{"id":122979,"date":"2026-06-19T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/122979\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:55:15","slug":"ota-pavel-pokusil-se-podpalit-statek-pred-svou-smrti-ve-42-letech-zaskocil-hornicka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/122979\/","title":{"rendered":"Ota Pavel: Pokusil se podp\u00e1lit statek. P\u0159ed svou smrt\u00ed ve 42\u00a0letech zasko\u010dil Horn\u00ed\u010dka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ota Pavel, vlastn\u00edm jm\u00e9nem Otto Popper byl v\u00e1\u0161niv\u00fd sportovn\u00ed fanda a\u00a0milovn\u00edk ryba\u0159en\u00ed. V\u00a0d\u011btstv\u00ed jej nejv\u00edce ovlivnil jeho otec, \u017eidovsk\u00fd obchodn\u00ed cestuj\u00edc\u00ed Leo Popper, kter\u00fd disponoval \u0161armem, jistou d\u00e1vkou fantazie a\u00a0bl\u00e1znovstv\u00ed. Jeho p\u0159\u00edstup k\u00a0\u017eivotu propsal do sv\u00fdch pov\u00eddek, na z\u00e1klad\u011b kter\u00fdch vznikly filmy Zlat\u00ed \u00faho\u0159i a\u00a0Smrt kr\u00e1sn\u00fdch srnc\u016f.<\/p>\n

Re\u017eis\u00e9r Karel Kachy\u0148a dok\u00e1zal kr\u00e1sn\u011b vystihnout poetiku Oty Pavla a\u00a0vytvo\u0159il filmy, kter\u00e9 opr\u00e1vn\u011bn\u011b pat\u0159\u00ed ke klenot\u016fm tehdy \u010deskoslovensk\u00e9 kinematografie. Jistou z\u00e1rukou kvality bylo i\u00a0hereck\u00e9 obsazen\u00ed. Ve filmu Zlat\u00ed \u00faho\u0159i si zahr\u00e1l Vladim\u00edr Men\u0161\u00edk a\u00a0Rudolf Hru\u0161\u00ednsk\u00fd, v\u00a0druh\u00e9m jmenovan\u00e9m sn\u00edmku zaz\u00e1\u0159il Karel He\u0159m\u00e1nek, ale tak\u00e9 Marta Van\u010durov\u00e1, kter\u00e1 si rol\u00ed laskav\u00e9 maminky Herm\u00edny splnila sen, nebo\u0165 milovala Pavlovu i\u00a0Kachy\u0148ovu tvorbu.<\/p>\n

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Kdo by neznal Smrt kr\u00e1sn\u00fdch srnc\u016f? V\u00a0proslun\u011bn\u00e9m kraji pobl\u00ed\u017e Berounky za\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 chlapec p\u0159ezd\u00edvan\u00fd Prdelka kr\u00e1sn\u00e9 chv\u00edle. Ty v\u0161ak p\u0159eru\u0161\u00ed krut\u00e1 v\u00e1le\u010dn\u00e1 realita. Chlapc\u016fv tat\u00ednek je kv\u016fli sv\u00e9mu \u017eidovsk\u00e9mu p\u016fvodu propu\u0161t\u011bn a\u00a0jeho rodin\u011b hroz\u00ed transport do koncentra\u010dn\u00edho t\u00e1bora. Rozhodne se proto podniknout riskantn\u00ed cestu na venkov pro srn\u010d\u00ed maso, aby svou rodinu nakrmil a\u00a0p\u0159ipravil na transport.<\/p>\n

