Jan Němec

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Jan Němec

Directing July 12, 1936

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…

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

6.8 1988 Movie
Diamonds of the Night

Diamonds of the Night

7.0 1964 Movie
The Party and the Guests

The Party and the Guests

6.8 1966 Movie
Pearls of the Deep

Pearls of the Deep

5.8 1966 Movie
Deckname Holec

Deckname Holec

4.0 2016 Movie
Martyrs of Love

Martyrs of Love

5.3 1967 Movie
Killing the Devil

Killing the Devil

5.8 1970 Movie
Oratorio for Prague

Oratorio for Prague

6.9 1968 Movie
'68

'68

4.0 1988 Movie
Flames of Royal Love

Flames of Royal Love

4.1 1991 Movie
Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

6.4 1975 Movie
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

2.8 2016 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    FAMU 80 – Best of

    Movie Director

  2. 2025
    Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut

    Movie Writer

  3. 2023
    Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History

    Movie Self

  4. 2016
    The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

    Movie Self

  5. 2016
    Deckname Holec

    Movie Story

  6. 2014
    Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

    Movie self

  7. 2010
    Heart Beat 3D

    Movie Director

  8. 2009
    The Ferrari Dino Girl

    Movie

  9. 2009
    Golden Sixties

    TV show Self

  10. 2008
    Heart Above the Castle

    Movie Director

  11. 2006
    Hranice

    Movie

  12. 2005
    Toyen

    Movie Commentary (voice)

  13. 2005
    Searching for Ester

    Movie Himself

  14. 2004
    Landscape of my Heart

    Movie Director

  15. 2003
    Late Night Talks with Mother

    Movie Jan Němec

  16. 2000
    Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

    Movie

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  1. 1996
    Code Name: Ruby

    Movie Director

  2. 1995
    GENUS

    TV show Director

  3. 1993
    GEN

    TV show Director

  4. 1991
    Corpus delicti

    Movie

  5. 1991
    Flames of Royal Love

    Movie (uncredited)

  6. 1990
    The Strahov Demonstration

    Movie Director

  7. 1988
    '68

    Movie Dezsö Horváth

  8. 1988
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    Movie Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague

  9. 1982
    Horí

    Movie

  10. 1975
    Metamorphosis

    Movie Director

  11. 1975
    Das Rückendekolleté

    Movie Director

  12. 1970
    Killing the Devil

    Movie (uncreditted)

  13. 1969
    Proudy lásku odnesou

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1968
    Čas slunce a růží

    Movie Director

  15. 1968
    Oratorio for Prague

    Movie Self

  16. 1968
    Necklace of Melancholy

    Movie

  17. 1968
    Seven Days to Remember

    Movie Cinematography

  18. 1967
    Martyrs of Love

    Movie Story

  19. 1966
    The Party and the Guests

    Movie Director

  20. 1966
    An Occasion to Speak

    Movie Self

  21. 1966
    Pearls of the Deep

    Movie Screenplay

  22. 1964
    Diamonds of the Night

    Movie Screenplay

  23. 1963
    A Memory for the Present

    Movie Writer

  24. 1961
    Červnové dny

    Movie First Assistant Director