Jan Němec

Directing · 1936–2016 · 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

7.1

Diamonds of the Night

1964 · Director

6.9

The Party and the Guests

1966 · Director

5.9

Pearls of the Deep

1966 · Director

5.3

Martyrs of Love

1967 · Director

6.9

Oratorio for Prague

1968 · Director

4.1

Flames of Royal Love

1991 · Director

6.0

Metamorphosis

1975 · Director

7.0

A Loaf of Bread

1960 · Director

2.8

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

2016 · Director

7.0

Toyen

2005 · Director

8.0

Late Night Talks with Mother

2003 · Director

6.0

The Ferrari Dino Girl

2009 · Director

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2.8

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

2016 · Director

Heart Beat 3D

2010 · Director

6.0

The Ferrari Dino Girl

2009 · Director

Heart Above the Castle

2008 · Director

7.0

Toyen

2005 · Director

Landscape of my Heart

10.0

Landscape of my Heart

2004 · Director

8.0

Late Night Talks with Mother

2003 · Director

Code Name: Ruby

5.2

Code Name: Ruby

1996 · Director

GENUS

1995 · Series · Director

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7.0

GEN

1993 · Series · Director

4.1

Flames of Royal Love

1991 · Director

The Strahov Demonstration

1990 · Director

6.0

Metamorphosis

1975 · Director

Das Rückendekolleté

9.0

Das Rückendekolleté

1975 · Director

Proudy lásku odnesou

1969 · Director

6.9

Oratorio for Prague

1968 · Director

8.0

Necklace of Melancholy

1968 · Director

Čas slunce a růží

8.0

Čas slunce a růží

1968 · Director

Acting

6.0

The Ferrari Dino Girl

2009

Hranice

6.0

Hranice

2006

7.0

Toyen

2005 · Commentary (voice)

8.0

Late Night Talks with Mother

2003 · Jan Němec

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

8.0

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

2000

4.5

Corpus delicti

1991

4.1

Flames of Royal Love

1991 · (uncredited)

6.8

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988 · Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague

4.0

'68

1988 · Dezsö Horváth

Horí

1982

5.7

Killing the Devil

1970 · (uncreditted)

8.0

Necklace of Melancholy

1968

No Entrance

6.3

No Entrance

1960 · (segment "In Pursuit")

In development

Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec

Director