Elmar Klos
Writer · 1910 – 1993 · Brno, Moravia, AustriaHungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
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.
Movies5
Movie6.9DramaManagers at the construction of a big hydro plant are accused of having embezzled money.
- MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.
Movie6.5DocumentaryAn 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.
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018 · 2 votes
Movie5.0DramaThe 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.
Movie7.5ComedyThe fate of an unlucky director of a dismantled cultural house who temporarily believes in the meaningfulness of his actions, exposed to the pressure of many different difficulties.
Nemocný bílý slon
1990 · 2 votes
Series1
- TVDocumentary
Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and the role of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Each episode focuses on a different filmmaker.