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Karel Kachyňa

Film Director / Screenwriter / Actor / Teacher | * 05/01/1924 († 79, 03/12/2004) | Vyškov
Karel Kachyňa (1 May 1924 – 12 March 2004) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. His career spanned over five decades. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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A group of outcasts, including a vagabond and a prostitute, gather at the outskirts of the industrial area of a large Czech city, one of the things that helps some of them survive is alcohol. ...

The Hope

Certification unknown

1964 | 3.3/5 | 1h 32min
Drama
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Senior ministry official Ludvik and his wife Anna come back from an official party only to find their home has been broken into and is riddled with listening devices. A harrowing night follows as the ...

The Ear

Certification unknown

1970 | 3.6/5 | 1h 34min
Thriller, Drama
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Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother's life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was mentally injured. Years later, his mother is dying, so Adam sells ...

The Cow

Certification unknown

1996 | 3.0/5 | 1h 26min
Drama
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Jitka is a 12-year-old girl who feels the first stirring of love. She becomes friends with a young man who is hospitalized with paralysis. Jitka visits the man every day and witnesses his slow recover ...

The High Wall

Certification unknown

1964 | 3.1/5 | 1h 11min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Karel Kachyňa

Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) Meritorious Artist
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Movies with Karel Kachyňa as Actor(5)

as himself2018 CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
1991 The Elementary School
1965 Long Live the Republic
1962 Suffering
as Man with a Hat1950 It’s Not Always Cloudy

TV Shows/Series with Karel Kachyňa as Actor(2)

as Self (archive footage)2009 Golden Sixties
as himself1988 Veselé příhody z natáčení

Movies with Karel Kachyňa as Crew(119)

