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Marián Zednikovič

Marián Zednikovič

Acting

Biography

Marián Zednikovič (* August 15, 1951, Bratislava - † May 5, 2007, Bratislava) was a Slovak actor. In 1974 he studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts. After graduating, he started at the Trnava Theater for Children and Youth (today's Ján Palárik Theater), where he played Nevedek, Tom Sawyer or Chlesťakov in Gogoľ's Auditor. In 1980 he moved to Bratislava for the New Stage. He was one of the founding members of the Astorka Korzo '90 Theater. For the character of Vojnický in Čechov's play Ujo Váňa, he won the DOSKY award for the best male performance in 1996. In the theatrical performance Obchod na korze, he played the character of Anton Brtek, for which he won the Annual Prize of the Literary Fund in 2000. He was known for radio, television, dubbing and movies. He has been divorced, he has two adult sons. He died after more than a year of fighting lymph node cancer.

Known For

The Physician of a Dying Time
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Series about the life of Renaissance anatomist, scholar and politic Johannes Jessenius. Already legendary series today, was produced by Czechoslovak Television Bratislava, directed by Slovak director Miroslav Luther in the first half of 80's in Barrandov Studios in Prague. The story and screenplay of the series wrote Czech writer Vladimír Körner. Five-episodes epic historical narration is a biographical story of distinguished Renaissance scholar, anatomist and politic of Slovak origin, Johannes Jessenius (Ján Jesenský, 1566–1621). It displays his life from the first studies and successes. In 1594 he became professor of surgery and anatomy on Wittenberg University, which he had attended years before. From that moment, his life went through social and personal wins and losses, to the sad end on the Prague Old Town Square gallows, among 27 noblemen, knights and burgenses, after lose Bohemian Revolt in 1621. His destiny was coupled with key events of Czech history in the break of 16th and 17th century, when Renaissance and European humanism slowly fade out.

The Physician of a Dying Time

1984Series