Jaromil Jireš

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Jaromil Jireš

Directing December 10, 1935

Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]

Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film…

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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

7.0 1970 Movie
The Joke

The Joke

6.5 1969 Movie
Pearls of the Deep

Pearls of the Deep

5.8 1966 Movie
The Cry

The Cry

7.0 1964 Movie
And Give My Love to the Swallows

And Give My Love to the Swallows

5.2 1972 Movie
Flying Saucers Over Our Village

Flying Saucers Over Our Village

6.3 1977 Movie
Učitel tance

Učitel tance

6.3 1995 Movie
The Hall of Lost Steps

The Hall of Lost Steps

7.6 1964 Movie
Uncle

Uncle

6.5 1959 Movie
Lion with a White Mane

Lion with a White Mane

6.0 1987 Movie
Double Role

Double Role

7.3 1999 Movie
The Young Man and Moby Dick

The Young Man and Moby Dick

4.3 1979 Movie

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Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".

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. 1999
    Double Role

    Movie Director

  4. 1995
    Učitel tance

    Movie Director

  5. 1995
    GENUS

    TV show Writer

  6. 1993
    Zvláštní schopnosti

    Movie Muž s rakví

  7. 1993
    Helimadoe

    Movie Director

  8. 1991
    Labyrinth

    Movie Director

  9. 1990
    Jestřábí moudrost

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1990
    Antonín Dvořák

    Movie Writer

  11. 1989
    Rakovina vůle

    Movie Director

  12. 1989
    Naděje má hluboké dno

    Movie Director

  13. 1988
    O Háderunovi a víle Elóře

    Movie Director

  14. 1987
    Lion with a White Mane

    Movie Director

  15. 1985
    Věčný Faust

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 1985
    Extended Time

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1984
    Katapult

    Movie Director

  2. 1983
    O labuti

    Movie Director

  3. 1983
    Incomplete Eclipse

    Movie Director

  4. 1982
    Opera ve vinici

    Movie Screenplay

  5. 1980
    Escape Home

    Movie Director

  6. 1980
    Payment in Kind

    Movie Director

  7. 1979
    The Young Man and Moby Dick

    Movie Screenplay

  8. 1979
    Zápisník zmizelého

    Movie Director

  9. 1977
    Flying Saucers Over Our Village

    Movie Director

  10. 1977
    The Island of the Silver Herons

    Movie Director

  11. 1974
    People from the Subway

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1974
    Il Divino Boemo

    Movie Story

  13. 1974
    Královský gambit

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1973
    Kasař

    Movie Story

  15. 1972
    And Give My Love to the Swallows

    Movie Director

  16. 1970
    Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

    Movie Screenplay

  17. 1969
    The Joke

    Movie Screenplay

  18. 1968
    Don Juan 68

    Movie Screenplay

  19. 1966
    An Occasion to Speak

    Movie Self

  20. 1966
    Pearls of the Deep

    Movie Screenplay

  21. 1966
    Srub

    Movie Director

  22. 1964
    The Cry

    Movie Screenplay

  23. 1964
    The Hall of Lost Steps

    Movie Director

  24. 1963
    The Dynamite Watcher

    Movie Director