Jiří Krejčík was born in 1918 in Praha. Undoubtedly one of the most important directors and writers of the Czech cinema is a prague native Jiří Krejčík. After graduation he devoted to the study of the techniques and during the secon... (Full Biography Below)
We found 37 films starring Jiří Krejčík.
Jiří Krejčík was born in 1918 in Praha. Undoubtedly one of the most important directors and writers of the Czech cinema is a prague native Jiří Krejčík. After graduation he devoted to the study of the techniques and during the second world war he worked at the barrandov studios as an extra. Which has penetrated into the world of film and soon he longed for his own directorial work. Started by the formation of short and promotional images. He has also worked for example with the artist Jiří Trnka on fiction of the cartoon GIFT. The first feature full-length picture filmed in 1947, and has been a WEEK IN a QUIET HOUSE, on motives of Stories of lesser town from Jan Neruda. Followed by a film about the settlement of the bohemian borderlands after the second world war with the name of the VILLAGE IN the BORDERLANDS. In the 50's. years his work was unfortunately tainted by the contemporary ideology. These are mainly the works of ABOVE US the sun rises and FRONA. In 1958 he participated in the direction of the short image of Gloria on the short story of the movie OF THINGS SUPERNATURAL, where he attempted to adapt the short prose of Karel Čapek. For this feat he was awarded at the International film festival in Locarno 1959. With the advent of the sixties, comes, according to many top Krejčíkovy creation, which started a movie HIGHER PRINCIPLE describing a sad period, heydrich, who also received a number of different awards and appeared later big star of Czech film - actress Jan Brejchovou. Other notable works include the image ČINTAMANI AND a CHEAT, or a satirical comedy the WEDDING AS a BELT. In 1967 the Tailor has adapted the game of the famous irish playwright Sean OCaseyho Bedtime Story under the name of PENSION FOR SINGLE GENTLEMEN. Another great achievement recorded in 1979 životopisným film the DIVINE EMA about the famous opera singer Emmy Destinn. The last film of Jiří Krejčík became in 1984 the SALESMAN HUMOR - satiristický a look behind the scenes of the socialist of the musical industry. Since then, one of the most respected indigenous filmmakers dedicated solely to work for the tv. Director Jiří Krejčík already several times, also appeared on the movie screen. From his tiny, but memorable roles stands out above all the insatiable mr. Karel from Menzelových FESTIVITIES SNOWDROPS and further professor Stárek in retrokomedii Jan Hřebejka dog BEDS.
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