Directing/Director2003 Cesta byla suchá, místy mokrá
Writing/Writer2003 Cesta byla suchá, místy mokrá
Directing/Director2002 Kožené slunce
Directing/Director2001 Otec neznámý aneb cesta do hlubin duše výstrojního náčelníka
Directing/Director1999 Hanele
Directing/Director1996 The Cow
Writing/Screenplay1996 The Cow
Directing/Director1995 Městem chodí Mikuláš
Directing/Director1995 Fany
Directing/Director1991 The Last Butterfly
Writing/Writer1991 The Last Butterfly
Directing/Director1989 Appeal to Your Love
Writing/Writer1989 Appeal to Your Love
Directing/Director1988 Fools and a Girl
Writing/Writer1988 Fools and a Girl
Directing/Director1987 Forbidden Dreams
Writing/Screenplay1987 Forbidden Dreams
Directing/Director1987 Where, Gentlemen, Where Are You Going?
Directing/Director1986 Dobré světlo
Directing/Director1985 Rainbow Kulick
Writing/Writer1985 Rainbow Kulick
Directing/Director1984 Sestricky
Writing/Screenplay1984 Sestricky
Directing/Director1983 Fandy, ó Fandy
Directing/Director1982 Velký případ malého detektiva a policejního psa Kykýna
Writing/Screenplay1982 Velký případ malého detektiva a policejního psa Kykýna
Directing/Director1981 Counting Sheep
Writing/Writer1981 Counting Sheep
Directing/Director1981 Sugar House
Writing/Writer1981 Sugar House
Directing/Director1981 Attention, Rounds!
Writing/Writer1981 Attention, Rounds!
Directing/Director1980 Love Between the Raindrops
Writing/Writer1980 Love Between the Raindrops
Directing/Director1979 Golden Eels
Writing/Writer1979 Golden Eels
Directing/Director1978 Waiting for the Rain
Writing/Story1978 Waiting for the Rain
Writing/Screenplay1978 Waiting for the Rain
Directing/Director1978 Meeting in July
Writing/Screenplay1978 Meeting in July
Directing/Director1977 Smrt mouchy
Writing/Screenplay1977 Smrt mouchy
Directing/Director1976 The Little Mermaid
Writing/Screenplay1976 The Little Mermaid
Directing/Director1975 Škaredá dědina
Writing/Screenplay1975 Škaredá dědina
Directing/Director1974 Horká zima
Writing/Screenplay1974 Horká zima
Directing/Director1974 Robinson Girl
Directing/Director1974 Pavlínka
Writing/Screenplay1974 Pavlínka
Directing/Director1973 Love
Writing/Screenplay1973 Love
Directing/Director1972 Vlak do stanice Nebe
Writing/Screenplay1972 Vlak do stanice Nebe
Directing/Director1972 The Secret of a Great Narrator
Writing/Screenplay1972 The Secret of a Great Narrator
Camera/Camera Operator1971 Jak se dělá televizní soutěž
Directing/Director1971 Jumping Over Puddles
Writing/Screenplay1971 Jumping Over Puddles
Directing/Director1970 The Ear
Writing/Screenplay1970 The Ear
Directing/Director1969 A Ridiculous Gentleman
Writing/Screenplay1969 A Ridiculous Gentleman
Directing/Director1968 Christmas with Elisabeth
Writing/Screenplay1968 Christmas with Elisabeth
Directing/Director1968 Naše bláznivá rodina
Directing/Director1967 The Nun's Night
Writing/Screenplay1967 The Nun's Night
Directing/Director1966 Carriage to Vienna
Writing/Screenplay1966 Carriage to Vienna
Directing/Director1965 Long Live the Republic
Writing/Screenplay1965 Long Live the Republic
Directing/Director1964 The Hope
Writing/Screenplay1964 The Hope
Directing/Director1964 The High Wall
Writing/Screenplay1964 The High Wall
Directing/Director1963 Vertigo
Writing/Screenplay1963 Vertigo
Directing/Director1962 Suffering
Writing/Screenplay1962 Suffering
Directing/Director1961 Pouta
Writing/Screenplay1961 Pouta
Directing/Director1960 Slingboy
Writing/Screenplay1960 Slingboy
Directing/Director1959 King of the Sumava
Writing/Screenplay1959 King of the Sumava
Directing/Director1958 Tenkrát o vánocích
Writing/Screenplay1958 Tenkrát o vánocích
Writing/Screenstory1958 Tenkrát o vánocích
Directing/Director1956 Crooked Mirror
Writing/Screenplay1956 Crooked Mirror
Writing/Story1956 Crooked Mirror
Directing/Director1956 Ztracená stopa
Writing/Story1956 Ztracená stopa
Directing/Director1955 Everything Ends Tonight
Camera/Camera Operator1954 Stará čínská opera
Directing/Director1954 Stará čínská opera
Camera/Camera Operator1954 Z čínského zápisníku
Directing/Director1954 Z čínského zápisníku
Camera/Camera Operator1953 Lidé jednoho srdce
Directing/Director1953 Lidé jednoho srdce
Writing/Screenplay1953 Lidé jednoho srdce
Camera/Director of Photography1952 Neobyčejná léta
Directing/Director1952 Neobyčejná léta
Writing/Idea1952 Neobyčejná léta
Writing/Screenplay1952 Neobyčejná léta
Directing/Director1951 Za život radostný
Writing/Idea1951 Za život radostný
Writing/Screenplay1951 Za život radostný
Camera/Director of Photography1950 It’s Not Always Cloudy
Directing/Director1950 It’s Not Always Cloudy
Editing/Editor1950 It’s Not Always Cloudy
Writing/Screenplay1950 It’s Not Always Cloudy
Camera/Director of Photography1949 Věděli si rady
Directing/Director1949 Věděli si rady
Writing/Screenplay1949 Věděli si rady
Writing/Idea1949 Věděli si rady

TV Shows/Series with Karel Kachyňa as Crew(7)

Directing/Director1998 Three kings
Creator/Creator1998 Three kings
Writing/Screenplay1994 Prima sezóna
Directing/Director1994 Prima sezóna
Writing/Writer1989 The Train of Childhood and Expectation
Directing/Director1989 The Train of Childhood and Expectation
Creator/Creator1989 The Train of Childhood and Expectation

Full Name: Karel Kachyňa
Citizenships: Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia (former country)
Born: Thursday, 05/01 1924 (May) in Vyškov
Died: Friday, 03/12 2004 (March) in Říčany (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: Czech (CS)
Educated at: Academy of Performing Arts, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Spouses (current/former): Alena Mihulová, Eliška Kuchařová
Children: Eliška Nová
Other names for Karel Kachyňa (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Карел Кахиня"
Karel Kachyňa frequently works together with these people:
Jan Procházka (36x, Crew)
Vojtěch Jasný (25x, Crew)
Jiří Lenoch (24x, Crew)
Stanislav Petřek (21x, Crew)
František Belfín (20x, Crew)
Milada Mikešová (19x, Crew)
Miroslav Hájek (18x, Crew)
Ladislav Winkelhöfer (16x, Crew)
Ota Hofman (14x, Crew)
Zdeněk Liška (13x, Crew)
Jan Chaloupek (12x, Crew)
Ladislav Smoljak (3x, Crew)
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