor

    actors
    1965

• writing (13 credits)

  • Too Loud a Solitude

    writer

    writing
    2007
  • I Served the King of England

    novel

    writing
    2007
  • Too Loud A Solitude

    novel

    writing
    1995
  • Angelic Eyes

    short story

    writing
    1994
  • Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age

    novel

    writing
    1991
  • The Gentle Barbarian

    novel

    writing
    1990
  • Larks on a String

    screenplay

    writing
    1990
  • The Snowdrop Festival

    book

    writing
    1984
  • Cutting It Short

    novel

    writing
    1981
  • Closely Watched Trains

    screenplay

    writing
    1966
  • Pearls of the Deep

    book

    writing
    1966
  • The Junk Shop

    screenplay

    writing
    1965
  • A Boring Afternoon

    screenplay

    writing
    1965