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Jan Němec

Born

July 12, 1936

Died

March 18, 2016 (79 years old)

Known For

Directing

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia

IMDb

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."

Known For

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
6.9

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

7.1

Oratorio for Prague

Murdering the Devil
6.3

Murdering the Devil

'68
3.4

'68

Flames of Royal Love
4.2

Flames of Royal Love

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History

Self

8.0

2023

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

Self

3.3

2016

Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

self

0.0

2014

The Ferrari Dino Girl

The Ferrari Dino Girl

6.0

2009

Golden Sixties

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

2009

Hranice

0.0

2006

Toyen

Toyen

Commentary (voice)

5.0

2005

Searching for Ester

Searching for Ester

Himself

0.0

2005

Late Night Talks with Mother

Late Night Talks with Mother

Jan Němec

0.0

2003

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

0.0

2000

Corpus delicti

Corpus delicti

4.5

1991

Flames of Royal Love

Flames of Royal Love

(uncredited)

4.2

1991

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague

6.9

1988

'68

'68

Dezsö Horváth

3.4

1988

Horí

0.0

1982

Murdering the Devil

Murdering the Devil

(uncreditted)

6.3

1970

Oratorio for Prague

Self

7.1

1968

An Occasion to Speak

Self

0.0

1966

No Entrance

(segment "In Pursuit")

6.5

1960

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