Jan Němec
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Biography: Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia
Adult: No
Birthday: July 12, 1936
Age: 88 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 18, 2016
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Hranice
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2006-05-28
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Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
Overview: The unique and enigmatic journey of the writer Milan Kundera: from communist Czechoslovakia to exile in Paris, from his quest for glory to his withdrawal from the media scene.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-02-01
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Oratorio for Prague
Overview: Filmmaker Jan Nemec and his crew risked their lives to create this historic documentary account of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The award-winning work is the only filmed record of the invasion. Oratorio for Prague began as a study of the liberalization of Czechoslovakia and then continued when the Russian forces moved in. The gripping footage was broadcast by television, providing the first report of the event. In addition to the news footage, the film features never-before-viewed scenes taken prior to the invasion that crushed Prague's anti-Communist movement.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-29
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Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2014-04-10
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Horí
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: sk
Release Date: 1982-03-21
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An Occasion to Speak
Overview: Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-09-28
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The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Overview: The film tells the life story of its director, Jan Nemec, one of the most known and important filmmakers of Czech New Wave.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2016-09-15
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Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
Overview: A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to collaborating with the secret police, Jaroslav Foglar can’t find a bottle-opener, and Ivan Diviš makes observations about his own funeral. This is the Czech Republic in the late 90s, as detailed in Karel Vachek’s documentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2000-12-16
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Searching for Ester
Overview: Ester Krumbachová - a costume designer, screenwriter, director; one of the boldest personalities of the Czech New Wave. She worked in theatre, she was a writer and an illustrator. She co-created films such as O slavnosti a hostech (1966), Sedmikrásky (1966), Vsichni dobrí rodáci (1969), Pension pro svobodné pány (1968), Valerie a týden divu (1970), Slamený klobouk (1972) and many others. In the 1960s, she was a 'pivot' of the art scene in Prague, attracting artists who were on the threshold of their career, just setting out to find their own form of self-realization. Those who underwent her tutelage remember her forever. Director Vera Chytilová talks to those who knew Ester Krumbachová, who worked with her, befriended her, loved her. She sets off on a search that is to end by answering the question: Who was Ester?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2005-04-12
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Murdering the Devil
Overview: Comedy with fairy-tale touches, about Kate, who wants to marry, and Mr. Devil, who is not interested in the heart or soul of this passionate and aging lady, but is interested in her good cooking – for Mr. Devil is a glutton.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1970-09-18
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'68
Overview: '68 covers exactly one year (January 1st through December 31st) in the lives of Zoltan Szabo and his family, Hungarian immigrants, working hard to make a life in San Francisco in 1968. The Szabos tries to adjust to the new country, changing times and each other. The year covered was one of particular cultural change in the US and this interplays with the cultural changes occurring around Zoltan, his wife and his two college-age sons. The younger of his two sons is gay and struggling with coming out. His dad disowns him when he finally does.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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The Ferrari Dino Girl
Overview: It's nighttime in Prague, 21 August 1968. Soviet troops and tanks are occupying the city - random attacks, soldiers shooting, bodies lying dead on the sidewalk. With an impromptu crew, the director (Karel Roden) captures some unique evidence - material which is, however, worthless in occupied Prague; it has to be shown to the rest of the world. So, while the Soviets are concocting false reports of heartfelt receptions without military resistance for propaganda purposes, the director sets off on a risky trip across the closed Czech-Austrian border to Vienna.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2009-01-28
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Late Night Talks with Mother
Overview: Taking a cue from Franz Kafka's "Letter to My Father," this highly personal film follows Czech director Jan Nemec as he attempts to engage in a dialogue with his deceased mother. While alive, Nemec's mother had a troubled relationship with her son; this rumination seems to be Nemec's public platform for coming to terms with unresolved familial issues. The director embellishes his film by linking personal events with 20th century history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2003-01-15
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Toyen
Overview: Jan Nemec, a leading filmmaker of the Czech New Wave, creates an original portrait of one of the most provocative artists of the 20th century: Toyen (Marie Cerminova). As a female artist, Toyen broke through the male-dominated art world to create paintings and drawings often erotic in nature. She co-founded the surrealist movement in her native Prague, survived the Nazis and the Communists, maintained artistic and personal relationships with artists Jindrich Heisler (whom she hid during WWII) and Jindrich Styrsky.
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Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2005-11-03
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Corpus delicti
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1991-11-14
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No Entrance
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1960-05-20
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Overview: Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-05
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Flames of Royal Love
Overview: In 1992, Prague is the capital of a small kingdom. The prince is supposed to choose his bride to be at a royal ball. But to everybody's surprise, he chooses an ugly cleaning-woman. She is shy and silent, but after the marriage she turns into a wild and rumbustious woman with an obstinate and stubborn mind. They both try to kill each other, but the queen is thrown into the dungeons.
Genres: Horror Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1991-05-01
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