Jan Němec

1936-07-12 – 2016-03-18 (age 79) Prague, Czechoslovakia

Biography

Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."

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Known For

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988

as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague

Searching for Ester

2005

as Himself

'68

1988

as Dezsö Horváth

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

2016

as Self

Killing the Devil

1970

as (uncreditted)

Late Night Talks with Mother

2003

as Jan Němec

The Ferrari Dino Girl

2009

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An Occasion to Speak

1966

as Self

Corpus delicti

1991

Toyen

2005

as Commentary (voice)

Flames of Royal Love

1991

as (uncredited)

Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

2014

as self

Oratorio for Prague

1968

as Self

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Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

2000

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No Entrance

1960

as (segment "In Pursuit")

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Hranice

2006

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History

2023

as Self

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Horí

1982

Necklace of Melancholy

1968