Václav Marhoul
Birthday: 1960-01-30
Place of Birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Biography: Václav Marhoul (Czech: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈmarɦoul]; born 30 January 1960; Prague) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He studied at Prague's FAMU, graduating in 1984. He directed his first film Mazaný Filip, based on Raymond Chandler's books, in 2003. In 2008, his second film Tobruk was premiered. His next film The Painted Bird, based on Jerzy Kosiński's novel of the same title, premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. He also starred in several films such as Gympl (2007), Ulovit miliardáře (2009) and Cesta do lesa (2012). He is set to make his English-language debut with a biographical film about Joseph McCarthy, with Michael Shannon in the lead role, and co-starring Emilia Clarke, Dane DeHaan and Scoot McNairy.
Movies
The Gnome
A tragicomedy full of slapstick and vignettes, and even an unexpected shootout. A family of villager...
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Rána z milosti
On the night it happened, Aleš Berka was celebrating his 50th birthday. A successful, mature man at ...
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11 Colours of the Bird
A behind-the-scenes look at the eleven-year process it took to make The Painted Bird. The narratives...
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Amerika
Vladimír Michálek chose an unconventional adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel for his feature debut. A...
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40 rolí
This impressionistic film captures the uniqueness of life and creativity. An experimental feature co...
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Horror Story
The distinctive artist, typographer, and writer Josef Váchal is known to the public primarily for hi...
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