Person Details

Birthday: 1924-02-19 21:28:21

Death: 1999-01-28 21:28:21

Aliases: Frantisek Vlácil , Frantisek Vlacil

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Cesky Tesin, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

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Movie Involvements: 54

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia František Vláčil (February 19, 1924, Český Těšín – January 28, 1999, Prague) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist. Between 1945 and 1950, he studied esthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he worked in various groups and ateliers (e.g. on animated films), but his main area became played film. His films are well known for extraordinarily high art quality. Vláčil was awarded many film prizes like the Prize of the International Film Festival 1998 in Karlovy Vary or the Czech Lion Prize for his longstanding contribution to world film culture.

Most Famous Work

Marketa Lazarová
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8

Marketa Lazarová

(1967) Screenplay
The Valley of the Bees
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7

The Valley of the Bees

(1968) Screenplay
The Devil's Trap
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7

The Devil's Trap

(1962) Director
Shadows of a Hot Summer
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7

Shadows of a Hot Summer

(1978) Director
The White Dove
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7

The White Dove

(1960) Screenplay
Adelheid
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7

Adelheid

(1970) Screenplay
Concert at the End of Summer
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6

Concert at the End of Summer

(1980) Screenplay
Serpent's Poison
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6

Serpent's Poison

(1982) Screenplay

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2009 Self (archive footage)
1995 Self
1989 N/A
1985 děda František Ticháček
1963 N/A
1959 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Art

Year Role Movie/Tv
1955 Art Direction
Year Role Movie/Tv

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