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Jan Němec

Jul 12, 1936 - Mar 18, 2016 (79 years old) in Prague, Czechoslovakia

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

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
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'68
Dezsö Horváth
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No Entrance
(segment "In Pursuit")
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Toyen
Commentary (voice)
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Flames of Royal Love
(uncredited)

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