Czech actor Jiří Císler († 76), whom many people called a master of sarcasm, played countless characters during his life, whether on stage or in front of the cameras. The audience may remember him from the popular fairy tale Za humny je drak, where he played the king. But an insidious disease ended his career, writes .
Císler was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which left him unable to remember lyrics and disoriented. The actor died on April 17, 2004, and for the last four years of his life he hardly spoke at all. He was just sitting in the window of his apartment and he was looking at the street with a blank expression.
The actor even wrote the part himself. “Well, I’m supposed to have died! I, the lover of life and joy, who directed you, played with you and you, me – adored and hated by people, admired and forgotten, but always my own. It’s hard to believe that it’s time for the last Assembly.” Císler wrote, referring to the TV show he worked on for years.
“What the rain washes away, the current returns, and the wind knows where to rest. Good, isn’t it? Magdaléna (his wife, editor’s note) and Zuzana (his daughter, editor’s note), write the dates and record them,” were the last words in which he characterized himself as a bad but loving husband and father.
His wife had no idea that he had written the parte. She only found out after his death. “I think it was sometime after the funeral of Luďek Nekuda in 1988. Since his death, Jirko has started to fade away from me. He was taken by it and apparently began to think more about himself and death. I found Jirk’s part in a drawer at home by accident. I never went into his things. But when we had to constantly rearrange the furniture due to his illness, when he became completely incapacitated, I found him,” she revealed 20 years after his death for .
