Jan Němec

Jan Němec

Born: July 12, 1936
Died: March 18, 2016
in Prague, Czechoslovakia
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."

Movies for Jan Němec...

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
Title: Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 2023
Type: Movie
The unique and enigmatic journey of the writer Milan Kundera: from communist Czechoslovakia to exile in Paris, from his quest for glory to his withdrawal from the media scene.
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The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Title: The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Character: Self
Released: September 15, 2016
Type: Movie
The film tells the life story of its director, Jan Nemec, one of the most known and important filmmakers of Czech New Wave.
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Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
Title: Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
Character: self
Released: April 10, 2014
Type: Movie
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The Ferrari Dino Girl
Title: The Ferrari Dino Girl
Released: January 28, 2009
Type: Movie
It's nighttime in Prague, 21 August 1968. Soviet troops and tanks are occupying the city - random attacks, soldiers shooting, bodies lying dead on the sidewalk. With an impromptu crew, the director (Karel Roden) captures some unique evidence - material which is, however, worthless in occupied Prague; it has to be shown to the rest of the world. So, while the Soviets are concocting false reports of heartfelt receptions without military resistance for propaganda purposes, the director sets off on a risky trip across the closed Czech-Austrian border to Vienna.
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Title: Golden Sixties
Character: Self
Released: January 3, 2009
Type: TV
Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and the role of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Each episode focuses on a different filmmaker.
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Hranice
Title: Hranice
Released: May 28, 2006
Type: Movie
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Toyen
Title: Toyen
Character: Commentary (voice)
Released: November 3, 2005
Type: Movie
Jan Nemec, a leading filmmaker of the Czech New Wave, creates an original portrait of one of the most provocative artists of the 20th century: Toyen (Marie Cerminova). As a female artist, Toyen broke through the male-dominated art world to create paintings and drawings often erotic in nature. She co-founded the surrealist movement in her native Prague, survived the Nazis and the Communists, maintained artistic and personal relationships with artists Jindrich Heisler (whom she hid during WWII) and Jindrich Styrsky.
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Searching for Ester
Title: Searching for Ester
Character: Himself
Released: April 12, 2005
Type: Movie
Ester Krumbachová - a costume designer, screenwriter, director; one of the boldest personalities of the Czech New Wave. She worked in theatre, she was a writer and an illustrator. She co-created films such as O slavnosti a hostech (1966), Sedmikrásky (1966), Vsichni dobrí rodáci (1969), Pension pro svobodné pány (1968), Valerie a týden divu (1970), Slamený klobouk (1972) and many others. In the 1960s, she was a 'pivot' of the art scene in Prague, attracting artists who were on the threshold of their career, just setting out to find their own form of self-realization. Those who underwent her tutelage remember her forever. Director Vera Chytilová talks to those who knew Ester Krumbachová, who worked with her, befriended her, loved her. She sets off on a search that is to end by answering the question: Who was Ester?
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Late Night Talks with Mother
Title: Late Night Talks with Mother
Character: Jan Němec
Released: January 15, 2003
Type: Movie
Taking a cue from Franz Kafka's "Letter to My Father," this highly personal film follows Czech director Jan Nemec as he attempts to engage in a dialogue with his deceased mother. While alive, Nemec's mother had a troubled relationship with her son; this rumination seems to be Nemec's public platform for coming to terms with unresolved familial issues. The director embellishes his film by linking personal events with 20th century history.
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Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
Title: Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
Released: December 16, 2000
Type: Movie
A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to collaborating with the secret police, Jaroslav Foglar can’t find a bottle-opener, and Ivan Diviš makes observations about his own funeral. This is the Czech Republic in the late 90s, as detailed in Karel Vachek’s documentary.
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Corpus delicti
Title: Corpus delicti
Released: November 14, 1991
Type: Movie
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'68
Title: '68
Character: Dezsö Horváth
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
'68 covers exactly one year (January 1st through December 31st) in the lives of Zoltan Szabo and his family, Hungarian immigrants, working hard to make a life in San Francisco in 1968. The Szabos tries to adjust to the new country, changing times and each other. The year covered was one of particular cultural change in the US and this interplays with the cultural changes occurring around Zoltan, his wife and his two college-age sons. The younger of his two sons is gay and struggling with coming out. His dad disowns him when he finally does.
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Horí
Title: Horí
Released: March 21, 1982
Type: Movie
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The Murder of Mr. Devil
Title: The Murder of Mr. Devil
Character: (uncreditted)
Released: September 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Comedy with fairy-tale touches, about Kate, who wants to marry, and Mr. Devil, who is not interested in the heart or soul of this passionate and aging lady, but is interested in her good cooking – for Mr. Devil is a glutton.
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Oratorio for Prague
Title: Oratorio for Prague
Character: Self
Released: September 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Jan Nemec and his crew risked their lives to create this historic documentary account of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The award-winning work is the only filmed record of the invasion. Oratorio for Prague began as a study of the liberalization of Czechoslovakia and then continued when the Russian forces moved in. The gripping footage was broadcast by television, providing the first report of the event. In addition to the news footage, the film features never-before-viewed scenes taken prior to the invasion that crushed Prague's anti-Communist movement.
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An Occasion to Speak
Title: An Occasion to Speak
Character: Self
Released: September 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.
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No Entrance
Title: No Entrance
Character: (segment "In Pursuit")
Released: May 20, 1960
Type: Movie