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Felix Holzmann (born 8 July 1921 – 13 September 2002) was a popular Czech comedian and screenwriter known for his unique wordplay humor, way of speech, and look.

Felix Holzmann
Birth nameFelix Holzmann
Born(1921-07-08)8 July 1921
Teplice, Teplice District, Czechoslovakia
Died13 September 2002(2002-09-13) (aged 81)
Chemnitz, Free State of Saxony, Germany
MediumStand up, television
Years active1950s–2002
GenresComedy, satire, black comedy
SpouseEva Holzmannova, Barbara Greif-Holzmann
Notable works and rolesHumoriády Felixe Holzmanna, Včera, dnes a zítra, Ukulele

Personal life


Holzmann came from a Bohemian German family originally from Teplice, which soon moved to Litoměřice. As a German citizen of the Sudetenland during the Second World War, he served in Wehrmacht, at the naval artillery in Denmark. At the end of the war, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets and spent one year in the gulag. He never talked about his war experience and they were revealed not until his death.[1]

He graduated from a business school in Aussig, but later he became a professional comedian, perfectly fluent both in Czech and in German.

Holzmann was married twice, first to Eva Vorlíčková, a war widow, whose daughter Eva he adopted. Although they lived together since 1946 and had another daughter Irena, they remained unmarried for two decades, so Eva would have not lost her widow's pension, which was an essential income for the family. They married as late as in 1968, when Holzmann had already broken through as a comedian. However, as he became popular and started touring extensively, his wife began to feel lonely and useless, sank into depression and in 1970 she committed suicide. Holzmann was devastated and felt responsible for the rest of his life.[2]

He then met and eventually married Barbara Greif, a 25 years him younger German actress and singer, with whom he then also toured and performed. The couple moved to the former East Germany, but he kept returning to perform and record in Czechoslovakia, where he remained very popular.

He died aged 81 in his home Chemnitz.


Style


Holzmann's humor consisted in precisely built dialogues full of improperly literal taking of words and phrases, and other wordplay, so most of it is virtually untranslatable. Its essentially linguistic and apolitical nature also meant that it was largely acceptable for the Czechoslovakian communist censorship, and also that it appealed broad audience – just to know the language was necessary.

In his scenes, he wore typical props consisting of a small hat (so-called "tralaláček"), a neckerchief, and large round horn-rimmed glasses. He also developed a distinctive accent, lying in interrogative broaching of word-endings, even in inappropriate places of speech.

His sketches were exceptionally monologues, but typically dialogues, where he usually talked to some straight man struggling with his extreme slow-wittedness. His most favourite partner was František Budín, who, however, was not a professional artist and refused to leave his occupation as an accountant. Thus, Holzmann also cooperated with various other popular comedians, actors, and singers, like Lubomír Lipský, Iva Janžurová, Miloslav Šimek, or Karel Gott.


Filmography


[3]

Documentary

TV




References


  1. "Dobrý voják Felix Holzmann (†81): Byl za války dělostřelcem... jenže ve Wehrmachtu!". Ahaonline.cz (in Czech).
  2. "Felix Holzmann by oslavil 100 let: První manželka kvůli němu spáchala sebevraždu". Prima Ženy (in Czech).
  3. "Felix Holzmann".


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