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Biography

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.

Acting (4 movies)

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Defendant

1964

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Nemocný bílý slon

1990

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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

2018

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Before Graduation

1932

Directing (19 movies)

7.1

The Shop on Main Street

1965

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Three Wishes

1963

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Poslední léto presidenta Osvoboditele

1937

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Hudba z Marsu

1955

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Death Is Called Engelchen

1963

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Adrift

1971

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Defendant

1964

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Laterna magika II

1960

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At the Terminus

1957

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Mladé dny

1956

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The Highway Sings

1937

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2x Bail

1946

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Kidnapped

1953

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A Little Shoe

1935

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The River of Life and Death

1941

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Nejvýnosnější prodej

1942

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Spartakiáda

1956

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Chvála révy

1941

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Round and Round

1937

Title	Year	Job
The Fake Sweetheart	1926	Screenplay
The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová	1926	Screenplay
The Lovers of an Old Criminal	1927	Screenplay
The Innkeeper 'At the Wild Beauty'	1932	Screenplay
Tři kroky od těla	1934	Screenplay
A Little Shoe	1935	Screenplay
Round and Round	1937	Writer
Chvála révy	1941	Screenplay
The River of Life and Death	1941	Screenplay
Ferda the Ant	1944	Screenplay
Tři knoflíky	1945	Screenplay
Kdo je vinen?	1946	Screenplay
Přístav v srdci Evropy	1946	Screenplay
2x Bail	1946	Screenplay
A Dead Man among the Living	1947	Screenplay
Kidnapped	1953	Writer
Hudba z Marsu	1955	Screenplay
Laterna magika II	1960	Writer
Zkouška pokračuje	1960	Screenplay
Death Is Called Engelchen	1963	Screenplay
Three Wishes	1963	Screenplay
Defendant	1964	Screenplay
The Shop on Main Street	1965	Screenplay