František Vláčil

František Vláčil

Known for

Directing

Born

February 19, 1924

Birthplace

Cesky Tesin, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

Died

January 27, 1999 (aged 74)

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.

Best known work

Marketa Lazarová
Marketa Lazarová
1967
My Sweet Little Village
My Sweet Little Village
1985
The Valley of the Bees
The Valley of the Bees
1968
The Devil's Trap
The Devil's Trap
1962
The Snowdrop Festival
The Snowdrop Festival
1984
The White Dove
The White Dove
1960
Adelheid
Adelheid
1970
Shades of Fern
Shades of Fern
1986
Shadows of a Hot Summer
Shadows of a Hot Summer
1978
Smoke on the Potato Fields
Smoke on the Potato Fields
1977

Filmography

  1. 2009

    Golden SixtiesTV

    as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  2. 1995

    GENUSTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  3. 1991

  4. 1991

    Pražský Odysseus

    Director, Story, Screenplay

  5. 1989

    Rakovina vůle

    as (uncredited)

  6. 1988

    Magician

    Director

  7. 1986

    Shades of Fern

    Director, Screenplay

  8. 1985

    My Sweet Little Village

    as děda František Ticháček

  9. 1985

  10. 1985

    Albert

    Director

  11. 1984

  12. 1984

  13. 1982

    Serpent's Poison

    Director, Screenplay

  14. 1980

    Concert at the End of Summer

    Director, Screenplay

  15. 1978

  16. 1977

    Smoke on the Potato Fields

    Director, Screenplay

  17. 1975

    Sirius

    Director

  18. 1974

    Karlovy Vary Promenades

    Director, Writer

  19. 1974

    Art Nouveau's Prague

    Screenplay, Director

  20. 1973

    The Legend of the Silver Fir

    Screenplay, Director, Story

  21. 1972

    A City in White

    Director, Writer

  22. 1970

    Adelheid

    Director, Screenplay

  23. 1968

    The Valley of the Bees

    Director, Screenplay

  24. 1967

    Marketa Lazarová

    Director, Screenplay, Story

  25. 1963

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