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Pavel Juráček

Screenwriter / Film Director / Dramaturge | * 08/02/1935 († 53, 05/20/1989) | Príbram (Czechoslovakia)
Pavel Juráček (Czech: [ˈpavɛl ˈjuraːtʃɛk]; 2 August 1935 – 20 May 1989) was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU. Juráček started as a screenwriter for many Czech New Wave movies until he became a director. He worked in Prague at the Barrandov film studios; however after his satirical movie Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) was shelved, he was fired from Barrandov and wasn't allowed to make movies anymore. ()

Pavel Juráček was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU. Although not as famous as Miloš Forman or Jiří Menzel, he was an exponent of the Czech New Wave as well. He worked at Prague Barrandov Studios; however after his satirical movie Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) was shelved, his movie career came to an end.

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

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Jurácek's feature debut is shot in two parts. In the first, a corporal accompanies a new recruit with a sore Achilles tendon for his physical, and all the girls or young women they see are played by ...

Every Young Man

Certification unknown

1966 | 3.4/5 | 1h 23min
Drama
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A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress born before the war, eventually stumbling into the company of a lonely old man. ...

The End of August at the Hotel Ozone

Certification unknown

1967 | 3.4/5 | 1h 17min
Science Fiction
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Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a watch fro ...

Case for a Rookie Hangman

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1970 | 3.3/5 | 1h 42min
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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Two teenage girls embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world around them. ...

Daisies

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1966 | 3.7/5 | 1h 16min
Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Pavel Juráček

Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
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Movies with Pavel Juráček as Actor(2)

as himself2018 CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as himself1966 An Occasion to Speak

TV Shows/Series with Pavel Juráček as Actor(1)

as Self (archive footage)2009 Golden Sixties

Movies with Pavel Juráček as Crew(35)

Writing/Writer2002 The Key for Determining Dwarfs or The Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver
Writing/Creative Producer1990 Larks on a String
Writing/Story1979 House Call
Writing/Story1978 Settlement of Crows
Writing/Story1978 On the Great River
Writing/Story1971 Kinoautomat
Writing/Screenplay1971 Kinoautomat
Writing/Creative Producer1970 Fruit of Paradise
Writing/Creative Producer1970 Nevěsta
Directing/Director1970 Case for a Rookie Hangman
Writing/Screenplay1970 Case for a Rookie Hangman
Writing/Creative Producer1970 Case for a Rookie Hangman
Writing/Creative Producer1969 Le corps de Diane
Directing/Director1969 Krvavý román
Writing/Screenplay1969 Krvavý román
Directing/Director1969 Zvony pana Hejhuly
Writing/Screenplay1969 Zvony pana Hejhuly
Writing/Story1967 The End of August at the Hotel Ozone
Writing/Screenplay1967 The End of August at the Hotel Ozone
Directing/Director1966 Every Young Man
Writing/Story1966 Every Young Man
Writing/Screenplay1966 Every Young Man
Writing/Screenplay1966 Nobody Will Laugh
Writing/Story1966 Daisies
Writing/Screenplay1964 The Jester's Tale
Directing/Director1964 Joseph Kilian
Writing/Story1964 Joseph Kilian
Writing/Screenplay1964 Joseph Kilian
Writing/Screenplay1963 The Dynamite Watcher
Writing/Screenplay1963 Ikarie XB 1
Writing/Story1963 Ikarie XB 1
Writing/Writer1962 Black and White Sylva
Writing/Idea1962 Black and White Sylva
Writing/Story1962 Ceiling
Writing/Dialogue1959 Cars Without a Home

TV Shows/Series with Pavel Juráček as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer1989 Škola detektívky

Citizenship: Czechoslovakia (former country)
Born: Friday, 08/02 1935 (August) in Príbram (Czechoslovakia)
Died: Saturday, 05/20 1989 (May) in Prague (aged: 53)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: Czech (CS)
Spouses (current/former): Dana Horáková
Other names for Pavel Juráček (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Pavel Jurácek"
"Pavel Juracek"
Pavel Juráček frequently works together with these people:
Věra Chytilová (11x, Crew)
Miroslav Hájek (11x, Crew)
Jan Schmidt (11x, Crew)
Ester Krumbachová (9x, Crew)
Jiří Menzel (9x, Actor)
František Belfín (8x, Crew)
Václav Nývlt (7x, Crew)
Bohumír Brunclík (7x, Crew)
Eduard Štorch (6x, Crew)
Milan Pavlík (6x, Crew)
Bohumila Maršálková (5x, Crew)
Čestmír Kopecký (1x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:85313, Added: 05/26/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024