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Jan Němec

Film Director / Screenwriter / Teacher / Film Producer | * 07/12/1936 († 79, 03/18/2016) | Prague (Czech Republic)
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." ()

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.".

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

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This three-part ballad, which often uses music to stand in for dialogue, remains the most perfect embodiment of Nemec’s vision of a film world independent of reality. Mounting a defense of timid, in ...

Martyrs of Love

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1967 | 2.6/5 | 1h 11min
Romance / Love, Comedy
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The film tells the life story of its director, Jan Nemec, one of the most known and important filmmakers of Czech New Wave. ...

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

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2016 | 0.8/5 | 1h 15min
History, Comedy
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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 ...

Toyen

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2005 | 1h 3min
 
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A tense, brutal story of two Jewish boys who escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Ultimately, they are hunted down by a group of old, armed home-guardists. The ...

Diamonds of the Night

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1964 | 3.6/5 | 1h 7min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Jan Němec

Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
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Movies with Jan Němec as Actor(14)

as himself2023 Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
as himself2016 The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
2009 The Ferrari Dino Girl
2006 Hranice
as himself2005 Searching for Ester
as Commentary (voice)2005 Toyen
as himself2003 Late Night Talks with Mother
2000 Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
1991 Corpus delicti
as Dezsö Horváth1988 '68
as (uncreditted)1970 The Murder of Mr. Devil
as himself1968 Oratorio for Prague
as himself1966 An Occasion to Speak
as (segment "In Pursuit")1960 No Entrance

TV Shows/Series with Jan Němec as Actor(1)

as himself2009 Golden Sixties

Movies with Jan Němec as Crew(44)

Directing/Director2016 The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Writing/Writer2016 The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Writing/Story2016 Deckname Holec
Directing/Director2010 Heart Beat 3D
Writing/Writer2010 Heart Beat 3D
Directing/Director2009 The Ferrari Dino Girl
Writing/Writer2009 The Ferrari Dino Girl
Directing/Director2005 Toyen
Production/Producer2005 Toyen
Writing/Screenplay2005 Toyen
Directing/Director2004 Landscape of my Heart
Crew/Cinematography2003 Late Night Talks with Mother
Directing/Director2003 Late Night Talks with Mother
Production/Producer2003 Late Night Talks with Mother
Sound/Music2003 Late Night Talks with Mother
Writing/Writer2003 Late Night Talks with Mother
Directing/Director1996 Code Name: Ruby
Writing/Writer1996 Code Name: Ruby
Directing/Director1991 Flames of Royal Love
Writing/Scenario Writer1991 Flames of Royal Love
Directing/Director1975 Das Rückendekolleté
Directing/Director1975 Metamorphosis
Writing/Writer1975 Metamorphosis
Writing/Screenplay1970 The Murder of Mr. Devil
Directing/Director1968 Náhrdelník melancholie
Writing/Screenplay1968 Náhrdelník melancholie
Directing/Director1968 Čas slunce a růží
Directing/Director1968 Oratorio for Prague
Directing/Director1967 Martyrs of Love
Writing/Story1967 Martyrs of Love
Writing/Screenplay1967 Martyrs of Love
Directing/Director1966 A Report on the Party and the Guests
Writing/Screenplay1966 A Report on the Party and the Guests
Directing/Director1966 Pearls of the Deep
Writing/Screenplay1966 Pearls of the Deep
Directing/Director1964 Diamonds of the Night
Writing/Screenplay1964 Diamonds of the Night
Writing/Writer1964 Diamonds of the Night
Directing/Assistant Director1961 Osení
Directing/Assistant Director1961 The Day the Tree Blooms
Directing/First Assistant Director1961 Červnové dny
Directing/Director1960 A Loaf of Bread
Writing/Writer1960 A Loaf of Bread
Directing/Assistant Director1958 Povodeň

TV Shows/Series with Jan Němec as Crew(2)

Writing/Writer1993 GEN
Directing/Director1993 GEN

Full Name: Jan Němec
Citizenships: Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia (former country)
Born: Sunday, 07/12 1936 (July) in Prague (Czech Republic)
Died: Friday, 03/18 2016 (March) in Prague (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: Czech (CS)
Educated at: Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Spouses (current/former): Ester Krumbachová, Marta Kubišová, Veronika Baumanová, Iva Ruszeláková
Other names for Jan Němec (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jan Němec (Filmemacher)"
Jan Němec frequently works together with these people:
Ester Krumbachová (19x, Crew)
Miroslav Hájek (8x, Crew)
Bohumil Hrabal (6x, Crew)
Iva Ruszeláková (6x, Crew)
Karel Roden (5x, Actor)
Jan Klusák (5x, Crew)
Věra Chytilová (5x, Crew)
Jiří Menzel (5x, Actor)
Eduard Kadeřábek (5x, Crew)
Štěpán Koníček (4x, Crew)
Oldřich Bosák (4x, Crew)
Zdeněk Podskalský ml. (2x, Crew)
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