Jan Němec

Born: 1936-07-12

Birthplace: 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."

Known For

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Party and the Guests
An Occasion to Speak
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut
Diamonds of the Night
Searching for Ester
Heart Above the Castle
Das Rückendekolleté
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
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Top Movie Credits

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
'68 Dezsö Horváth