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Vojtěch Jasný (30 November 1925 – 15 November 2019) was a Czech director, screenwriter and professor who has written and directed over 50 films. Jasný made feature and documentary films in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria, USA & Canada. He is best remembered for his movies The Cassandra Cat and All My Compatriots, both of which won prizes at Cannes Film Festival. In addition to his film career he taught directing at film schools in Salzburg, Vienna, Münich and New York.

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Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Director Writer Notes
1954 Everything Ends Tonight Template:Yes Template:No Co-directed with Karel Kachyňa
1956 Opportunity Template:Yes Template:No Short film
1957 September Nights Template:Yes Template:Yes
1957 Anděla Template:Yes Template:Yes Short film
1958 Desire Template:Yes Template:No Nominated for Palme d'Or
1960 I Survived Certain Death Template:Yes Template:No
1961 Pilgrimage to the Virgin Mary Template:Yes Template:Yes
1963 The Cassandra Cat Template:Yes Template:Yes 1963 Cannes Film Festival - Jury Special Prize
1966 The Pipes Template:Yes Template:No
1968 All My Compatriots Template:Yes Template:Yes 1969 Cannes Film Festival - Best Director Award
1976 Attempted Flight Template:Yes Template:No
1976 The Clown Template:Yes Template:No West Germany's submission to the 49th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
1985 The Peanut Butter Solution Template:No Template:Yes
1987 The Great Land of Small Template:Yes Template:No
1999 Return to Paradise Lost Template:Yes Template:Yes

Television films

Documentaries

  • 1950: Není stále zamračeno
  • 1950: They Know What to Do (Vědeli si rady)
  • 1950: Za život radostný
  • 1952: Neobyčejná léta
  • 1953: Lidé jednoho srdce
  • 1954: Old Chinese Opera (Stará čínská opera)
  • 1954: From a Chinese Notebook (Z čínského zápisníku)
  • 1955: No Fear (Bez obav)
  • 1969: Czech Rhapsody (Česká rapsodie)
  • 1976: Ernst Fuchs
  • 1989: Miloš Forman: Portrait
  • 1991: Why Havel?
  • 1999: Gladys
  • 2002: Broken Silence (Segment "Hell on Earth")




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