Pavel Juráček

Writer

Born: August 2, 1935 (53 years old)

Died: May 20, 1989

Place of birth: Príbram, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Biography

Pavel Juráček was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU. Although not as famous as Miloš Forman or Jiří Menzel, he was an exponent of the Czech New Wave as well. He worked at Prague Barrandov Studios; however after his satirical movie Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) was shelved, his movie career came to an end.

Filmography (11)

• Joseph Kilian (1964, ★ 6.8)
• Ikarie XB 1 (1963, ★ 6.8)
• Daisies (1966, ★ 7.3)
• A Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970, ★ 6.9)
• Ceiling (1962, ★ 5.6)
• Nobody Will Laugh (1966, ★ 5.8)
• Fruit of Paradise (1970, ★ 6.3)
• Larks on a String (1969, ★ 6.9)
• The Jester's Tale (1964, ★ 7.5)
• The Key for Determining Dwarfs or The Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver (2002, ★ 7.2)
• The End of August at the Hotel Ozone (1967, ★ 6.1)