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Elmar Klos

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Czech director, scriptwriter and university educator (1910–1993)

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  • Dramaturgie je když--
  • Hašek a film, aneb film a Hašek

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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.

Known for

  • CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel — Self2018
  • Golden Sixties — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Nemocný bílý slon1990
  • Přijď, až zase omládnu — Himself1986
  • An Occasion to Speak — Self1966
  • Defendant1964
  • Before Graduation1932

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Instance of
human
Given name
Elmar
Gender
male
Citizenship
Czech Republic
Place of birth
Brno
Place of death
Prague
Languages spoken
Czech
Image
Elmar Klos (1966).jpg
Work location
Zlín
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date of birth
1910-01-26
date of death
1993-01-01
place of burial
Vyšehrad cemetery
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Elmar Klos
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