Josef Elsner was born on April 4, 1914 in Novaya Bukhara, Bukhara, Russian Empire [now Uzbekistan]. He was an actor, known for Die Entführung (1953), Gesicht unter der Maske (1971) and Noc nevesty (1967). He died on August 16, 1972 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].