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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.
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02 September 1966
The series of children's films about Detective Martin, who intervenes in cases involving children, begins with this film.
26 January 1965
A military base. An awkward soldier. A statue of Bach. And suddenly all guns in the area change into music instruments.
13 September 1968
A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic couples of lovers.
18 October 2017
One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. He was not afraid to experiment and the timelessness of his work is proven by the admiration of the world, including the generation who came to know his music only after his death.
01 December 1991
When rumors spread about a "child prodigy" among the Mozarts in Salzburg, the archbishop orders an investigation in which the seven-year-old Wolfgang has to demonstrate his talent before a committee of scholars.
11 April 1975
The fifteen year old Maruska starts as a new staff in the porcelain warehouse. For the boss Svetla it is the last straw.
05 May 1967
When Dr. Hahn is found murdered in the hospital’s inspection room, investigators question several suspects: his colleague and longtime lover Dr.
30 August 1966
This three-part Austrian/Czech comedy stretches the boundaries of what is considered to be humorous. Part one finds a silent film actor upset because of a rival actor's attention to the former's wife.
25 February 1964
Managers at the construction of a big hydro plant are accused of having embezzled money.
15 September 1972
Jealous of her vapidly "good" sister's popularity, poisonous Viktoria doses pretty Klara's tea with a slow-acting fatal substance.
01 August 1984
A comedy about Simon, an honest, clever confectioner. In practical life, the humble bachelor becomes an easy prey to his boss, his mother, and hordes of women eager to get married.
01 January 1973
Rambling Engelbert: 1973 Czechoslovakian T.V. movie musical
14 March 1969
In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.
01 January 2002
In this 1999 documentary, which took three years to shoot, director Jan Mudra reveals Hapka's obsession with creativity, his incredible energy, and his abundance of ideas.
21 July 1970
Impressionistic film based on a Maupassant story about five friends who fall in love with the same beautiful girl one summer.
25 December 1991
When a young princess, instead of being fully dedicated to her love, persists in running around like a tomboy and roaming the forests with her gang, and a young prince refuses to give up all his vices and mischief, an aquaphobic fairy takes their fate into her hands.
05 November 1971
In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer.
07 July 2009
A man leaves his busy city life for the peace of the country home where he spent his early childhood.
07 October 2010
A story set in a small village in Sudetenland between 1937 and 1945. "Habermann" is based on true events.
03 June 1977
After their young daughter dies suddenly from a viral infection, Marie and Petr struggle to cope with the silence and emptiness left in their apartment.
24 June 1965
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie.
28 May 1982
A doctor is shocked when his beloved colleague Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver.
05 August 2015
The day’s work never ends for a guard worth his salt, even when the gallery closes at seven. And Vašek is a perfect example, at least until he meets Ginger – a femme fatale who has her own plans where he’s concerned.
02 March 1979
Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father.
11 September 1981
The dreaded Italian mafioso, Marian Labuda, will also be convinced. Mafioso Carmello was guilty of the principles of his organization when he tried to fool the boss and earned a death sentence.
16 October 1964
A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lemonade and convinces everyone else in town (with his gun skills) that all "real men" drink ONLY lemonade!
16 September 2018
An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.
17 December 1965
Juraj Herz adapts Bohumil Hrabal's story about a man who works in a junk shop.
01 April 1987
The Slippers of Happiness is another film made by the Slovak Film Production in co-production with West German companies based on classic world fairy tales.
15 March 1963
Czechoslovakian Zbynek Brynych directs this psychological drama set in World War II Terezin ghetto. A dark, visual portrayal of the trials and tribulations the Theresienstadt people faced on a daily basis presented in a series of memorable stories.
01 January 1970
Singer and actress Naďa Urbánková, against the background of vampires and ghostly realities.
01 February 1991
In the film, the creative forces of personalities from three spheres of art collide. The subtitle "The Game of Love and Hate" refers to the motivation of an old Czech medieval satire, the theme belongs to Antonín Přidal, an expert on this subject.
03 March 1994
The Emperor of a European country demands new clothes to wear every day, in fact sometimes several times a day.
09 September 1977
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.
13 April 1979
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness.
16 April 1976
The waitress Gita from the hotel "Bobí vrch" approaches her lover who has not left his wife yet and gives him an ultimatum: if he does not do all according to her wish, she will announce to the police his machinations with foreign currency.
02 July 1976
A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests injustice and feudal oppression and he copes with each troublesome situation with the help of his cleverness and wit.
27 February 1997
Michail Forman, a successful business manager, gets stuck in a traffic jam. The weather is lousy, his car breaks down and he forgot to buy a present for his 5th wedding anniversary.
25 February 1993
Silly Augustine, wife of silly August, who performs in the circus, and mother of Guggo, Gugga and Guggilein, dreams of one day being able to perform as a clown in the circus.
01 May 1986
A communist journalist from Prague is sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp.
03 December 1982
The director and choreographer from Prague are preparing a show performance "Oriental Fairy Tale" - a ballet on ice with the participation of vocal and instrumental ensembles and pop singers.
03 March 1972
Sherlock Holmes likes to play violin and expects a great career in music. He gets a place in a spa orchestra, but he is again and again distracted by criminal cases.
01 January 1968
A man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.
18 March 2012
The family of a film screenwriter, who needs fresh air and, above all, peace and quiet for his creative work, moves to a small country farm for a while.
11 January 1974
A comedy set in a circus setting. Artist Ivan Brabec visits the variety artist Bellinzon to ask for the hand of his daughter Dana.
31 December 2011
The filmmakers revisit some of the shooting locations of THE CREMATOR with director Juraj Herz and chronicles the making of the 1969 film.
10 April 2014
What is “Slovakia”? How to explain the notion of “Slovakia” of the past 20 years to an unknown stranger, a visitor from another planet? What is the genetic makeup or the software for “Slovakia”? How to use it? How does it change? Slovakia 2.
15 March 2009
During the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the main characters of the story meet in a village pub.
01 September 1964
Two magicians, Mr. Schwarzwald and Mr. Edgar, try to outdo each other in performing elaborate magic tricks, leading to a violent ending.
01 January 1972
A romantic story of a young nobleman who sees a beautiful girl at the carnival who seems familiar to him.
04 January 1980
A divorced single mother romances a young slaughterhouse worker, must to the chagrin of her ex-husband.
29 September 1961
After inheriting a villa from his uncle, Emil Tuma meets its strange inhabitants, getting him in trouble.
03 August 1962
A youthfully enthusiastic teacher tries to raise the standard of living of the residents of a declining border village.
20 May 1966
This forgotten detective story starring Svatopluk Beneš focuses on those ills of the past regime that were allowed to be glossed over - mainly the theft of socialist-owned property and illegal business.