Foto: Bernhard Walter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

Osv\u011btim, 1944<\/p>\n

Kniha o\u00a0ob\u011btav\u00e9m otci, kter\u00fd je ochoten ud\u011blat cokoliv, aby sv\u00e9 rodin\u011b pomohl, se dostala do rukou mnoha lid\u00ed. Jedn\u00edm z\u00a0nich byl i\u00a0humorista Miroslav Horn\u00ed\u010dek, kter\u00fd ji dostal v\u00a0dob\u011b, kdy za\u017e\u00edval nejt\u011b\u017e\u0161\u00ed chv\u00edle sv\u00e9ho \u017eivota. Vyrovn\u00e1val se zrovna ze smrti sv\u00e9ho jedin\u00e9ho syna Jana, kter\u00fd se ve sv\u00fdch 21\u00a0letech ne\u0161\u0165astnou n\u00e1hodou utopil, kdy\u017e p\u0159i chyt\u00e1n\u00ed ryb dostal epileptick\u00fd z\u00e1chvat. Pr\u00e1v\u011b v\u00a0t\u00e9 dob\u011b dostal Horn\u00ed\u010dek ne\u010dekan\u00fd d\u00e1rek. \u201eV l\u00e9t\u011b roku 1972, v\u00a0m\u011bs\u00edci, kdy mi zem\u0159el syn, jsem dostal darem od Oty Pavla kn\u00ed\u017eku Smrt kr\u00e1sn\u00fdch srnc\u016f. Snad v\u011bd\u011bl, snad mi ji poslal pr\u00e1v\u011b proto, snad t\u00edm cht\u011bl n\u011bco \u0159\u00edci\u00a0\u2013 a\u00a0taky \u0159ekl, snad tu\u0161il, \u017ee by m\u011b toto vyzn\u00e1n\u00ed syna o\u00a0sv\u00e9m otci mohlo n\u011bjak pot\u011b\u0161it. Pot\u011b\u0161ilo,\u201c vzpom\u00ednal Horn\u00ed\u010dek.<\/p>\n

Foto: J.Broukal, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

Miroslav Horn\u00ed\u010dek, 1989<\/p>\n

\u201eI \u0159ekl jsem si: vida, toto je vzkaz, kter\u00fd vy\u017eaduje neodkladn\u00e9 odpov\u011bdi. Ale zav\u00e1hal jsem, v\u00e1hal jsem, cht\u011bl jsem mu dokonce j\u00edt pod\u011bkovat osobn\u011b, bydlel za rohem, ale j\u00e1 ho osobn\u011b neznal, to v\u0161echno jsem zam\u00fd\u0161lel a\u00a0cht\u011bl. Pak jsem\u00a0\u2013 po del\u0161\u00ed dob\u011b\u00a0\u2013 otev\u0159el jinou ob\u00e1lku a\u00a0tam byla zpr\u00e1va, \u017ee zem\u0159el. Tomu se \u0159\u00edk\u00e1: naprosto prome\u0161kan\u00e1 povinnost,\u201c litoval.<\/p>\n

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V dob\u011b n\u00e1hl\u00e9 smrti bylo Otovi Pavlovi pouh\u00fdch 42\u00a0let. Na konci b\u0159ezna roku 1973\u00a0jej zradilo srdce p\u0159i jedn\u00e9 z\u00a0mnoha jeho hospitalizac\u00ed na psychiatrii. Posledn\u00ed roky sv\u00e9ho \u017eivota se toti\u017e pral s\u00a0maniodepresivn\u00ed poruchou, odborn\u011b bipol\u00e1rn\u00ed afektivn\u00ed poruchou, kter\u00e1 se vyzna\u010duje v\u00fdkyvy n\u00e1lad. Z\u00e1va\u017en\u00e9 du\u0161evn\u00ed onemocn\u011bn\u00ed u\u00a0n\u011bj propuklo v\u00a0polovin\u011b \u0161edes\u00e1t\u00fdch let.<\/p>\n

Aby se vyrovnal s\u00a0t\u00edm, co pro\u017e\u00edv\u00e1, vracel se do d\u011btstv\u00ed p\u0159i psan\u00ed autobiografick\u00fdch pr\u00f3z. Do doby, kdy se jeho rodina z\u00a0existen\u010dn\u00edch a\u00a0rasov\u00fdch d\u016fvod\u016f p\u0159est\u011bhovala do mal\u00e9ho domku sv\u00e9ho d\u011bde\u010dka v\u00a0sousedstv\u00ed dvou rybn\u00edk\u016f, do doby, kdy\u017e za\u010dala v\u00e1lka a\u00a0jeho dva star\u0161\u00ed brat\u0159i s\u00a0tat\u00ednkem byli povol\u00e1ni do transportu. Oba brat\u0159i skon\u010dili nejd\u0159\u00edve v\u00a0Terez\u00edn\u011b, n\u00e1sledn\u011b byli rozd\u011bleni\u00a0\u2013 Hugo byl nasazen na nucen\u00e9 pr\u00e1ce v\u00a0N\u011bmecku, zat\u00edmco Ji\u0159\u00ed skon\u010dil v\u00a0koncentra\u010dn\u00edm t\u00e1bo\u0159e Osv\u011btim. Nejmlad\u0161\u00ed Ota z\u016fstal s\u00a0maminkou a\u00a0s nad\u011bj\u00ed \u010dekal, a\u017e se po v\u00e1lce op\u011bt shledaj\u00ed. Jako z\u00e1zrakem brat\u0159i i\u00a0tat\u00ednek p\u0159e\u017eili. Po v\u00e1lce se rodina op\u011bt p\u0159est\u011bhovala do Prahy, kde se Ota narodil. Do m\u00edsta Otova d\u011btstv\u00ed\u00a0\u2013 Bu\u0161t\u011bhradu na Kladensku se v\u0161ak r\u00e1di vraceli.<\/p>\n

