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Antonín Kachlík
Kladno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Antonín Kachlík (26 February 1923 – 20 April 2022) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 21 films between 1948 and 1987. In 1973, he was a member of the jury at…
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Antonín Kachlík (26 February 1923 – 20 April 2022) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 21 films between 1948 and 1987. In 1973, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. Kachlík was born in Rozdělov [cs], Czechoslovakia (now Kladno-Rozdělov). He grew up in Malá Dobrá until 1931, when his family relocated to Prague. He attended the Prague-Karlín trade academy. During World War II, Kachlík joined an underground resistance movement where he printed and distributed leftist leaflets, and after graduating from school in 1942, he was forced into working for Germany as a member of the fire brigades in the Ruhr area. Here, he helped the Germans clean up debris after the Allied Forces' nightly air raids. After World War II, he attended the College of Political and Social Sciences, before applying for an education at the Film Academy (FAMU) in 1946. He ended up graduating from the Film Academy in 1950. After graduating, Kachlík went to Zlín to work as a dramaturge in the Workers’ Theatre, before joining the military in 1952, and serving until 1954.
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1987
On a Wayward Princess
Movie Director
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1986
Adieu, mládí
Movie Director
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1985
Kouzelníkův návrat
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1983
Kouzelné dobrodružství
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1981
Požáry a spáleniště
Movie Director
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1980
Na koho to slovo padne...
Movie Story
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1979
Radost až do rána
Movie Director
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1978
The Moravian Land
Movie Director
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1977
Náš dědek Josef
Movie Screenplay
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1975
Dvacátý devátý
Movie Director
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1974
Zločin v Modré hvězdě
Movie Director
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1973
Jezdec formule risk
Movie Screenplay
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1972
We, the Lost Girls
Movie Screenplay
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1971
Prince Bajaja
Movie Screenplay
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1969
I, Mournful God
Movie Director of the operetta
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1967
Death Behind a Curtain
Movie Director
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1965
Třiatřicet stříbrných křepelek
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1964
Pršelo jim štěstí
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1963
Bylo nás deset
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1961
Červnové dny
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1959
Zatoulané dělo
Movie First Assistant Director
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1958
Bitter Love
Movie First Assistant Director
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1957
Florenc 13,30
Movie First Assistant Director
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1949
Vltava po válce
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