Juraj Herz

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Born : 4th-Sep-1934

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The Flat

A man is trapped in a sinister flat where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.
Released : 1st-Jan-1968

Every Penny Counts

After inheriting a villa from his uncle, Emil Tuma meets its strange inhabitants, getting him in trouble.
Released : 29th-Sep-1961

The Last Trick

Two magicians, Mr.Schwarzwald and Mr.Edgar, try to outdo each other in performing elaborate magic tricks, leading to a violent ending.
Released : 1st-Sep-1964

Volejte Martina

Released : 2nd-Sep-1966

Bulldogs and Cherries

The dreaded Italian mafioso, Marian Labuda, will also be convinced. Mafioso Carmello was guilty of the principles of his organization when he tried to fool the boss and earned a death sentence. The convict runs away from the killer through Vienna to Prague, which his Austrian colleague in crime recommended as a safe hiding place. None of them knows that the Czechs learned so much tricks under real socialism that a seasoned Italian professional is not enough to watch.
Released : 11th-Sep-1981

If a Thousand Clarinets

A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music instruments. Great mystery is immediately found by TV station. And soon the military base becomes a stage for huge TV show.
Released : 26th-Jan-1965

Transport from Paradise

Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories. Their hopes and dreams unfold against the perpetual threat of deportation (or worse) by the Nazis. Based on the novel "Night and Hope" by Arnost Lustig.
Released : 15th-Mar-1963

Touha Sherlocka Holmese

Sherlock Holmes likes to play violin and expects a great career in music. He gets a place in a spa orchestra, but he is again and again distracted by criminal cases. Therefore he is the only one who does not see that his violin has no future. He solves the criminal mysteries in passing but the final test shows that the famous detective is tone-deaf.
Released : 3rd-Mar-1972

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor of a European country demands new clothes to wear every day, in fact sometimes several times a day. He imposes a heavy tax on the poor citizens to pay for his vanity. An itinerant man and boy come to the capital city and see the injustice, and make friends, but they soon have to flee. They return disguised as Arab tailors, and offer to make the Emperor a new suit of clothes. But only the wise will be able to see it; fools, or those unfit for their public office, will not see anything. The Emperor orders the suit made, and much money is needed to purchase the raw materials. Eventually the suit is ready, and the Emperor and his officials pretend that they can see a wonderful outfit; will anyone prick the bubble of the illusion?
Released : 3rd-Mar-1994

Journey to Rome

Released : 5th-Aug-2015

The Limping Devil

A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic couples of lovers. He only fails at the swimming pool. Zuzana (Jana Sulcová), the good-looking blonde, ignores the men whom the devil foists off onto her. She loves Honza (Václav Neckár) and the boy shares her feelings. The fiend is annoyed by the couple and tries to provoke a row. He sends heavy rain to force them into a hotel and then warns Zuzana's father by phone, but the young lovers manage to get out in time. Then the obstinate Asmodeus takes Honza in his sleep to the Institute for Emotional Disorders, where he shows him the ugly sides of love - hysteria, voyeurism, fetishism, suicide attempts...
Released : 13th-Sep-1968

The Pipes

This three-part Austrian/Czech comedy stretches the boundaries of what is considered to be humorous. Part one finds a silent film actor upset because of a rival actor's attention to the former's wife. When he kills his rival, it is only when he is strapped to the electric chair that he realizes that this is his last live scene. The second episode has the wife of an elderly British nobleman having an affair with the young gamekeeper of their estate. Part three finds a peasant woman taking a lover when her husband goes off to fight the war.
Released : 30th-Aug-1966

Petr Hapka

Released : 1st-Jan-2002

The Music of Zdeněk Liška

One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. He was not afraid to experiment and the timelessness of his work is proven by the admiration of the world, including the generation who came to know his music only after his death.
Released : 18th-Oct-2017

Vůně kávy

Released : 18th-Mar-2012

This Way to the Cooling Chambers

The filmmakers revisit some of the shooting locations of THE CREMATOR with director Juraj Herz and chronicles the making of the 1969 film.
Released : 31st-Dec-2011

The Shop on Main Street

In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he's known before.
Released : 9th-Sep-1965

Don't Take Shelter From The Rain

Released : 3rd-Aug-1962

Ferat Vampire

A doctor is shocked when his beloved colleague Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver. A scientist convinces him that human blood is being used as fuel for Mima's ever winning car, but does that really work?
Released : 28th-May-1982

Lemonade Joe

A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lemonade and convinces everyone else in town (with his gun skills) that all "real men" drink ONLY lemonade!
Released : 16th-Oct-1964

Slovensko 2.0

Released : 10th-Apr-2014

Slečny přijdou později

Released : 20th-May-1966

The Ninth Heart

Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to Martin or anyone else, the princess is actually under the spell of the powerful magician Andlobrandini, who is preparing a rejuvenating elixir made from the blood of nine men's hearts.
Released : 13th-Apr-1979

Die dumme Augustine

Silly Augustine, wife of silly August, who performs in the circus, and mother of Guggo, Gugga and Guggilein, dreams of one day being able to perform as a clown in the circus. Instead, she has to run the exhausting household. Her suggestion to share the job, the housework and the children is met with incomprehension and scorn from her husband. When silly August suffers from a toothache and misses his performance, Augustine seizes her chance, steps in and promptly masters the task with flying colors. From then on, father and mother share the housework and circus duties, as silly August immediately realizes that he has underestimated his wife.
Released : 25th-Feb-1993

Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe

A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests injustice and feudal oppression and he copes with each troublesome situation with the help of his cleverness and wit.
Released : 2nd-Jul-1976

A Girl Fit to Be Killed

The waitress Gita from the hotel "Bobí vrch" approaches her lover who has not left his wife yet and gives him an ultimatum: if he does not do all according to her wish, she will announce to the police his machinations with foreign currency.
Released : 16th-Apr-1976

The Galoshes of Happiness

Released : 1st-Apr-1987

A Nice Plate of Spinach

The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.
Released : 9th-Sep-1977

Fragile Relationships

A divorced single mother romances a young slaughterhouse worker, must to the chagrin of her ex-husband.
Released : 4th-Jan-1980

Psíčci lorda Carltona

Released : 31st-Dec-1970

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.
Released : 16th-Sep-2018

Ticho! Ticho! Ticho!

Released : 14th-May-1963

Hop, děti, do života

Released : 11th-Jan-1974

TV Credits

Bratislavské pondelky

Self (archive footage) -
Released : 6th-Dec-2021

Fantom operety

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Released : 9th-Jan-1971

Zlatá šedesátá

Self - 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.
Released : 3rd-Jan-2009

Bayerischer Filmpreis

Self -
Released : 1st-Dec-1979

Karel je Gott

Self -
Released : 13th-Jul-2019

Gagman

Mack -
Released : 30th-May-1988

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