Jan Němec

Director

Born: July 12, 1936 (79 years old)

Died: March 18, 2016

Place of birth: 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."

Filmography (12)

• Oratorio for Prague (1968, ★ 7.1)
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988, ★ 6.9)
• Diamonds of the Night (1964, ★ 7.1)
• The Party and the Guests (1966, ★ 6.9)
• Killing the Devil (1970, ★ 5.6)
• Pearls of the Deep (1966, ★ 5.9)
• Metamorphosis (1975, ★ 6)
• A Loaf of Bread (1960, ★ 6.6)
• Martyrs of Love (1967, ★ 5)
• '68 (1988, ★ 3.1)
• Flames of Royal Love (1991, ★ 3.7)
• Deckname Holec (2016, ★ 4)