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Elmar Klos

Film Director / Screenwriter / Dramaturge / Teacher | * 01/26/1910 († 83, 07/19/1993) | 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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

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Pavel is a Czech partisan fighter in the waning days of the war. Just as peace is declared, Pavel is shot in the spine and sent to the hospital emergency ward. As he fades in and out of consciousness, ...

Death Is Called Engelchen

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1963 | 2.9/5 | 1h 51min
Drama, War
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Managers at the construction of a big hydro plant are accused of having embezzled money. ...

Defendant

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1964 | 3.1/5 | 1h 30min
Drama
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In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post come ...

The Shop on Main Street

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1965 | 4.0/5 | 2h 8min
Drama, War
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A fisherman saves Anada, a woman adrift, from drowning. He takes her to his home, and protects her. Eventually, she occupies a larger place than was to be expected. He commits adultery with her, but h ...

Adrift

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1971 | 3.0/5 | 1h 48min
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Movies with Elmar Klos as Actor(5)

as himself2018 CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
1990 Nemocný bílý slon
as himself1966 An Occasion to Speak
1964 Defendant
1932 Before Graduation

TV Shows/Series with Elmar Klos as Actor(1)

as Self (archive footage)2009 Golden Sixties

Movies with Elmar Klos as Crew(38)

Directing/Director1989 Bison
Directing/Director1971 Adrift
Directing/Director1965 The Shop on Main Street
Writing/Screenplay1965 The Shop on Main Street
Directing/Director1964 Defendant
Writing/Screenplay1964 Defendant
Directing/Director1963 Three Wishes
Writing/Story1963 Three Wishes
Writing/Screenplay1963 Three Wishes
Directing/Director1963 Death Is Called Engelchen
Writing/Screenplay1963 Death Is Called Engelchen
Directing/Director1960 Laterna magika II
Writing/Writer1960 Laterna magika II
Writing/Screenplay1960 Zkouška pokračuje
Directing/Director1957 At the Terminus
Directing/Director1955 Hudba z Marsu
Writing/Story1955 Hudba z Marsu
Writing/Screenplay1955 Hudba z Marsu
Directing/Director1953 Kidnapped
Writing/Writer1953 Kidnapped
Writing/Story1953 Kidnapped
Directing/Field Director1949 Píseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí
Production/Production Manager1947 A Dead Man among the Living
Writing/Screenplay1947 A Dead Man among the Living
Writing/Story1947 Revolution in Toyland
Directing/Director1947 2x Bail
Production/Production Manager1947 2x Bail
Writing/Idea1947 2x Bail
Writing/Screenplay1947 2x Bail
Writing/Story1944 Tři knoflíky
Writing/Screenplay1944 Tři knoflíky
Writing/Screenplay1944 Ferda mravenec
Directing/Director1937 The Highway Sings
Writing/Screenplay1934 Tři kroky od těla
Writing/Screenplay1932 The Innkeeper 'At the Wild Beauty'
Writing/Screenplay1927 The Lovers of an Old Criminal
Writing/Screenplay1926 The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová
Writing/Screenplay1926 The Fake Sweetheart

Full Name: Elmar Klos
Citizenship: Czech Republic
Born: Wednesday, 01/26 1910 (January) in Brno, Moravia, AustriaHungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Died: Monday, 07/19 1993 (July) in Prague (aged: 83)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: Czech (CS)
Educated at: Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague
Employer: Academy of Performing Arts
Other names for Elmar Klos (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Эльмар Клос"
Elmar Klos frequently works together with these people:
Ján Kadár (22x, Crew)
František Jerhot (10x, Crew)
Svatopluk Innemann (10x, Crew)
Josef Dobřichovský (9x, Crew)
Vratislav Blažek (7x, Crew)
Karel Feix (7x, Crew)
Josef Skružný (7x, Crew)
Jaroslav Marvan (6x, Actor)
Pavel Hrdlička (6x, Crew)
Bořivoj Zeman (6x, Crew)
František Belfín (6x, Crew)
Čestmír Kopecký (1x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:624658, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024