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Jan S. Kolár
Born 1896-05-11
Prague, Praha, Hlavní město Praha, Austria-Hungary
Died 1973-10-30
(77 years old)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Biography (1)
Jan Stanislav Kolár (1896, Prague – 1973, Prague) was already interested in film while studying law. He started directing in 1917, making a number of documentaries in addition to 13 features for which he wrote the screenplays and generally took a starring role. He soon began working with Karel Lamač and future star Anny Ondra (Anny Ondráková). Despite specializing in adventures and dramas, he co-directed Ondra’s modest debut in the comedy The Lady with the Small… (more)
Gallery (4)
The Poisoned Light (1921)
Photo © KALOS
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Actor
Documentaries | |
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1954 |
Jak se u nás kdysi filmovalo |
Short | |
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1917 |
Polykarpovo zimní dobrodružství |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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1937 |
Vyděrač |
1929 |
St. Wenceslas |
1928 |
Daughters of Eve - original screenplay |
1926 |
Řina |
1925 |
Parnasie |
Vyznavači slunce |
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1922 |
Maharadžovo potěšení |
Mrtví žijí |
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1921 |
Kříž u potoka |
The Arrival from the Darkness |
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The Poisoned Light - screenplay, original screenplay |
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1920 |
Setřelé písmo - screenplay, original screenplay |
Zpěv zlata - screenplay, original screenplay |
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1919 |
Akord smrti |
Alois Wins the Lottery |
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Dáma s malou nožkou - screenplay, original screenplay |
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Teddy by kouřil |
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1918 |
Učitel orientálních jazyků |
1917 |
Polykarp aprovisuje |
Short | |
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1921 |
The Torn Photograph |
1917 |
Polykarpovo zimní dobrodružství |
Director
Movies | |
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1929 |
St. Wenceslas |
1926 |
Řina |
1922 |
Mrtví žijí |
1921 |
Kříž u potoka |
Moderní Magdalena |
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The Arrival from the Darkness |
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The Poisoned Light |
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1920 |
Zpěv zlata |
1919 |
Akord smrti |
Dáma s malou nožkou |
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1918 |
Učitel orientálních jazyků |
1917 |
Polykarp aprovisuje |
Short | |
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1921 |
The Torn Photograph |
1917 |
Polykarpovo zimní dobrodružství |