Vlastimil Harapes
Acting • Born 1946-07-24 – Died 2024-05-15
Biography
Vlastimil Harapes (July 24, 1946 – May 15, 2024) was a Czech dancer, choreographer, and actor. He was a soloist at the National Theatre Ballet in Prague and later became its artistic director. Harapes was widely recognized for his contributions to ballet and his performances in films such as Marketa Lazarová (1967) and Jak vytrhnout velrybě stoličku (1977). Born in Chomutov, Czechoslovakia, he trained at the Prague Dance Conservatory and studied ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His career spanned decades, during which he performed internationally and took on roles in theater and television. He was also involved in political activism, running as an independent candidate in the 2016 Czech Senate election. Harapes was married to Hana Zagorová from 1986 to 1992 and had a long-term relationship with Josef Topol, which remained private until 2013. He passed away from lung cancer at the age of 77.
Filmography
32 credits
Paganini
Movie • 1982
Nicoló Paganini
Marketa Lazarová
Movie • 1967
Kristián, son of Bishop of Hennau
How to Get Daddy to Change
Movie • 1978
Jindřich
Melodie bílého klavíru
Movie • 1978
How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth
Movie • 1977
Jindřich
The Hop-Pickers
Movie • 1964
Odcházeti s podzimem
Movie • 1965
Cesta ke štěstí
Movie • 2004
Taming Crocodiles
Movie • 2006
Beauty and the Beast
Movie • 1979
Beast
Il Divino Boemo
Movie • 1974
Dancer
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun
Movie • 1984
Konečně si rozumíme
Movie • 1977
Ballet Dancer
Day for My Love
Movie • 1977
Petr
Královský omyl
Movie • 1968
Polka viva
Movie • 1984
My Daughter's Operation
Movie • 1987
Dušan
Anynka a čert
Movie • 1984
čert
Kostýmy: Irena Greifová
Movie • 2020
Self
Dary hadího krále
Movie • 1978
The Inheritance or You Shouldn't Say That
Movie • 2014
člen poroty
Čechovi
TV • 2019
Vilém Adamec
Rodinná pouta
TV • 2004
Vladimír Smejkal
Zastretý farebný svet
TV • 1980
Jakub Obrovský
F. L. Věk
TV • 1971
Krásný ztráty
TV • 2000
Self
StarDance
TV • 2006
Judge
GENUS
TV • 1995
Self
Místo zločinu Plzeň
TV • 2015
Roman Dragoun
Kabinet Dr. Honzáka
TV • 2020
Self
Jseš mrtvej, tak nebreč
TV • 2011
Dluhy Hany Zagorové
TV • 1981
Princ