Bavarian Film Awards
1979
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Juraj Herz
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Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 9 April 2018) was a Slovak film director, actor, and scenic designer who was born when Kežmarok was a part of Czechoslovakia. He has directed for both film and television; and in the latter capacity, he has directed episodes of a joint French-Czech television series based on the Maigret novels of Georges Simenon. His 1971 film Petrolejové lampy, was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. His 1976 film Den pro mou lásku was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.
He died on 9 April 2018, aged 83.
Filmography
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Golden Sixties
2009
Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and the role o...
Gagman
1988
star 7.0
Bratislavské pondelky
2021
star 8.0
The Shop on Main Street
1965
star 7.1
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan...
Fantom operety
1971
star 5.0
Karel je Gott
2019
Lemonade Joe
1964
star 7.1
A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lem...
Vůně kávy
2012
The family of a film screenwriter, who needs fresh air and, above all, peace and quiet for his creative work, m...
Ferat Vampire
1982
star 5.3
A doctor is shocked when his beloved colleague Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in or...
The Limping Devil
1968
star 4.8
A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining...
Volejte Martina
1966
star 6.7
The series of children's films about Detective Martin, who intervenes in cases involving children, begins with...
A Girl Fit to Be Killed
1976
star 6.0
The waitress Gita from the hotel "Bobí vrch" approaches her lover who has not left his wife yet and gives him a...
The Pipes
1966
star 6.0
This three-part Austrian/Czech comedy stretches the boundaries of what is considered to be humorous. Part one f...
The Ninth Heart
1979
star 6.7
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken wi...
A Nice Plate of Spinach
1977
star 6.2
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.
The Emperor's New Clothes
1994
star 7.0
The Emperor of a European country demands new clothes to wear every day, in fact sometimes several times a day....
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981
star 4.3
The dreaded Italian mafioso, Marian Labuda, will also be convinced. Mafioso Carmello was guilty of the principl...
Transport from Paradise
1963
star 5.2
Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, vis...
Don't Take Shelter From The Rain
1962
star 9.0
A youthfully enthusiastic teacher tries to raise the standard of living of the residents of a declining border...
Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe
1976
star 7.4
A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests injustice and...
Slečny přijdou později
1966
star 7.0
This forgotten detective story starring Svatopluk Beneš focuses on those ills of the past regime that were allo...
Every Penny Counts
1961
star 7.0
After inheriting a villa from his uncle, Emil Tuma meets its strange inhabitants, getting him in trouble.
The Galoshes of Happiness
1987
star 7.7
The Slippers of Happiness is another film made by the Slovak Film Production in co-production with West German...
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
star 6.5
An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of con...
The Last Trick
1964
star 6.8
Two magicians, Mr. Schwarzwald and Mr. Edgar, try to outdo each other in performing elaborate magic tricks, lea...
Touha Sherlocka Holmese
1972
star 6.0
Sherlock Holmes likes to play violin and expects a great career in music. He gets a place in a spa orchestra, b...
Slovakia 2.0
2014
What is “Slovakia”? How to explain the notion of “Slovakia” of the past 20 years to an unknown stranger, a visi...
Petr Hapka
2002
In this 1999 documentary, which took three years to shoot, director Jan Mudra reveals Hapka's obsession with cr...
This Way to the Cooling Chambers
2011
The filmmakers revisit some of the shooting locations of THE CREMATOR with director Juraj Herz and chronicles t...
If a Thousand Clarinets
1965
star 7.4
A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music inst...
Fragile Relationships
1980
star 4.0
A divorced single mother romances a young slaughterhouse worker, must to the chagrin of her ex-husband.
The Flat
1968
star 7.3
A man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
2017
star 5.0
One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. He was not a...
Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!
1963
Journey to Rome
2015
star 7.1
The day’s work never ends for a guard worth his salt, even when the gallery closes at seven. And Vašek is a per...