V koncentra\u010dn\u00edm t\u00e1bo\u0159e se Ot\u016fv bratr sp\u0159\u00e1telil s\u00a0Arno\u0161tem Lustigem, kter\u00fd Otovu rodinu \u010dasto nav\u0161t\u011bvoval. Jednoho dne Otovi nab\u00eddl pr\u00e1ci v\u00a0redakci. Za tuto p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost byl jist\u011b mlad\u00fd mu\u017e r\u00e1d. Jeliko\u017e miloval sport, s\u00e1m hr\u00e1val hokej, za\u010dal ps\u00e1t do sportovn\u00edch den\u00edk\u016f. <\/p>\n

Vedle novina\u0159iny se v\u011bnoval tak\u00e9 psan\u00ed pov\u00eddek ze sportovn\u00edho prost\u0159ed\u00ed. Po prvn\u00ed knize Dukla mezi mrakodrapy, kter\u00e1 origin\u00e1ln\u011b mapovala legend\u00e1rn\u00ed fotbalov\u00e9 ta\u017een\u00ed v\u00a0New Yorku, n\u00e1sledovaly dal\u0161\u00ed. Nap\u0159\u00edklad Pln\u00e1 bedna \u0161ampa\u0148sk\u00e9ho, Cena v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed, nebo Poh\u00e1r od p\u00e1naboha. \u010casem mu ale za\u010dal b\u00fdt okruh sportovn\u00edch t\u00e9mat t\u011bsn\u00fd. Sv\u00e9 nejzn\u00e1m\u011bj\u0161\u00ed pov\u00eddky napsal na prahu \u010dty\u0159ic\u00edtky. \u201eKdy\u017e chcete ps\u00e1t pov\u00eddky, tak v\u00e1m mus\u00ed b\u00fdt nejm\u00e9n\u011b \u010dty\u0159icet. Do t\u00e9 doby mus\u00edte po\u0159\u00e1dn\u011b \u017e\u00edt a\u00a0d\u00edvat se kolem sebe. M\u00edt r\u00e1d i\u00a0nen\u00e1vid\u011bt. Za\u017e\u00edt v\u0161echno. No a\u00a0pak je to u\u017e snadn\u00e9, chce to jen sednout a\u00a0za\u010d\u00edt ps\u00e1t,\u201c tvrdil.<\/p>\n

A Ota Pavel toho stihl pro\u017e\u00edt opravdu hodn\u011b. Bohu\u017eel jeho traumatick\u00e9 z\u00e1\u017eitky z\u00a0d\u011btstv\u00ed se v\u00a0jeho dosp\u011blosti podepsaly na jeho psychick\u00e9m stavu. Zlom v\u00a0jeho du\u0161evn\u00edm zdrav\u00ed nastal v\u00a0roce 1964, kdy byl jako report\u00e9r na zimn\u00ed olympi\u00e1d\u011b v\u00a0Innsbrucku. Pr\u00e1v\u011b tehdy u\u00a0n\u011bj propukla v\u00e1\u017en\u00e1 du\u0161evn\u00ed choroba, v\u00a0jej\u00edm\u017e d\u016fsledku se pokusil podp\u00e1lit statek nad Innsbruckem.<\/p>\n

Co se stalo? Na alpsk\u00fdch svaz\u00edch jej zas\u00e1hl prvn\u00ed t\u011b\u017ek\u00fd z\u00e1chvat nemoci. Za\u010dal m\u00edt p\u0159eludy, p\u0159ed kter\u00fdmi ut\u00edkal. Zaujal jej jeden statek, z\u00a0n\u011bj\u017e vyhnal v\u0161echna zv\u00ed\u0159ata, a\u017e na jednoho \u010dern\u00e9ho kon\u011b. Spat\u0159oval v\u00a0n\u011bm toti\u017e \u010f\u00e1bla. Rozhodl se statek zap\u00e1lit a\u00a0kon\u011b v\u00a0n\u011bm nechat zem\u0159\u00edt.<\/p>\n

