Elmar Klos

Known for: Writing
Born: January 26, 1910, Brno, Moravia, AustriaHungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Died: July 19, 1993
Movies: 38

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.

They directed the 1963 film Death Is Called Engelchen, which entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival and won a Golden Prize.

Best-Known Movies

7.1

The Shop on Main Street

1965

6.1

Hudba z Marsu

1955

6.4

Death Is Called Engelchen

1963

6.9

Defendant

1964

6.1

The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová

1926

6.8

Three Wishes

1963

7.0

The Lovers of an Old Criminal

1927

4.8

Adrift

1971

6.6

At the Terminus

1957

7.5

Ferda the Ant

1944

Filmography

2018	CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel	Self
1990	Nemocný bílý slon
1986	Přijď, až zase omládnu	Himself
1966	An Occasion to Speak	Self
1964	Defendant
1932	Before Graduation

Directing, Writing & Producing

1971	Adrift	Director
1965	The Shop on Main Street	Director, Screenplay
1964	Defendant	Screenplay, Director
1963	Three Wishes	Director, Screenplay
1963	Death Is Called Engelchen	Screenplay, Director
1960	Zkouška pokračuje	Screenplay
1960	Laterna magika II	Director, Writer
1957	At the Terminus	Director
1956	Spartakiáda	Director
1956	Mladé dny	Director
1955	Hudba z Marsu	Director, Screenplay
1955	Matka Riva	Director
1953	Kidnapped	Director, Writer
1947	A Dead Man among the Living	Screenplay
1946	2x Bail	Director, Screenplay
1946	Přístav v srdci Evropy	Screenplay
1946	Kdo je vinen?	Screenplay
1945	Tři knoflíky	Screenplay
1944	Ferda the Ant	Screenplay
1942	Nejvýnosnější prodej	Director
1941	The River of Life and Death	Screenplay, Director
1941	Chvála révy	Director, Screenplay
1937	Poslední léto presidenta Osvoboditele	Director
1937	Round and Round	Director, Writer
1937	The Highway Sings	Director
1935	A Little Shoe	Director, Screenplay
1935	School Assignment	Director
1934	Three Steps from the Body	Screenplay
1932	The Innkeeper 'At the Wild Beauty'	Screenplay
1927	The Lovers of an Old Criminal	Screenplay
1926	The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová	Screenplay
1926	The Fake Sweetheart	Screenplay

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