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

Killing the Devil

1970

as (uncreditted)

The Ferrari Dino Girl

2009

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

2000

Corpus delicti

1991

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No Entrance

1960

as (segment "In Pursuit")

'68

1988

as Dezsö Horváth

Necklace of Melancholy

1968

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An Occasion to Speak

1966

as Self

Toyen

2005

as Commentary (voice)

Oratorio for Prague

1968

as Self

Flames of Royal Love

1991

as (uncredited)

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

2016

as Self

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

2014

as self

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Hranice

2006

Late Night Talks with Mother

2003

as Jan Němec

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History

2023

as Self

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Horí

1982