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Jiří Weiss
Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue. Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. His…
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Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue. Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. His father was a Czech patriot and named his son after Czech king Jiří of Poděbrady.His parents were Emil Weiss (1880–1942) and Martha Weissová (née Fuchsová; 1882–1944). Emil Weiss owned a liqueur factory in Libeň district. Since his youth, Jiří was an staunch communist, which was at the heart of disputes with his capitalist parents. As a young boy he was friends with Franz Kafka's niece Marianne Pollaková and thanks to her he was able to read the books of then-unknown writer Kafka in the 1920s. Weiss was interested in studying at film school, but his parents wished he studied law. While still a minor, he left his home and lived with his friend K. M. Walló [cs]. Weiss started to work as a copywriter in advertising. His father, who disagreed with his life choices and could still make decisions about his underage son, had him institutionalized in a mental hospital. Weiss never spoke to his father ever again. In his early twenties, he started working as a copywriter for the Prague branch of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. At this time, he wrote his first book – a story for children O věrné Hadimršce. He befriended leading intellectuals of the Left Front in Prague, including Vladislav Vančura and Ivan Olbracht. In 1934, Vančura invited him to be an assistant cinematographer on his movie Marijka the Faithless, based on Olbracht's book.
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1990
Martha and I
Movie Screenplay
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1970
Wie man seinen Gatten los wird
Movie Director
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1970
Die Herberge
Movie Director
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1969
Waterloo
Movie Director
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1968
Spravedlnost pro Selvina
Movie Screenplay
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1967
Murder Czech Style
Movie Story
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1965
90° in the Shade
Movie Screenplay
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1963
The Golden Fern
Movie Director
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1963
The King of Kings
Movie Story
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1963
Promiňte, omyl!
Movie Director
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1962
The Coward
Movie Screenplay
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1962
Reportáž psaná na oprátce
Movie Story
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1960
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
Movie Director
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1959
That Kind of Love
Movie Concert attendant
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1958
Wolf Trap
Movie Story
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1957
The Girl Robinson Crusoe
Movie Screenplay
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1956
A Life at Stake
Movie Director
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1955
Punta and the Four-Leaf Clover
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Můj přítel Fabián
Movie Screenplay
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1951
Vstanou noví bojovníci
Movie Creative Producer
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1951
V trestném území
Movie Creative Producer
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1951
Days of Joy
Movie Director
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1950
The Last Shot
Movie Creative Producer
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1949
Pan Habětín odchází
Movie Creative Producer
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1949
Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry
Movie Director
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1949
Píseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí
Movie Director
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1949
Conscience
Movie Creative Producer
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1949
Křížová trojka
Movie Creative Producer
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1948
Wild Beasts
Movie Director
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1948
O ševci Matoušovi
Movie Creative Producer
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1948
Ves v pohraničí
Movie Creative Producer
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1947
Nevíte o bytě?
Movie Creative Producer
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1947
The Stolen Border
Movie Screenplay
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1946
People Govern Themselves
Movie Story
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1945
We Will Remain Faithful
Movie Screenplay
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1945
Night and Day
Movie Director
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1944
Before the Raid
Movie Director
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1942
100,000,000 Women
Movie Editor
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1942
The Other RAF
Movie Director
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1941
John Smith Wakes Up
Movie Director
