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František Vláčil

Biography

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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.

Known For

Filmography

2009 Golden Sixties
as Self (archive footage)
1995 GENUS
as Self
1991 In the Web of Time
as Self
1989 Rakovina vůle
as
1985 My Sweet Little Village
as děda František Ticháček
1985 Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
as Self - Audience Member
1984 The Snowdrop Festival
as
1963 Spanilá jízda
as
1959 Pět z milionu
as