Jan Němec

Jan Němec

Directing

Born July 12, 1936 · Prague, Czechoslovakia

25 films as director · Active 1960–2016

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 Wav…

Known for

Golden Sixties

2009

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988

Searching for Ester

Searching for Ester

2005

The Ferrari Dino Girl

The Ferrari Dino Girl

2009

An Occasion to Speak

An Occasion to Speak

1966

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

2016

Killing the Devil

Killing the Devil

1970

Corpus delicti

Corpus delicti

1991

Directed(25)

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street★ 2.8

Heart Beat 3D

2010Heart Beat 3D

The Ferrari Dino Girl

2009The Ferrari Dino Girl★ 6.0

2008Heart Above the Castle

Toyen

2005Toyen★ 7.0

2004Landscape of my Heart★ 10.0

Late Night Talks with Mother

2003Late Night Talks with Mother★ 8.0

1996Code Name: Ruby★ 5.2

Flames of Royal Love

1991Flames of Royal Love★ 4.1

1990The Strahov Demonstration

Metamorphosis

1975Metamorphosis★ 6.0

1975Das Rückendekolleté★ 9.0

Proudy lásku odnesou

1969Proudy lásku odnesou

1968Čas slunce a růží★ 8.0

Oratorio for Prague

1968Oratorio for Prague★ 6.9

Necklace of Melancholy

1968Necklace of Melancholy★ 8.0

Martyrs of Love

1967Martyrs of Love★ 5.3

The Party and the Guests

1966The Party and the Guests★ 6.9

Pearls of the Deep

1966Pearls of the Deep★ 5.9

Diamonds of the Night

1964Diamonds of the Night★ 7.1

A Memory for the Present

1963A Memory for the Present★ 10.0

A Loaf of Bread

1960A Loaf of Bread★ 7.0

Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec

—Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec

Acting(20)

2023Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of HistorySelf

2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard StreetSelf

2014Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“self

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2009The Ferrari Dino Girl

2009Golden SixtiesSelf

2005ToyenCommentary (voice)

2005Searching for EsterHimself

2003Late Night Talks with MotherJan Němec

2000Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

1991Corpus delicti

1991Flames of Royal Love(uncredited)

1988'68Dezsö Horváth

1988The Unbearable Lightness of BeingCameraman filming the tanks in Prague

1970Killing the Devil(uncreditted)

1968Oratorio for PragueSelf

1968Necklace of Melancholy

1966An Occasion to SpeakSelf

1960No Entrance(segment "In Pursuit")