Juraj Herz
Birthday: 1934-09-04
Place of Birth: Kezmarok, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
Biography: 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.
Movies
The Flat
A man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature....
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Every Penny Counts
After inheriting a villa from his uncle, Emil Tuma meets its strange inhabitants, getting him in tro...
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The Last Trick
Two magicians, Mr. Schwarzwald and Mr. Edgar, try to outdo each other in performing elaborate magic ...
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Volejte Martina
The series of children's films about Detective Martin, who intervenes in cases involving children, b...
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Bulldogs and Cherries
The dreaded Italian mafioso, Marian Labuda, will also be convinced. Mafioso Carmello was guilty of t...
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If a Thousand Clarinets
A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into...
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Transport from Paradise
Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. ...
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Touha Sherlocka Holmese
Sherlock Holmes likes to play violin and expects a great career in music. He gets a place in a spa o...
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The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor of a European country demands new clothes to wear every day, in fact sometimes several t...
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Journey to Rome
The day’s work never ends for a guard worth his salt, even when the gallery closes at seven. And Vaš...
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The Limping Devil
A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, e...
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The Pipes
This three-part Austrian/Czech comedy stretches the boundaries of what is considered to be humorous....
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Petr Hapka
In this 1999 documentary, which took three years to shoot, director Jan Mudra reveals Hapka's obsess...
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The Music of Zdeněk Liška
One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. H...
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Vůně kávy
The family of a film screenwriter, who needs fresh air and, above all, peace and quiet for his creat...
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This Way to the Cooling Chambers
The filmmakers revisit some of the shooting locations of THE CREMATOR with director Juraj Herz and c...
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The Shop on Main Street
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is na...
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Don't Take Shelter From The Rain
A youthfully enthusiastic teacher tries to raise the standard of living of the residents of a declin...
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Fragile Relationships
A divorced single mother romances a young slaughterhouse worker, must to the chagrin of her ex-husba...
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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 ...
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A Nice Plate of Spinach
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Lisk...
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Lemonade Joe
A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Ko...
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Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe
A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests inj...
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Slečny přijdou později
This forgotten detective story starring Svatopluk Beneš focuses on those ills of the past regime tha...
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The Ninth Heart
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is ...
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The Galoshes of Happiness
The Slippers of Happiness is another film made by the Slovak Film Production in co-production with W...
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Die dumme Augustine
Silly Augustine, wife of silly August, who performs in the circus, and mother of Guggo, Gugga and Gu...
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Slovakia 2.0
What is “Slovakia”? How to explain the notion of “Slovakia” of the past 20 years to an unknown stran...
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Ferat Vampire
A doctor is shocked when his beloved colleague Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer F...
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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a se...
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Hop, děti, do života
A comedy set in a circus setting. Artist Ivan Brabec visits the variety artist Bellinzon to ask for ...
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