Foto: Unspash (autor: Katie Moum)<\/p>\n

\u201eKdy\u017e ho na\u0161li, telefonoval mi z\u00a0\u00fastavu: Arno\u0161te, poslouchej pozorn\u011b. Budu \u0161eptat. Vedle m\u011b sed\u00ed Hitler a\u00a0p\u0159edst\u00edr\u00e1, \u017ee je \u0161vec, a\u00a0vedle n\u011bj sed\u00ed Heydrich v\u00a0b\u00edl\u00e9m pl\u00e1\u0161ti jako doktor a\u00a0taky G\u00f6ring a\u00a0Goebbels. Pros\u00edm t\u011b, nahlas to,\u201c vzpom\u00ednal jeho p\u0159\u00edtel Arno\u0161t Lustig. \u201eNev\u011bd\u011bl jsem, jestli m\u00e1m bre\u010det, nebo se sm\u00e1t,\u201c popsal. \u201eT\u011b\u0161il jsem se z\u00a0jeho hlasu. Byl alespo\u0148 \u017eiv\u00fd.\u201c<\/p>\n

Od t\u00e9 doby u\u017e Ota nebyl stejn\u00fd jako d\u0159\u00edv. Byl nucen pob\u00fdvat v\u00a0psychiatrick\u00fdch \u00fastavech a\u00a0trvale se l\u00e9\u010dit. V\u00a0roce 1966\u00a0mu byl p\u0159izn\u00e1n pln\u00fd invalidn\u00ed d\u016fchod. I\u00a0p\u0159es zdravotn\u00ed probl\u00e9my pokra\u010doval ve sv\u00e9 liter\u00e1rn\u00ed tvorb\u011b, kter\u00e1 mu du\u0161evn\u011b pom\u00e1hala. Kdy\u017e pak n\u00e1hle v\u00a0roce 1973\u00a0zem\u0159el, byli v\u0161ichni v\u00a0\u0161oku. Zanechal po sob\u011b d\u00edla, kter\u00e1 pat\u0159\u00ed ke klenot\u016fm \u010deskoslovensk\u00e9 literatury.<\/p>\n

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HORN\u00cd\u010cEK, Miroslav a\u00a0ROH\u00c1L, Robert. O\u00a0\u017eivot\u011b. Praha: Petrkl\u00ed\u010d, 2002.\u00a0ISBN 807229069\u00d7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ota Pavel, vlastn\u00edm jm\u00e9nem Otto Popper byl v\u00e1\u0161niv\u00fd sportovn\u00ed fanda a\u00a0milovn\u00edk ryba\u0159en\u00ed. V\u00a0d\u011btstv\u00ed jej nejv\u00edce ovlivnil jeho otec,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[21459,4251,6958,4472,15027,7169,21212,79,1093,6600,25595,24822,386,8607,650,34205,25426,2980,9867,23584,34203,19286,28493,735,1645,6826,2780,3335,651,25512,351,7854,7850,649,94,3793,34204,2273,80,437,7205],"class_list":["post-122979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zabava","tag-arnost-lustig","tag-bipolarni-porucha","tag-ceska-literatura","tag-darek","tag-detstvi","tag-dopisy","tag-dusevni-nemoc","tag-entertainment","tag-filmy","tag-invalidni-duchod","tag-karel-hermanek","tag-karel-kachyna","tag-knihy","tag-koncentracni-tabor","tag-lide","tag-marta-vancurova","tag-miroslav-hornicek","tag-novinari","tag-ohen","tag-okupace-1939","tag-ota-pavel","tag-podekovani","tag-povidky","tag-pozar","tag-psychiatricka-lecebna","tag-psychicke-problemy","tag-retro","tag-rodicovstvi","tag-rodina","tag-rybareni","tag-smrt","tag-smrt-ditete","tag-spisovatele","tag-spolecnost","tag-sport","tag-statek","tag-tatinek","tag-vzpominky","tag-zabava","tag-zajimavosti","tag-zide"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}