You can choose shashlik or steak. I choose America!
Otakar Ryšavý was born in Prague on 30 April 1955 to his parents Otakar and Olga Ryšavý. He spent his childhood years in Prague‘s Holešovice and at the family cottage in Horní Maxov. A significant moment in his personal life direction was an experience on August 21 1969. On his way from the cinema, he got involved in a demonstration on Wenceslas Square, where he was hit by a baton of the „orderly forces“. He trained to be a turner in Aritma Vokovice but was mostly employed in cleaning companies. He found his friends among people who opposed the communist regime, he liked to attend concerts by independent artists. Among his closest friends was the cameraman Michal Hýbek, with whom he collaborated on the filming of a documentary on Václav Havel. Otakar Ryšavý is a man of a free spirit, a friend of life and western values. He lives and works in his native Holešovice (2022).