Writer
Elmar Klos
Born January 26, 1910 in Brno, Moravia, AustriaHungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]Died July 19, 199324 films
Elmar Klos (26 January 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Czech film director. He collaborated for 17 years with his Slovak colleague Ján Kadár and with him won the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for the film The Shop on Main Street.
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They directed the 1963 film Death Is Called Engelchen, which entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival and won a Golden Prize.
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First watchThe Shop on Main Street19657.1In 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.View filmFilmography
24 films- 1965The Shop on Main StreetScreenplay
- 1964DefendantScreenplay
- 1963Three WishesStory
- 1963Death Is Called EngelchenScreenplay
- 1960Zkouška pokračujeScreenplay
- 1960Laterna magika IIWriter
- 1955Hudba z MarsuStory
- 1953KidnappedWriter
- 1947Revolution in ToylandStory
- 1947A Dead Man among the LivingScreenplay
- 19462x BailScreenplay
- 1946Přístav v srdci EvropyStory
- 1946Kdo je vinen?Screenplay
- 1945Tři knoflíkyStory
- 1944Ferda the AntScreenplay
- 1941The River of Life and DeathScreenplay
- 1941Chvála révyStory
- 1937Round and RoundWriter
- 1935A Little ShoeScreenplay
- 1934Three Steps from the BodyScreenplay
- 1932The Innkeeper 'At the Wild Beauty'Screenplay
- 1927The Lovers of an Old CriminalScreenplay
- 1926The Loves of Kačenka StrnadováScreenplay
- 1926The Fake SweetheartScreenplay