Elmar Klos

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Elmar Klos (26 January 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Czech film director. He collaborated for 17 years with his Slovak colleague Ján Kadár and with him won the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for the film The Shop on Main Street. They directed the 1963 film Death Is Called Engelchen, which entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival and won a Golden Prize.

26-01-1910

Birthday

Aquarius

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Genres

Total Films

Also known as (male)

Brno, Moravia, AustriaHungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]

Place of Birth

26-01-1910

Birthday

Aquarius

Zodiac Sign

Genres

Total Films

Also Known As (male)

Brno, Moravia, AustriaHungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]

Place of Birth

Popular works

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Creative career

actor

6 Works

producer

2 Works

director

50 Works

writer

28 Works

other

3 Works

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.

6.5

Year:

2018

Nemocný bílý slon

7.0

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1990

Přijď, až zase omládnu

0.0

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1986

An Occasion to Speak

Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.

0.0

Year:

1966

Defendant

Managers at the construction of a big hydro plant are accused of having embezzled money.

6.6

Year:

1964

Before Graduation

The story of high school students, talented Jan and Karel, who has a problem with math. Their life affects pedantic professor of mathematics Klec, that goes with them on a school trip, which escalates the conflict between them. Jan wants to escape, but Professor Donat will discourage him. Karel fails the exam of mathematics and decides to commit suicide.

0.0

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1932