Career
He appeared in the 1948 film The Search as a nine-year-old Czechoslovakian boy who had survived Auschwitz and was searching for his mother in post-war Germany. The movie was filmed on location. The boy spoke no English and had to learn his lines phonetically.
He was awarded an for his work, but was not permitted to travel to the United States of America to accept lieutenant
He appeared in some Czechoslovakian films in 1949 and 1950, then left acting to continue his studies. He tried unsuccessfully to continue his acting career in his late teens, and eventually found work in radio.
He died from complications of diabetes in Prague in 1987, aged 50.