František Vláčil
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 19, 1924, Cesky Tesin, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic
- Died
- January 27, 1999
- Movies
- 38
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František Vláčil (February 19, 1924, Český Těšín – January 28, 1999, Prague) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist. Between 1945 and 1950, he studied esthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he worked in various groups and ateliers (e.g. on animated films), but his main area became played film. His films are well known for extraordinarily high art quality. Vláčil was awarded many film prizes like the Prize of the International Film Festival 1998 in Karlovy Vary or the Czech Lion Prize for his longstanding contribution to world film culture.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1991 | In the Web of Time | Self |
| 1989 | Rakovina vůle | (uncredited) |
| 1985 | My Sweet Little Village | děda František Ticháček |
| 1985 | Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval | Self - Audience Member |
| 1984 | The Snowdrop Festival | |
| 1963 | Spanilá jízda | |
| 1959 | Pět z milionu |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1991 | Pražský Odysseus | Director, Screenplay |
| 1988 | Magician | Director |
| 1986 | Shades of Fern | Director, Screenplay |
| 1985 | Albert | Director |
| 1984 | The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley | Director |
| 1982 | Serpent's Poison | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | Concert at the End of Summer | Director, Screenplay |
| 1978 | Shadows of a Hot Summer | Director |
| 1977 | Smoke on the Potato Fields | Director, Screenplay |
| 1975 | Sirius | Director |
| 1974 | Karlovy Vary Promenades | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Art Nouveau's Prague | Screenplay, Director |
| 1973 | The Legend of the Silver Fir | Screenplay, Director |
| 1972 | A City in White | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | Adelheid | Director, Screenplay |
| 1968 | The Valley of the Bees | Director, Screenplay |
| 1967 | Marketa Lazarová | Director, Screenplay |
| 1962 | The Devil's Trap | Director |
| 1960 | The White Dove | Director, Screenplay |
| 1960 | No Entrance | Director, Screenplay |
| 1958 | Clouds of Glass | Director, Screenplay |
| 1956 | Garrison in the Peak | Screenplay, Director |
| 1956 | Letter from front | Writer, Director |
| 1954 | Modrý den | Screenplay |
| 1954 | Remembrance | Director, Screenplay |
| 1953 | Létání bez vidu podle systému OSP | Screenplay, Director |
| 1952 | Nový průmysl | Screenplay |
| 1951 | Electrical Injuries in Industry | Director |
| 1951 | Thermal Revolution | Director |
| 1950 | Electricity Management | Director, Screenplay |
| 1950 | Cure N. 2357 | Director |
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