Person
Elmar Klos
Writing · 1910–1993 · Brno, Moravia, AustriaHungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Biography
Elmar Klos (26 January 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Czech film director. He collaborated for 17 years with his Slovak colleague Ján Kadár and with him won the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for the film The Shop on Main Street. They directed the 1963 film Death Is Called Engelchen, which entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival and won a Golden Prize.
Known for
Golden Sixties
Self (archive footage)
Death Is Called Engelchen
Director
The Fake Sweetheart
Screenplay
Spartakiáda
Director
Chvála révy
Director
Ferda the Ant
Screenplay
A Dead Man among the Living
Screenplay
The Shop on Main Street
Director
Matka Riva
Director
Three Steps from the Body
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2018CzechMate: In Search of Jiří MenzelSelf
- 2009Golden SixtiesSelf (archive footage)
- 1990Nemocný bílý slon
- 1986Přijď, až zase omládnuHimself
- 1971AdriftDirector
- 1966An Occasion to SpeakSelf
- 1965The Shop on Main StreetDirector
- 1964Defendant
- 1963Three WishesDirector
- 1963Death Is Called EngelchenDirector
- 1960Zkouška pokračujeScreenplay
- 1960Laterna magika IIDirector
- 1957At the TerminusDirector
- 1956SpartakiádaDirector
- 1956Mladé dnyDirector
- 1955Hudba z MarsuStory
- 1955Matka RivaDirector
- 1953KidnappedDirector
- 1949Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestryField Director
- 1949Píseň o sletu – I. část – MládíField Director
- 1947Revolution in ToylandStory
- 1947A Dead Man among the LivingScreenplay
- 19462x BailDirector
- 1946Přístav v srdci EvropyStory
- 1946Kdo je vinen?Screenplay
- 1945Tři knoflíkyStory
- 1944Ferda the AntScreenplay
- 1942Nejvýnosnější prodejDirector
- 1941The River of Life and DeathDirector
- 1941Chvála révyDirector
- 1940Slovácká kubaňaProduction Manager
- 1937Poslední léto presidenta OsvoboditeleDirector
- 1937Round and RoundDirector
- 1937The Highway SingsDirector
- 1935A Little ShoeScreenplay
- 1935School AssignmentDirector
- 1935A New SongDirector of Photography
- 1934Three Steps from the BodyScreenplay
- 1932Before Graduation
- 1932The Innkeeper 'At the Wild Beauty'Screenplay
- 1927The Lovers of an Old CriminalScreenplay
- 1926The Loves of Kačenka StrnadováScreenplay
- 1926The Fake SweetheartScreenplay
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