Jan Němec

Director

Born: July 12, 1936
Died: March 18, 2016 (age 79)
From: Prague, Czechoslovakia

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."

Filmography (35)

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History (2023)
Self
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street (2016)
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Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“ (2014)
self
Heart Beat 3D (2010)
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The Ferrari Dino Girl (2009)
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Heart Above the Castle
Heart Above the Castle (2008)
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Hranice
Hranice (2006)
Toyen (2005)
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Searching for Ester (2005)
Himself
Landscape of my Heart
Landscape of my Heart (2004)
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Late Night Talks with Mother (2003)
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Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy) (2000)
Code Name: Ruby
Code Name: Ruby (1996)
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Corpus delicti (1991)
Flames of Royal Love (1991)
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The Strahov Demonstration
The Strahov Demonstration (1990)
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'68 (1988)
Dezsö Horváth
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Horí
Horí (1982)
Metamorphosis (1975)
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Das Rückendekolleté
Das Rückendekolleté (1975)
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Killing the Devil (1970)
(uncreditted)
Proudy lásku odnesou (1969)
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Čas slunce a růží
Čas slunce a růží (1968)
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Oratorio for Prague (1968)
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Necklace of Melancholy (1968)
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Martyrs of Love (1967)
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The Party and the Guests (1966)
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An Occasion to Speak
An Occasion to Speak (1966)
Self
Pearls of the Deep (1966)
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