Elmar Klos

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Elmar Klos

Writing January 26, 1910

Brno, Moravia, AustriaHungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]

Elmar Klos (26 January 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Czech film director. He collaborated for 17 years with his Slovak colleague Ján Kadár and with him won the 1965 Oscar for Best Fo…

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The Shop on Main Street

The Shop on Main Street

7.1 1965 Movie
The Fake Sweetheart

The Fake Sweetheart

9.0 1926 Movie
Death Is Called Engelchen

Death Is Called Engelchen

6.4 1963 Movie
Adrift

Adrift

4.8 1971 Movie
Defendant

Defendant

6.9 1964 Movie
Hudba z Marsu

Hudba z Marsu

6.1 1955 Movie
Ferda the Ant

Ferda the Ant

7.5 1944 Movie
The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová

The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová

6.1 1926 Movie
Three Wishes

Three Wishes

6.8 1963 Movie
The Lovers of an Old Criminal

The Lovers of an Old Criminal

7.0 1927 Movie
Three Steps from the Body

Three Steps from the Body

6.5 1934 Movie
A Dead Man among the Living

A Dead Man among the Living

7.0 1947 Movie

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Elmar Klos (26 January 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Czech film director. He collaborated for 17 years with his Slovak colleague Ján Kadár and with him won the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for the film The Shop on Main Street. They directed the 1963 film Death Is Called Engelchen, which entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival and won a Golden Prize.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2018
    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    Movie Self

  2. 2009
    Golden Sixties

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  3. 1990
    Nemocný bílý slon

    Movie

  4. 1986
    Přijď, až zase omládnu

    Movie Himself

  5. 1971
    Adrift

    Movie Director

  6. 1966
    An Occasion to Speak

    Movie Self

  7. 1965
    The Shop on Main Street

    Movie Director

  8. 1964
    Defendant

    Movie

  9. 1963
    Three Wishes

    Movie Director

  10. 1963
    Death Is Called Engelchen

    Movie Director

  11. 1960
    Zkouška pokračuje

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1960
    Laterna magika II

    Movie Director

  13. 1957
    At the Terminus

    Movie Director

  14. 1956
    Spartakiáda

    Movie Director

  15. 1956
    Mladé dny

    Movie Director

  16. 1955
    Hudba z Marsu

    Movie Director

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  1. 1955
    Matka Riva

    Movie Director

  2. 1953
    Kidnapped

    Movie Director

  3. 1949
    Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry

    Movie Field Director

  4. 1949
    Píseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí

    Movie Field Director

  5. 1947
    Revolution in Toyland

    Movie Story

  6. 1947
    A Dead Man among the Living

    Movie Screenplay

  7. 1946
    2x Bail

    Movie Director

  8. 1946
    Přístav v srdci Evropy

    Movie Story

  9. 1946
    Kdo je vinen?

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1945
    Tři knoflíky

    Movie Story

  11. 1944
    Ferda the Ant

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1942
    Nejvýnosnější prodej

    Movie Director

  13. 1941
    The River of Life and Death

    Movie Director

  14. 1941
    Chvála révy

    Movie Director

  15. 1940
    Slovácká kubaňa

    Movie Production Manager

  16. 1937
    Poslední léto presidenta Osvoboditele

    Movie Director

  17. 1937
    Round and Round

    Movie Director

  18. 1937
    The Highway Sings

    Movie Director

  19. 1935
    A New Song

    Movie Director of Photography

  20. 1935
    A Little Shoe

    Movie Director

  21. 1935
    School Assignment

    Movie Director

  22. 1934
    Three Steps from the Body

    Movie Screenplay

  23. 1932
    Before Graduation

    Movie

  24. 1932
    The Innkeeper 'At the Wild Beauty'

    Movie Screenplay