Director
Jaromil Jireš
Born December 10, 1935 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]
Died October 24, 200137 films
Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".
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First watchValerie and Her Week of Wonders19707.0Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a…View filmFilmography
37 films as director- TBAHra na králeDirector
- 1999Double RoleDirector
- 1995Učitel tanceDirector
- 1993HelimadoeDirector
- 1991LabyrinthDirector
- 1990Antonín DvořákDirector
- 1989Rakovina vůleDirector
- 1989Naděje má hluboké dnoDirector
- 1988O Háderunovi a víle ElóřeDirector
- 1987Lion with a White ManeDirector
- 1985Věčný FaustDirector
- 1985Extended TimeDirector
- 1984KatapultDirector
- 1983O labutiDirector
- 1983Incomplete EclipseDirector
- 1982Opera ve viniciDirector
- 1980Escape HomeDirector
- 1980Payment in KindDirector
- 1979The Young Man and Moby DickDirector
- 1979Zápisník zmizeléhoDirector
- 1977Flying Saucers Over Our VillageDirector
- 1977The Island of the Silver HeronsDirector
- 1974People from the SubwayDirector
- 1974Královský gambitDirector
- 1974Il Divino BoemoDirector
- 1973KasařDirector
- 1972And Give My Love to the SwallowsDirector
- 1970Valerie and Her Week of WondersDirector
- 1969The JokeDirector
- 1968Don Juan 68Director
- 1966Pearls of the DeepDirector
- 1966SrubDirector
- 1964The CryDirector
- 1964The Hall of Lost StepsDirector
- 1963The Dynamite WatcherDirector
- 1961FootprintsDirector
- 1959UncleDirector